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Maori. 



XX 



English. 



Maori. 



TONGAN. 



English. 



MOARI. 



TONGAN. 



Mouthful 



— 



Maanga 



Silver 



— 







Nail (finger) 



Maikuku 



Gneclji iiima 



Skin 



Kiri 



Gili 



Night 



Po 



Bo-ooli 



Smoke 



Au 



Ahoo 



Nose 



Ihu 



Ihoo 



Snake 



Neke? 



Toge 



Oil 



Hinu 



Lolo 



Soft 



Ata 



Moloo 



I'ig 



Poaka ? 



Booaca ? 



Sour 



I 



Mahe-mahe 



Post 



Pou 



Bo 



Spear 



Tao 



Tao 



Prawn( cray- 

 fish 



[ Koura 



Oo-o 



Star 

 Sun 



Whetu 

 Eah 



Fetoo 

 Laa 



Eain 



Ua, Awha 



Ooha 



Sweet 



Eeka 



Hooo melie 



Eat 



Kiore 



Gooma 



Tongue 



Arero 



Elelo 



Eed 



Makurakura 



Coola-coola 



Tooth 



Niho 



Nifo 



Eice 



— 



— 



Water 



Wai 



Vy 



Eirer 



Awa 



Vy-oota 



Wax 



— 





Eoad 



Ara 



Halla 



White 



Ma 



Hinahina 



Eoot 



Aka-aka 



Aca 



Wife 



Hoa 



Ohaua 



Saliva 



Huare 



Anoo 



Wing 



Pakau 



Capacow 



Salt 



Tote? 



Masima 



Woman 



Wahine 



Fafine 



Sea 



Tai 



Tahi 



Wood 



Eakau 



Acow 





Moana 



Mooana 



Yellow 



Punga pu] 



iga Mello 



N.B. — Mariner's "Vocabulary of the Tongan Language" has been followed here, and 

 as it is in the old system of spelling, oo stands in it for w, oio for au, c for Ic, y for ai, etc. 

 In copying the words from the above we have altered the orthography to the new system, 

 though they stand here as given by their author. 



We now come to a comparison between tlie glossaries of the Maori and 

 those of the Indian Archipelago. A list is given below of nine English words, 

 againsb which are piit the various expressions in Maori ; and after the latter 

 are placed equivalents found amongst fifty-nine languages of the Indian 

 Archipelago. It will be seen that in every case they have one, two, or more 

 equivalents, even though the expressions vary. Thus, in the various expres- 

 sions in Maori for the word "small," three were found in the archipelago — 

 iti, riki, moroiti ; and the words for fire, ah% and water, wai^ have very 

 extensive range under various modifications. Of the following nine words, 

 four only are Malay. 



Maori compared with nine words in fifty-nine languages of the 

 Indian Archipelago.* 



English. 



Maori. 







1, Black 



mangu 



(manga, Malagasi) 





pango 



ngoa, Batchian ; ngeo, Eotti 



2, Fire 



aid 



api, Malay and thirteen other languages ; aliu, Cajeli ; 

 afu, Amblaw ; uhu, Ternati and two others ; mAm, 

 Sahoe ; aow, Liang and seven other languages ; liao, 

 Saparua and Camarian ; yafo, Teluti ; yaf, Ahtiago ; 

 aif, Gah ; hai, Goram and three others ; ai, Brissi and 

 . Savu 





Jcapura 



voor, Dorey 





liatete 







Tcanaka 







mapura 



puro, Bolang-hitam 





Icora 







inaute 







ngiha 







'pahunu 





? is appended when word is derived from modern European language. 



