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114 Border, Form., various dialects : pulo — Eastern Border., Sumbanese : kěmbuluh — South-Western Border, Mentaway : pulu.

Note. — Several IN languages, particularly in the Philipines, tolerate no h as a final. — Hova fulu follows the law : " Common IN p appears in Hova as f, save after labials or when final ". — I do not know how to explain the final q in Tontb. puluq*

140. The numeral  " hundred " . Phihppines, Bis.: gatos — Celebes, Bug.: ratuq — Borneo, Tar.: ratus — Java, Sund.: ratus, Old Jav. atus — Sumatra, Gayo: ratus — Malay Penin- sula, Mai.: ratus — Madagascar, Hova: zatu — Eastern Border, Bim. : ratu.

Note. — The initial of gatos and that of zatu follow the RGH-law, for which see Conant, JAOS, XXXI, I, pp. 70 seqq. The final of ratuq follows the law: " Common IN final consonants, except nasals, become q in Bug.".

141.The numeral " thousand" Philippines, Iloko: ribu— Celebes, Tonsawang: mo-ribu — Borneo, Tar.: ribu — Java, Old Jav. : iwu — Sumatra, Gayo : ribu — Malay Penin- sula, Mai.: ribu — Madagascar, Hova: a-riuu — Eastern Border, Bim.: riwu. Note. — In Old Jav. iwu the r ought not to have disappeared, for it was originally an r of a different shade from the one in ratus, where the r has rightly disappeared in strict accordance with the R-laws in Old Jav. (see § 190). The r in iwu ᐸ ribu ought, according to phonetic law, to have persisted, as the following table shows: Mal. Bis. Old Jav. ratus gatos atus rimbit limbit rimbit, “ to take pains ” ribu libo riwu

Parallels like rimbit show that where Mai. has an r and Bis. an l Old Jav. also exhibits an r. But the word for "hundred ""


 * [See Essay IV, § 116, and also §§ 144 seqq., 185 seqq.]