ETUNOLOOT OF TDK 1NDO-PAOIF!C ISLANDS, 



em tenos, tso-n, (bu-en, tu-en kc. have the fiame archaic vowel. The Ba- 

 bjlouiaa khii-iiaii (>0 an -•Uiatic exaraiiie uf iin.aiicioutthiiiip' of m ton. In 

 Cralla-iiiiijbiau t*iriJii lor liJ the Seinjtk compuuud occurs iu both ihi- in stud 

 n tbrma^ %\i~m, tu n, dn-m, tti-m-tiU" Ualla iiim.; kii-mi, kii-rii ^Scc. 

 ZsKliiaii; t-a-u, ttt-ma, djjo-ji, tk"j-b in of U<T vocabuluiied, Tiit! UuJlti Ibrma 

 i>!ijgc-*ttliat tu-n, j!u-u may hiive lutm cmiUttutiond. tJi' ku^t iSeuiitic 

 formdor tu-ui, au^m, wUicli tuok Uie ua^ul or plurul pu«ttix a> lii 2, ia 

 plaL-« ol the ijibibirt (ijciierully tV"»- lu tiut other St^iuiHc ami Kj^yptiao 

 termi* in wliich the comliiuaf.WTj khii-m apijca'rd with the initial miii ui the 

 Bibiiam fwnii, the 'labial hod a liaal n \ H ?M;m.-E«:.^ 10 E^*-.}, Ivutubijjilti 

 hari .sa-iuba-uu ti, sa-mba-ida 7, K<nj;^u wm--:4a-iiil)u-iiu ti, «-t-*u--uibo- 

 aUi 7, Aiigohi -ui-ina-nu (i, ^i-mliu-vidi 7, Biiiig"Ut'lu pa-udu IJ, pa-iidu-ali 

 7. The itla, adi, uU, of 7 (S, 2 ) is^' itut tlio liualiiUj judu of U i;* jwtthe 

 ciirreiit 1. 



it muj be said that bothi> and Curt; variations of archaic foi'pi.'^ for 1, 

 The Ziiubiau tia-ma-uu, tftk-julta-tju cuiituiin."* iXi» sniiue hit'^iid rwtt ii aial tiia 

 mmts priitix, aud lui^^-ht ap[w'ar to beaidy uu additioual jatdU, TJie lirpiid oc- 

 curs with both prdixe."* in &a-tii, sa-iia, .-i-roh Sec, mtm-oi, uibu-iji; aad if 

 it has the Liower of 1 hvrn ii may ijidicutii thai the .i^ vimtl t+erieu luut eom- 

 iiieuc*;d. There are ri'Uiauiit-^j huwrvt-r, utrtinvUar Ibrnin of 1 :iatl the 

 analogy of the other jUjrieaa tsteiu.-*, wif h the ik-e ut' the ti torm l\n' iji 7* 

 mi^'htseem t-o aapport ihe omvhiijtoit timt IhjiIj •> and (i were viiriMtionit of 

 a ttirm for L Coniit. </t-eUj ko-Uf ifn-u, thi-ni, in ue, ji-uo, /jvj-iiOj h-do-uej 

 hii-m, m-inij pii-k', /f>i-xuij //«/-re, A^-la, ///i-lu, /.v -Ii*, //u-i-ni^y/^f-lu-luj^tf- 

 m-d 6^0. with the Utpiid loruw f r 2. The JS'hiho vuiiutiuu of the Galia5, 

 ko-Hj ii idtintical with the jVkiLrakura 1, 



The prevttleuce of the licjnid unit uti the nidieal pk'raejjt in 2 aruJ iti* dual 

 and jilural puwcr iia^ e bee/i notieeil. TJie toruis for more oftejj reaendile 

 th(»e for 2 xmd e^ipfcially ;J thim for 1^ niul it may welt hv. that ui fj the unit 

 alsiO had the foriu a]ii«niia"iatt,d to '2^ or l«*ctiu*ie hi 6 the uuit hml uceeii* 

 mrily u [dural or coUeetiie meauiutr, aud in ild ori^itail cunditiun UiUeud 

 %vad probiibly 3j 2. The Galla-Zimbmu ^hu-u, *!i-n, su-iju, tu-im, tntt-ru, 

 tii-n, tio-hi, so-Io, tio-hj io-lu,*iio-iio,» f-la-a, A-lO'-n, are Hintiliir to the ^ of 

 Semilric 8he-ne, ath-in, su-iiu, ta-r, te-r, s-rah; and the euf;tuUe African 

 tenui* zo-le (Ziinb.,) nia-ra-u hut the burnt- i\,nu in riie viwiuuiuxi, (Ij 2), 

 Senaitic, Zimbiun »&e., and a etmipiu'isou oi" all the (Jiidcetw rtaiderd it chnir 

 tliat h was y, 2, and that the tenus now current fjfeuerjlly <-«nt«ia ;J oiily. 



{(I), in-im of tsi- tu-paO Zulu, aud «.-to-ya li Ikil^ni-si, lia.s theftanie torui 

 of 5 with, the labiid fur 2, In H aud i) it is pre->erved iid lij iu thw lurm 

 to-ba. The foriu is simUvu" to tu-m of ( b,) and ( e. J, aud to tjie iiahyloutj- 

 Kgyptian yd pron, mase., su-vu, tu-f. 



{e). The Agau ak-/;vf, auk^wrj (-//v< tHi^tf. m m lo-ma lj shB.-k-n*n fJ) 

 is ait aualo^^ou^ teno to {a. ) It vs prubably a. iiuntraction ol sh!ik-*MY/ '.L 



(J'), wwi-ku-s ^?lmagidlajm-i*h, j-<:ih-!«ha, hu-che-sa, hu-cha, tluitjra (j;t, 

 te-su, dl-dju, ih-dja, di-bi Nubian (fiwiip. di-k, 1, UirfrirV Th''?e wre 

 examples oftbe com ujQjj diui hie ffrm of t ' , , 



used for a iu Mahrah, Gura, .Xubian, and ;. 

 U.}. lu the lu-spirutc form hu-H'hu . (in . ...n s ,u i .ju 



as in the Ajubio and llebrert- Ud pnm. hu). In theGbng>i ha-eiu-jiona 

 tS, cor.reiipondin^ with .-^n-rtu uf Baity luniaa, ii wuunt^ iu i-uditni \ahie 

 as 1 ( l^ij, so ia-ponii 7, i. e. 2, 5, horr-pouii k, i. e. ;ij -),— ;i liAti^ the aiuue 

 Seiiiita-.Uricim sibiiaat uuit). The tern recui-d iii Uie iL^iiahbe or iiukauda 



