Тномзох.— Whence of the Maori. ‘Ixy 
I have not alluded to the Maorioris of New Zealand in this paper, as I 
have been unable to obtain a vocabulary of their dialect or language. I would 
suggest that in the interest of philology this should be obtained from the 
Chatham Islands, where a remnant of the race yet exists. 
APPENDIX II. 
Comparative Yonidan of Maori words (peculiar to the Murihiku dialect, 
Southland) and dialects of the Malay Archipelago. 
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ENGLISH. (мипыйи Dialect), MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 
Ant upokorua 
Belly puku poko, Galela 
Blue pako 
Boat (canoe) waka waga, Waiapo, etc. 
Body tina ina-wallah, aparua 
Bow pakete papite, S bo 
Butterfly mo-kara-kara kala- bubun, Mysol 
Cat naki 
Chopper tuki-tuki toko (hammer), Malay 
Come nou 
& Door roro a, Galela 
Father hakoro amalolo, и 
Feather huru-huru huru 
; €x 5. rango, Bolang- 
= Husband (companion) | hoa Pea Daza, My S Malay 
p Island moutere 
à А Leaf rauwha awi, Lariki 
ps Mat tiaka tikar, Malay 
Mosquito  * keroa 
Mother hakui 
Rat pouhawaiki 
Root mure ala-muti, Cajeli 
puhaka puhn-akar, Mala 
mokohi “qopa yeni Batumerah 
Wing pakihau ni-fako, Ga 
Yellow whero mera (red), Malay. 
The numerals of the Murihiku Maori are distinguished by prefixes, viz., ko in the 
first, and e in the rest. This principle is developed in Polynesia and the islands of and 
near Timorlaut. 
Nore.—The Rev. І. Е. H. Wohlers, of Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Straits so good 
as to compare Wallace’s 117 words ien to thirty- three cues of “the "Malay 
Arc with the Murihiku Mao; nud to send me a list of the abo 
extract of it wes. the зкен 1 and differences from the No a ia 
given in Williams' dictionary. 
