By means of the f or p, the Arawak expresses the principle of: to strive, to aspire, airily, lightly.

No difference in meaning has been ascertained between f and p. B mostly writes f, Sm., S. and Q. mostly p; G. has noted almost exclusively f, with the exception of foreign words; in the writings of Pen. and Roth only f is to be found.

In order to show the character of the f (p), different f forms are given below beside the corresponding b forms.

a) ibi-li-no ifi-li-be-ci bajia, from the least to the greatest (Acts VIII, 10), ibi-ro, something small, in: lo-kab-oa ibi-ro, his fingers, biama ibi-ro ka-in kodibiyu, two sparrows;

m. ifi-li, f. ifi-ro, great; ifiro, the human body; ifirota, to enlarge; Sm. ipiru, the body, adda ippiru, the stem of a tree;

a-fitikidi-, to go forth, to go out, to come out, a-fitikiti-, to bring forth;

b) ba, again, aba, some, another, iba, eba, being the last, the end, ibara, to remain, to be left;

fa, future (§ 5), will (§§ 28, 41);

Sm. a-pappassü-, sich ausbreiten, gross werden; G. tó kudibiyu fófasoa a-morodo-n, the bird is soaring;

Sm., G. papáia, papaya (A. M. § 182, 124A);

Sm. appapu-rru, böses, wildes Wasser, heftige Brandung; R. appapu-ru, bore, tidal wave;