Su^.rfs In Oc('<iru<! La/ngiuiyrx. :\-I'.) 



Wedaii, 

 am to eat, ainna the eating; hairai to carry in a bundle, hairana 

 a bundle. In Wedau na is added to tlie root of a transitive Veib, 

 i.e. to the Verb without the transitive ending; hahani to talk, 

 bahana the subject discussed. Noun endings of the second class 

 without n are seen in Wedau, tigura a thorn, tiguri to pick out with 

 a thorn; utuva a flood, ufuvi to water; iuwa fruit, uwei to bear 

 fruit. (" Expedition to Torres Straits," Vol. iii. p. 440.) •• 



Noun Sujfixes in Malagasy. 



Vono to kill, ronoana murder; ravina leaf (Mota naui, Poly- 

 nesian rail, Malay dau.?i;) hatsara good, hatsarana goodness; 

 havitra fish hook (Malay kawit, New Guinea gahu, Mota gau); 

 laaka aperture (Polynesian lua, rua. hole), bono to cover, bonoka 

 a covering. 



N 01171 Su-ffixes in Malay. 



Dauii a leaf (Motlav ran, Fiji drau, Maori ran); ujan rain 

 (Lau usa, Maori ua); ikan a fish (Pol. ika) ; kumis mustache (Mota 

 wunui Maori kumikumi) ; arus current (Mota arte); mataku to 

 fear, yanhutan fear; tidor to sleep, partidoran sleep; kata to 

 speak, parkataan speech ; lumiit moss (Maori lumidumu) ; laut sea 

 shore (Mota laii); kawit fish hook; simor ray of light (Melanesian 

 sitia to shine). 



Remarks.— The terminations shown above in Malagasy and Malay 

 show definitely the connection between them and the other Oceanic 

 languages given in the Table, but it can hardly be said that these 

 two languages use the Noun Suffixes as freely as the Melanesian 

 languages use both classes of the Suffix, or the Polynesian the first 

 class. 



Tongan appears to have a form in a; huhu breast, huhua milk. 



The Gerundives in Maori. 



The Verbal Substantives in Maori denote the taking place of 

 an action, the place of the action, the time of its taking place. 

 The action may be either Passive or Active. (" Mel. Lang.," p. 

 138.) However, no is suffixed in Maori to form Abstract Nouns, 

 just as it is in Melanesia; kawe to carry, kaiuena a burden (c.f. 

 Sa'a tola to carry, tolana a burden); ako to learn, akona a learner; 

 keokeo peaked, keokeona a peak; ra/ii big. rahina bigness (Sa'a 

 paine big, pianana size); koi sharp, koina point, edge; tika 



