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ON THE COMPARAT.VE ETYMOLOGY 



Lat., pando, tango, tenclo, tenuis, terra ; Yor., wa, wo, ro, to dig, to excavate, to till ; we, to 

 grind, to mash ; ro, to be soft; oro, clay ; eru, ashes; erukpe (Dak., wakpukpa), earthy dust; 

 Chin., wa, bricks or tiles made of earth, a mud or clay house, a dirty puddle ; Sans., r, to go; 

 the probahlc primitive of the Indo-Germanic root ar, in dp „r>v, ar-are, ear, e-a,rth, &c. [See 

 Milller, p. 252, sqq.] 



40. WATER. — 1, 5, madshi; 2, madzi; 3, maudzi ; (5, maasi ; 7, meetzi; 8, maschi ; i), 

 maza, muza ; 11, rami, ranoa ; 1 2, aier, aei ; 13, 14, 15, wai, vai ; 15, nui, nuai. Cfr., Yor., 

 oini, odo, water ; ro, d o, to d/rip or drop as water ; ro, to rain ; riij, we, to -wash, wet; re, 

 to soak ; Chin., Ian, to overflow, inundation; me, nc, the appearance of wafer flowing ; wa, 

 clear ivater ; wan, to cleanse ivith ivater, water whirling in an eddy; we, a slight shower ; 

 wei, a great accumulation of water, water agitated ; shwuy, water ; yu, rain; Egyp.,mah, 

 muau, nm, ivater; rm, to weep; rx, to wash, pure; ba-ba, lojlow ; bah, to inundate; Dak., 

 mini, 'ivater; mdc (=mre, Lat., mare), a lake; Mi&, to wash; we, blood; wakpa, a stream of 

 •ivater ; Sans., B( d ( to moisten ; uda„ moist ; ya.',r, to go ; vari, water ; Gr., now/', pa&dto, fatvw, drj ( >; 

 Lat., unda, uvidus, madeo, ros, rigo; Ger., regen, rein; Eng., rain, rinse, water, wet. 



41. Rain. — 11, oran ; 1 2, oudjan ; 13, 14, 1 5, oua, or ua ; 13, uas. v. WATEB. 



42. Sea. — 11, ran, ransa, taik; 12, last, tassek ; 1 3, tai, ka'i, mouana tai; 14, gami, vaitni, 

 sas ; 15, tai, tasi, ntiop. Cfr., Yor., ga, to be tall; agbami, okuij, the ocean (gba, to collect 

 together ; koy, to be full) ; tere, a wave of the sea; ta, te, to spread out; to, large ; Egyp., 

 ht, the sea ; Chin., lang, great, deep, a wave ; hae, the sea ; tae, broad and extensive, waters 

 flowing to excess; kung, great, wide, to bind ; mwnn, full, excessive quantity of water; Sans., 

 sagaras samuda«, the sea ; Gr., e&xtowS?. v. Water. 



43. Mountain. — 11, oohits; 12, ooakit; 13, maounga pouke ; 15, ora ; 13, maounga, 

 maouna, mona ; 14, maunga, mami. Cfr., Chin., mwan, man, moon, long, extensive, to cover, 

 or be covered 'with earth ; mang, mtmg, great; wei, a mountainous appearance; Egyp., hu, 

 a hill (Ger., hiigel) ; Yor., giga, height; gele, to be elevated; gori, to ascend; gere-gcrc, 

 slope, or brow of a hill; wu, to swell, to increase; ori, head, top; Ice, to extend.; okc, 

 mountain; Gr., opos, ffyat; Lat., mons ; Sans , mahi/dra«, girR 



44. Light. — ll,herekherek; 12, tarangdjaia; 13, mama, malamalama; 14, sararama; 

 15, ao. Cfr., Yor., mana mana, lightning ; mara,u marai), in a bright, dazzling manner; Gr., 

 $ltt? ; Lat , mane, matutinus, aurora, v. Sun. 



45. Lightning. — ll,helet; 13, wira, wila, wiba. Cfr., Yor., wele, wavingly ; were,fo 

 be quick- motioned ; wiri wiri, quickly, twilight; Gr., ijiwg ; Chin., wei, tortuous, light, 

 .splendor; Sans, vega«, t vara', quickness; vidyut, lightning. 



46. Dr. Prichard closes his comparative lists with the following remarks: "It will be 

 perceived from the examination of this vocabulary, that many of the languages spoken by 

 the black races contain numerous words which resemble the Polynesian. Whether these 





