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Rh hence Original IN ina > Gayo inö, "mother". — It becomes ě in Besemah when final, hence Original IN mata > Běs. matě, "eye". — It becomes aw in Sěraway when final, hence Original IN mata > Sěr. mataw.

III. Original IN a rarely disappears altogether; it does so in certain cases in Hova after Original IN y, hence Original IN laya2 > Hova lay, "to sail". 92. Original IN i. I. It persists for the most part unchanged in the living languages. Original IN lintah, "leech", appears as lintah in Old and Modern Javanese, Malay, etc., as dinta in Hova, etc. II. Original IN i becomes e in a few languages, thus in certain cases in Madurese, hence Original IN lintah > Mad. lenta. — It becomes ey in several languages when final; thus in Tiruray, hence Original IN tali > Tir. taley "rope". — It becomes oy in certain cases in Achinese when final; hence Original IN běli > Ach. bloy, "to buy". III. Original IN i rarely disappears altogether; it does so in Tontemboan under the exigencies of metre. In Schwarz-Texts, p. 317, Songs of Martina Romoas, 13, we find: "Do you mean?" = cua-mu. That cua < icua = prefix i + WB kua has really lost an i, is proved by the presence of the c, which can only occur after an i (see § 103). 93. Original IN u. I. It persists for the most part unchanged in the living languages. Original IN tunu, "to burn", appears as tunu in Old Javanese, Hova, etc. II. Original IN u becomes o in a few languages; thus in certain cases in Madurese, hence Original IN putih ^ Mad. pote, "white". — It become ü in Bontok by Umlaut, hence Original IN babuy > Bont. fafüy, "boar". — It becomes i in Loindang by complete assimilation, hence Original IN kulit > Loi. kilit, "skin". — It becomes ew in several languages when final; thus in Tiruray, hence Original IN pitu ^ Til. fitéw, "seven". — It becomes ee in Achinese in certain cases when final, hence Original IN palu > Ach. palée, "to strike".