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EtiJNuLoav OP The inuo-i'Acific islands. 



ka and tJie antiloj^jous Scylinc foi'ina], Wil!i -i* or -si, which Mr 

 HoJgsoii U mitii ** iSie pm-licipial ailribulive suffix and wliigb is 

 evidcnliy the curtimon dt-tinilive tleinomtrulivtj &,c, ftuitid ui ihe 

 same fonu aa a jiiefix and occiiniug iit chi-f/i "Uiis/' lia-nii **iliaf'* 

 (Bbotia wr* ha-fie, ikf sjh dL phi-fi>), the comfioimd becomes 

 de6 111 live or eiibslantival ha-'i-mg-ti " the I ealing " " I who eal," 

 " I the mtQr" Wilh the causative particle sa prefixed to zo it 

 becomes ga^zo or defioitively {a-m-zo ** feeding," ^a-sa-z-ang-ft " I 

 who IVed;'' and with the negative defiuilivema-^fl-z-ang-ii" I *vliu 

 'feed nol." l^a-m-ze-^ii according to the context is *' Ije (or thou) 

 who fecd^^V' the pronoun not bein^ po&tiixed. From the root 

 ma or mart, ^kep (nun in Thoclin) arc formed ka-r-mm " sleep/' 

 hu'T'im-u^^ ** I sleep," ?«a-r-iua-ng " I sleep not." The repetition 

 of the definitive in the forra ta forming the past or completive we 

 ohtuin /£rt-^«-r-ma-ng or ta-ia-r-mn-Tig " I skut," mfi-fa-r-nia-m^ 

 "I slept not/' fa-la-r-ma-ng-ti " I who slept/' ttta-ia-r-mn-ng-tff 

 "I who slept not/' ta-torr-mG-ti, ma-ta'T-me-ti ibou (or be) who 

 elrpl" or " slept not." Ag an exam|de of ibe comulative definitive 

 prefix I may give da-na-r r-jw-gyn-ng-Zi I who cause to run/' 

 L e,-gj'uk ritHf or runninrfj m-gynk, ^fflfl^'^-runaingj da-na-ra-mL- 

 gyuk ((riple i\vf,) emphatic rhc," *Mhfs," " am/' iraking-riin- 

 iiing, ng-(/, " l-7€ho*' or " I-the." 



Tlie following addiuonal example shews ibat in Gyarting as in 

 B hoi tan the object precedes the assertive. Ngare nga-pe boroh 

 dovo-ng, " I my-i'alher horse give-I," 



The pronouii when used objectively in llic imperative has tho 

 prime form as when usad ageiitiveJy in the indicative, davo-ng 

 ^* J give" or " give me*" (Hodgsor. OG). 



Ilorpa has also tlie postfixed 1st pron. in the same objective 

 form /K-khye '* give'' U-kb-ong " jrivtj-rae." Thochu prefixes the 

 prononn f/w-goh " give/' kwu-goh " give mo," 



Save in those points in which the Scyihie inverslve collocation 

 departs from the Chinese lliLre aie few traits in Gyarung or in 

 JBhotian which may not be considered as fundamentally Chinese, 



• fie« Sec. 3 for tlie v*ii*iou9 fomis amJ uses «r this dfiflnKim It varies from 

 ff, till, aij fii, rta h> ri, rc, r» A:r. As tlitr roltjitio it luis tim (ollowhig forms aim. 

 sliiif, ji nn\, t'hi vhni, ilt\m\giLf^.,C\'i[y^\m\Ht^^^\^\ k^-di 

 Uioim; a!i-/r Lt pcliw ; it-Zi Limbu; sa Kii"aali i fc-kwe Suawar ; su Uiiruntf, 

 -Nuwor. 



