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THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



The mutations properly referable to the parent neutral vowel are 

 very numerous. The less frequent vowel mutations are here set 

 down with the authority on which they rest, and in case of material 

 involved in this collection of data the serial number is appended for 

 convenience of reference. 



i-e siapo-seavu. Note, the mutation e-t 



is extremely common. 

 \-a ofanga-ovi. 

 \-u 'ili-kuli (294), milo-mulo, isu-uthu 



(289), ilo-uloulo (334)- 



u-i tulu-tiri (332). 



u-o 'uli-koli (11&), lofia-luvu (253), mafu- 



mavo, ufi-ovi, jangu-vango. 

 u-a ngungulu-ngalo , liu-lia (197)- 



The less frequent of the constant mutations are these 



\-n lama-nama, lamu-namu. 

 ng-k anga-dhaka. 

 ng-v lingi-livi (103). 

 n-ng sina-singasingau. 

 m-ng lima-linga (313). 



k-dh 

 k-ng 



t-k 

 t-s 

 t-dh 



se'e-dhedhe. 



'i-ngi. 



tupoto-tumboko. 



lata-lasa, uta-usa (238). 



tofe-dhove, matala-madhala. 



Table C. 



Dealing now with so much of the Efate material as possesses in 

 the Viti a possible bridge across the gap, we construct table B, 

 on the preceding page. The mass of the data under consideration, 

 amounting to 175 entries, is sufficient to establish these results upon 



