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Arm. Rliraika to, Dungerwab tond, Dabu tan^, IMiriam ta^, Kiwai In 



Arrow. Mimika tiaii, Kiwai terc. 



Arrow barb. Mimika imari, Kiwai ivere. 



Basket. Mimika temonc, Kunini diba, Jibn ditiiha, 



Mimika eta, Kiwai sito, Mowata hito. 

 Bird. Mimika pateru, Bugi pa (?). Dabu papa (?). 

 Earth. Mimika tiri, Bangu tiritari. 

 Eat. Mimika nainuka, Bangu jamiikwa. 

 Elbow. IMimika to-mame, Mowata tu-pape. 

 Fire. Mimika uta, Miriam nr. 



Forehead. Mimika metar{rc), Bangu mithago, Miriam mat. 

 Head. Mimilca k a pane, Bangu kainbii. 

 Iron. Mimika tau, Dungerwab tod. 



Nose. Mimika birim, Dabu murung, Saibai, Miriam pit. 

 Pig. IMimika ap, Meranke sapi. 



Rat. Mimika kemako, Bugi mahata, Saibai mahas, Miriam mokcis. 

 Shore. Mimika tiri, Dungerwab tredre. 



Sleep. Mimika ete, Bangu ete-betka, Dungerwab cda-bcl, IMiriam ut-cid. 

 Tree. Mimika iiti, Kiwai ota. 



IV. MALAYAN INFLUENCE ON THE SOUTH COAST OF 

 NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA. 



In a discussion of the languages of the south-eastern 

 shores of Netherlands New Guinea, the extent of Malay 

 influence in that region must be taken into account. 

 Mr. William Churchill has lately put forward a theory 

 that the Polynesian people entered the Pacific not only 

 by coasting along the northern shores of New Guinea to 

 the Solomon Group, but also by a passage through Torres 

 Straits, and thence along the south-eastern coast of 

 British New Guinea to the New Hebrides.* On tracing 

 the languages westward from Polynesia, it is an indisput- 

 able fact that many words which are identical with Poly- 

 nesian are found in use along the shores of British New 

 Guinea, though they are not used in a Polynesian syntax, 

 or in the simplified forms usual in the Eastern tongues. 

 It is also a fact that many of these same words are 

 current also in the western islands of Indonesia. For 

 example, hua, fruit ; ina, mother ; lata, blood ; lau, leaf ; 

 au, I ; ruma, house ; inu, drink ; tttu, louse ; tohu, sugar 



♦William Churchill, "The Polynesian Wanderings." Washington. 191 1. 

 Pp. v., 147. 



