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 312 the first term, appears in every imaginable form, whereof we now give a selection :

I. The last sound is omitted: Dayak luyu-luyut, "somewhat soft", from luyut, "soft"; similarly aki-akir, "to push slightly", etc.

II. The last two sounds are omitted : Bull lis-lisan, "broom", from lisan, "to sweep".

III. All sounds except the last are omitted : Tontemboan u-anu, "such and such a person", "Mr. What's his name", from anu, "some one".

IV. All sounds except the first are omitted ; Mentaway o-ogdog, "a tool for opening coconuts", from the WB ogdog.

244. The second term is abbreviated by the method of haplology. This case is rare. Padoe laqika-ika, "hut", from laqika, "house". Javanese Roso-so, familiar mode of addressing a person whose name is Roso.

245. As all the species of haplology instanced in §§ 243 seqq. are cases of the eUmination of sounds that were not in direct contact wdth the corresponding similar ones, they are analogous to the haplological phenomena of IE described in Brugmann KvGr, § 338, A, 2, like the Latin latrocinium < latronicinium.

246. Assimilation displays in IN all the possibilities that also occur in IE: compare the cases in Brugmann KvG, §§ 319 seqq., with the following scheme. In the IN languages assimilation may be:

Ia. Vocalic: Original IN tau > Tontemboan tow, "man".

Ib. Consonantal: Original IN gantuṅ > Toba gattuṅ, "to hang".

IIa. Progressive: Original IN garuk > Bimanese garo, "to scratch".

IIb. Regressive: Original IN tau > Tontemboan tow.

IIIa. Unilateral: Original IN tau > Tontemboan tow.