318 W. G. Ivens: 



the wings (Sa'a apa wing); Maori kapekapeta to flutter (Sa'a 

 h/uhiu kape to flutter, a wagtail, c.f. Maori kapokapa, Mota lopa- 

 lapn to flutter). 



Possibly fa in the above instances is the same as ta the adjectival 

 Suflix. 



Sa; Sa'a loloku to be bent, lokuna v.t. to bend; qao to do, 

 qaona to appoint; duu to move v.i. duu7ie to move a thing up; ata 

 to move, atana to move a thing slightly; Motu pisili spray, pipisina 

 to splash (Sanioan pid to splash, Sa'a qisi v.i. to splash, qisili v.t.); 

 Mota tiana to be pregnant, tia belly. 



Sa ; Samoan anusa to spit (Mota anu-x spittle); po night, ponisa 

 to be dark; ranu water, ranusa to bale water (see " Mel. Lang.," p. 

 181.) Mota maru to sink, subside, maruso to subside. 



Va; Samoan musumusu to whisper, musiiva to whisper together. 



La: Samoan ua rain, uala to be rainy with sunshine; Sa'a 'apala 

 to carry in the arms, 'apa' apa wing, shoulder; Mota sapan Samoan 

 sapasapai to carry in the arms, probably show sapa with a Verbal 

 Suffix. Dr. Codrington connects sapan with panel hand. Mota 

 ivanara branch, may show ra as a Verbal Suffix, wana to open the 

 mouth. 



Na; Samoan to' ana to settle down, to frequent, to' a to settle; 

 Maori kapu to close the hand, kapuna to take up with both hands. 

 In these two instances the Suffix no is probably the Noun Suffix. 



Rana; Maori pu a heap, piirana to heap up; hua to raise with a 

 lever, huarana to transplant; kapu to close the hand, kapurana to 

 take up by handfuls (Marquesas kapu hand). This termination 

 rana is probably the gerundival Suffix. 



In some of the Oceanic languages a is used as a Verbal Suffix : — 

 Samoan tane man, tanea having to do with men; lele to fly, lelea 

 to be carried off by the wind; sili exceedingly, silia to let pass; lat 

 the westerly wind, lata to be blighted by the westerly wind; Motu 

 lokua to be folded (Sa'a loloku bent). This termination a is prob- 

 ably the same as the adjectival Suffix a (see below under Table IV.), 

 Niue niu coconut, niue possessing coconuts; Sa'a niuniue tasting 

 of coconuts. The Suffix la in Samoan uala is also probably the 

 same as the adjectival Suffix la, Sa'a 'iisu dog. 'usule possessing 

 dogs. 



TABLE IL 

 Noun S^iffixes. 



Dr. Codrington, in " Melanesian Languages," give no Table of 

 Noun Suffixes. The Melanesian examples in this Table have been 



