Thomson. — Whence of the Maori. 



English. 



Maori. 





Spear 



matia 







tao 



taha, Liang 





koMri 







hoata 







kaukau 





Star 



timata 

 whetu 



Utuy, Menado ; fatui, Sula ; hetol, Gani ; toi, Ahtiago 



Sun 



ra 



mamaru 



komaru 



ria-mata, Liang ; matarou, Menado ; lia, Massaratty 



Sweet 



reka 





Tongue 



arero 



arau, Mysol 



Tooth 



niho 



nio, Saparua ; mfoa, Matahello 



Water 



rei 

 wai 



honu 

 katao 

 mote 

 ngongi 



loai, Ahtiago, Tobo, and six others ; wai-im, Ahtiago, 

 Alfuras ; loaili, Cajeli and two others ; viayr, Mysol ; 

 ayer, Malay 



Wax? 







White 



ma 



mabida, Menado 



Wife 



waMne 



wewina, Teor ; hahineh, Salibabo ; pipina, Saparua ; invina, 

 Ahtiago; bini, Malay 





hoa 



foya, Tidore 



Wing 



parirau 

 pakau 

 pakakau 

 paihau 



pani-dey, Menado ; pori-pikia, Bolang-hitam ; fanik, Teor 



Woman 



loahine 



hawine, Bouton ; mahoioeni, Sanguir ; mahina, Liang and four 

 others ; mewina, Teor ; vina, Ahtiago 



Wood 



rakau 



okao, Bouton ; kao, Sula and three others ; kai, Teor ; 

 kayu, Malay and three others ; kaju, Salayer 



Yellow 



punga-punga. 





Being tlius done with the Malay o-Polynesian glossarial connection, before 

 we proceed in our enquiries it is necessary to mention that the Silong tribe of 

 the islands of Mergui, near Burmah, are the furthest north-westward having 

 distinct affinity with the above families. The negro islanders of Andaman are 

 known to be ideologically connected, but their language, as far as I have 

 gathered, has been too slightly investigated for final opinion. At Mergui, 

 therefore, practically ends the influence of the peculiar phase of fossil words 

 that we have been considering. Beyond this point the vast area of South 

 Asia is met with, where now, at this period, Thibetan, Arian, and Semitic 

 languages cover the sj)ace ; and it is not till we come to the great island of 

 Madagascar that we find traces of the material of which we are in search. 



Captain Cook, the renowned navigator, indicates this fact as a circumstance 

 known at his time. After him Humboldt supports the hypothesis of the language 

 of Madagascar being identical in construction with those of tbe Indian Archi- 

 pelago, but how far that great authority had analysed the languages is unknown 

 to me. The bare fact of his support is all the information that I have been able 



