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Vazimba in Julien's grammar: ani andrefana misi fuku witsi-witsi, izay milaza, azi hu taranak’ i ni * Wazimba = “ In the West there are several clans ( = fuku) which say that they are descendants of the Wazimba ”.

82. The combination of the genitive particle with the article in Old Jav. and Tag. deserves particular notice:

The formula for Old Jav., therefore, is (n + i) + ṅ, since ni consists of n + i; the Tag. formula is n + (a + ṅ), since aṅ is composed of two articles, the a mentioned in § 59 and the ṅ which occurs in the Old Jav. The view that Tag. naṅ consists of ni + aṅ raises phonetic difficulties, nor is it necessary seeing that in § 72 we showed the existence of a preposition n without a vowel. An illustration of Old Jav. niṅ, Kuñjarakarna, edited by Kern, p. 60, 1. 2: kumucah bañu niṅ sāgara = “ The water of the sea moaned ”. 83. Second type : combination of two roots of substance. Examples: Sund. bĕk, “ to beat ” Sund. bĕksĕk, “ to cut down ”. Sund. sĕk, “ to fall down beat ” Old Jav. ruk, “ to destroy ” Sund. ruksak, “ to destroy ”. Old Jav. sak, “ to devastate ” Mentaway rok, “ in a straight line ” Mentaway rokdaṅ, “ in a straight line ”. Karo ledaṅ, “ in a straight line ”. 84. Third type : combination of a root of substance with a root of form. The latter in these cases is the article a. Old Jav. luh, “ tear ”                               Bagobo luha, “ tear ” Old Jav. buṅ, “ shoot ”                           Common IN buṅa, “ flower ”. Toba pus, call to frighten away cats      Day. pusa, “ cat ”. Rh
 * ni is an article in Mlg.