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ment through the skin we see the connection between the 

 senses of " tapping " and " tattooing." We have also a word 

 in Maori, paki, " to slap," and we find that in Paumotuan the 

 word means not only " to chastise," but " to tattoo, tattooing, 

 to describe, to write." In Tahiti this word signifies " to 

 mark the skin with the tattoo, to write, to recite a tale " ; in 

 Futuna, "to chisel, to print, to engrave "; in Hawaiian, " to 

 smite with the hand, to stamp, to print, a printing as native 

 cloth is printed, to strike a tax, to stir up one's feelings, to 

 make a solemn promise, a vow, a line, a cluster, tied up, 

 bound together, writing arranged in a row or line."''' So that 

 here, too, we have the word used for tattooing and writing, 

 referring to the making of promises, describing, reciting, &c. 

 The Maori word tongi means "a point, a dot or speck." In 

 Samoan it means " to carve, to engrave, the dot of an i, to 

 mark off a portion of the tattoo, to appoint or decree the 

 amount of a fine, the payment for labour or produce, to give 

 a payment." In Nine it means "to pay"; in Tongan, "to 

 engrave, to carve, payment, wages, exchange " ; in Futuna, 

 "to peck as a fowl, to engrave, to make a mark, to exchange." i 

 Again, we have a word which, signifying " to engrave, to 

 tattoo," also means " to decree, to give payment, wages, ex- 

 change," just as the words we have previously examined have 

 done. There is no possible connection between " a dot, to 

 peck as a fowl," &c., and the meaning of " a decree, payment, 

 trade," &c., except the bond shown by engraving in some 

 literary character, pecked out, so as to be understood by those 

 decreeing, paying, or trading. 



Before leaving the subject of tongi, " the dot or speck 

 pecked out," it will be well to consider the Paumotuan tito 

 " to peck." In Mangarevan this word means " to peck, a point 

 a dot "; in Marquesan, " joined, united, put close together " 

 in Hawaiian, "a small dot, point, or speck, a spot on the skin 

 the figure marked on the skin by tattooing, spotted, striped.' 



* Maori, paki, to slap, to strike together. Paumotuan, papald, to 

 chastise, to punish, to tattoo, tattooing, to write, to describe. Tahitian, 

 papai, to strike, to beat, to mark the skin with the tatau, to write, to 

 recite a tale. Futuna, paki, to print, to engrave, to chisel. Hawaiian, 

 pai, to smite with the hand, to strike a tax, to stamp, to print, a printing 

 as kapa (native cloth) is printed, to stir up one's feelings, to make a 

 solemn promise, a row, a line, a cluster (as in the INIaori tautau, a string, 

 a cluster), tied up, bound together ; paipai, to peel off as bark. 



t Maori, tongi, a point, a dot, a speck. Samoan, togi, to engrave, to 

 carve, the dot of an i, to peck as a fowl ; totogi, to peck, to appoint or 

 decree the amount of a fine, the payment for labour or produce, to give 

 a payment ; togi-togi, to carve a stick, to mark off a part o£ the tattooing. 

 Niue, tologi, to pay. Tongan, togi, to carve, carved work, to engrave; 

 totogi, to nibble as a fish, payment, wages, fee, reward; fetogi, exchange. 

 Futuna, togi, to engrave, to make a mark, to peck ; togia, to exchange. 



