The brackets denote suggestions of my own. ↑ Ch= kh. English ch represented by tsh. Former guttural Scotch ch in loch, &c. Kill Raise, lift up Put down Hear Understand Tell Strike Strike not To strike Striking I strike I struck I will strike Having stricken Ch= kh. English ch represented by tsh. Esh-t is absolutely the same with Ilayu ish-to, the t being the transitive sign! And morcover in Toda, as in Iáyu, this is active and passive! Sco burth-t stricken. Present tense is used Present tense is used ná adike Former guttural Scotch ch in loch, &c. nósipe I will see The future is the same as the present tense in all these tongues I sleep voragape made 1) Thou sleepest voragape nidre maduti He sleeps Voragapo nidre madutane • For omitted Pronouns, soe elsewhere. (About the Passive, see Remarks.) ↑ Adverbs of time used to mark tense. I sleep yesterday I slept. I sleep to-morrow I will sleep. kande nidre madutine (sleep ná kada ke, na ka nidre madutade navella nidre maduteve yengella nidre madu- nivella nidre nadu. avarella nidre madu. tare kondhakisutine dandu kóge ni kadandu kóndo avanu kadandu ná pátu kónde madisutine English. Toda. Kota. adu posso Kurumba. We two strike. Dual is the same as plural; adding only the numeral two after the pronoun instead of ella = all Badaga. avane puikapo avale posso huiyutane It strikes burthtsti huidada huiyutale huiyutade Dual ni adika ava adika avla adika adu adika • For omitted Pronouns, sco elsewhere. ↑ Dual is not a separate form, but rendu = 2, is added after pronoun instead of ella, as Nam rendál adikeme, &c. |