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... roots of the words and to cast off those servile particles , whether prefixes or postfixes , among which deviation is ever most rife , may confidently rely upon his vocabulary for much sound information respecting ethnic affinities ...
... roots of the words and to cast off those servile particles , whether prefixes or postfixes , among which deviation is ever most rife , may confidently rely upon his vocabulary for much sound information respecting ethnic affinities ...
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... roots of the nouns and verbs similar Latham's History of Man and Ethnology of British Colonies . + My own Himalayan series will be found in the Journal , No. 185 , for December 1847. The Arrakanese series is annexed hereto . to identity ...
... roots of the nouns and verbs similar Latham's History of Man and Ethnology of British Colonies . + My own Himalayan series will be found in the Journal , No. 185 , for December 1847. The Arrakanese series is annexed hereto . to identity ...
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... root or basis.t 2d . The other remark suggested by the comparison of the vocabularies is , that it is the nouns and verbs , and not the pronouns and numerals , which constitute the enduring part of these languages ; and that con ...
... root or basis.t 2d . The other remark suggested by the comparison of the vocabularies is , that it is the nouns and verbs , and not the pronouns and numerals , which constitute the enduring part of these languages ; and that con ...
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... roots and of servile particles , as well as the range of synonymous variation , in each of these classes of words , being thus only testable , and these points being all important as diagnostics , even more so than grammatical ...
... roots and of servile particles , as well as the range of synonymous variation , in each of these classes of words , being thus only testable , and these points being all important as diagnostics , even more so than grammatical ...
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... root mi , used in both senses . In tirmi , tarti , warti , we have the ra particle , which remains in its conjunct form as a medial , whilst the usual prefix ta dis- appears . The rá , too , would disappear in a compound of roots if not ...
... root mi , used in both senses . In tirmi , tarti , warti , we have the ra particle , which remains in its conjunct form as a medial , whilst the usual prefix ta dis- appears . The rá , too , would disappear in a compound of roots if not ...
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