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Although established at few points this stem is of peculiar value. We 

 note its identification at two Indonesian points, at three in Melanesia, and 

 in Viti. In another subdivision of these data we have encountered several 

 instances of stems common to Indonesia, Melanesia, and Viti. This instance 

 very brilliantly illuminates those, for here we are prevented from assuming 

 a Polynesian migration which got no nearer its destination than Viti. 

 Tali is found nowhere in Nuclear Polynesia or exterior migration lands, 

 but it is found in Nukuoro. That distant island, almost a backward eddy, 

 we have already shown to have received its population from Samoa in a 

 secondary colony. The preservation of tali on Nukuoro shows it to have 

 existed in Samoa at the time of this northern voyage. Since the date of 

 that voyage tali has vanished from Samoa and in Nuclear Polynesia has 

 been replaced by maea (62). 



The Semitic proposed has a consonantal resemblance, but there is abso- 

 lutely nothing in signification to support the resemblance. 



349- 

 tale, the taro (so called because round; talo, taltal, round). 



Samoa, Fakaafo, Tonga, Futuna, Niue: talo, the taro. Maori, 

 Tahiti, Mangareva, Bukabuka, Rarotonga, Fotuna, Aniwa, Vat6 : 

 taro, id. Nukuoro: taro, tao, id. Moiki: tango, id. Mar- 

 quesas: tao, id. Hawaii: kalo, id. 



Viti : ndalo, the taro. 



Motu: talo, the taro. Eromanga: tal, id. Aneityum: in-tal, id. 

 King, Rubi: kali, id. Sinaugoro: hare, id. Hula: hale, id. 

 Keapara: ale, id. 



Malay: tolas, the taro. 



Arabic: data, to go round, to whirl, to turn; da'ro, orb, round. 



This staple food product is excellently identified in our three island areas. 



The etymology in Efate "so called because round" is worse than childish; 

 it is a fabrication to establish an identity with the Arabic proposed. After 

 observing that Arabic data has just been employed (348) to account for 

 the cylindrical slimness of a cord and now for the roughly ovoid shape of 

 the taro underground stem, than which two objects could scarcely be more 

 dissimilar, one pauses in wonder at the mental process. 



35o. 

 talfga na, linga na, nalfga na, the ear. 



Samoa, Fakaafo, Futuna, Uvea : talinga, the ear. Nukuoro : talinga, 

 a horn; taninga, the ear. Maori, Rarotonga, Paumotu, Fotuna, 

 Manahiki, Aniwa, Fotuna, Rapanui : taringa, the ear. Nuguria : 

 tar ina, id. Sikayana: kautalina, id. Liueniua: karinga, id. 

 Tahiti: taria, id. Tonga, Niue: telinga, id. Mangareva, 

 Vate: teringa, id. Moriori: tiringa, id. Moiki: tanginga, id. 

 Marquesas: pu-aika, pu-aina, id. 



Viti: ndalinga, the ear. Rotuma: faliang, id. 



Pala, New Britain, Nguna, Duke of York : talinga, the ear. Laur : 

 talingd, id. King, Lambell: talngd, id. Buka: dalinga, talinga, 

 taliga, id. New Georgia : talenge, id. Sesake, Epi, Lo, Bougain- 

 ville, New Georgia : ndalinga, id. Wango, Fagani : karinga, id. 



