428 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



Viti: vuaka, vore, a pig. Rotuma: puaka, id. 



New Georgia: boako, pig. Lifu, Nengone: puaka, id. Tanna: 

 puka', a pig, to grunt. Epi Bierian : bukahi, a pig. Sesake: 

 bokasi, flesh. Eromanga : mpokas, a pig. Aneityum : pigath, id. 

 Kabadi, Motu: boroma, id. Masig: boromo, id. Motu: 



buruma, id. Kunini: 6/owe,id. Miriam: borom, id. Mabuiag: 

 burum, id. Pokau: boloma, id. Uni: buluma, id. Sariba, 

 Murua: buruka, id. Nada: buruku, id. Kiriwina: bunuka, id. 

 Lambell, Lamassa, Baravon: 6oroi, id. King, Tavara, Awa- 

 lama, Taupota, Wedau, Galavi, Boniki, Mukawa, Duke of York : 

 fcoro, id. Nggela: mbolo, animal, beast, pig. Savo: />o/o, pig. 

 Roro: aiporo, id. Kubiri, Raqa, Kiviri, Oiun: foro, id. Uni: 

 foloma, id. Bugotu: 60^0, id. Nggao: bosu, id. Pala: 

 ftdre, id. Laur: mbor, id. Solomon Islands: boa, id. Tube- 

 tube: £oa/o, id. Natalava: boalo, id. New Ireland (Carteret 

 Harbor): bouri, id. Moanus: pou, id. Fagani: 600, id. New 

 Ireland (Duffield) : bogh, id. Alite: bo, id. Brierly Island, 

 Tubetube, Tagula: bobo, id. Panaieti, Misima: bobu, id. Rua- 

 vatu: 6e, id. Ugi, Ulawa, Wango, Bululaha: po, id. Malo: 

 6oi, id. Marina, Nifilole: /50c, id. Ambrym, Epi Baki: 

 bue, id. Deni: 7«/pot, id. Omba, Maewo: kmbwoe, id. Merlav: 

 kmpwoe, id. Arag, Mota: kpwoe, id. Motlav, Gog, Norbarbar : 

 kmbwo, id. Volow: nggmbwo, id. AloTeqel: &m£wo,id. Pak, 

 Sasar: fe6wo,id. Lakon, Vuras, Mosin,Lo: £/>wo,id. Saa: />wo, 

 id. Buka: ^w, wgw, paum, apum, id. Sesake: wango, id. 



Waigiou: 60, pig. Mysot: 6o/f, id. Buru: babue, id. Malay: 

 6a6i, id. 



Arabic: fuka, fuak', fuwak', to emit hoarse guttural sounds; fakfaka, 

 to bark. 



Both Pratt and Hazlewood, in the Samoan and Viti dictionaries respec- 

 tively, credit pua'a and vuaka with derivation from and corruption of 

 English pork. They little knew the extent of this ancient island word. 

 To show that I am not alone in my view I cite Mr. Tregear's interesting 

 note (Maori- Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, s. v. poaka) : 



This word (generally supposed to be a corruption of the English word porker) is 

 genuine Polynesian. It was probably received by the Maoris from the Tahitian inter- 

 preter of Captain Cook, although the passage in Vol. ii, p. 372, of Cook's Voyages, ed. 

 1793, urges that the Maoris already knew the word. It is possible that the Maoris had 

 kept a traditional knowledge of the animal, just as in some smaller Polynesian islands 

 the natives called the dog kuri at sight, although the animal was not to be found amongst 

 them. The hogs were numerous in Tahiti, Hawaii, etc., before the arrival of the Euro- 

 peans, and the native hog appears to have been of a different species from the imported 

 breed. In the Hervey Group pigs were found on Atiu and Rarotonga, but not on the 

 neighboring islands of Mangaia and Aitutaki. However, at Mangaia, districts known 

 as pa-puaka (hog-pen) and puaka-ngunguru (grunting hog) are names in evidence of 

 the pig having once been known on the island. 



In the Melanesian area we find at least three stems. Of one the full stem 

 is pakasi, as found at Aniwa and Fotuna. Sesake bokasi and Bierian 

 bukahi are but slight deviations therefrom. The first alteration is the 



