﻿J. T. Thomson. — The Whence of the Maori. 

 APPENDIX TIL 



51 







Comparative 



YOCABULARY. 







English. 



Saxon. 



Latin. 



Greek. 



Hindu. 



Sanscrit. 



Malay. 



Maori. 



Two 



Twa 



Duo 



Duo 



Do 



Dui, 



dwega 



Dua 



E-ua 



Five 



Fif 



Quinqiie 



Pente 



Panch 



— 



Lima 



Rim a 



Six 



Six 



Sex 



Hex 



Che 



— 



Anam 



Ono 



Ten 



Tyn 



Decern 



Deka 



Dus 



— 



Sapuloh 



Ngahuru 



I or me 



Ic or me 



Ego or me 



Ego 



Humor 



me 



Agam or 

 me 



Aku 



Ahau 



Fire 



Fyr 



Ignis 



Pur 



Aag 



— 



Api 



Ahi 



Fruit 



Brucan 



Fructus 



KarpSs 



Pul 



— 



Buah 



Huah 



Hair 



Hser 



Pili 



Thrix 



Bal 



— 



Bulu- 

 bulu 



Huru- 



huru 



Fish 



Fisc 



Piscis 



Icthus 



Muchili 



— 



Ikan 



Ika 



Drink 



Drincan 



Potio 



Pino 



Pina 



— 



Minum 



Inu 



Stone 



Stan 



Lapis 



PetrSs 



Putta 



— 



Batu 



Kohatu 



Louse 



Lus 



Pediculus 



Ptheir 



— 



— 



Kutu 



Kutu 



Load 



Lade 



Onus 



Acthos 



Pari 



— 



Pikul 



Pikau 



Hill 



Hyl 



Collis 



Pagos 



Par 



— 



Bukit 



Puke 



Sky 





^ther 



Aither 



Asman 



— 



Langit 



Rangi 



Weep 



Wepan 



Lacrimare 



Dakruo 



Rota 



— 



Menan- 



Tangi 



Burv 



Byrian 



Humare 



Thapto 











gis 

 Tanum 



Tanu 



Split 



Spillan 



Fissura 



Schizo 



Pharo 



— 



Titta 



Tata 



Land 



Land 



Terra 



Ge 



Zumeen 



— 



Benua 



W henua 



Deaf 



Deaf 



Surdus 



KSphos 



Byra 



— 



Tuli 



Turi 



Wife 



Wif 



Uxor 



Gime 



Juroo 



— 



Bini 



Wahini 



Water 



Wseter 



Aqua 



Hudor 



Pani 



Udum 



Ayer 



Wai 



Ear 



Ear 



Auris 



Ous 



Kand 



— 



Telinga 



Teringa 



Tree 



Tree 



Arbor 



Dendron 



Jhar 



Taru 



Kayu 



Kai 



Art. II. — Notes upon the Historical Value of the " Traditions of the New 

 Zealanders" as collected hy Sir George Grey, K.G.B., la,te Governor-in-Ghief 

 of New Zealand. By W, T, L. Travers, F.L.S. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 16th September, 1871. 



In the following notes I propose to inquire how far the " Traditions of the New 

 Zealanders," as collected and published by Sir George Grey, are to be relied 

 upon, taken by themselves, in any investigations into the history of the race, 

 either before or since the commencement of their occupation of these Islands. 

 I think it desirable, however, before entering upon the proposed inquiry, 



