»TirNOLO«T 6f THE fND^ PAClPie ft&ANOg. 



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A. sa-be, sa-ba, fem..^ sa-ba-i'fl m^sc. Arabic, Ktii-bea rmsG.f she*ba JfiTi. 

 Chaldee, ha-ba-/ii Mahrali, sliu-a' t>am, siiu-ha-i'tf Tig:r«j su-bha-i, te-ba-t 

 Aniharic, su-bhn Darfur, wa-ba-f/i, f(he-bft-i^? Gonga, M-bfl Suaheli, ae-t, 

 ja-d Berber, sha-ah-f, se-te^h E«ryj>tiiin, [zo-d-[H Euakarmn], 



The Zimbian ((mm render ii; ct^rtoin tliat th^ Semitic are 5, 'Z, 

 Moko^r. (fjab(wU'Caitien:ioiiB) sm-mbaj 8e-mbe,3ia-mpfoj (i. e. aa, ae, sia 

 from ta-EU, l«a &c. mba, w be from mba, mlw, ba C); >Ifut ta-I>e (bifrona 

 ta-n .1 as in ta-ta;; (S i. e. 1, ta-ra 8 L e. 5, li : be 'J); Xdub aa- mbe 

 (fti-n 5, mbfc", be '2J; But^e ta-barn; Yas^uato-mva, (nto 5, mva 2); Dabomey 

 gr, te-we (a-to o, owe, eve '2); Kong;o-Aiigola gr. sn-mWadi, j?a-mboat, 

 sa-mbat, sii-ruboal, t<a-mlKMlia, sa-inlHtali, t^a-iri, ndxa-tui, sa-iubids biele, 

 tsa-rab'idia ra-iiu, sn-nu, tn-ii &e. 5 : biwadf, wuate, baol, biek, i«'\» i<U, 

 bol, mifd 2. T hf^a temis ar** iXjmjKjawi o( tlie lirst or mora radical 

 eleiiif^nt of,"), and of in its full furni. 



A still more prcvalr'ut ( rallr>-2imbiiin form preserves 5 uncontrncte4« 

 m/t-tmn na ai mutii ( 5 juid '3 ) Slukun, w-AtnjQ-zi-viri Mudjuna, 

 »i-tjmii ua \'iri Makaiidf,, «byauu na i-vidi Takwaiii, Ihuna nili Ma^am- 

 biJii, «-kaua-ti'Veiv .NyumbauH, kiiTn-bini 5!iihi, taii-iin-|u*Ii Muta^an, titim 

 m beli Kirimitn- Mr. Korflw j^Tives for Xz,oTnt>uii ^-bm tn r,imbed« (ife'-mbe- 

 re 2). 1ji the Moku (,^r. Bijseko has fti-taiie-ba. Tht inrvn u ttlso com- 

 mon in the adjiw^-nt irjlaiid or Cbndl^a-^i.sf<•riau toiij^ue**, — Uin-j^i-bari, 

 n-iitfftri-fa, tsiiwlelt*^ e-disan-^fe, dr-rjiMn-iiva, fandii-ra-motj tson-ifii, o-fcon- 

 afa, Nufi in the same prov. has ^'u-tn-aba, tna-abu, ato-aba, Okuloma 

 aono-ma, Ifam l«r-fo [to-ro-ba UaUa]; Maiidiiigian ao-lo-fere, euUi-fiiin, 

 Asliaiif:! snlo-jila. 



The Nilorie Laiiffua^wi prpserve mrtiilur form?. 



a*^ra-uia-^, Bisharf, Tj, *J ; the Scmito-JCiujbian m-tfk 3 fat 5, in 6, 8, 

 9; ma-// 2, from m'xl-tih Comj> Alandinsjrian fioni-nere. 



t'O-r-ba, t<}-r-b <.iiilia, t'du-btih lia.Ua, k<>-lo-rf« Nubian, tu-l-wr 

 Banuu; r>o-r, kii-lo is thi* rSetnito-Tlimbian 3 (1, 2): ba and du 2. 



niel-neiicJJankali, mi-l-hf^n Sbiho, bar-de Lralla ; the lat element u 3, " 

 M\~ud Nubiaii, mar-Zea Tumali; the 2d \a merely the nuusal and dental post- 

 fix. ' 



The Zimbian sa, to, of aa-mlmi tsa-ra, ta-be&e, is thesa, ta of ta-n, aa-n 

 &L'. ii. But the Semitic sa-, ha-, su-, aha-, slie-, ee- diiFwrs in form 

 thoiiyrh mi in root, from tht? ftrst element in the currejit Semitic 5, kha-, 

 It] It'-. But the African forms in 3 ha-, au-, tu-, preaerve ejam[>Ies of the 

 forms used iu 7. 



B. («.) li-nye-fa, Wngi-Sa, ShaiiguDft, la-nga-^a, la-m-ta Agau, 

 Till* Agau 2. 



Thfi 3[id-.N''ig-erian lo-l>a \a a contraction ef the Boko solo-p-la fj^ 2, ao-Io 

 bdnsr a Chadda-^"^fferian and jVIandiu^'ian fomi of the Semito-2malrian ^ 

 and Zimbimi 5. Mandin^ian hau-* soW-fere &c. 



{b}. la-oona, la-pima, ua-fuii ( 2, G ) Uongaj the Gonga, Ag«u soid 

 Gdlahof2 (.J G,). 



C. moii-sa Ki-i£amba, fun^-ahe Ki-^'ika. The Uhi&l IS m mh [5, 

 G.] with the aibUant 2. 



Bnlom fjr. meiia*t-iiia, Mandinge woro-fela, woro-nlo, wo-fela, Greho gr* 

 mu-ksio, lim-leaa &c., Mpon«rwe ovu-gaiXi, 



Tlie pibilunt 3 with tht* labial jir*>lix occurs in - some of the Ki^eri^ia ■ 

 ■ vMHibularite^, /wi-doi-belu (5, 2) Karekai e (ha-tilo FiJka}^ ffiiwlse, G'4&^ Akar . 



