246 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



the nga is a formative prefix, and the stem lite has already been studied 

 under 159. 



The identification ngali-ngalu satisfies in form as little as in sense. In 

 the Polynesian the word has a distinct and concrete meaning. The Efate, 

 if it be regarded as concrete, means something quite different from ngalu; 

 and if it be regarded as a loose and abstract term it has nothing in it to 

 suggest a wave of the sea. Furthermore we find in these data almost no 

 instance in which we are satisfied with the identification of a Polynesian 

 concrete with a Melanesian abstract. 



178. 

 ngiringiri, bright, shining, brilliant, polished. 



Samoa: 'i'ila, to shine, to glisten, to glitter. Tonga: kikila, to 

 shine, to glare; ngingila, bright, shining. Futuna: kikila, 

 bright, shining; ngingila, brilliant, resplendent. Niue: kikila, 

 brightness, to shine. Uvea : ngingila, bright, shining, brilliant, 

 fiery, to beam ; pakila, a ray, a beam. 

 Malay: gilang, to shine, to glitter, to dazzle, bright, brilliant. 

 Arabic: gala', galiyy' ', clear, bright, shining, polished. 

 The concurrence of ng and k forms in Tonga, Futuna and Uvea, while 

 Samoa and Niue have but the k form, seems to point to two channels by 

 which the word reached these several parts of Nuclear Polynesia. Of these 

 the migration which reached Samoa- Niue seems to present an earlier stage 

 of the root, if the Malay identification prove to be as good as it seems. Then 

 Efate-Uvea-Futuna-Tonga are finger-posts of a later migration overlaid 

 upon the earlier. We shall again and again notice evidences of two waves 

 in the Proto-Samoan migration stream. The consociation of Samoa and 

 Niue is supportable by Niue tradition. 



179. 

 kabwe, a small basket. 



Samoa: 'apu, a cup or dish made of a leaf. Tonga: kabu, the 

 banana leaf so folded as to hold water; kabu, the banana leaf 

 tied at both ends to hold water. Mangareva : kapu, a cup, a 

 leaf dish. Rarotonga: kapu, a cup. Marquesas: kapu, 



a handful; curved, rounded. Tahiti: apu, the shell of a nut 

 or gourd. Hawaii : apu, a dish or cup ; aapu, a concave vessel. 

 All the Polynesian words are associated with the curving hollow 

 of the hand, Maori: kapu, id. 



Malay: kabok, goblet. Malagasy: kapoaka, a cup, a goblet. 



Syriac : kapo', a goblet. Hebrew : kaf, kap, the hollow of the hand ; 

 plural a hollow vessel, pan or bowl; kafaf, to bend, to curve. 



Cf. kaf 96. 



180. 



las, lasi, big, large, great, sufficient, to suffice. 



Samoa: lasi, many. Futuna: lasi, many, great. Tonga: lahi, 

 large, many, abundant. Niue : lahi, great. Uvea : lahi, many, 

 great. Maori, Tahiti : rahi, many, great. Manahiki: rahi, great. 

 Rarotonga: rai, large. 



Saparua: ilahil, great. Awaiya: ildhe, id. 



Arabic : 'arus'a, to be wide, large. 



