316 W. G. Ivens: 



ni are added to certain Verbs (active or neuter) without conferring 

 a definite transitive force on them, 'eli to dig, nia 'elio si 'a?w he 

 dug the ground, nia 'elifai lohoro he dug deep ; oil to )'eturn, come 

 back, olifa'i v.i. to return. 



'In Sa'a, Ulawa, Wango, there is a separation of the SyUabic 

 Suffix ta'i (used with ?ii added) fi-om the Verb; Wango a nonia 

 heia ai ta e huraa wou i liaka ta'inia / one he asked him to thrust 

 out the ship from the land; Sa'a w<ii e mapipi olie ofo ta'inie kolune 

 vaakana whether the waters had I'cceded from tlie surface of tlie 

 land; Ulawa ani noto nuuwa te'inilemiu in refraining yourselves. 

 This Suffix ta'i thus used may be paralleled by the use of the separ- 

 able Suffix vag in Mota, " Mel. Lang.," p. 281. 



The Noun Suffix \\a may be attached in Sa'a and Ulawa to the 

 Syllabic Suffix, nsuneine commandment. The Xouu Suffix na is 

 not attached to the Consonantal Suffix, l^it always to the Verb 

 itself, but where a Verb is made up of a Noun and a Verb used 

 with a Consonantal Suffix the Noun Suffix is added to the Verb so 

 formed, sae uinihi to grudge, .sy/(^ u/ia/n'we a grudging spirit. 



(9) Verbal Suffi.res in Mela ne si an New Guinea. 

 The following examples have been collected from Mr. Ray's work, 

 "Expedition to Torres Straits," Vol. iii., p. 458: — 



Roro. 



Tlie Verb takes a Suffix na or /// when diiectly governing the 

 Pronoun; ita to see, ne ifa/ia'u he ses me; /la ?fa/i/o I see j/oii, 

 hau na itana men I see them. 



Mekeo. 



Mikinnle malele ip.'i-lounui-i aiii missionary teaches tlie men to 

 read {pa-lnno make heai;). 



Molu 



Haga to gape, Jiagai to open the moutli, lat/a to graze, /aqa/ii to 

 strike something in falling; hoi to call, hoi/i to call a person; 

 kanudi to spit (Samoan anu); rani to be overtaken by (hiylight (Pol. 

 ra day); di aild ni are not quoted as Suffixes by Mr. Ray. Noho to 

 stay, nohori to delay, gugu to clasp, guguha to hold tight, gugnhai 

 to squeeze; gege to surround, hegegcdai to go round; lao to go, 

 laohai to go away with; heagi to boast, heagilai to pi-aise ; vaxi to 

 go iK'ar, rasi/fii, to take near; ahi to take, ahilai to take with; 

 mataniatd new, niatatnatai to begin ; (/(Uia a lump, lieqaqanai to 

 stumble; dina sun, dav, liedinarai to i-onfess. 



