THE LANGUAGES OF THE NEW HEBRIDES. 143 
they had intercourse with the people of that country. Similar 
results could be obtained by a careful survey of the words in other 
columns of these lists; but the labour would be a long one and 
this is not the place for it. In the rest of these notes I shall 
merely indicate the direction in which inquiries might be carried 
to ascertain the sources from which the words have come. | 
2. Daylight—The proper word is ran, maran. In Malekula, it 
it is combined with wa, ‘place,’ so that uta-n-rien, ute-rin is Splace- 
light,’ just as in Motu (New Guinea), hanua-bo1, ‘land-dark,’ is 
night. The word ran is seen in the Efate ran melu, ‘daylight 
shadowed,’ ‘evening.’ 
[For ra-n see ‘blood,’ and my notes on No. 1. La, ra in Poly- 
nesian is ‘sun,’ ra-ngi, la-ngi is ‘sky.’ In New Britain rag is 
‘scorch,’ and ro, rau is ‘dazzle.’ | 
3. Moon—The widely spread Oceanic word vula is found in the 
Northern languages and in Ambrym. A common word for ‘star,’ 
vitu, which is betuch, ‘sun,’ in Dayak, is ‘moon’ in Malo and 
Tangoa. The Eromangan dats, iris is probably the same word. 
The Tasiko varww suggests that in ku-bario, Bieri ka-mbatiau, 
Aulua a-mbisia and (by regular change of & to s) the Baki sv- 
mberio, we have vitiw with a prefix, which is found in Kwamera 
with the word for ‘star.’ In the three Southern languages mohoc, 
mokwa, mauug may be the mag‘ag‘a of Torres and Banks’ Islands. 
Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 82. 
[For vula see ‘white,’ line 35. In Samoa pu-pula is ‘shine.’ In 
Duke of York Island pua is ‘sun, moon, lamp.’ The Sanskrit root 
is bhd, ‘to shine. With mohoc compare (Ambrym) moho, ‘star,’ 
(Sesake) masoe, ‘star,’ Samoan ma, ‘clear, pure,’ Epi ma, ‘see,’ 
New Britain bo-bo, ‘see.’| 
4, Star—Some form of masoe is the usual word in the Southern 
and Central languages. JVitw is found in the North, in Tasiko 
erue, and, with adjective sarasara, in Maloand Tongoa. Cf. Mel. 
Lang. p. 92. 
[The same root word in different languages may mean ‘sun,’ 
‘moon,’ ‘star,’ the idea common to all being ‘shine’; words for 
