n 



ITBNOLOQT OF THE INDO-PACIFIC ULANDfl, 



terms for 6 it occurs as 1 (5, I), under thg form wal, wo], far, wor, fa, 

 VA, WA &c. In 9 it oci.'urH tur 10 in 'l uiimli, Mfl^enH, ^olala and tlifl 

 Kongo group. As 10 iris Joutnl in Nubian, Bi^rbpr, Sbi]lnl», TiLbo, Hiul in 

 teveral Nig(>»ian languHpr(:8 In thv dml sfrii'.^ it i» still nu>rf> f-on.mnn. 

 The Spioilir. wnd NuUi«n rnr U the iriost jin-valent tt-ini Jor 3 

 under t)i<- torrnA bnr, ninl, vrIt, vili Jkc A$< 2 «hm] it orcura in 4 in 

 tiemitir. (rnnf'aef^'d lo ar), in most of iLe Niione langungea »n<l Bhila* 

 pa.<(v, bahr, fnr. fur, ftid, tut, I'us &c. In 7 tJ rpi»r( M-iiia 2 (5, 2) in 

 Bi^btiri In 8 it t)c:c'ura (as 4 dual) in Oantkil and &liiljt>, bahr, babarai 

 and in WaJiipnsy, vuhi. 



{e ) <)H^^»^ vHrifiica are found in the GaJla tn-ko, ta-k, to-ko^ kow ; 

 in tlio Hhuh?* tri'fjup diil-Hk, dni-«, d^'-ali, n«i-a, d». Probably the 

 Diirfur d-ik is ro lie rtd'prjed to thia vtiriety rather ihjin to (d) la 

 •amf> of thn ^uduniftn aiid Ntgerinn systemfl tbe dr^ntaj and guttural 

 occur fieiiHriitch' or enmliined, and tn aonit* cbspb reverge the GaJila or- 

 der. GH^'tr KHiInhi, ki-de Hr-g-burmi (oomp Hii^b. f^ur, gfir). Mendi, 

 PcHa and Kom t'-tn, t^ih. i't<i, [(ioTiga forui^] Kru kn, Fulab go, Fan- 

 t\ e-kii, rni-P-ku, Akin ^i-n-kun, A ntina a-knn, 'J'Hnibo ki>-ki, Moko 

 kfa. Karabh ki*-T, Kwrapay «-di, Yoruba o-k'ka, o-ko [(inJIa to-ko]. 

 The na»fl1 ulonc! iu the Yorubii ine [i^hilio ia-ek] aud Ibo ua 



the Hf>ltf*n(ot1tiii, koi-ae, ui, resenibJes the Onng-t e-ko*?. Another 

 H'*»teiiiot term ituwi f=i-t9iii, i-tsoi] also rpsemltles the Gonga sibi- 

 lant forms. The douhte vowfl?* of several of jhese Jbrms, ai, ui tc. 

 arp HHcif-nt Libyan (rnrn]! the Kg dpf. and uniti*). 



(/J. In the Aj?MU frroup In, la, apfK-ars ofi lite loot, ]o ';ra Wnag 

 AgttU, la-ghu AL'Huio?dfr, ia-ghft ralnsha '1 be BonTui In-j^ka, ia-ka, 

 and tbft MtdagHny i-rat-kia, rti-k, are eiuiilar terms to I be Agnn iH^i^ba, 

 In 6 (S, 1) tbr r bfrnnies n (f?ne, en &c.) In the Dankali-Kuafi 6 

 the unit hft» a jiimilar farni (l^h &c.) In iMalaga«iy it is aho presprved as 

 a d(^finiti\ e, corresjxjiifling witb thn Semitic and Aftit-an h', re, la, na, el 

 Ice Tn the Mn^f'ltfwe nia-ri it takes the placR of the coujmon Eimbian si, 

 Tbe Zulu and Kosiih nye, 1. is iirobably tiie Mmw root. It occurs 

 in tha VljjrH)gwr> inn of iria-g-'mit 9. In 9, (I, lu) tbe form la^ka 

 occurs in Borniii, **nng:«adT and Muznmbiki % 



(jg). The Bornni ti-lu hns (became lorni fA«rnu lo} with the dental 

 prelii;, a reversal ol the ordinary f.ollocatiftn, similar to ki-de, g«-di, 

 te-t Thp aanie rollnralion, \tith tbe gmfurnl in pla< p of the dfm»tl» is 

 found in ib w Bishwri q-ii-r of ?^nggf>or 6 f5, I) nn>l rhf MnnfJing'i kl* 



^ SererftI injind fnrnia are fjiren by KoeNi', e. g. vv« i.o Uttam, ke ho. 

 fte Nki inVA KiimhRti, uotfi yafgua, bo n Akorakura, wi an Wol«il(,/a, 

 md Fnlnp, a niu Ftlhjim, ne, vn ne Gatisw£a, pu loin Boia, pn-litiaii 

 6er*Fe/i. nn Ion, n Ion P' p**!. !>a ini Parl^adf, pe le Kta?, ke le, ke-len, be< 

 ren, k« d'»n. «.da. i ra JMandiajjn f J roup, pi o, Baea, Timne, bu I Bulom, 

 Mnmnpi. do (Irebn (trnurt. d*» D*hinnev Gr . e m, e ne, *> U, e ne, me.ne, i. 

 nye Yfiruba Gr , kt lo K»i>m. n», ka-n 0d«o, we ni. ne ni, e nvi gba-ni^ 

 pma ni, ema rtvi o nv«, &c Nnfi Gf , pa Je Mfind»fa, b*li* Kbp (Nu. 

 6 Grl Tlip btjiiid appetra in ifipoe niAoiplea wi'b »ar«»hle prpfix^K wd^, 

 h\t—. bu— , N — . pa—, we—, me— . Itr. ka— , k*^-, i— . **— &c , ltk« 

 the BibiUm and <\t^n*n \ rnnr. Thev sffifd p roflf fV'Aetic^ ibat the ri, b, oi, 

 Mkf h on. )o» &c. a'e hn' vjiri^'iona of ih" came rnol. 



ThM form of ihs pteii f ertrea lo louie exLaat to uace liaei of ipeciil con. 



