DATA AND NOTES. 189 



29. 



lita, liti, to crackle, to burst, to explode, as wood or a stone in the fire; 



lita nakabu, a spark. 

 Viti: lindi, thalindi, to burst or explode, the report of an explosion 



or bursting, as of thunder or a stone in a heated oven ; lindi ni 



buka, a spark. 

 Malay: latok, latup, latub, to crackle, to crepitate; latum, to boom, 



to give out a booming noise. 

 Arabic: la^ata, la"t, li"at, to crackle, as water boiling. 



. u 3 °- 



lubwa, to pour out. 



Viti: livia, talivi, to pour gently or in a small stream, to spill. 



Malay: tumpah, manumpah, to spill, to shed, to pour out. 



Arabic: sabba, to pour out. 



In 154 the same Viti identification has been employed in a better set of 



sense resemblances. 



31. 

 sabe-li, to beat, to slap. 



Viti: sambalaka, to strike in a certain way, to slap. 



Malay: tampar, to slap. Java: tampel, id. 



Arabic: safa'a, to beat, to slap. 



32. 

 samit, samut, to beat, to chastise. 



Viti : samuta, to beat, generally with a heavy stick. 



Malay: chamiti, chamati, a whip or scourge. 



Hebrew: s'amat, to strike, to smite. Arabic: s'amat, to whip. 



The identification of the Malay entails the s-ch mutation, for which our 

 material affords no confirmation save so much as may lie in 45. 



33. 

 siba, suba, to break. 



Viti: sovetaka, to break the head to pieces; sovuta, to break a hole 



in thin things. 



Malay : sumba, simba, to break. 



Chaldee: s'ibeb, to break in pieces; s'iba, a fragment. 



We are to meet with no other instance of a v-mb mutation in Indonesia 

 and only one (Malay 310) of v-b; the identification, therefore, lacks con- 

 firmation. 



34- 

 son, to give. 



Viti: solia, to give, to grant, to permit. 



Malay: sdrah, srah, to submit; sdrah kan, to give. 



Arabic: s'ara'a, to submit, to give. 



35- 

 tatalai, to warm oneself at the fire. 

 Viti: tatalai, id. 

 Malagasy: mitulu, id. 

 Arabic: sala, salyy' , to warm, to be warmed at the fire. 



