BY HERMANN B. RITZ, M.A. 79 



The next word is given as rayna, raina, renting. In 

 W., it is almost certain that the letters have been 

 wrongly apportioned, for M. gives the following word 

 as 'ngonyna, which is confirmed by gunnea in D. ; so 

 that the second word in W. should be rene, and the 

 third, 'ngonnyna. 



Thus we get in each case rene, which means 

 " speedy," " to run." 



The third word in common is 'ngonyna in M., 

 ngonnyna in W., and three words farther on D. gives 

 us gunnea. These are evidently identical with ngune, 

 " fire." We note that the D. version gives words of 

 simpler and more guttural sound than those of M. and 

 W., so that it is quite in accord with the general cha- 

 racter of the D. version to have gunnea as equivalent 

 of ngonyna. D. alone gives here pogana, " man." We 

 shall find other words for " man " farther on, in the 

 three versions. 



Next we have — 



In M., toka mengha leah, lugha mengha leah. 



In D., thu, me gunnea, thoga me gunnea. 



In W., lemingannya or temingannya, taukummin- 

 gannya. 



To begin with, we must split up the long words in 

 W. We get le mi 'ngannya or te mi 'ngannya, tauku 

 mi ngannya. 



Xow, toka means " heel," and lugha, " foot." 



We recognise toka again in thoga in D., in tauku in 

 W., and in the shortened form thu in D. ; while lugha 

 appears in the short form of le in W., and toka in the 

 same version as te, as alternative. Thus it is possible that 

 both lemingannya and temingannya are right ; at all 

 events, the analogy between lugha, le, and toka, te is 

 striking. 



The word lia means " speedy " (like a spear). 



There remain the words mengha, me, mi. In me, 

 mi, we see the short forms of mena, meaning " I," 

 '"me," or "my;" but mengha requires further conside- 

 ration. It occurs in M., and, when we turn to Milligan's 



