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results from the insertion of e before a and i before e in a closed syllable 

 which Codrington (Melanesian Languages, 322) notes as characteristic of 

 Volow; there is, however, a possibility that it is rudely metathetic. Abra- 

 sion proceeds still further to ma in Pak, Alo Teqel, and Sasar, and with 

 vowel change to me in Leon. The noun forms follow the same course. 



In Indonesia the stem is rare, but the identifications here presented are 

 satisfactory. 



The Semitic bears a strong resemblance. 



3i9- 

 me, meme, urine; me, mea, to make water, to flow, to wet. 



Samoa: muni, to make water; mianga, urine. Tonga, Futuna, 

 Niue, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Marquesas, Mangareva: mimi, urine, 

 to urinate. Paumotu, Nukuoro: mimi, to urinate. Nuguria, 

 Rapanui: mimi, urine. Maori: mi, to urinate; mimi, urine, 

 to urinate; mianga, urination, to urinate. Hawaii: mi, mimi, 

 mia, to urinate ; mii, miana, the place for urinating, the member 

 employed; mimi, urine. 



Viti: mi, mimi, urine, to urinate. 



Lamassa, Lambell, New Britain: mimi, urine, to urinate. Laur: 

 mim, urine. Aneityum: ami, to urinate. Tanna: (t)ami, id.; 

 n-ami, urine. Baravon, Duke of York: minimi, to urinate. 

 King: minime, urine. Motu: mei, urine. Mota: meme, 

 urine, to urinate. Malekula: meme, to urinate ; ne- me, urine. 

 Malo : meremerc, urine, to urinate. 



Malagasy: amani, urine; mamani, to urinate. 



Arabic: maha, to have water (of a well), to leak (of a ship), to 

 pour water. Hebrew: me, euphemism for urine. 



The Proto-Samoan stem is clearly mi, for had it been a closed stem the 

 commonly abraded consonant would have been preserved in the Samoan 

 derivative, whereas we find it mianga. 



This stem is preserved through Melanesia with but few variations. For 

 Malo meremcre we can suggest no principle upon which to account for the 

 r. Our other variants look toward Malagasy in two ways. Aneityum and 

 Tanna have its introductory a, which is inexplicable. In the eastern gate- 

 way we find the pure Polynesian mi, yet within sight of New Britain and 

 New Ireland we find minimi on the Duke of York Group and even in New 

 Britain itself in Baravon; and in New Ireland King minime marches with 

 Laur, Lambell, and Lamassa mimi, mim. This introduces the Malagasy n. 

 I prefer to regard it as an infix and ascribe it to Post-Polynesian influence 

 from Indonesia. 



As we have no supporting evidence in Indonesia the Malagasy forms may 

 not wholly be accepted nor yet wholly denied. 



The Hebrew me is a resemblance, the Arabic maha is foreign in sense and 

 not easily to be reconciled in form. 



320. 

 melu, shade, protection; melu, melumelu, to be shady. 



Samoa, Tonga, Futuna, Niue, Uvea: mala, a shade, a protection, 

 to be sheltered, to be shaded. Hawaii: main, a shade, a 



