Atkinson. — The Art/o- Semitic Maori. 565 



I need only further remind you that Arabic b, g, and / repre- 

 sent Maori p, k, and r ; while d will stand for Maori r or t ; and 

 s, commonly, for h. * 



Arabic. Maori. 



Ard (pi. aradi), earth, ground Ara, road 



ni-ara, cultivated ground 

 Hence the very word " Aryan" appears of Semitic origin. 



aid, to go to, to reside arvJd, to draw near 



bab, a gate, a door 2^apa, a sliding door 



bahr, the sea para and its compounds {post) 



bal-bak, noise as of water from pakipaki, to clap together, as the 



bottle or pipe hands, or two waves meeting 



pake, crackle, emit a sharp sound 



baki, firm pake, obstinate 



baraghit, a flea pnrulii, a flea 



This shows how long this little creature has been man's 

 companion. 



bu, a father pu, a skilled or wise person 



ba-kara, a cow or ox kara-rehe, a quadruped (and see 



J)OSt) 



bu-k, horn, musical instrument pu, general name for wind in- 

 struments, as pu-torino, a flute 

 darab, drub, thump; this is English drub 

 gild, the skin kiri, the skin 



These two are well connected by Torres Island gilit, the skin, 

 which is more related to the one it is less like. 



hubs, a prison; (Eng.) nabs, he hopu, catch 



catches ; (Lat.) habere, hold 

 hak, to rub hakihaki, the itch 



haka, tell whaka, reply to ; whaki, reveal 



hatab, firewood Jtatepe, cut in two, as a tree 



tata, to split firewood, etc. 

 harir, silk hara-reke, flax ; hari, carry ; here, 



tie 

 har, sultry hana, glow, give forth heat ; hot 



hara-m, illegal hara, oflence 



hawa, sound, voice haica-ta, mutter 



haw-a, wind hau, wind 



kaba, sullen kawa, bitter 



kabih, deformed kapi, covered up 



kadah, flint kara, basaltic stone 



kahr, force \kaha, strength, power 



kahhar, powerful j kaha, strong, powerful 



* For the convenience of the reader, I have marked off with hyphens the 

 parts of words material for my purpose. 



