2f> The /,(/// i^;/(?_i;('.s- (if Ihr J\icific. 



word. I '()1\ iK'sian and Aryan show no sii^n of this. These char- 

 acteristics rcN'eal a (HfTerent linmii>tio attitude of mind from Poly- 

 nesian and Indo-European. 



The hn^nistic attitude of l'(il\nesia faces nortli towards 

 Ia])anese and Ainn which have ,L;ot no such restriction on their 

 use oi noun.s and numerals. That the Polynesian vocahtilary looks 

 also to some extent in that direction will he ai)i)arent from a few 

 examples. ( i ) ilawaiiau //;///, kalo tops for planting", Samoan uU, 

 sprouts of taro. .\ino chi tirip. the Japanese taro-vam, Ja])anese uri, 

 a melon. (2) Aia<iri takutalm, to recite incantations, v^am(jau ta'ii, 

 {'• tell. Ainu ilak. to speak, word, speech. (3) Maori taiii^o, to 

 handle, .^amoan Idia^^o, to touch. (Latin tair^o), Malay tani:;aii. the 

 hand. .\inu fck. the hand. (4) Maori toko, to spruit^' u]) in the 

 mind, .\inti fok or tiik, to ,c^ro\v, project. (-,) Maori toko, a pole. 

 (En_giish stock). jai)anese oko, a jiole for carrying- burdens. (6) 

 Maori /^o. the under world, .\inu /^ok. beneath, under. (7) Maori 

 tolii. to ctit, Ainu ////'. to cut. (8) ^Sfaori tuhl. to tattoo. Japanese 

 toji, to prick, to sew. (9) Maori toiiia. a burial place; Ainu foma, 

 a mat for rolling- the dead in. (10) Maori 'fit. the god who propped 

 up the heaven, then god of war; Ainti tiintit. a ]m11o\v. chief support 

 of a building, hence God as the uphuilder of the universe. (11) 

 Maori fitpo, a tomb, a cave or hiding ])lace for the bones of the 

 dead, tupapakit. a dead body; .\inu titinhu. a room, house. (12) 

 ■Maori titki, (Tongan /.v///o/'). to thrust or strike with anything end- 

 wdse : Japanese tsttki. to thrust, or strike with anything pointed. 

 (13) Maori ana. a cave; Japanese ana. a cave. ("14) Maori z^'hau. 

 (Hawaiian /;(/;/ ). the hibiscus from whose bark ka/^a and cords were 

 made; r^)lynesian uiite, (Hawaiian 7i'aiike). the ])a])er nuilherry, 

 from Hawaiian aim. to clothe; or the soaked hark of the nuilberrw 

 equal to Maori kalni. a garment, kakahu. to clothe; Japanese kazn. 

 the paper mulberry. (15) Polynesian (////, hre ; .Vinu aJic. fire; 

 Japanese lu, fire. (t6) Polynesian ai. to beget; Japanese ai. love. 

 (17) Tongan anio. to use friction on the body; Futuna aimniino. 

 to rub a sick person lightly; .\inu mniisa. to stroke the head as 

 salutation. These have been taken at random out of scores of 

 examples 1 have marked down in my .Ma:)ri dictionarv. 



I must not weary you by too many examples of the affinity of 

 the Polynesian words to European ; Fornander has done it to some 



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