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Lo: liliwo, id. Leon, Sasar, Pak, Volow: lowo, id. Vuras, 

 Lo, AloTeqel: luwo, id. Norbarbar: luwoa, id. Aneityum: 

 lu pas, id. Pala: nabd, very; /a&a, great. 

 Malagasy: /ova, long, tall, continuing long. Malay: luwas, wide, 



extensive, large, ample. 

 Hebrew: rabab, to become much or many; rabah, to be or become 

 great, to grow up. 

 There seem to be involved two stems here, one characterized by a-forms, 

 the other by some weaker vowel. Yet the consonant structure exhibits a 

 degree of connection between the two. 



The a-form is the rule in Polynesia, with the exception of Niue. It 

 occurs in Efate\ It appears in Mota and Viti together with the weaker 

 form, but especiallydiff erentiated therefrom. It is found in Sesake, Merlav, 

 Gog, Lo, Omba, Arag (?), Fagani, Wango, Saa, Bululaha, Pala. 



Of the weaker type we find c-forms in Niue, Viti, Efate and Deni. An 

 t'-form occurs in Mosin, Motlav, Mota, Lo ; and lilav in the last-named may 

 serve as a transition phase between weak and strong types. An o-form is 

 found in Leon, Sasar, Pak and Volow. Forms in u come to light in Vuras, 

 Lo, Alo Teqel, Norbarbar and Aneityum. 



In Indonesia we are able to identify one instance of the strong and one 

 of the weak form. 



The Semitic has at least a resemblance. 



308. 

 langi, the sky, heaven, above. 



Samoa, Fakaafo, Tonga, Futuna, Niue, Uvea, Manahiki: langi, the 

 sky. Nukuoro: langi, id.; para-o-te-langi, rain; rang, a day; 

 huarangi, noon. Rapanui: rangi, sky, heaven, blue. Maori, 

 Rarotonga, Mangareva, Aniwa, Fotuna, Paumotu, Tongarewa: 

 rangi, the sky. Nuguria, Hawaii: lani, id. Tahiti: rai, id. 

 Marquesas: aki, ani, id. Vate: rang, id. 

 Viti: langi, the sky. Rotuma: langi, id. 



Moanus: lang, the sky; rang, day (the lighted hours). Buka: 

 indengid, the sky. Tanna: neai, id. Malo: tukaelange, id. 

 Baki: lani, day. Bierian : ligian, day. Tanna : lenyan, day. 

 Malo : rane, light, day. Pokau : lani, daybreak, light. Kabadi : 

 rani, id. Roro: rani-ne-rere, daybreak. Roro: lani, wind, 

 time. Waima: la unwind. Wedau: VaneVanene, id. Galoma: 

 lagi, id. Dobu, Kiriwina: iagila, id. Wedau: Vagi'na, id. 

 Galoma: gagi, id. Murua: yagi, id. Hula, Keapara: agi, id. 

 Misima : Ian, daybreak. Panaieti: ran, id. Motu, Nada : lai, 

 wind. Nada: laina, id. 

 Malay, Kayan, Java, Tagalog, Magindano, Sulu: langit, sky. 

 Baliyon: langid, id. Bugi, Champa, Macassar: langi, id. 



Togean Islands: janggie, id. Malagasy: lanitra, id. 



Hebrew: rum, ram, to be high, to raise, to lift up. Ethiopic: 

 aryam, heaven. 

 In this very smooth series of identifications only a few merit comment. 

 The general signification is the sky, in some obscure fashion conceived 

 of as disposed in concentric layers; for in Samoan legend Tangaloa, self- 



