Thomson. — Whence of the Maori. 



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I have not alluded to the Maorioris of New Zealand in this paper, as I 

 have been unable to obtain a vocabulary of their dialect or language. I would 

 suggest that in the interest of philology this should be obtained from the 

 Chatham Islands, where a remnant of the race yet exists. 



APPENDIX II. 



Comparative Vocabulary of Maori words (peculiar to the Murihiku dialect, 

 Southland) and dialects of the Malay Archipelago. 



English. 



Maori 

 (Murihiku Dialect). 



Malay Archipelago. 



Ant 



upokorua 





Belly 



puku 



poko, Galela 



Blue 



pako 





Boat (canoe) 



waka 



waga, Waiapo, etc. 



Body 



tina 



ina-ivallah, Saparua 



Bow 



pakete 



papite, Salibabo ^ 



Butterfly 



mo-kara-kara 



kala-bubun, Mysol 



Cat 



naki 





Chopper 



tuki-tuki 



toJco (hammer), Malay 



Come 



nou 





Door 



roro 



ngora, Galela 



Father 



hakoro 



am-akolo, Teluti 



Feather 



huru-huru 



hum, Liang 



Fly 



rako 



rango, Bolang-hitam 



Husband (companion) 



hoa 



hoan (companion), Malay 



Island 



moutere 





Leaf 



rauwha 



ai-rawi, Lariki 



Mat 



tiaka 



tikar, Malay 



Mosquito 



keroa 





Mother 



hakui 





Rat 



pouhawaiki 





Eoot 



mure 



ala-muti, Cajeli 





puhaka 



puhn-aJcar, Malay 



Sour 



mokohi 



a-moJci-nimo, Batumerah 



Wing 



pakihau 



ni-fako, Gani 



Yellow 



whero 



mera (red), Malay. 



The numerals of the Murihiku Maori are distinguished by prefixes, viz. , ko in the 

 first, and e in the rest. This principle is developed in Polynesia and the islands of and 

 near Timorlaut. 



Note. — The Rev. I. P. H. Wohlers, of Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Straits, was so good 

 as to compare Wallace's 117 words belonging to thirty-three dialects of the Malay 

 Archipelago with the Murihiku Maori, and to send me a list of the same. The above 

 extract of it represents the variations and differences from the North Island dialects as 

 given in Williams' dictionary. 



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