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THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



tavalima, id. Aneityum: ni-jman, ni-kman, id. Maewo: 

 tevelim, id. Norbarbar: teveliem, id. Merlav: tavalimw, id. 

 Mosin: tevelimw, id. Vuras, Motlav, Volow: tevelem, id. 



Lakon : tivilem, id. Sasar, Pak : 'evelem, id. Leon : 'evelimw, id. 

 Retan: tavalemw, id. 



Malay, Java, Cajeli, Morella, Batumerah, Teor, Magindano, Champa, 

 Sulu, Sambawa, Visa} r as, Tagalog, Pampangas, Kayan, Mame, 

 Salayer, Sanguir, Mayapo, Massaratty, Amblaw, Awaiya, 

 Caimarian, Teluti, Ahtiago, Baju: lima, five. Lampong: 



limah, id. Sam: limoh, id. Togean Islands: limo, id. 

 Kisa: liman, id. Bouton: limanu, id. Salibabo: delima, id. 

 Timor: lema, id. Basakrama: leww, id. Sirang, Gah, Mysot : 

 Zrw, id. Gani: leplim, id. Menado, Liang, Bolanghitam, 

 Lariko, Saparua, Matabello: nwa, id. Jobi, Dorey: rim, id. 

 Wahai: nima, id. Malagasy: ctoray, id. Dyak: ma, id. 



Arabic: h'amsat, h'ams, rive. Mahri: khomo, id. Sokotra: 



khemah, id. 



The numeral five being in many cases the same word as that for the hand 

 on which the tale is reckoned we shall first note the cases in which the sense 

 differentiation is indicated by a form modification. By comparison with 

 3 1 3 it will be seen that such distinction is found as follows : 



Five. 



Hand. 



Remarks. 



Maori 



Viti 



Moriori 



Marquesas . . . 



Vv'ango 



Ulawa 



Fagani 



Tanna 



Baki 



Duke of York 



Laur 



Lamassa 



Omba 



Cajeli 



Morella 



Batumerah . . 



Teor 



Liang 



Maewo 



Merlav 



Mota 



Lo 



Magindano. . . 



Bouton 



Menado 



Nggao 



Bierian 



King 



rima 



lima 



rima 



imi 



rima 



lima 



rima 



kari-lum 



jimo 



Urn 



lim 



Urn 



lime 



lima 



lima 



lima 



lima 



rima 



tavalima 



tavalimw 



tavelimwa 



tevelima 



lima 



limanu 



rima 



lima 



ilima 



telim 



ringa 

 linga 



ririma 



iimi 



rimarima 



nima nima 



rum a 



n el' I imi 



juma 



lima 



lima 



lima 



limegi 



limamo 



limaka 



limawah 



limin 



rimak 



lima 



lima 



limwai 



limwe 



a lima 



olima 



rilma 



kamc 



ma 



lama 



m-mutant 



preduplication 



eonduplication 



and /-mutant 

 t'-mutant 



(inverted order) 

 " anda-mutant 

 abbreviated five 



final accretion (gi noun formative) 



(a-mutant) 

 frontal accretion of five 



frontal accretion of hand 

 interior intrusion 



Which of these is the primal signification? Is the numeral called by the 

 hand name because of its five digits? Is the hand called by the numeral 

 because its digits tot up five? So far as I have seen, all my predecessors 



