xl Appendix. 
ENGLISH. MALAGASI. MALAY. —— 
rut tunto (certain) 
Trees hazo — rakau, Maori 
Thousand | arivo saribu afe, Tongan 
This ity ini koini, Tongan 
These treto itu (those) 
Thou  ''|hiano angkau 
Teach mampianatra — 
To-day anio hiany ini hari inaianei, Maori 
Toddy toaka tuwak 
Teeth nif, nifo — niho, Maori; nifo, Tongan; mifoa, 
atabello ; nifin, Teor; nio, Sapa- 
rua 
Worm kankana — ngunu, Maori 
olitra ulat 
Wink py — 
Way aleha alaman ara, Maori; hala, Tongan 
‘Waves alona lomba gnalu, Tongan 
Work ara 
Write soratra surat ! 
White fotsy puti boti, Sula and two others; wmpoti, 
Cajeli ; maphuti, Matabello 
Washing |s basa 
Wages tamb 
Weft tenona tanun 
alk mandeha — eva, Tongan ; malaha, Kissa 
Water rano — manu, Bouton ; oira, Kissa 
vehivavy — wahine, Maori; vina, Ahtiago; fele 
: emen lara, Matabello 
Wise endry — 
Wonderful| mahagaga maha (great) таћато, Maori 
aga (might 
Wet lena айыры m.m y) 
Whisper | bitsikia bisik 
Wind rivotra ribut 
Y ; i wwhikaho, Maori; w, Tongan; uwi, 
: Kissa 
Year taona taun tau, Maori and Tongan. 
Having thus completed the Glossarial branch of the inquiry in as far as 
materials and space will allow, I now proceed to the second branch, viz, the 
Idiomatic, and in this I will pursue the same course as in the other, viz., from 
New Zealand north and westward, making the Malay language the link of 
comparison, it being the representative one amongst many others at the west 
end of the Indian Archipelago and best known to Europeans, and consequently 
best illustrated in literature. First, then, we commence with Maori and 
Malay, as follows :— 
IDIOMATIC COMPARISON. 
Malay. 
_ The alphabet is composed of thirteen let- | When Roman characters are used the 
ters, viz., five vowels, a, e, š, о, u, and eight alphabet is composed of twenty-one letters, 
consonan ^, p, r, d, The viz, five vowels and S aries consonants— 
m, ш. 
New Zealanders had no literature before i.e, А А 
the advent of Europeans. us bis mae is À soft and 4 hard as separate 
A great portion of both languages can be traced to monosyllables and dissyllables, 
Some consisting of the root only, and others of a root and a рабы syllable. зб g 
