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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[NOVEMBER, 1907.
a Nicobarese { P-en-yüb
ship
Sudden emphasis on these terms is very often necessary in navigation, and further differentistion is effected by the attachment of the prefix ma or the infix am: e..., m-enn-āy-o only 2 fathomg
t-amen-fual-o only 6 fathoms 1-amen-oiy-o only 3 fathoms
m-en-shat-o only 7 fathoms ma-h-enn-Janno only 4 fathoms
.m-enfoan-no only 8 fathoms t-ameney-o only 5 fathoms .. sh-aminn-am-o only 10 fathoms. q.-In Expression of Groups of Words Round Ideas and Groups
of Ideas Round Words. The Nicobarese carry this plan of differentiating connected words of the same class by radical affixes very far, and manage by this means to oreate groupe of words round one idea or set of ideas, or vice versd, groups of ideas round one word or set of words. Groups of Words Round an Idea Differentiated by Radical Affixes.
... 1. Idea: "Same Sort.
** (Preflies or Infixes Employed.) enkòiña male m -en kòiña
a male of the same race enkana a female 'm-enkina
a female of the same race kenyum child
k-am-enyuma child of the same race
- a Nicobarese of the same paiyuh
pamen-yuh) community. not pig men-nota
pig of the same village Am dog enm-ams
dog of the same village chống
ch-inm-ônga ship of the same rig mattai village
m-en-tai
village of the same people kentôka dance
k-am-entóka dance of the same kind kanòishe song ka-menn-dishe song of the same kind
kaling foreigner ka-ma-lenga foreigner of the same country
This last word is an instance where a foreign word has been subjected to Nicobarese grammatical forms; for Kling, Kaling is an Indian word for the foreigners settled in the Malay countries, from Kalinga, the Northern coasts of Madras.
Example. heang kamenndisho ta kisha ai kamentika"
ta one same kind-of-song c .i.r. sing two same kind-of-dance c.i.r. katoka tai chia whe
dance by I last-night
(one sort of song was song and two dances of the same kind were danced by me last night).
II. Idea : "Complete Condition."
(Suffixes Employed:) Root OR STEM. CONNECTED Words.
Sense. di (bulk)
di-re dimgashe ----
all good (of a but, goods) di-skiren
all bad (of a hut or goods) di-ngare di-ngareshe
all abeent (of a quality, sub
**stance) hēang (one) hēang-lare
all good contents of anything) hēaug-ugare
all bad (contents of anything) düat (length) düat-shire
all (of a long object) hēang-leät (one-finished) hēang-leät-tare
the whole set
