188 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



23- 

 si, soi, to scrape. 



Viti: soya, soi, to scrape off the skin of yams for boiling. 

 Arabic : saha', to scrape off. 



24- 

 tefa ki, tefa-ngi, to put things in a series, to range. 



Viti: tuva, to place in regular order, to range. 



Arabic: saffa, to set or place in order in a series, to arrange. 



It is at least suggestive of association with Samoan tufa, to divide, to 

 share out, to distribute. The Viti form readily consents. 



Tonga: tufa, to divide, to portion out, to distribute. Niue: tufa- 

 tufa, to divide, to portion out. Uvea: tufaki, to distribute, 

 to divide, a partition. Futuna : tufaki, to distribute, to divide, 

 Fotuna: no-tufa, to give. Tahiti: tufa, to share or divide 

 portions. Marquesas: tuha, to divide, to apportion. Rapanui, 

 Mangareva: tuha, to divide, to share out. Maori: twwha, to 

 distribute, to apportion. 



Nggela: tutuva, to distribute (food). Belaga: tuva-lisa, to 



apportion. Sesake : cf . ga tova wango, I cut pig. 



In note 31 2 I have suggested the recurrence of this stem in the compound 

 numeral of the tavalima series. 



25- 

 tirikit, to begin to drop or spatter, of rain (kit, small). 

 Viti: tiri, to drop, of liquids. 

 Arabic: s'als'ala, to drip, to fall in drops. 



This is properly included in 359. 



26. 

 tu na, bones of fish. 



Viti: ndua, bone (dialectic). 



Arabic: s'a'a, to become spiky, to be rayed. 



EFATE-VITI-MALAY-SEMITIC. 



27- 



bera, fera, to crumble, to fall to pieces. 



Viti: vuruvuru, a crumb, to crumble. 



Malay: author, tabur, to be scattered. Malagasy: mahavera, 



mivcraberaka, to crumble. 

 Ethiopic: farfur, a crumb. Hebrew: parpor, a crumb; pur, par 



pirper, to break in pieces. Cf. 28. 



28. 

 bori, boriuori-si, to break. 



Viti: vorota, to break, of brittle or thin things, as pots. 



Malagasy : puritra, to break. 



Hebrew: por, pur, to break in pieces. Cf. 27. 



