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Origin and Migrations oftlie Polynesian Nation. 



A Bird Maim (Princes Island 



Manuck) 



Manu 



Pish 



Tka (Javanese Iwa) 



Ika 



A louse 



Coutou 



Outou 



Water 



Yai (Amboynese) 



Wai, or Yai 



The foot 



Tapaan 



Tapao 



A mosquito 



Gnammuck 



Nammou 



To scratch 



Gara 



Hearu 



Coccos roots 



Talar 



Taro, and Tale 



A hog 



Buai (Achinese) 



Buaa 



Inland 



Utan 



Uta 



Name 



Ingoa 



Ingoa 



Hair 



Ru (Island of Savu) 



Huru 



Fire 



Apaui (Achinese) 



Auai, obsolete Apuai, 

 Tahitian. 



Man 



Orang 



Ora (guttural Tahi- 

 tian) 



Gentleman 





Bangatira (New Zea- 

 land) 



Two 



Dua 



Bua, Dua (New Zea- 

 land) 



Three 



Tolu 



Toru, Tolu 



Five 



Sirna 



Dima, Bima (Tahitian) 



Six 



Annam 



Ono (New Zealand) 



Seven 



Pitu (Javanese) 



Hitu, Witu (New Zea- 

 land) 



Eight 



Wolo (Javanese) 



Waru, Wadu (New 

 Zealand) 



Nine 



Siwah (Lampong) 



Iva. 



As a specimen of the manner in which the dialectic differences 

 of the Polynesian language are developed, let us take the New 

 Zealand word Tangata, signifying man, which I conceive is the 

 oldest or original form of the word ; in the Tahitian dialect, 

 however, it becomes Taa'ta, with a strong guttural sound 

 supplying the omission of the nasal sound. But in the dialect of 

 the Sanwich Islands, in which the letter 1c is substituted for the t 

 of the Southern group, the word becomes Kanaka, a word with 

 which we are all rather familiar at present. 



There is therefore abundant reason to believe that the South 

 Sea Islanders, and the various tribes of Malays inhabiting the 

 islands of the Indian Archipelago are of kindred origin, and that 

 the languages of all these islanders are merely dialects of the 

 same ancient and primitive tongue. Such, at least, is the opinion 

 of two of the most eminent Oriental scholars that have ever 

 adorned with their talents and learning our Indian empire — I 

 mean the late Dr. Leyden, as expressed in a most interesting 

 essay " On the Languages and Literature of the Indo-Chinese 



