A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language : with a preliminary ...

DISSERTATION. Ixv
case, which is formed, as in the Javanese, by the affix ne. Any
radical is determined to a verbal sense by the prefix a, or by the
nasals ng or n, as in Javanese, and a transitive verb is formed,
as in Malay, by the affix kan. Abstract nouns are formed either
by the prefixes in p, or tlie affix an, or by both conjointly.
From the large proportion of native Vords in the Lumpung,
and the quality of these words, I am disposed to come to the
conclusion that it is an original and distinct language. With
a single exception all the prepositions are peculiar. This is
di, " at, to, of,^^ which, as it is solitary, is probably only an
accidental coincidence. It seems, indeed, to be only an abbre-
viation of the same preposition written at length, disapa. That
the prepositions are peculiar will be seen by comparing them
with those of the Malay, the language which is most mixed up
with the Lampung.
LAMPUNG.