190 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



36. 

 tiro, to sink, to roll down. 



Viti: tiro, siro, sisiro, to descend, to go down a steep or hill. 



Malay: turun, to go down. 



Arabic: hadara, hudur', to descend, to put down. 



37- 

 toto, tiso, to exude, as gum or juices from plants. 



Viti: ti, titi, titiva, to ooze, to flow gently down, as gum from a tree. 

 Malay: titik, to exude. Malagasy: viitete, mitate, tetevana, id. 

 Arabic: nas's'a, to exude. 



38- 

 trdm, torn, turmeric, a reddish curry powder. 

 Viti: ndamu, red, crimson, brown, dun. 

 Malagasy: tamutamu, turmeric; tumamutamu, yellow. 

 Arabic: 'adoma, to be red. Hebrew: 'adamdom, reddish. 



EFATE-MELANESIAN-VITI. 



39. 

 bati, tooth. 



Viti: mbati, tooth. 



Sesake: mbati, tooth. Epi: bati, id. Marina: peti, id. 

 f- Dr. Macdonald has considered this under two entries.yet with full appre- 

 ciation that his nabati is this bati with the article. It will be found fully 

 discussed in 259, where, however, the stem under examination is that of a 

 different word and of much wider dissemination. This bati is confined to 

 Viti and the central New Hebrides. 



40. 

 bui na, bua na, backbone, tail, rump. 



Viti: mbui, tail. 



Sesake: mbuena, tail. 



4i- 

 mako, maka, offspring. 



Viti: makumbu, mokunibu, grandchild (mbu, grandmother). 

 Tangoan Santo: maka pi, grandchild, offshoot of pi (grandfather). 



EFATE-MELANESIAN-VITI-SEMITIC. 



42. 

 fara, a sprouting coconut. 



Viti : vara, a coconut when filled with meat and ready to shoot. 

 Motu: vara, to grow, to be born. Omba: kmbwiri, to grow. 

 Hebrew: par ah, to burst forth (as the young from the womb), to 

 sprout; perah, a sprout, a shoot. Arabic: farh", offspring, 

 sprout, shoot. 



loa, black, dirt. 43 ' 



Viti: loa, black. 



Malekula Pangkumu: roro, dirty. 

 Arabic: lo'wat, lawla', blackness. 



