BY HERMANN B. RITZ, M.A. 



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to the burning sensation, v. laguana) ; loigana, snake, the 

 fiery serpent. 



Magra, megra, day, grass (i.e., that whicli passes 

 away) ; mengana, to pull, get (move away from its 

 ■place); miengpa, to abstain, reject; moga, moka, water; 

 monga, a fly (which is ever ready to go away) ; 

 mugra, to hide oneself; mukra, spaniel (the swimming 

 beast): mungena, ear (projecting from the head, and ori- 

 ginally movable). 



Nangumora, (very) far ; nenga, canoe (for leaving 

 the land) ; noki, give me (you give away something) ; 

 nugara, to drink ; nugrina, to vomit (both involving 

 motion of the gullet). 



Raka, spear (sent forth) ; ragi or ragina, white man 

 •(the hostile, repulsive moving thing). We find this in- 

 terpretation confirmed by the word ragi-rappa, a demon 

 who attacks people, a devil ; we remember the Chinese 

 denotation of white men as " foreign devils " ; rugara, 

 ear (compare mungena) ; rurga, seaweed used for food 

 (compare nugara, nugrina). 



(4) Labial+dental — projection+rest : patina, Qgg; 

 patroUa, spark, fire (projected, resting); rolla, energetic; 

 there may also be a connection with " crackling "' ; 

 piterina, sun (as to its rays); poiete, head (projecting 

 from the body, but stationary) ; potta malitie, freestone 

 (white stone that can be thrown — malitie, white). 



(5) Labial+guttural — projection+rejection : pagra, 

 alas ! (an utterance of pain) ; pakara, to fling at (mo- 

 tion and dislike) ; pakaria, shooting-star ; pakaritia, ignis 

 fatuus ; panga, leech (an attacking, repulsive thing); 

 pangana, mud (clinging and disagreeable) ; pegara, to 

 throw; pegi, teeth (acting against each other); pugana, 

 black man, good at attack and defence, hence strong, 

 stout ; pugana, five (the " bunch of fives ") ; pugara, to 

 swim. 



(6) Labial+licjuid — projection+motion : palla, round, 

 ball, energetic, large, stout, sun ; palina, egg (small and 

 round) ; palana, stars, little sun ; pallawa, man, warrior 

 (with wa as suffix of emphasis) ; penna, spear, man, 



•facetious; plena, leech; poiinta, poienna, point of spear; 



