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NOVEMBER, 1907.)
RECORD OF THE LANGUAGES OF SAVAGES.
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Table of the "Comparative Degrees,"
(Suffs always a.) Unchanged Form of Sufis.
Infix en. changed form ch-òng (high).
ch-in-onga (higher) inflected l-apā (good)
l-en-paa (better) inflected ch-aling (long)
ch-in-linga (longer ) inflected sh-iang (sweet)
sh-inn-eanga (sweeter) inflected p-oap (poor )
p-enn-mapa ( poorer ) infected la-ngan (heavy )
l-en-ngdna (heavier) Changed Form of Sufiz. inflected f-uòi (thick)
f-enn-ółyo (thicker) . inflected pa-chau (cold)
p-en-chauwa (colder) Unchanged Form of Sufis.
Prefixes en, ong. inflected enh (near)
enn-erha (nearer) agglutinated kodng (strong )
ong-konga (stronger ) Changed Form of Suffix.
Correlated Prefizes. mi-taito (short)
en-tanta (shorter ) The "gu perlative" does not come into the argument, as there is, strictly, no such" degree," the illustrator (adverb ), kn, indeed,' following the "comparative" for the purpose. Thus : ching ( high ) chinònga (higher)
chinònga ka (highest) 0.-In Expression of "Continuing Action." So also in working out a plan for expressing "continuing action," the Nicobarese employs the same method. He adds a suffix yande to the suffix a, and then proceeds as in the former case.
Continuing Action. (Sufix always a + yande.)
Infix en. inflected
t-op
(drink) tenn-opayande (c. drinking) inflected
(ok)-ng-ók (eat) ng-enn-ókayande (C. eating ) inflected
(i)-k-asha (sing ) k-enn-osshayande (c. singing) inflected
(ong)-sh-òngha (walk ) sh-inn-ôngayande (c. walking )
Correlated Prefixes. i-teal (sleep)
en-teakayande (c. sleeping ) ka-töka (dance)
ken-tókayande (c. dancing) et-et (write )
en-êtayande (c. writing) a-mink (rain)
en-minhayande (c. raining) p. - In Expression of Naturally Conneoted Words. So further in the case of expressing the depth of water, a matter of much consequence to #people constantly navigating canoes and boats along a coral-bound shore.
Water and canoes are measured by the arm-span, which is something over five feet, or roughly a fathom: heang tamaka, one fathom. But for the more commonly used 2 to 10 fathoms there are expressions specially differentiated by means of the prefix or infix en and the suffix o (for a), attached on the principles noted in Appendix A in the case of the namorals. Root.
WORD.
SENSE. An two enn-ay-0
2 fathoms 1-6e three l-enn-òiy-o
8 fathoms four h-enn-oan-no
4 fathoms t-anai five t-enn-ēy-o
5 fathoms t-afual six t-en-lüal-o
6 fathoms ingat ветер en-shât-o
7 fathoms enfoan eight enfoan-no
8 fathoms sh-om ten sh-inn-am
10 fathoms
f-oan
