II.—Those in which one or more of the verbal roots is never used separately but in combination only. As illustrations of class I. the following may be mentioned:—

1.Lai-nŏ—tobring.
Tháng-nŏ—togo.
Åt lai-tháng(incombination)
Fire bring-go
2.Há-nŏ—tocut (paddy, &c.)
Zap-nŏ—finish.
Zang mai há-zap-bai(incombination).
We paddy cut-finished-have
3.Tham-nŏ—catch;lábo-nŏ—bring; gorai-kho tham-labó—those horsescatch bring.
&c.&c.

The compound verbs of Class II. are very numerous and in frequent use. A few illustrations only can be given here, which may serve to show that the second and subsequent members of the agglutinative verb, while they have no independent existence, yet serve to enrich and expand the meaning of the primitive root in a very remarkable way.

1.Bai, denotes continuousaction.
Bí = to beg; bi-bai-nŏ= to continuebegging
Bráp = to be angry; bráp-bai-nŏbeing angry
Namai = to seek; namai-bai-nŏseeking
2.Láng impliescompletion.
Bát (jump)lángjump across
Udu (sleep)sleep heavily
Thoi (die)die outright
Bir (fly)fly away
Zá (eat)eat up
3.Suareintensitives greatly strengthening the meaning of the first verbalroot.
Thrå
On (love)sulove much
Ukhui (hunger)hunger greatly
Mini (laugh)laugh heartily
Gai (plant)thråplant completely
Ga-glai (fall)fall heavily
Thoi (die)die outright

In not a few cases several, sometimes as many as five or six, of these infixes are combined with the original verbal stem, each one materially contributing to enlarge and enrich its meaning. A few illustrations are here supplied.

1.Dáo-frábír-láng-thrå-bai.
The birds flown completelyaway-have.
2.Áng bi-khobai-nái-thá-bai.
I him continue-watching-did.
3.Nu-zá-nai-sŏi-lá-tháng.
See-become-watch-much-take-go,i.e. go and see and take and observe carefully.
&c.&c.