THE OCEANIC FAMILY OF LANGUAGES 823 
Rain. 
Arabic, h“wth’, with nunation, h“a@thurs ; Oceanic, uth, arf, 
como, komah, gefa, usa, bosi, medu, with nunation wan, udan, 
roana, 
Yam. 
Arabic, h‘ayab’, roots, wurzel ; Oceanic, yubi, uwi, ubi, wey; 
Malekula, rwm; Samoan, uf. With this compare— 
Bury (verb) 
Arabie, h“‘aba ; Malekula, rwm ; Samoan, 2/2. 
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Tree, stick, wood. 
Hebrew, /‘ets; Arabic, h‘assa (stick); Ethiopic, pl. h‘etsw, 
Whietsu ; Oceanic, hazo, kasu, kayu, kau, yesi, kaan, lakat, la‘au. 
Stone. 
Hebrew, eben, or even ; Ethiopic, eben, pl. we’ban ; Oceanic, 
vet, fat, fatu, veru, batu, vato, kohatu, pohaku kapir, kabil. 
Water (Spring. ) 
Arabic, h’anu ; Hebrew, h‘an (eye, fountain, spring) ; Oceanic, 
rano, ran, honu, tanu, fanu, ranu, lanu (lake). The plural of 
this Semitic word signifies— 
The Eyes. 
Arabic, a‘h‘yunat ; Ethiopic, ah‘gnt ; Hebrew, hiayanoth, henoth 
(fountain) ; Oceanic, (final ¢ elided), tans, nana, tun (n to m), 
hama, rama, lumo (initial guttural elided), nata, nero, mata, meta, 
masu. This final ¢, the ¢ of the Semitic feminine plural, is the 
same ¢ already seen as the feminine or abstract ending. 
Teeth. 
Arabic (Semitic broken plural, or “pluralis fractus”), a‘swn7z, 
a‘sinnat, or a‘sinne ; Oceanic, kasinga, lesin, nifun, ngipin (final n 
elided), ngidi, bati, ngisi, nist (s to labial), nify, ribo, livo. 
Hands (the two.) 
Arabic, (dual) yadan, and a‘dan ; Oceanic, tanana (for tadana), 
tangan, parian, patay, pent, fahan, pan, mareh, vira, kanet, karah, 
vara, aru, faru, wada. 
Ear, the Ears. 
Aramaic, (a’déna); Arabic, pl. a‘than’, or a‘thanu ; Oceanic, 
tadiny, talinga, taringa, riringa, tiknga, karinga, karin, falian, 
boronga, boro, tananu. 
The Semitic guttural 7 we have already seen elided, or changed 
to k, h, as in laki, luhy. See word following. 
