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ETHNOtOdT or THE INDO-PACIPfC ISLANDS. 



Bay, ft-Diiia-ro, t^i'm-TO Nvambaiift, tn-ni, tha-ro, Zftf-Ta^ro Sediuan*, 

 <*-no-m Hottentot, ii-fu-j*; llot., fe-la-la Panwe, ba-hi-]i Boniga, /?a'-l6-la 

 Camoncom, &(-rB Akuonga, la Biuin, ra BuUom, ntslia^ru Hun^jfo, tn-rrt 

 Calbni; ti-lu, tii-Iu, t-e-lu Malagasy. The chief peculiarity of the Zinibiaii 

 terms i* the fiual vi»wel u. In ta-tu it doe^ not correspona with env Se- 

 xniti« furra, Init as tliis form witJjout the I, r is idmply tlie double dftfiniti ve 

 and unit, it may l>e referred to an arrjhaic form of it similar to the MitliriLli 

 and Guru ta-ut 1 and the Babylonian **u-su 60. The u of ta-ru, tlia-ro, 

 ta-lu, te-lu &c. corresixjntis with the Hebrew lo in she-lo-M, as the iaitiyl 

 definitive and unit doei* with the Arabic iha-la-ZA. The same form of the h- 



•qmd element ia found in the Mahrah and Gara roh of s-roh 'Z, and in the Ma- 

 lagasy wa-lu 8 and fu-lu 10, It iu probnble, from the variation of th, s, t, to 

 r, 1, occurring- both in the Semitic and i^imbian tenn&, that the latter \vm 

 not the plural def, n, kc. wcuring in 2, but merely a phonfitic modification 

 of the former, ae in the Panwe va-ta 1, which becomes va-ia in 6 (6, 1 ). 

 Su-su, tha-thj ra-ro, la-la kc. ar^ forms stronirly presumptive of the ori- 



. ginal t^rm having- been a reduplicate unit, for liicy are found in widely 

 aeparated branches of the ayatera. Such forms tha-kj tha-ra, tlm-lu, 

 ta-kij DB-ro, k-ra, &o. appeM to be only variations of the oripnal term. 

 Similar ViiriationB occur IB the allied X. and E. Asian term^ [iice Semitic 

 ls'umeral«, 3 B.J 



Tile Gnnga, Agau and Nubian turms appar to belonje: to a later em,— that 

 of the extension of Himvaritic to Abyi^iunia, The ^ ubkii to-^-k, tu-i'ko-'/fn' 

 ( double j>o:ttf. ), Utw-m-koj £o-dje, are Hiiuyaritic or Babylonian tJirou^fh 

 Abyaiiunan (Amharic so-s-tj Galat m'^'tn). The Tembu /uf-dit-m is 

 evidentltof ?i'ubiuu deiivation, llie Tumah nda-t4i, uithoii^h refemlilinif 

 the Zinman forms, appearw from nn thial vowel to be iSemitic. The I'nlah 

 ttt-tiej tu-t, ajtpear^ to bi^ also Hemitic tlu"Oug"h fJaJlsi ea-tU, au-Ue. In Berber 

 the 1 at / A, tti! we have seen, 15 hardened Ut ft. .Some of the Himyuritic 

 dialecfcs appar to have hardened tlie 2nd fA, and t« have tnntsmittfd thia 

 form to Airica.* The Gara (Ekhili) tha-W/ prewenes the Himvantic 

 source of tJie Ajcrau shn-k-wrt ( wa is a Libyan dennitive pos^ttix, replacing* 

 the fsemitico-LibTi'an -f, -dt an in the Ajjjau iu-tm 1, ak-«?« o), AL;uuim- 

 der shu-iarha, Fafiwhii d-^hu, Shana:jilln w-ka-pr ( Ixitb (iejitAl* lnjrdened ). 

 The Gongn ori"oup has ke-s {k for tn, f, as in 2, and iia in ',i of the Uallu 

 he-jsaa, he-dia, he-tija, se-ke-che. If the hjHt foim ( iviitt'a ) be the full 

 one and the others contraclions, the -^nAe, -d::a i* the def. postf , 

 ajid se-ke the root, corre^tpoudinf? with the Agau forme and uith the 

 Gara tha-k, the a of tha softeud to e as in the llebrew and ChakUic 

 forms. The rihiuipulla #bnn eori'espondi* with the KntiJi o-ku-/;?" itud 

 repreeeiita the Mlutic parent of the ?indunian t»-kn (If ansa), wu-ku, 

 bu>ku, ya-.'iku (Bunmi), Pika tJct-. ku-/t«, ft-ko-ww, ko, Budimisi A-a-ke-w, 

 ke-/ir kv,, the Anaii do*':* thiit of tlic Maii<ti)i|i'<» sn-k-iw ( Wi ), fsi-k-f* 

 (Susu), fft-ii-i' ( Jullnnkon, in 8 ), m-btr, tuiU'/m, An-bi, t^cnikoli si-k-u, and 

 of tli« tbnni? in sa,— Darfur is, Emjrhedesi «//t/(-su ( «-ka' 2 \ I'unti 

 e-hi-Hi [i-hi-i'n 2), Fetu //-^/r-pan, Akini W-au-»ane', iVfutii (Ji-^kMih, Ave- 

 kiivom rt-^ta, Amina t-isa, AkrijH>u f-nim. Dental fornix of tht?d.e hibilmjt* 

 ako ticcur in .Nij^eria. WolofFrtir-sit, Kru (a, Tambu t>ti, llw «-tu, Pujiu, 

 AVhidali, Grehu tunh, fl^ton, Moko, haraba j-tu, f-ta, Karapiay fMoiij^", 

 Panwe tjiyh [SMho a-d], Yoruba wa-i-ta. Tht; iieghaiiui fm-tA isa simi- 

 lar variety. 



Koelle's vocabulary gives numerous West and Mid AJ&iciui %Tuieties of 



