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215. Man, lord; mera, mare; Ch., mare. In Mar-Saba, 

 maranatha, &c. 



216. To stroke with the hand, anoint; masa, masamaso; 

 Heb., mashahh. 



217. A portion ; maso ; Heb., mashhhah. 



218. To show, declare, tell ; till, tule ; Sam., tala ; Arb., 

 dalla. 



219. To speak, say; nova, nowa, noa; Heb., navha, naba. 



220. To speak, say ; Ero., nam ; Heb., nam. 



221. To contend; Fiji, leti ; Heb., ladd. 



222. Water ; wai ; Po., vai ; Heb., naba' or bu'a, to well 

 up, gush forth, (mabu'a, a fountain); Abyss., waha, ^ater. 



223. To rain ; bowa, wa, bwa ; Heb., naba', or bu'a, Hiph., 

 to gush forth. 



224. Rain, shower; us ; My., uja^i; Sam.,ua; Arb., wadz'a, 

 to flow, to run. 



225. A wave ; wa, (v. 222). This Shemitic root, or group of 

 cognate words, as Heb. nub, napag, means also to swell up, 

 to sprout, to produce (fruit) ; hence the word wa in Ef. is 

 used to denote not only a wave, water, and to rain, but 

 also 



226. Fruit, and to fruit ; Sam., fua ; My., buwah ; Mg., 

 voa ; of which last the verb is mamoa (49). 



227. Hence, young shoots, offspring; pia ; My., pia£ ; Sam., 

 fua ; and 



228. Young ; fau, or fou ; Sam., fou ; Fiji, vou ; Mg., 

 vaovao; and 



229. To begin, be first; be, ve ; Sam., fua; Fiji, vu; An., 

 hu ; My., pikm, beginning, source, foundation ; Ef., bua, 

 ancestor, progenitor ; hence also, 



230. Blossom, flower, hmna ; Mg., vony ; Sam., funga ; 

 My., bunga. 



231. To rest, dwell; 7?mnak; Arb., nach, 



232. Progeny, offspring ; nan ; Heb., nin. 



233. To move to and fro ; nua ; Heb., nua'. 



234. To sprinkle, scatter, shake forth ; nopa ; Heb., nup, 

 Hiph., henif ; hence Ef, nivi, to shake (a fan), to fan, a fan. 



235. To drop ; tev, tetev ; Heb., nataf. 



236. Before, face, front ; nako ; Heb., nokahh. 



237. To fall ; bul ; Heb., napal. 



238. To take up, carry, to suffer, to bear any one's sin ; 

 su ; Heb., nasa : Arb., to grow ; nasha ; Ef, £>isou ; hence, 



239. Height (top), su ; Heb., si, sya ; and 



