356 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



gravelly. Maori : kirikiri, gravel. Mangaia : kirikiri, flints, 

 small stones. Moriori: kiripohatu, gravel. Rapanui: kirikiri, 

 polished stone. Mangareva: kirikiri, flints, small stones. 

 Paumotu: kirikiri, stony, pebbly, gravelly; huakiri, gravel, 

 stony. Sikayana: kirikiri, shingle. Tahiti: iriiri, gravel. 

 Hawaii : Hi, iliili, small stones worn smooth by water. Nukuoro : 

 kerikeri, pebbles. Marquesas: kiikii, gravel. 

 Viti : kilitha, to turn up stones, to turn a thing up and look under it. 

 Solomon Islands: kilifela, flint; pokiri, a fishing sinker. Motu: 



miri, gravel. 

 Malay: krikil, karikil, karikil, gravel, pebbles; batu-kelikir, gravel. 

 Arabic: girgir', a berry; garaV, gravel. Hebrew: garger, a berry. 

 The Proto-Samoan stem is kilit. 



To the significations assigned in the Polynesian section should be added 

 that of fragments of broken coral such as are used for flooring houses where 

 shingle of volcanic rock is not available. I am very doubtful of the miner- 

 alogy which assigns flint to Mangaia, Mangareva and the Solomon Islands. 

 The Viti langgere gravel may perhaps be a composite of this stem. While 

 kilitha very clearly reproduces the kilit stem its signification is far from 

 satisfactory. 



So far as we are in a position to judge Motu miri amounts to no more 

 than a partial resemblance, for in all this material we have no evidence 

 confirmatory of a k-m mutation, and Motu in four instances disposes of k 

 thus: twice by extinction (301, 306), once preserves it (249), once alters it 

 to g (299). 



The Malay forms are coordinate with the modern abraded form of the 

 stem. 



The Semitic has a general resemblance, but it has the stem grh, of which 

 the last member throws it out of accord with the Polynesian skeleton kit. 



305- 

 kuli na, uili na, the skin, the bark. 



Tonga, Futuna, Niue, Uvea: kili, the skin, bark, husk. Nukuoro: 

 kili, kiri, the skin. Fotuna, Maori, Mangaia, Mangareva: kiri, 

 skin. Paumotu: kiri, the bark. Rapanui: kiri, iri, the skin. 

 Marquesas : kii, skin, hide, leather. Samoa : 'iliola, the outer 

 skin; 'iliasina, light-colored, as the skin; fa'a'ililua, to injure 

 down to the second skin by scratching. Tahiti: iri, skin, 

 hide, bark. Hawaii : Hi, the skin, the bark. 



Viti: kuli, skin. Rotuma: uli, id. 



Ambrym: Hi, skin, bark. Sesake: weli, id. Moanus: kulit, id. 

 ho: gilit, id. ~Epi: kulu, id. Murray Island : egur, id. Nggao: 

 guli, id. Bugotu, Nggela: guiguili, id. New Georgia: 



korekore, id. Savo: korakora, id. Vaturanga: kokora, id. 

 Wango: uriuri, id. Malo: uri, id. Baki: kulukuti, id. 



Bierian : kul, id. Eromanga : no-kohitan, id. Santo : kurina, id. 



Malay: kulit, skin, hide, leather, bark, rind, husk, shell. Baju: 

 kulit, skin, bark. Matu: kulit, id. Ahtiago:ikulit,id. Bouton: 

 okulit, id. Teor : holit, id. Madura : koli, id. Savu : kori, bark. 



Arabic: gilid, skin, bark. 



