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ETJINOLOGT OF THE IXIiO-PAClFlC ISLANDS. 



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COHPARAUTE VOCABULARY (iT MrSCELLAXEOCS WORDS OP TBI 

 DBAVIRrAN FORMATIOK. 



1. Air, 



£E. k(i^ A. Tfitn., rr^li, jrhn/f"; Ua//fi, ka//;/, ko//, TaTii. MiiT. Tad If the 

 k, (|, fif tho first tfrm in jm-fixiiiil ami IS, In, tlip l uor. ii; U ifV tittcal with 

 the Irawaili, l\ &c., Knren (JiJ, Burm le, Yiiinn /tn-Vi^a li, llii&c / which 

 if nl^o HcvUitc fltid Semlric. The othvr [losiHx tu, /a, / isfilson x'«at lur 

 "Air," 'HVijiil/'— f ioTifl, bariim (IL) ifa ; Mn\t>, A/kt?, ^fl|ilie ; Vrmn thu^ 



not wolf bp a nmro striking itistaute «>1 the extreme eoulioir renuir*'!] in 

 comparing ni-mojiyllablc ronrs. Al first digl it the Draviiifin ffft^i, kni 

 ami tliM Yuiim /,«!/* ii|>) ear to he i«lentlcnl. aixl pvpd ibe n-jectinu ot tlio 

 Ynmti 1 retlx /r/! favps lunpje mom to coutenfl that thfi root U is at once 

 iTIfraititbiiij, J Jravii'iaii ami J^cy tliito-SpuHitr;. J tliiiik, it isclfiir, however 

 that tit iS't'.y nri? ilie oriJimiry Braviriarv })osrfix(^s HnH that ka, t^a 

 cojiimrtn itrtJie two ttrms^ both oi which are lixiiid iii Taiitil (Aa/ A, 

 Mori ), is the Dravinnn root. As # and A: are JVp(j»fjjitly intor- 

 ch-tiigcd it is prababiy id(>iiticAl with tlie VinifvMn cienrnl t'orm. — Mal<?^ 

 ^flk'ic, /<q)li''; Uifioi.. iftfika; Uond Itariba Ha. ' Jieytuiii India (lie dental 

 form is roiunion nn a term fur * Air'^ or Wind" and the jitittuml very- 

 rare. PoljueM' n lo, TilfiTijaiig MiUc guto\ Tuhi ^iiiam, wlistdj niLty 

 hv thRd/>iilnl witU a iloflniiive pi^Hx. or diiTCt doriviKivcH Ironi the ])m- 

 TiriankuWtt Ir ia the mot comuion Scylhic rn<.t, «t, ufti, iv^ff ri'old 

 "Wogtil, hut, in jiDUfti ttl, it takfs a pojitjit e, g n\lun Cbiik ockiurt Tntig, 

 to], ffjil, /ifdi&:<;., I griau, 'J'urki&li, with wbicli duuij. the Afni nn 

 tblah, Diu Juf. Tlie namt root rcfrpppiir:* in rlie Arnif'n:«n ot, San^-krit 

 Vf/ta, atuia, Zend rr«Lem, Benjiali btHtn^, Ltit r -./ttn. Persian, Hind. 

 ha<if A-<one>ia:i bmii (Salamba^. in Mniiiy bmli h applied to the 

 »|jirit ot" a person or aiumal that Itas boon ki.|("<f, ajul which, it ij« fiiipposed, 

 ivili tokti vf iiiirancft on tlip -Inver il a ehiirm i^ nut. used to biy it (Sf>e a 

 cbarm nacd by elejditt t killers ; Jnurn. Ind AreU 1.31(5.) in Aiftlay 

 Itadtii is II guat ol wind ; Ka^^nyan padak • Austraiitni padru (Hatbarjst) 

 (Saiii-k, badra), Binua biujarn, Mahiy &c. uthira. i ho Nirobar '.i/futis 

 TtrfdjalWy lhe.<!nTnp root with the prefix ku, and hi the Malagasi rivotra, 

 lodonesi.in ril ut &e. sIitui," hnrnuaae*", it appears to he com- 

 Vired with «nt>ther wide spread root for " air", •* wind" (ri, fi, 

 abiwo rnJerred ui,) Tli*' oiiJy guttural i'nrmn I fiufl itrf Australian 

 kiro. kirrur; New Guiut a, giriks j Woloff t|uelo ; Piu gui-ao ; Japaa 

 ka BP; Moagol k^?f; M<'n kia ; Ne«a /?kjiie. 



^ thru Kar. A, Tjiis jesembies ihe Ultraindian rerm (" li'^"'' 

 the fo-eicTf) afh i-ties). hut il may le tiie common Drar. root ffiih Ibe 

 jniiial cot sonant elidfd. 



c. fim'^Wfifn Teluj, amnyvm Mai. 



Kflre-'*, paroDi, paww ; Ugnsin, warmff,*ba''*tff, marw^ zh (Wo"?.)- bar.iSi*, 

 merga, merz &c.; [v"<)riaic. w^^kaitt Bo i bar^ Gar hal, (s'^p tJJtrain- 

 diaa^i ii is a cf"""tinn AsonPsmn root, From Up commutabilily of r 

 miiid it m probabfy radically )lie same as had 8cc. {b). 



d p.ivaMom, vveiw?, Tebigfii •* Wind** 



'iikiitaiuin wav, ?a§biu w^h, N^war pU^i; End^ w&bo, Australian wibt^ 



