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merely variants, we have no other evidence that —uk—is used as an infix; 
it produces no change of meaning, and all our well-established infixes 
function in value, though not in position, as inflectional. In view of the 
fact that elsewhere we note the tendency of palatal mutes to vanish, it 
is quite possible that gwimukud is the true form of the vocable, that it 
becomes guimuud by loss of the palatal, then by crasis guimud. 
In laro—n—on, as an infixature from /aroon, the infix —u— seems 
associable with the well-established infixes —en—, —im—, —on—; further- 
more, its presence changes an adjective into a noun, a proper function 
of this composition member. 
In tin-on-gol, as an infixature from tingol, we encounter yet 
another anomaly. In all the other instances the infix is applied between 
consonant and vowel; here it seems to be applied between two con- 
sonants. It is more remarkable than it seems. In Subanu ng is not 
a compound consonant, it is as individual a consonant as n or m of the 
class to which it belongs or as g and Kk of the series in which it occurs. 
Accordingly we are at a loss to comprehend this severing of a consonant 
by the insertion of a formative element. 
In the regular infixatures the introduced element falls into two 
types according as the consonant is liquid or nasal. We note, but with- 
out full comprehension of the significance of the fact, that these are the 
weakest of consonant possibilities. The liquid we find as —al— and —li-. 
The nasal infix appears most frequently as -in— and —-en-. ‘The soli- 
tary instance of —eng— in the infixature b-eng—awan from bawang sug- 
gests a leaping interchange of n and ng which is familiar in the general 
study of phonetics. A second place is occupied by the labial nasal in 
—im— and —om-. 
At this point it will be proper to introduce the loan material which 
the Subanu has assumed from the Spanish. From this material, scanty 
though it be, we shall be able to derive a few principles upon which the 
mountaineers deal with speech acquisitions which for various reasons 
they may desire to incorporate in their own language. The considera- 
tions thus based upon a language with which we are familiar will enable 
us to make a better start in the next chapter, where we shall consider 
the relation of Subanu with its congener Visayan. ‘The Spanish loans 
are set down in the following table: 
Subanu. Spanish. Subanu. Spanish. Subanu. Spanish. 
aao cacao camote camote paldon padron 
abayo caballo capote capote pares par 
antocos anteojos compinsal confesar sarol azada 
apote capote daro arar sengguil sefior 
bandela bandera gasol azul sondalo soldado 
bino vino gobednarol gobernador | tacho tacho 
bobo bobo laguas enaguas | viste veste 
cabayo caballo locao lugar 
