Tuomson.— Whence of the Maori. xxix 
ENGLISH. MAORI. TONGAN. ENGLISH. MoanRni. TONGAN. 
Mouthfu — Maanga Silver — == 
Nail (finger) Maikuku Gnedji nima | Skin Kiri Gili 
Night Po Bo-ooli Smoke u Ahoo 
Nose Ihu Ihoo Snake Neke? Toge 
Oil Hinu lo Soft Ata Moloo 
Pi Poaka ? Booaca ? Sour I Mahe-mahe 
ne i Pou Bo Брав Тао Тао 
rawn(cray- tar Whetu Fetoo 
fish T | Koura Оо-о Sun ah aa 
Rain Ua, Awha Ooha Sweet Reka Hooo melie 
Rat Kiore Gooma Tongue Arero Elelo 
Red Makurakura Coola-coola Tooth Niho Nifo 
ice — Water Wai Vy 
River Awa Vy-oota Wax — е 
Road Halla White Ma Hinahina 
Root Aka-aka Аса Wife Ohaua 
Saliva uare Anoo Pakau Capacow 
Salt Tote? Masima Woman ү 
Sea ai с 00 Rakau 
Moana Moo Yellow Punga punga Mello 
N. ariner's ** Vocabulary ae the Tongan Language” has been fo lowed here, and 
as it is in the = реет of spelling, оо stands in it for u, ow for au, с for k, y for ai, etc. 
In copying the ds from the above m — dr the orthography to the new system, 
though they ade bere as given by th 
We now come to a араа анн the glossaries of the Maori and 
those of the Indian Archipelago. A list is given below of nine English words, 
against which are put the various expressions in Maori ; and after the latter 
are placed equivalents found amongst fifty-nine languages of the Indian 
Archipelago. It will be seen that in every case they have one, two, or more 
equivalents, even though the expressions vary. Thus, in the various expres- 
sions in. Maori for the word “small,” three were found in the archipelago— 
iti, riki, moroiti; and the words for fire, ahi, and water, wat, have very 
extensive range under various modifications. Of the following nine words, 
four only are Malay. 
Maori compared with nin e words in anre languages of the 
Indian Archipelago.* 
ENGLISH. Maori. ЕТЕ 
ш —.————— 
1. Black | mangu tes a, Malagasi) 
pango за Hath i ‘thirt Batt ther lan hu, Cajeli 
i ahi Aj Malay and thirteen other anguAges ; ahu =н 
oo Ph "fu Amblaw; uku, Ternat i and tw others ; wh 
oe; и em. раз tits oth рана 
Saparua an afo Teluti ; yaf, wr sd ; 
aif ( Gah ; hai pren x^ three others; ai, EO d 
kapura voor, Dorey 
kanaka L 
ra puro, Bolang-hitam 
kora 
1 te 
ngiha 
pahunu 
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* {1з appended when i ess 
