DATA AND NOTES. 417 



L. As I or r it is present in all Polynesia but three, almost all Indonesia, 

 and a large part of Melanesia. The variants are here noted. 



ng. Moiki. n. Nukuoro, Wahai. k. Aneityum. d. Malagasy. 



Vanished: Marquesas, Motu, Redscar Bay, Sulu, Tagalog. In Silong 

 the whole syllable li has vanished. In the following languages 

 the / is preserved but the i has vanished : King, Lambell, Lamassa, 

 Lakon, Pak, Sasar, Alo Teqel, Motlav, Aneityum, Norbarbar, 

 Volow. 

 NG. This is most extensively preserved. We may not attempt to list 

 the <7-forms, for our vocabularies are uncertain in the employment 

 of g for g and for ng. The variants are as follows. 



n. Pak, Sasar, Alo Teqel, Baki, Malagasy, Teor, Morella, Batumerah, 

 Liang, Lariko, Awaiya, Caimarian, Saparua, Wahai. 



nd. Nggela. 



1. Cajeli. 



Vanished: Marquesas, Motu, Redscar Bay. The whole final syllable 

 nga has been lost through abrasion in Nggela and Macassar. 



The following forms call for particular notice. Rotuma jaliang is taliang 

 and that is seen to be metathetic. Three New Ireland forms are anoma- 

 lous. One, plahingia, is cited by Tregear without memorandum of source. 

 The others are derived from Gaimard's Carteret Harbor in the "Voyage of 

 the Astrolabe," almost a century ago. The region is that covered more 

 closely in 1904 by Stephan, under the name of Lamassa. Allowing for 

 less skill in catching the sounds in Gaimard's brief sojourn, pralenhek and 

 telnga and palalignai are in fair accord as regards the linga element and 

 plahingia is not far removed. In the older forms we find initial t obscured, 

 but the obscurity takes the form of a reinforced liquid, pr, pi, pal. While 

 we may not hope at this lapse of time to reduce this difficulty we note 

 that in Moanus, in the same gateway area, the initial t is in the form of a 

 reinforced liquid. 



The Semitic forms reduce to 'zn, *dn, neither of which may be at all 

 associated with ting, the universal stem of our island forms. 



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 tanu e, tanua, tani, taniu, to spit ; tanua, taniu, spittle. 



Samoa : anu, to spit ; anusanga, spittle ; anusalo, to hawk up phlegm. 

 Tonga: aanu, spittle, to spit; anuhia, to spit upon, to bedaub. 

 Futuna: aanu, adnusi, to spit. Uvea: aanu, id. Niue: 

 anu, id. Mangareva: anuanu, id. Marquesas: anuanu, 

 spittle. Rapanui: aanu, saliva, to spit. Maori: anuanu, 

 offensive, disgusting. Tahiti: manuanu, loathsome, surfeit- 

 ing, to be qualmish. 



Viti: kanusi, to spit. Rotuma: onusi, id. 



Nggela, Bugotu : angusu, to spit. Mota : anus, id. Lakon : anuh, id. 

 Lo: ngenguh, id. Wango, Fagani: ngusu, id. Saa, Ulawa: 

 ngisu, id. Bululaha: nisu, id. Nggao: misu, id. New 

 Georgia: kamisu, id. Boniki: kanu, to spit. Kubiri: kanu, 

 spittle. Mukawa: bi-kanu, to spit. Kubiri: kakanu, id. 



