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the ridgepole, and in jatulau old thatch, and in fatunga the timbers to which 

 the purlins are fastened. The ridgepole Jatu is continued in the same sense 

 to Tangoan Santo papain, Malo uobatu, Malekula Uripiv uobut, and Bierian 

 botqu. 



The Epi word Dr. Macdonald notes as identical in sense with batu, it 

 seems in no other wise related. 



149. 

 iki, kiki, riki, small. 



The following words all mean small : 



Maori: riki. Samoa: li'i. Tonga: iki, liliki, likiliki. Uvea: 

 liliki. Nuguria: likiliki. Futuna: ikiiki, liki. Niue: 

 ikiiki. Tahiti : Hi. Hawaii : Hi. Rotuma : lilii. Marquesas : 

 iki. Mangareva: rikiriki. Paumotu: rikiriki. Mangaia: 

 rikiriki. Sikayana : likiliki. Samoa, Tahiti, Rarotonga, 

 Manahiki, Rapanui, Maori: Hi. 



Duke of York: lik. Baki: teliki. Mae wo: riki. Nifilole: laki. 

 Motu : malaki. Kabadi : mara'i. Guadalcanar, Pokau : kiki. 

 Tubetube: kikiu. Nada, Kiriwana: kikita. Murua: kakiti. 

 Oiun: kafakiki. Galavi: berokikina. Bougainville: kekereke. 

 Aneityum : tintin. New Georgia : kikina. Pak, Leon : tiktik. 

 Vuras: netui, menet. Merlav: wirig. Mota: rig. Sasar: 

 wogrig. Alo Teqel : wowrig. Gog : iveskit, wesekit. Nor- 

 barbar: sosogut, sosogot. Retan: seget, sogot. Lo: ring. 

 Omba : mbiti. Ararg : tirigi. Sesake : kiki, ngiki. Fagani : 

 kikirii. Wango: kekerei. Nggela: kikia. New Britain: 

 ik. Baravon: ik,ikilik. Buka: kekereke, kikerei. Lambell: 

 liklik. Hula, Galoma: kirikiri. Keapara: kiri. Suau: 

 gagiri. Sariba: gagirini. 



Ethiopic : clawik, to be small. 



In the three Efate words for small the common element is ki. The 

 simplest form is the reduplicated kiki. With a vowel prefix we find iki, 

 and when that in turn is modulated by a liquid coefficient we find riki. 



Two of these forms appear in Polynesian, kiki not having survived that 

 far: 



iki: Tonga, Futuna, Niue, Moiki, Tongarewa. 



liki: Maori, Samoa, Tonga, Uvea,Tahiti, Hawaii, Rotuma, Mangareva, 

 Paumotu, Mangaia, Sikayana. 



In Melanesia we find all three forms, distributed as follows : 



kiki: Guadalcanar, New Georgia, Sesake, Nggela, New Guinea. 



iki: New Britain, Baravon. 



liki: Maewo, Baki, Nifilole, Motu, Duke of York, Lambell, Arag, Mota, 



Merlav, Lo, Sasar, Alo Teqel. 

 kiki and liki: Bougainville, Buka, Fagani, Wango. 

 iki and liki: Baravon. 



Not immediately referable to the three forms in Efate our Melanesian 

 studies afford us the following forms: 



