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EASTER ISLAND. 



FRENCH AND ECCLESIASTICAL. 



agera (ange) 

 anio (agneau) 

 enemi (ennemi) 

 epikopo (episcopus) 

 etereno (eternel) 

 eukaritia (eucharistie) 

 evagerio (evangelium) 

 hieroturia (hierodoulia) 

 hipokerita (hypocrite) 

 hipotati (hypostasis) 

 hove (veuve) 

 iuteo (iudaeus) 

 karatia (gratia) 

 kevare (cheval) 

 kimatiko (schismaticus) 



mereti (mercredi) 

 miterio (mysterium) 

 natura (natura) 

 nieve (nivis) 

 papa (pape) 

 papatema (bapteme) 

 pateriareka (patriarch) 

 peata (beatus) 

 penetuli (peinture) 

 perehe (plaie) 

 peripitero (presbyterus) 

 porokimo (proximus) 

 porotetani (protestant) 

 rapino (lapin) 

 reone (leon) 



retera (lettre) 



ri (riz) 



ropa (robe) 



takarameta (sacrament) 



tameti (samedi) 



taperenakero (tabernactdum) 



teparanate (serpent) 



tiaporo (diabolus) 



tominika (dominica) 



toro (taureau) 



uva (uva) 



veneri (vendredi) 



viatiko (viaticum) 



vicario (vicarius) 



verigine (virgo) 



Even in so simple a matter as the addition of a final vowel to a foreign 

 word of closed habit we shall find an indication of a fixed character of 

 this as of every speech of the Polynesian family. In these two lists we 

 find no instance of the addition of u, nor is it common in such usage 

 elsewhere in this family. Another generally uncommon euphonic ter- 

 mination applicable to closed foreign words, o, occurs only in the French 

 list, and even there (except for the single instance of rapino) is confined 

 to the ecclesiastical words, in which we seem to note a tendency on the 

 part of the priests to offer to the islanders the oblique cases and open 

 forms of the originals. It should be noted that in no case does the 

 euphonic addition carry the accent ; it is largely to secure a penult ictus 

 in reproducing the original accent of the borrowed word that this extra 

 syllable is appended. In the arsis the finer quality of the vowel might 

 be expected to attain the full perfection which is the foremost quality, 

 almost the most enduring possession, of Polynesian orthoepy. In the 

 thesis, particularly a final thesis, the shade of difference between e and i 

 may pass unconsidered. We note the cases under each vowel, the 

 series of each table being noted independently. 



The proportion contributed to these three lists by the two source 

 languages seems to inhere in conditions exterior to Rapanui. The 

 French possesses a larger number of vocables of the open habit and 

 there is no such ictus upon the ultima as distinguishes many English 

 words. Thus, taking into the count the fact that the French list is 

 rather more than twice the length of the English list, we estimate a final 



