386 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



these occurs in Melanesia save m-v in the solitary instance of ma'i (323) 

 sick Nggela vahagi. In Polynesia none is represented, save as it may be 

 considered to exist in the rare m-p exhibited in Samoa tumua'i the crown 

 of the head Maori tumuaki and tupuaki Tahiti and Paumotu tupuaki. 

 Acceptance of these forms, therefore, should be postponed. 



The Arabic mouh'ir is clearly a secondary form from stem 'hr, which 

 shows no kinship with any form in which viuli appears. 



328. 



namu, mamamami, the mosquito. 



Samoa, Tonga, Futuna, Niue, Uvea, Sikayana, Nuguria, Nukuoro, 

 Mangaia, Paumotu: namu, the mosquito. Maori: namu, the 

 sandfly; namunamu, a blistering plaster. Marquesas: namu, 

 a reddish gnat. Tahiti : namu, ramu, the mosquito. Fotuna : 

 namo, id. 



Viti: namu, the mosquito. Rotuma: rom, id. 



Arag, Maewo, Duke of York, Mota, Nifilole, Fagani, Vaturanga, 

 Nggela, Guadalcanar: namu, mosquito. Savo: namunamu, id. 

 Marina: namugi, id. Lakon: namug, id. Bugotu, Buka: 

 gnamu, id. Motu, Raqa, Wango: namo, id. Mukawa: 



namonamo, the fly. Galavi, Boniki: namonamo, the fly; 



namokiri, mosquito. Kubiri: nanamo, mosquito. Kiviri: 

 nanam, id. Mekeo: anguma, the fly. Roro: aumaha, id. 

 Merlav, Mota, Gog, Lo, Vuras, Mosin: nam, mosquito. Sinau- 

 goro, Hula, Keapara, Galoma, Rubi : nemo, id . Dobu : nema, id. 

 Sariba: nimai, id. Kiriwina: nim, id. Norbarbar, Pak, 

 Motlav, Volow: nem, id. Sasar: nom, id. Malekula Uripiv : 

 num, id. Moanus: njam, id. Aneityum: inyum, id. Alo 

 Teqel: torn, id. Tangoan Santo: moke, id. Malo: mohe, id. 

 Panaieti: gumu, id. Tanna: kumug, id. Misima: kimu, id. 

 Taupota: himokini, id. Awalama: himoiodi, id. Nada: 



simunika, id. Murua: sumoniku, id. Wedau: imokim, id. 

 Tavara: moeoti, id. 



Malay, Bugi: namok, mosquito. Dyak: njamok, id. Macassar: 

 njamo, lamu, id. Kayan: hamok, id. Pampangas: yamuc, id. 

 Malagasy: muka, id. 



Arabic: namus, mosquito. 



It is very difficult to understand the second Efate form mamamami. It 

 does not appear in its proper place in the dictionary nor are any of its parts 

 identifiable in the material which Dr. Macdonald affords. It is quite pos- 

 sible that it would not have found entry under namu as an alternative had 

 not our author misread his Samoan and entered the first of his affinities as 

 "Sa. mamu." There is no such word in Samoa; the mosquito there, as 

 generally, is namu. The only variants in Polynesia are Fotuna namo, a 

 very slight change and possibly a fault of dulness of ear on the part of the 

 recorder in catching the light sound of the unaccented final syllable; and 

 Rotuma rom. In the latter the n-r mutation is by no means uncommon 

 in Polynesia, is well represented in our Melanesian material; and rom, in 

 fact, reappears as Tahiti ramu. 



