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§ 307-308. 231 without being aware of their etymology. The denominatives which concern us here, are those which one can frame by one's self, if wanted, such as gaf intr. (he wishes a son), gafa trans. (he treats as a son), hi: (the crow behaves as if he were tudi a falcon) and the like. Examples of them are occasionally met with in literature. Panc. I, vs. 5 3 of ufani pista fascista foi a (here on earth even non-relatives behave towards the wealthy, as if they were their kinsmen, but to the poor even their own family are rather bad), Kåd. I, p. 30 zalfi: kad apdeiluria-wynaà (everything which is given [to me] by the queen herself in her own hand, is as ambrosia), Bhoj. 61 audiàn cseñquia ad ufung (Somanåtha..... has become a cornucopiae to me). - Incho- atives and Some of those in a convey the notion of coming into some Factiti- state out of another quite opposite, as a (to become frequent [after having been infrequent], ves. (to grow sorry), mara, r. But the number of these inchoatives is limited, see Kâç. on P. 3, 1, 12. Cp. 308. 308. Inchoatives may be made of any noun, by com- pounding it in a special manner with the verb (WHITNEY $ 1094), as P. (to become frequent), 26, 27 and 32. T The same compounds, (to become white). when made up with the verb , signify to bring some- thing into a state, the reverse of that, in which it was before ¹)" as T (to make white), houil- √ (to make black). These inchoatives are very common. Some of them have got some special meaning, al (to get possession of), (to allow), 13̺ as (to embrace) see f. i. Nâgân. IV, p. 62. .> P. 3, 1, 12. 1) Kâç. on P. 5, 4, 50 ; : goîuala á aha gentona. M M P. 5, 4, 50.