136 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



T-w. This change rests upon the single instance of the same tama, 

 in which we find Fagani wama. As its immediate neighbors in 

 the central Solomons, Ulawa, Wango, Saa and Bululaha, have the 

 decapitated ama this may amount to no more than an obscure 

 mouthing of the same form. 



4. Labial to lingual : 



M-r. This occurs in malama (322) light Bugotu Nggela marara, 



neighbors in the central Solomons. 

 M-w. For this we have no less than five examples, four Marina and 

 one Tangoan Santo, our scanty vocabularies not allowing us to 

 coordinate the two languages even in a single example. These 

 are: lima (312) five Marina Una; lima (313) hand Marina hna± 

 manu (317) bird Marina nanu; mala (324) eye Marina nana; malu 

 (316) gentle Tangoan Santo nalum. This mutation is restricted 

 to the island of Espiritu Santo in the northern and leeward New 

 Hebrides, a large island. 



M-2. Found in a single instance, manifinifi (254) thin Malo tanivinivi. 



\-t. In vai (291) water, we note the doubtful case of Marina tei, an 

 alternative with pei. 



F-n. This rests upon the single instance jua (360) fruit Nifilole nua, 

 and, as will be found in the systematic study of the data, a more 

 consistent explanation is probable. 



F -s. This is based on nifo (259) tooth Pala ngise, and fafine (290) 

 woman Eromanga sivin. I incline to see in this, first a mutation 

 i-h, which is common in Polynesian and is found elsewhere in 

 Melanesia (Ambrym whin), then a secondary mutation h-s, which 

 is extremely common. 



F-*. This is found as a variant Mota form in the same word fafine 

 Mota vavine and tavine; perhaps in fia (218) how many Moanus tje. 



f-th. Occurs once, in fano (147) to go Tangoan Santo thano. 



PL Such a mutation is doubtfully suggested in papa (279) a board 

 Aneityum apalapal, thin, fiat. 



5. Lingual to palatal : 



L-k. This rests upon lima (313) hand Vaturanga kima Nggao kame 



Aneitvum ni-kman, and talinga (250) ear Aneityum tiknga. 

 L-ng. This rests doubtfully upon the single instance lalo (123). 



6. Palatal to lingual : 



NQ-mi. It appears solely in talinga Natalava kidinda. 



The second and smaller group of these anomalies is made up of 

 the mutations from and to series two removes away. 



7. Palatal to labial : 



NG-m. This rests, abundantly supported, upon the single instance 

 of ngata (199) snake Santo mata Efate mwata Mota mata Malo 

 moaia, all probably equivalent, and a variant Efate mata is equiv- 

 alent with Santo mata Bierian n'mata Malekula na-mat. 



K-m. If this be valid it must rest upon kill (304) Motu miri, with the 

 added disadvantage that Melanesia affords us almost no identi- 

 fications of this word. The m in kati (302) Bierian mkati follows 

 a line quite other, it is clearly akin to the prefacing of the mutes 

 in Viti ; this is found again in keli (297) Baki Bierian mkili. 



