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or tuH. This is given by Muller in his Ceram Hst as 

 turika, knife, in Lobo turi, Onin timi. Maclay gives the 

 Ceram (Keffing) as turito, Namatote and Wuaussirau tiiri, 

 also for " knife." The word does not appear in Angadi 

 or in the Hst of Ekris (19). Tliough not apparently used 

 in Merauke turik has travelled eastward as far as Torres 

 Straits and the Fly River, and even to the borders of the 

 Papuan Gulf. Thus Bangu turik, Dabu turikata, Sisiami 

 (Bamu R.) tiiriiko, and Tirio tuviiko mean " knife " [i.e. iron 

 knife). In Bugi, Saibai, Mowata and Kiwai, turika and 

 in Murray Island tiilik mean " iron." * 



Dr. N. Adriani has pointed out some words adopted 

 from Malay in Merauke and also some apparent agree- 

 ments between that language and Indonesian languages 

 generally,! but there is no evidence of any language from 

 Ceram having passed through the Torres Straits. Agree- 

 ments between the Merauke and Papuan languages to the 

 east are also pointed out by Dr. Adriani J but these are no 

 evidence of the passage of a Polynesian fleet, as they 

 are not Polynesian words, and the languages using them 

 have no Polynesian syntax. Mr. Churchill's theory of 

 the Polynesian entry into the Pacific by way of Torres 

 Straits cannot therefore be maintained. 



V. A COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF LANGUAGES IN THE 

 NORTH EAST AND SOUTH EAST OF NETHERLANDS 

 NEW GUINEA AND OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA WEST 

 OF THE FLY RIVER. 



The following vocabulary is arranged strictly in 

 Geographical order. The North Eastern Languages 

 follow from East to West, from Seka to Manikion, and 



* The writer was however told by Murray Island natives that '' tiihk " was the 

 name of the old shell axe. 



t Eenige opmcrkingcn over de Mcraukc-taal, in '' De ZuidwcstNicuw-Guinea- 

 expeditie van het Kon. Ned. Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 1904-51" p.60i-2. 



X Op. cit., p. G64-G65. 



