ballet, the full value of the particle should be shewn, and that plantak, plandok and pluru are incorrect and unscholarly.
Pe is the sign of a verbal noun. I do not know of any Malay verb landok, but that the name of the mouse-deer is derived from a word having something to do with rapidity of motion is sufficiently shewn by the meanings of other words having the same root:–
- Lanchit and lonchat, to jump, spring.
- Lanchar, quick, direct, fluent.
- Lanchur, to flow, spurt out.
- Lanjut, long, stretching forward.
- Lantak, to strike home, transfix.
- Lanting, to fling.
- Langsong, to proceed direct, &c.
On the same principle, it is not incorrect to show, by the insertion of the vowel before the liquid, the existence of the forgotten particle in the first syllable of such words as, bri (be-ri), give; blanja (bel-anja), expend; blanga (bel-anga), a cooking pot; trang (te-rang), cleared; trima (te-rima), receive; trus (te-rus), through. [1]
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One advantage of inserting the vowel is that the separation of the particle from the root renders apparent etymological features which might otherwise be unsuspected. Thus, in the examples given above, the same root may perhaps be detached in the Malay words for "give" and "receive."
So the common derivation of belanga and other words having to do with heat or burning becomes apparent :-
- Bel-anga, a cooking pot.
- Hangat, hot.
- Hangas, burnt, scorched.
- Hangit, smell of something burning.
The meaning of ran or rang appears to be "to cut;" it occurs in such words as, rantas, to cut a passage through jungle, ranchang, to whittle to a point, etc.; terang, or trang, is "cleared," "cut away," and therefore "clear," "plain;" pa-rang, is "the cutter," the chopper or jungle-knife used in agriculture.
Us, the root of terus or trus, seems to convey the idea of admission or penetration:–
- Terus, through.
- Chelus, admissible.
- Lulus, admissible, permissible.
- Tumbus, pierced, perforated.
- Halus, fine, slender.
- Karus, thin, &c.
