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Vazimba in Julien's grammar: ani andrefana misi fuku witsi-witsi, izay milaza, azi hu taranak’ i ni * Wazimba = “ In the West there are several clans ( = fuku) which say that they are descendants of the Wazimba ”.

82.   The combination of the genitive particle with the article in Old Jav. and Tag. deserves particular notice:

Old Jav.	“ the foe ”	ṅ musuh.
	“ of the foe ”	niṅ musuh.
Tag.	“ the man ”	aṅ tawo.
	“ of the man ”	naṅ tawo.

The formula for Old Jav., therefore, is (n + i) + ṅ, since ni consists of n + i; the Tag. formula is n + (a + ṅ), since aṅ is composed of two articles, the a mentioned in § 59 and the ṅ which occurs in the Old Jav. The view that Tag. naṅ consists of ni + aṅ raises phonetic difficulties, nor is it necessary seeing that in § 72 we showed the existence of a preposition n without a vowel.

An illustration of Old Jav. niṅ, Kuñjarakarna, edited by Kern, p. 60, 1. 2: kumucah bañu niṅ sāgara = “ The water of the sea moaned ”.

83.   Second type : combination of two roots of substance. Examples:

Sund. bĕk, “ to beat ”

Sund. bĕksĕk, “ to cut down ”.

Sund. sĕk, “ to fall down beat ”

Old Jav. ruk, “ to destroy ”

Sund. ruksak, “ to destroy ”.

Old Jav. sak, “ to devastate ”

Mentaway rok, “ in a straight line ”

Mentaway rokdaṅ, “ in a straight line ”.

Karo ledaṅ, “ in a straight line ”.

84.   Third type : combination of a root of substance with a root of form. The latter in these cases is the article a.

Old Jav. luh, “ tear ”                                Bagobo luha, “ tear ”

Old Jav. buṅ, “ shoot ”                            Common IN buṅa, “ flower ”.

Toba pus, call to frighten away cats       Day. pusa, “ cat ”.

^{* ni is an article in Mlg.}