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In view of the fact that kau retains its place in Nuclear Polynesia and 

 has scantily entered the Tongafiti languages it will be interesting to cite 

 Tregear's note (Maori Comparative Dictionary s.v. tckau) : 



It is evident that there was an original Polynesian word kau, a troop of persons, a 

 cluster of things, etc. The Tongan kauvaka, a crew; kaugane, fellow-workmen; kau- 

 mea, a companion; the Samoan 'au, a bunch of bananas; a troop of warriors; 'aujale, 

 women living together in a house; the Tahitian auono, a large fleet or company of 

 travelers; autahua, a company of priests; the Mangaian kaunuku, in groups, etc., all 

 point to a word signifying collection, assemblage. 



I can not see that the Arabic has aught to do with it. 



227. 

 kinit i, nginit i, ngunut i, to nip with the fingers ; nakini na, fingers (nippers), 

 toes. Cf. 57. 

 Tonga : kini, to strike, to cut the hair short, to let blood ; kiniji, to 

 strike with anything light, to hit with a whip. Futuna: kini, 

 kikini, to beat, to strike, to whip. Niue : kini, to beat down (as 

 bushes) . Uvea : kini, to whip. Maori : kini, to nip, to pinch. 

 Samoa : 'ini, to take hold of with the nails, to pinch, to pull up 

 small weeds. Hawaii: iniki, to pinch with thumb and finger. 

 Viti: kinita, to nip, to pinch between finger and thumb. 

 Mota : gin, ginit, to nip, to pinch. Malekula Pangkumu : kinji, id . 

 Malay : gantas, to break off, to nip off, to snap off. 

 Arabic: karasa, to nip with the fingers, to pinch, to snip off. 

 The Proto-Samoan stem is kinit. 



The distribution of this word is striking. The nipping sense is found in 

 Mota, Malekula, Efate\ Viti and Samoa, thence far north to Hawaii, far 

 south to New Zealand ; yet in Tonga, Futuna, Niue and Uvea we find 

 the word completely devoid of this sense and charged with a wholly different 

 meaning which nowhere else appears. I find it quite inexplicable. 

 The Semitic has no relation other than that of sense. 



228. 

 lua, le, lai, to vomit, to put out the tongue (or anything), to flow out. 



Samoa: lua'i, to spit out; lulua, to be sick, to vomit, to puke. 

 Tonga : lua, lulua, to vomit, to disgorge ; luaki, to be sick with ; 

 jakalua, to nauseate. Futuna : lulua, luaki, to vomit ; fakalulua, 

 to nauseate. Niue: lua, to vomit; jakalua, id.; fakalue, to 

 spew out. Uvea: lua, to vomit. Fotuna: noh-lua, id. 



Rapanui : rua, seasick, to vomit. Maori, Rarotonga, Nukuoro : 

 ruaki, to vomit. Paumotu : ruaki, to vomit, toeructate, to belch. 

 Tahiti: ruai, to vomit. Mangareva: aruai, akaruta, id. 

 Hawaii: luai, id. Marquesas: iid, akaruta, id. 

 Viti : lu, to run or leak out ; lua, to vomit ; loloa, qualmish, seasick. 

 Mota: lua, to spew. Malo: lua, id. Santo: lulua, id. Baki: 

 mjuluo, id. Malekula: ru, id. Aneityum: a-lo, id; aluo, 

 aluun, to put out the tongue. 

 Malay: luwat, luai, to vomit; luwar, luar, out, away; luwari, luwar- 

 kan, to put out, to expel. Malagasy : lua, to vomit ; mandua, 

 to vomit ; luatra, over and above, taken up, put out ; manduatra, 

 to take out or up. 

 Arabic: t'a't, ta'a, tai'at, t'a'at, to vomit. 



