Thomson. — Whence of ike Maori. xxvii 



Htam, Liang, and Saparua ; lemnatia, in Amblaw ; limaTca, in Morella ; limmva, in Batu- 

 merab. ; Umamo, in Camarian ; limacolo, in Teluti ; niman, in Ahtiago ; and limin, in 

 Teor. 



Mata, tlie eye ; mata ayer, a fountain ; mata pisau, the blade of a knife ; mata wang, 

 hard cash ; mata banda, property ; matajalan, advanced guard ; mata mata, an overseer ; 

 mata hari, the sun (literally the eye of the day), in Malay; mata alo, the sun, in 

 Salayer ; also, mata roa, in Menado ; ria mata, in Liang ; lia mata, in Lariki, etc. ; 

 mata, face, in Maori. 



Miika, the face ; muka papan, effrontery (literally, fiat board-faced), in Malay. 



Hupa, face, in Salayer ; rupa, likeness, in Malay. 



Anghat, to lift ; mang Teat, to die (applied only to princes) ; anah angJcat, the adopted 

 child ; anghatan, an expedition by sea or land ; angTcas, ethereal space, in Malay. 



Panas, warm, in Malay ; laliaha, in Cajeli ; hafanat, in Ahtiago ; mahana, the day, 

 in Maori. 



Sangat, hot, in Malay ; liangat, the sun, in Wayapo. 



Mata hari, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Malay. 



Mata alo, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Salayer. 



B,ia mata, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Liang. 



Lia matei, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Morella. 



JLia mata, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Lariki. 



Riamatani, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Saparua. 



Liamatan, the sun ; and matan, the eye, in Ahtiago. 



Matalon, the sun ; and mata, the eye, in Bajow. 



Kom-aru, the sun ; and karu, the eye, in Maori. 



Tlie above are a few examples of the tendencies to divergency in languages 

 by operations within themselves ; but they are by no means so forcible as 

 influences from without, caused by inroads of conquei'ing tribes, mercantile 

 communication, and the aptitude for borrowing expressions from more culti- 

 vated races, yet, notwithstanding, these primary terms in tropical, and indeed 

 in other races, are all but irradicable, excepting by the extirpation of tlie 

 people themselves. Of this fact most enquirers will have seen abundant proof. 



The nearest cognate race to the New Zealand Maori is that which inhabits 

 the Tonga or Friendly Islands. This group is sub-divided into three well 

 marked sub-groups, vi^., Tongatabu, Haabai, and Haafuluhao. Whether the 

 middle group — Haabai — be the Hawaiki of the Maoris, and Tongatabu be the 

 roro, or gate thereto, spoken of in their traditions, I will leave others to 

 decide ; certain it is that the languages have a most remarkable affinity, 

 when, after considering the above causes of deterioration, we find after the 

 lapse of centuries of separation so much glossarial coincidence. Captain Cook 

 properly remarks, "that they are but dialects of one tongue, having less 

 divergence than many counties in Great Britain." 



For the sake of comparison with the langiiages of the Indian Archipelago, 

 I have adopted the same selection of words as is given by Mr. Wallace in his 

 comparative vocabularies of that region, though there is some disadvantage in 



