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There is no agreement between these lists. However, the 

 Raga hua, bamboo, occurs in Mota in the word fue, a bamboo 

 water-carrier (c/. New Britain fu, a bamboo ; Oba hue, a knife 

 — a native knife being made from the bamboo). 



The Raga dagavi, sap, is a form of daga, blood, which is 

 foimd in Mota as nara, blood. 



The Mota pisui, finger, is found in the Raga form pihu, 

 which means " the last joint of the finger " or " the finger-nail." 



The Raga malanga, cave, is very likely the Mota word 

 malanga, which means " a lifting of the clouds after rain," 

 or " a spot in the forest where the undergrowth^has been cleared 

 away." 



The Raga tahi is found, as already mentioned, in the Mota 

 Tasmate, the name of a village ; and the words tasig and tas. 



The Raga nunu, an image, is the Mota nunuai, a shadow 

 with well-defined figure (not shade). 



The Raga meto,* black, is found in the Mota meto, a small 

 black mole on the skin, and maeto, basalt. 



The Raga hubus, shoot, occurs in Mota in the form ywpus, 

 to puf? out (as a whale spouting, or the wind through a narrow 

 opening). The surf also is said to pupusag in narrow clefts. 

 It is no doubt the Maori word puhi, to blow ; and perhaps the 

 Mota vus, in langvus, a hurricane, is the same. In that case 

 the original stem has in Mota two shoots, vus and pupus — as 

 burung, bird, and bulu, feather, in Malay are said to be shoots 

 of one stem ; and vava, speak, and ivawanga, open the mouth, 

 in Mota. In Mota tamate tiqa is the word used for " gun " — 

 i.e., ghost-shooter ; in Raga it is bubusi, the pufier. 



* It is interesting to note that in Raga meto is " black " and bili is- 

 " dirty," while in Florida bili is " black " and meto is " dirty." 



