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Melanesian service to denominate the wind. The reason is not far to seek, 



for it's the wind and the rain and the sky above us all, for it's all one and 



naught lies beyond but the great, the pitiless gods. 



And this Semitic, foolishly treading on the heels of so wide a unity, has 



but this plea to make, that Efate has added to uha a b, which nowhere else 



appears to have left a trace. 



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bwabwa, a hollow, channel or bed of a stream dry except after heavy rains, 

 an opening through the jungle, a board ; bwala, level. 

 Samoa: Papapapa, the name of a rocky path among cascades in 

 the bed of a stream just south of the tuasivi on the alasopo 

 from Apia to Safata; papa, a rock, a board, plane, level, flat; 

 papapapa, level, as a rocky road. Tonga: papa, a board, 

 plane, even (as a road much trodden) ; papapapa, smooth. 

 Uvea, Futuna : papa, a board. Niue : laupapa, a board, a floor. 

 Nuguria: papa, rocks. Maori: papa, anything broad, flat and 

 hard, to lie flat, a flat rock, a slab, a board, a door, a shutter. 

 Tahiti: papa, a board, a flat rock. Hawaii: papa, applied to 

 many substances having a hard flat surface, a board. Mangaia : 

 papa, a base, a foundation. Mangareva: papa, a foundation, 

 a plank. Marquesas : papa, stones on the shore ; papahua, a 

 board ; papapoho, a plank, a gate, a door. Paumotu : papa, a 

 rock ; tipapa, lying flat. Nukuoro : papapa, flat ; papapapa, low. 

 Viti: mbamba, a board. 



Motti : papapapa, a flat rock. Mota : taptapapa, flat-sided ; tapa, a 



board ; papalak, papalaota, thin. Aneityum : apalapal, thin, flat. 



Malay, Basakrama: papan, a board. Macassar: papang, id. Bugi: 



papon, id. 

 Arabic: baba-t', surface, board, table, slab; bib', channel; bab', door, 

 gate, hall ; baba, to dig a hole. Hebrew : babah, a gate. 

 A particularly interesting coincidence of specialized significations lies in 

 Efate bwabwa and the Samoan Papapapa. 



In the Polvnesian which we can mass this stem appears as a duplication 

 of pa. But Efate bwala, paralleled by Aneityum apalapal and Mota papa- 

 lak and papalaota, very strongly suggests a stronger closed stem pal. The 

 other Mota forms seem to be composites of ta and pa, for taptapapa is 

 explained by Codrington as a duplication form, although highly irregular 

 when referred to Polynesian duplication mechanics. 



If this pal stem be acceptable it interposes difficulty in the way of Semitic 

 identification through form resemblance. 



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 balu-sa, to paddle, row; balusa sa, paddle or row with it (a paddle or oar). 

 Epi dd. mbeluo ka,mbahuakin,v . t., Aneityum aheleth, to paddle, 

 to row, to sail, Ambrym fuloh, to paddle, Fijian ai vothe, an 

 oar, vothe, to paddle, to row, vothe-taka, v. t. ( = balu-saki, to 

 paddle a canoe, to row a boat), Paama palusa, Malekula d. 

 masu, Malekula Aulua sua, Malo mo sua, Tanna asua, Futuna 

 sua, Malagasy vui, act of rowing ; mivui, to row ; vuizina, rowed ; 

 fivui, an oar; Malay dayung, an oar; dayung, bdrdayung, to row. 



