ETHN0L0G7 OF THB INDO'PACIflC iSLiSDS. 



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indioatetl ipecial diatinctionsy sexual Sec. The replacement of b, t, by 

 r or Ij (bund in ibe ArHbic or(jiiia] 1, tflkea place in the Zinobian cardf- 

 nal L This tends to the conclusion that wa!, war, wat, wah, wuk or 

 pak, has, mos kc. are all variations of one arcUaic lerm, whe- 

 ther simple or compound. A atmilar range of variation occurs in tSioso 

 form A ot ihe Scythic unit which hnve the Jabiol jirefir. From the ge- 

 neral jstructurul analogies of Semitic in iis most archaic stage and of 

 Zirohinn iu its exiatin^ one, it is probable that in mo-si, tno-ri, a.^ hi lha 

 Sejoitic wa-hi, wa-Ii, the labial was primarily acccaaary. In torm it 

 cnrreapond* with the Egyptian uo of Ko-t=\vo-t* [Jsee App 1, One B]. 

 The (ollowing: are exnmplei ot the Zimbinn term, — mo-ja Suahelt, u- 

 ma-e (conlrartefl) Ki-Kamba, mo-dya Makua, yi-mo, lu-mo Wud- 

 jana^ ((irobably cuntrartad torri;switb aubatantive prefixed, similar to 

 those taken lu other Zimldan laoguagt^a viihen ihe immerab are used as 

 qualitivcij), mo-yi, mo-ji Makoudfj mo-si Takwani, po-ai (Masena, 

 bolala, mu-i>9i t^eclmana, mo-si Bengum-a, Koitgo^ K:imbiadB, mo- 

 ahi Angola, i-mo Mutidjoia, Yoruba, which in one dialect uses tha 

 Zimbiiiri labia! preti^ witli iti Dumerula, has the flame torm. of the unit 

 in 9 ( 1 f rom 10), ma-i-so. 



Considerable variHtioiis are found t • The prefix alone is used in 

 lome languages, and in others the root changes to t, k, r, I ; o-bo Kuafi» 

 bo Bitiiti, mo Cauiatvcojjs &c,— ; a-fo, fl-lo-k 'I'imbuktu, wo~to, uo-to 

 Bongo Ike, va-ta Fan wo, pa-ka Batanga j [ha-t Euskarian.] § In iho 

 Mjiojigvve, by the common change of stor, ri tokea the piace of ai^ 

 xua-ri. The Pan^va va»ta I, bf cornea va-la in 8 (5, I ). 



Alttpugli I ftave placed the Kuafi with the Binin and Camancon 

 tt'rms, I do not inter ihat the latter were derive<l Irom the lormer. 

 They are probably contractions of one of the variftiea found in Ni* 

 geria, wo-Fj wo-(o &c. The Kuiiii itself must be considered aa a rera» 

 nant ot a ooce (irevaletit Nilotic term from which the Nigerian wars 

 tlerived. The full E Nilotic term is probably itreaer^ed lu lha Agau 

 wul-ttt, wol-iftO, ami in the allied Nubian and Nigerian terma, cor- 

 reajionding with the Semitic wal. 



In higher numbers the iHbial is common. It does not occur in the 

 nec^md trrm ot the unit aeries, 3 (save bs a poatfix.) In Africa it was 

 an an haic term for 6, (the 1 tale in the aginary system), under the 

 forma jHjna, puna, fung, mon [5. G } Insume Nilotic' and Nigeriaa 



I In Knelled Zim bin n vocabuUries (lie uomrnon form of Ibe (tecond 

 element is li, ihi, n, dh, zt, t, hi on the western »iHe. In the 8. E. both 

 Ibe i and a formd occnr, dt^hi^ Is, tsa, tt, a. In ibe West, Muaeetan* 

 do h«« ko M, whi«'.U may be an archnic variety preserving the root with 

 rhegiitfnral in plate oflbe labial pri^fix- But it 14 probubly a contrae- 

 lion of the form jti-moai (comp. the Mimboina bozi, ki.moii). In ths 

 Ifiuwu (;mup (C^ameroona &c.} more occur*, bunhe labial £eRera[lyap« 

 ppara alone, mn, i mo. t wo. In Uaepke ihe sibilant ia replaced by the 

 denial, i wn re. A atmifa* change of ibe post fix is found furl her aomb Jll 

 Kalienda dao.s (cornp. mo ai. nro e, ko pi). The Cafabar dialects haro 

 similar fuTrna dtit dai. dae 1^ e dai. In and Ksmuku Ihe sibilanl 



chitt'^e^ 10 ihc^ipiraie hi, hi*, the form i bus returning to ihe Arabic, 



§ Koelle {[ivea mo.ko Undaza, eo.ko Uuriuidoi mbo.gNdob, fo g Mful^ 

 pr».g Ngoten, e ku Aebtnti, 



