Sujffixes hi, Ocennic LaiH/iKu/cs. :]]:] 



«wim for and get, olohaini to swim with and rarrv ('c.f. Mota fag. 

 ^ag, vag ; Fiji caka, taka). 



Examples. — muo first, niaai to bo first (Malay iiniJ(uinil<i first. 

 mulai to be first, also Mota anioa formerly dkxiI to l)f first); 

 inamafa weighty, honoured, mamaf, to be hoiioiued (c.f. " Mel. 

 Lang.," p. 415 : Maewo weda to be heavy, ivedei to be heavy up(jii ; 

 also p. 465. Sesake mairura broken, niairori to be l)i-okeH); a/a 

 sinnet, afaafai to bind with sinnet ; iiofo to sit, iiofoi to l)e in a 

 sitting posture; mawa branch, /nanai to sit astride; fnpu to make 

 sacred, fapui a sign of tapu, to prohibit by a tapu mark ; sapasapa/' 

 to take in the arms (Mota sapa/r, Sa'a \ipala); pola a plaited foco- 

 nut leaf, polnni to carry on a pola; fusa to be equal, tusani to 

 •divide equally; lavalava a loin cloth, lavasi to tie rotmd and 

 round; motu broken, motusi to break (Sa'a mo'u, to be broken. 

 mo'usi to break); pulvti to pitch, to glue (Sa'a puhi pitch, pulu' i 

 to pitch); mat a ey^e, mataf, to be swept away as clotids, to be open, 

 clear; poniponi twilight, poponi to scowl, begin to be blind (Poly- 

 nesian po night); inomo'e to sleep, mo'' egci i to carry over night, i.e. 

 to sleep with ; -s/// adv. exceedingly, xilifa" i to go beyond (Sa'a sill 

 to enter, sdihtl to insert); (do to cijiiceal, alofa' i to conceal; 

 punipuni to shut in, punita' i to stop up with anything; noga to be 

 quiet, 7wgafa'i to desist; tanu to bury, tanuma'i to cover up with; 

 nofo to sit, nofoa'i to sit and talk over news. 



Verbs with the reciprocal prefix fe have si, fi, iii, a' i , fa' i, tna'i, 

 ta'i, na'i, va'i, as Syllabic Suffixes, and i, fi, iii, *■/, as Consonantal 

 Suffixes; fe'ausi to swim, fetauofi to take hold of; felaani, to go two 

 together; fealofani to love one another; lata, to be near, felata'i to 

 be near together; felamata'i to watch for one anotlier (c.f. Ulawu 

 he'itotori) } fetalia'i to give answer (c.f. Sa'a ala v.i. to answer, 

 alami to answer anyone, he' ialama' i to answer one another); 

 gagaiia to speak, fegaganava i to speak to one another; utti to draw 

 water, feutufa'i. 



The Noun Suffix na may be added to tlie Verb when used with 

 either the Consonantal or the Syllabic Stiffix, nofo to sit, nofoa'i^ 

 nofoa'iua a sitting; afi to do up in a bundle, afisi to carry under 

 the arms, afsina an armful; but in Melanesia tTie Noun Suffix is 

 attached only to the Consonantal Verbal Suffix. Sa'a usu to push, 

 iisuue'i to send, usune'lne a commandment. But if Dr. Macdonald's 

 example from Fate be correct, na hulutiaii nl na sunia tho plaster- 

 ing of the house, then the Samoan use has a perfect parallel in 

 Melanesia. 



