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From the foregoing examples the nature ^& extent of this grammatical peculiarity may be determined, though there appears to be great difference & intricacy in the application of the general principles. In Brusciotte's grammar of the Congo, quotes by Adelung ( Vol. 3 p. 219) the initial syllable, which are here termed [underlined[inflexions]], appears to be regarded as singular & plural [undlerined[articles]] prefixed to the noun. From a comparison of the different dialects it would rather seem that this view is incorrect,- though the difference is a matter of slight consequence. In the Kambinda we have for ear, [underlined[kūtu]],plural [underlined[mɑ:tu]]; here, if we regard kū & mɑ: as articles prefixed, we must suppose the [scratch out] proper word for ear to be simply [underlined [tu]]. In the Kongo, however, ^as well as the [Macondy?], for the same, we have a kūtu, Plu. makūtu. Here on the same principle, if we regard mɑ: as the plural prefix, the word for ear must be kūtu. A still more decisive example is found in the ^Kongo word kōko, arm ^or hand, plural mōko; Here if [scratch out[the]] [scratch out[word]] [scratch out[li?]] kō & mō be regarded as the articles, [scratch out]] & ko as the word for arm, what shall we say to the same term in Makua, where we have for the singular [underlined[di]]kōko, plural [underlined[ma]]kōko, where the word for arm is as evidently kōko?
     Whether these formatives be regarded as inflections or as articles, they constitute a distinguishing [scratch out[?]] characteristic of this ^family languages, particularly when taken in conjunction with another [scratch out[characteristic]] peculiarity, namely, that the adjectives appear to [scratch out[used the]] take the same formatives as the substantives which they qualify. This rule cannot be laid down as positive, but the following examples appear to justify it-
   Congo- One, mōçi;  two, ōli
one day, kilu'mbi kimōçi;  two days, ilu'mbi iōli
one egg, diaχi dimōçi,   two eggs, maχi mɔ:li
Kasa'nji - one dog, kiza'lu kimmōçi,  two days, izɑ:lu ia'li
a small dog, kiza'lu kito'ko,  a large dog, kiza'lu kinēne
a small house, īinzu itokoto'ko,  a large house, īinzu inēne,
Makūa,  one, mōdya,   dikōko, finger or hand
one finger, dikōko di mōdya,  two -, makōko mēdi
three  makōko marɑ:ru
Nyamba'na; many kings, tihōose tiŋinge;  many canoes, mɑquɑ:tu mɑ[y?]ingi
many men, avanūna vanyingi;  many trees, ti'mki tinyingi
two teeth  matīnu mavī[u?];  two houses,  tĭngĭo tivī[r?]e