262 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



In Polynesia are a primary and a secondary sense. The sense of to raise 

 is exclusively Nuclear Polynesian including Efate. In the Tongafiti migra- 

 tion the sense is exclusively to nurse a child, a particular instance of lifting 

 up. I have been willing to mark the sharpness of this division by using in 

 the foregoing sentence the word exclusively, yet with the full knowledge 

 that Hawaii and Maori seem to contradict. I have already pointed out the 

 evidence of single words showing a direct migration from Samoa to Hawaii 

 by the north and to New Zealand by the south. This combination of the 

 two sharply marked senses in Hawaii and Maori seems to me to be associable 

 therewith. 



Mr. Tregear's suggestion that Aneityum ahieng shows kinship with this 

 stem does not commend itself to me. 



205. 



sila i, sela i, sol i, to rub, as to rub oneself with oil. 



Samoa : soloi, a towel, to wipe ; solo, a towel, to wipe as after bathing. 

 Futuna: solo, to wipe. Tonga: holo, a towel, to wipe, to dry; 

 holoi, to wipe, to dry off, to rub off. Niue : holoholo, a hand- 

 kerchief, towel, napkin, to wash the hands or body. Uvea : 

 holo, holoi, holoholoi, to rub, to wipe, to clean. Hawaii: holoi, 

 to wash, to wipe, to brush, to cleanse. Rapanui : horoi, to clean, 

 to wipe out ; horohoro, to brush. Maori, Tahiti : horoi, to wash. 

 Mangareva: horoi, oroi, to wipe, to wash. Mangaia: oroi, 

 to wash. Rarotonga: orei, to wipe, to wash. Marquesas: 

 hooi, id. 



Viti : solota, to rub, to dry oneself after bathing. 



Motu: huria, to wash, to scrub. Mota: sarag, to wipe; sarav, to 

 rub; saravag, to brush. Aneityum: ruhoi, to rub. 



Arabic: "asala, "usul', to wash. 



This solo stem is not clearly distinguishable from olo (331) to rub. The 

 motion of the hands being the same, solo may be a particular instance of 

 olo. For this reason it has not seemed desirable to attempt rigid accuracy 

 in assigning the Melanesian examples. 



In general we may note a distinction in sense between Nuclear Polynesia 

 and the Tongafiti eastern extension, Nuclear Polynesia referring to the 

 drying after bathing, eastern Polynesia to the bathing. The only exception 

 to this in Nuclear Polynesia is Niue which has both senses. Maori, Tahiti 

 and Mangaia are restricted to the washing sense ; Hawaii, Mangareva, the 

 Marquesas, and Rarotonga have both. In Melanesia Motu has the Tonga- 

 fiti washing sense, Mota and Aneityum accord with Nuclear Polynesia. 



Aneityum ruhoi is metathetic. 



206. 



siua, siuo, si wo, suwa, sua, to descend. 



The following words signify down, to be down, to come down : 



Tonga, Niue: hifo. Samoa, Futuna, Uvea, Fotuna, Nuguria, 

 Aniwa: ifo. Maori, Tahiti, Hawaii, Marquesas, Rapanui, 



