D THE SUBANU. 
this composite is sogmog-obal, and thus the b may be brought so close to 
the initial position as to be governed by the general rule. 
This system of prefaced mutes is found somewhat widely spread, in 
whole or in part, in the tangle of languages which we denominate Mela- 
nesian. In Fiji it has become an invariable rule; that speech has no 
sonant mutes which can stand alone of their own power; the preface 
of the nasal of the series is required and we hear ngg, nd, and mb. 
Great variety of form is given to the Subanu vocables by the free 
employment of formative members. We lack the data whereupon to 
work out the syntactical value of these accessories of speech, but we can 
arrange our material to prove the existence of the following types of 
word composition: 1, prefix alone; 2, suffix alone; 3, infix alone; 4, pre- 
fix-suffix; 5, infix-suffix. 
1. The following are the prefixes employed in composition without 
accessory formative members; in the cases of those less frequently used 
the instances of occurrence are noted; where this reference is not made, 
the words are readily found in the vocabulary order under the par- 
ticular prefix. 
a duplicating the initial syllable, alalaat. 
ba basulan, baton. 
be belema, belintis. 
ca 
cu cutao. 
di probably of prepositional value, dialum, 
dibaban, dien, dipag, diselum, ditaas. In 
the Malay di is distinctly a preposition. 
do dosop. 
em (ma variant) embats, ? empetek. 
ge (ca, ga variant) gayac. 
go godaay, gondaay, gondi, gompia, gompoti, 
gompulo, gopia, gotao. 
ig (probably a ga variant, as em of ma). 
ma (variant forms me, mi, mo, mu). 
maca (variant forms maa, maga). 
mali 
mi milipay. 
mig 
mo molomo, moloto. 
moc (variant form mog). 
mu musop. 
negmeg (variant of nogmog). 
noc (secondary forms are nocmaca, noc- 
pig, nocpog, nocti). 
nog (secondary forms are nogma, nogmig). 
nong (nog variant). 
pa (variant form pe). 
paca (variant form paa, as maca of maa). 
pac (variant form pag). 
pala (variant form palo). palalabian, pa- 
laminis, palapa, palobaya. 
pic (variant forms pig, ping). 
ping (Dig variant). pingoctuban, pingon- 
1an. 
po (pa variant; alternative and secondary 
forms pOc, poca, pocca, poco, pog, 
pogli, poglo). 
poglo (secondary po form). 
muian. 
quina (kina). 
sa (variant forms are sac, sag, soc, sog). 
so (secondary forms are sopoc, sopoglo). 
soc (secondary forms are socmec, socmi, 
socmica, Socmo, socmoc, socmog, 
SOCpO, SOCpog, socsocal). 
socal (secondary form is socsocal). 
sog (soc variant; secondary forms are sog- 
maca, sogmag, sogme, sogmi, sog- 
mica, sogmig, sogmo, sogmoc, 
sogmog, sogpaca, sogpig, sogpo, 
sogsocal). 
socalpoglogo- 
2. The following are the suffixes which are used with no earlier 
formative element; more properly it is a list of the suffixes when used 
alone, for we shall find most of them in use in combination with prior 
prefix or infix. 
-—an antosan, balidyaan, batasan, begyaan, 
boocan, bootan, donggoan, gattan, 
gaoman, labanan, lintisan, lo- 
bungan, pandayan, piniasan, sala- 
pian, sinbaan, sindepan, tabian, 
togotan. 
-en pimolaen. 
—han ulihan. 
-| bonoal. 
—nen panganen. 
—non pomolanon. 
-on  Obaloson, ganioson, moiaon, saboton. 
