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Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
Collado, Diego
Japanese language -- Grammar
[182] Collado here demonstrates the absorbitive capacity of Latin as he
creates an accusative singular adjective from the past attributive of the
verb _kobu_.
[183] The use of _abiru_, where one would expect _aburu_, may be a simple
typographical error or evidence that Collado accepted the shift from
_ni-dan_ to _ichi-dan katsuyō_ as unworthy of notice. Rodriguez (_Arte_,
101v) has _midzuuo aburu_.
[184] This list is derived from the _Arte_ (101v-102v). From _abi,uru_ on,
the list is in the same order as that made by Rodriguez. _Fanaruru_,
_zzuru_, _nosquru_, _noru_, _vovaru_, and _mairu_ are Collado's
contributions.
[185] Cf. _Arte_ (101v).
[186] Cf. _Arte_ (100).
[187] Cf. _Arte_ (98).
[188] Cf. _Arte_ (104).
[189] Cf. _Arte_ (64 and 79).
[190] The material presented in this section is gleaned from the exhaustive
treatment of the numerical system which makes up the last 20 leaves of
Rodriguez' grammar.
[191] This compound does not follow the rule, since _cu_ is not a _iomi_
numeral. See also _cu ninai_ below.
[192] Rodriguez has _fitoi_ or _fifitoi_ (Arte, 228v).
[193] While this form fits the general rule for combining counters and
days, Rodriguez (_Arte_, 228v) has _tǒca_, which is a misprint for _tôca_,
cf. Doi, _Daibunten_, p. 818.
[194] Spelled with a tilde, _sãguat_, as are all the other forms before
_guat_.
[195] For the _sǒ_ and _sa_ allomorph of _san_ cf. _Arte_ (173v).
[196] Rodriguez gives the following equivalents in the monetary system on
217-217v of the _Arte_: ... ten _Rin_ in one _Fun_, ten _Fun_ in one
_Momme_, one thousand _Momme_ in one _Quamme_.
[197] The text is confused at this point. It runs: Ixxacu, _unus palmus seu
tertia quam Hispania vocant_ sanjacu. _tres_, ...
[198] The text has _culus_ 'posterior,' but the errata changes the word to
_anus_. The original seems closer to the Japanese.
[199] The examples here lag one behind the glosses.
[200] Here and elsewhere Collado combines homophonous enumerators which
Rodriguez keeps distinct. Cf. _Arte_ (220-223v) for an extensive list of
enumerators.
[201] Cf. _Arte_ (159-159v).
[202] This rule, apparently an invention of Collado's, has no precedent in
Rodriguez or in linguistic derivation. The _n_ in this construction is the
contracted form of the classical _mu_, the source for what Collado calls
the future.
[203] These forms might better have been presented as _nari,i_ and _qeri,i_
to indicate that the sentence-ending forms are _nari_ and _qeri_.
* * * * *
Corrections made to printed original.
p. 14. `BOOK II. The Rudamenta' corrected to `Rudimenta'.
Ib. `While the Arts Grammaticae presents ...' corrected to `Ars
Grammaticae'.
p. 16. `booklet which teaches Canaduzcai' changed to much other uses as
`Canadzucai'.
p. 17. `Tassuru, taxxita, taxxeò ...' the last amended to match the
paradigm `taxxeô'.
p. 19. `Motoneô.' in future column, amended to fit the paradigm `Motomeô'.
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