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bulary, three diiferent ideas are expressed by the words dm 
and dre* 
Head =dru - - Bassa. 
Star =dre - - Bassa. 
Wash=:dre - - Bassa. 
This is unlikely; at least it is less likely than an error on 
the part of the Collector. 
From these three vocabularies we are enabled to draw a few 
inferences, even in regard to the grammatical structure of the 
Kru dialect. 
1 . It is not difficult to see that composition occurs to a con- 
siderable extent in the Kru language. 
(1.) Qi—QjQy ^i-nani= eye-brow, yi-wawi= eye-lash. 
(2.) i)i6-wi= child, c?i6-rube=infant. 
(3.) -water, ?ie-lubruh=etream, 5?yw-gueh=spring. 
2. Respecting the termination two statements may 
be made. 
1 (a.) That it is no part of the root, or original words. 
Head =:du-&o, Kru; dru, Bassa. 
£oiler-=^z.-‘hi, Kru; jiniai, Bassa. 
2 (h.) That it appears in other African laiiguages with a simi- 
lar non-radical power. 
Good=oia, Ashanti; oie, Fanti; oie-pa, Bassa, of Kilham. 
Take=?iaM^-bi, Kru, of Kilham; neJce^ Tapua. 
3. Respecting n at the beginning of words, it may be asserted 
that it is frequently non-radical. 
Cook =Ma-pinde, Kru; pie, Bassa. 
Drink=? 2 a-ni, Kru; na, Bassa. 
Give =wi-mem, Kru; niio, Bassa. 
Hear =wa-uru, Kru; uru, Bassa. 
See =?ia-jio, Kru; je, Bassa. 
Speak=«a-uru, Kru; uru, Bassa. 
Observe, that it is the Kru dialect where the n occurs, and 
that it is the verbs that exhibit it. 
4. Respecting n at the end of words, it may also be asserted 
it is frequently non-radical. 
Cow=bili, Kru; blime, Bassa. 
Further minutim of this kind may be worked out by the study 
of even the existing materials. 
