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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



VERNACULAR NAMES OF FISHES HEARD IN HAWAII AND SAMOA. 



In the following table, the vernacular names heard by us in Hawaii and Samoa 

 are brought together for purposes of comparison. The Samoan names as given 

 here were obtained by Professors Jordan and Kellogg- j n Apia and Pago Pago, 

 most of them from the fishermen Taua and Vaiula. The authors are indebted 

 to Mr. Edwin Gurr, of Pago Pago, for a preliminary correction of these names, 

 and to Mr. W. E. Safford for a very much more careful revision of their spelling 

 and meaning, and for the following glossary of the principal nouns and adjectives in 

 the list. It may be noted that h in Hawaiian is replaced by s Or f in Samoan, and 

 that It in Hawaiian is replaced by t in Samoan. Intercourse between the two groups 

 of islands has in recent }rears tended to corrupt the Samoan pronunciation, and we 

 often hear in Apia, hifikifi and the like, when tifitifi is the correct Samoan form. 

 The Samoan g (as in Pago Pago or Ga) is pronounced like ng. The vowels are 

 pronounced as in Italian, ou not being a diphthong. 



From Loi - in Andrews's Hawaiian-English Dictionary we copy the following table, 

 showing the shifting of the consonants in the Polynesian languages: 



Fakaofo. 



Samoa. 



Tonga. 



New 

 Zealand. 



Raro tonga. 



Tahiti. 



Hawaii. 



Marquesas. 



F 



F 



F 



W or H 



Wanting 



F or H 



H 



For H 



K 



) 



K 



K 



K 



J 



j 



K 



L 



L 



L 



P 



R 



R 



L 



AVanting 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



N 



N 



N 



N 



N 



N 



N 



N 



NG 



NG(G) 



NG 



NG 



NG 



"Wanting 



M 



NorNG 



P 



P 



Por B 



P 



P 



P 



P 



P 



8 



S 



H 



H 



Wanting' 



H 



H 



H 



T 



T 



T 



T 



T 



T 



K 



T 



V 



V 



V 



W 



V 



V 



W 



V 



Names of Species. 



Hawaii. 



Samoa. 



Shark 



Carcharias melanopterus . 



Sphyrna zygaaia 



Himantura i'ai 



Stoasodon narinari 



Mobula japonica 



Elops saurus 



Albula vulpes 



Chanos chanos 



Etrumeus micropus 



Harengula commersoni . . 



Sardinella sirm 



Stolephorus delicatulus . . 



Anchovia 



Plotosus anguillaris 



Trachinocephalus myops. 

 Svnodus varius. 



Mano 



Mano kihikihi . 



Hihimann 



Hihilua 



Awa 



Oio 



Awa awa, Puawa, Awa 



moko. 

 Oinaka, Makiawa - 



;ala- 



Naua . 



Kawalea 

 UJae .... 



Saurida gracilis Ulae 



Anguilla Paka . 



Anguilla mauritiana 



Malie, Tanifa. 

 Malie alamata. 

 Mata-i-taliga. 

 Fai. 



Pelupelu. 



Pelupelu, 



Nefu. 



Nefu. 



Apoa. 



Tuna. 



Tuna gatala, 

 talo. 



I'a nioana. 



Tuna tafa'i-lau- 



