Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and DiscursiveYule, Henry, Sir
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Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive
Yule, Henry, Sir
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5. The pronouns still preserve some inflexions: _Eu_, _mi_; _nos_,
_nossotros_; _minha_, _nossos_, &c.; _tu_, _ti_, _vossotros_; _tua_,
_vossos_; _Elle_, _ella_, _ellotros_, _elles_, _sua_, _suas_, _lo_, _la_.
6. The verb substantive is (present) _tem_, (past) _timha_, and
(subjunctive) _seja_.
7. Verbs are conjugated by adding, for the present, _te_ to the only
form, viz., the infinitive, which loses its final _r_. Thus, _te falla_;
_te faze_; _te vi_. The past is formed by adding _ja_—e.g. _ja falla_;
_ja olha_. The future is formed by adding _ser_. To express the
infinitive, _per_ is added to the Portuguese infinitive deprived of its
_r_.
NOTA BENE
IN THE USE OF THE GLOSSARY
(A.) The dates attached to quotations are not always quite consistent. In
beginning the compilation, the dates given were those of the _publication_
quoted; but as the date of the _composition_, or of the use of the word in
question, is often much earlier than the date of the book or the edition in
which it appears, the system was changed, and, where possible, the date
given is that of the actual use of the word. But obvious doubts may
sometimes rise on this point.
The dates of _publication_ of the works quoted will be found, if required,
from the BOOK LIST, following this _Nota bene_.
(B.) The system of transliteration used is substantially the same as that
modification of Sir William Jones's which is used in Shakespear's
_Hindustani Dictionary_. But—
The first of the three Sanskrit sibilants is expressed by (_ś_), and, as in
Wilson's Glossary, no distinction is marked between the Indian aspirated
_k_, _g_, and the Arabic gutturals _kh_, _gh_. Also, in words
transliterated from Arabic, the sixteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet is
expressed by (_ṭ_). This is the same type that is used for the cerebral
Indian (_ṭ_). Though it can hardly give rise to any confusion, it would
have been better to mark them by distinct types. The fact is, that it was
wished at first to make as few demands as possible for distinct types, and,
having begun so, change could not be made.
The fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet is in several cases represented by
(_th_) when Arabic use is in question. In Hindustani it is pronounced as
(_s_).
Also, in some of Mr. Burnell's transliterations from S. Indian languages,
he has used (R) for the peculiar Tamil hard (_r_), elsewhere (R), and (_γ_)
for the Tamil and Malayālam (_k_) when preceded and followed by a vowel.
LIST OF FULLER TITLES OF BOOKS
QUOTED IN THE GLOSSARY
ABDALLATIF. Relation de l'Egypte. _See_ DE SACY, SILVESTRE.
ABEL-RÉMUSAT. Nouveaux Mélanges Asiatiques. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1829.
ABREU, A. de. DESC. DE MALACA, from the _Parnaso Portuguez_.
ABULGHAZI. H. des Mogols et des Tatares, par Aboul Ghazi, with French
transl. by Baron Desmaisons. 2 vols. 8vo. St. Petersb., 1871.
ACADEMY, The. A Weekly Review, &c. London.
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