Treoear. — The Maori in Asia. 



three great languages — Sanscrit, Persian, and Arabic. Of the 

 Maori agreement with older Sanscrit I gave many examples in 

 the " Aryan Maori "—when a dictionary (which I have ordered 

 from England) arrives, I shall be able to show the older forms 

 at a greater length. The words I shall call Sanscrit are those 

 written in the Hindu dictionary in Sanscrit characters, the 

 Persian being written in Persian. The Arabic is a Semitic 

 tongue, and I do not understand it. Let it be remembered that 

 probably the Hindu and the Maori languages have been flowing 

 apart in two distinct streams for over 4,000 years, and I think 

 the following examples will be thought to be very strange 

 coincidences indeed. 



In showing these comparisons I must remind my listeners 

 that ng and A- are interchangeable, that r and I are interchange- 

 able, r and d, p and b, and that the Maori language insists on a 

 vowel following a consonant, thus phi would be poru or puru. 

 English instances of the interchange of r and I are — Prince 

 Harry into Prince Hal, Sarum into Salisbury, &c. The ng into 

 the A- sound is finely shown in the Latin — tango becoming tactus ; 

 pingo, pictus, &c, so that all these changes have Aryan features. 

 A good example of r to d is the Maori ra, a day,' changes to the 

 Danish dag, the German tag, the English dag — the German and 

 Danish interchange of d to t being equal to that of Sanscrit to 

 Maori, as will be shown by examples. 



Hindustani. 



SANSCRIT. 



Ukhar, to root up 



ukhar, to extirpate 



apas, fraternity 



apas, fraternity 



xitar, to cross, low water 



utar, the fare (ferry) 



utarnu, to transport, carry 



atur, to hurry 



var, a day 

 achun, a teacher 

 ar, contention, dispute 

 as, to desire, have children 

 akirat, defamation 

 ankh, the eye 

 agda, firm, strong 

 age, before, beyond 

 age, to press forward 

 along, the way, direction 

 anokha, singular, rare 

 am, the point (of an arrow) 



MAORI. 



Hauhake, to root up crop 



ukupapa, to finish, consume 



apo, to gather, together 



apu, a company of labourers 



uta, the land, coast 



utu, the price paid 



uta, to load a vessel 

 f atea, to clear out of the way 

 \atute, to jostle 



wa, a division of time 



ako, to teach or learn 



arita, irascible 



ai, to procreate 



akiri, to reject 



anga, to look 



akuaku, firm, strong 



ake, before, onwards 



aki-aki, to urge on 



ara, the path 



anake, only 



ane-ane, sharp 



