NOTES ON THE TANNE8E. 



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Notes on the song. ^N'mt is probably the spirit of a 

 dead person supposed to give help to his descendents 

 when a bowl of kava has been set out for the spirit to 

 drink. '^Paison is our word poison. ^Renakti is a 

 mixture of two dialects. The part alitl is the word in 

 Weasisi for " strike " or shoot, but riri (instead of tiein 

 (c=g in gate) ) is the pre formative in Kwamera 

 dialect. In the next verse rinurulii is used, which is 

 the verb and preformative, both of the Kwamera 

 dialect. *Yeru was shot on rising ground and carried 

 to a friendly village where he was afterwards buried. 

 ^Nirus is a tree, the bark of which is poisonous, and 

 would prove fatal if allowed to touch one's skin. 

 ^Neirus is a corruption of our word snider. ^Pj-esent 

 tense is used to describe a thing that is past. ''Nu])au 

 and his wife Kahu have arrived. These are his words 

 in answer to Yeru. ^Yeru speaks. Although sung in 

 this order, I suspect that v. 10 should follow v. 11, 

 which should follow v. 6. Natives sing the verse that 

 comes first to mind ; so that Ave may find the song 

 very puzzling on this account. 



7. Moons or Months. The following is a table of names : — 



No. 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Weasisi Name. 



Mauk-iinei 



Mauk-itau 



Mauk-eibiung ... 

 Mauk-laulau or lulu 



Mauk-luslus 



Veritum 



Naungwa 



Veru 



Yati 



Neusi 



Keatakelabakel 

 Kaiyahnulul 



Kwamera Name. 



Kuraraai 



Taneyau (?) 



Kakuseriaku.'<cri 



Kurarurar 



Tamtamuku 



Voretam 



Nahua 



Veru 



Tamtanianen 



Ncuv.si 



Pakerpaker 



Kamneru 



Adeldc Date 



1886 

 It began. 

 July 31 ... 

 Aug. 29... 

 Sept.28(?) 

 Oct. 27 ... 

 Nov. 26... 

 Dec. 25 ... 

 Jan. b (2i) 

 Feb. 4 (23) 

 Mar. 6 (2.5) 

 Apr. 4 (23) 

 Mav 4 (23) 

 June 2 (21) 



Jewish Name. 



Ab. 



EIul. 



Tisri. 



Hesvan. 



Kislcv. 



Tcbet. 



Sebat. 



Adar. 



Nisan. 



Yiar. 



Sivan. 



Tamuz. 



Notes on the Months. 



(1.) Mauh-imei. — See (2) under general remarks for mauk. 

 Imei seems to mean " a field." A piece of ground is numei. 



