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Rh that Bis. onsa, " what ", forms derivatives which are translated by " buscar, querer " (" to see k") and the like.

134. The pronoun " who " has a number of equivalents in the IN languages, but none of them can be held to be Common IN.

135. The indefinite pronoun. The Common IN form of this is anu.

The pronoun " somebody, something ". Philippines, Bis.: ano — Celebes, Tontb.: anu — Borneo, Sampit: yanu — Java, Sund.: anu — Sumatra, Gayo: anu — Malay Peninsula, Mal.: anu — Madagascar, Hova: anuna — South-Western Border, Mentaway: anu.

Note. — In Old Jav. anu has to be accompanied by the article ṅ in certain syntactical combinations, and to this anu + ṅ the Hova anuna corresponds. Thus in the Hova anuna an article has got inseparably attached at the end of the word, while in the Sampit yanu < i + anu another article has attached itself to the beginning.

Numerals. 136. The numerals are almost exclusively disyllabic formations; their analysis and the positive explanation of their component parts present great difficulties.

137. The numerals " one, ten, hundred, thousand " are Common IN in the forms sa, puluh, ratus, and ribu.

138. The numeral " one ". Philippines, Tag.: isa — Celebes, Tontb.: sa, ĕsa — Borneo, Tar.: isa — Java, Sund.: sa — Sumatra, Gayo: sa, sara — Malay Peninsula, Mal.: sa — Madagascar, Hova: isa — Northern Border, Form., Puyuma dialect: sa — Eastern Border, Sumbawarese: sa — South-Western Border, Nias: sa, sara.

139. The numeral " ten ". Philippines, Bis.: polo — Celebes, Tontb.: puluq — Borneo, Tar.: puloh — Java, Old Jav.: puluh — Sumatra, written Mkb.: puluh — Malay Peninsula, Mal.: puluh — Madagascar, Hova: fulu — Northern Rh