144 SIDNEY H. RAY. 
‘lightning’ also come from such a root, Fa-tu is the original form, 
from root bhd, ‘to shine’; from fa-tu come fetu and vitu, with which 
compare Malay bintang, ‘star,’ the body of that word being dzéa. | 
5. Stone—The Polynesian fatu is seen everywhere, except in 
Tanna, where, however, kabil (properly ‘limestone’) seems to be 
New Britain 6i/, a verb, ‘to cast stones,’ with an instrumental 
prefix ka. The same prefix is seen in the Tanna ka ‘kil, ‘a digging 
stick,’ from 7 ‘to dig.’ This prefix, as ga, is common in the Banks’ 
Islands. [See notes on ‘bone,’ No. 70.] 
6. Night: 7. Darkness—The common word is bog in various 
forms. This word also means ‘black,’ in Aneityum apig, Tanna 
dialect arabug. In Tanna niipug is a ‘cave.’ In the Malekulan wéa- 
meligco, uta mt bug, uta is the Malay wtan, common in Melanesia 
for ‘land, bush, etc.,’ (see words for daylight). The Efate and 
Malekula meligko is in Baki meliju, ‘cloud.’ Malo dodo, Omba 
ndondo is also ‘cloud,’ and in Florida (Solomon Is.) rorodo, ‘blind.’ 
Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 85. 
[ Bog should be ‘day’—from Sk. rt. bhd, ‘to shine,’ Dr. pag-al, 
‘day’—but bug, ‘night,’ from Sk. rt. mu, ‘to bind,’ hence ‘to 
cover, to close,’ as in Maori pun, ‘to cover,’ Malay bunt, ‘to con- 
ceal’; cf. ‘‘surely the darkness shall cover me.” | 
8. Wind—The Polynesian matagz is found in the three Southern 
languages. All others have a form of lagz which in Polynesia-is . 
‘sky.’ } 
[The rt. idea in ‘sky’ here is ‘brightness,’ from da, ma, as in 
No. 1; da-gi gives ta-gi, lu-gi. Ma-tagi, ‘wind,’ probably equals 
‘from sky.’ But three Pali words mean both ‘air’ and ‘sky.’] 
9. Sky—The Malo, Tangoa tug‘a, tuka is the Mota tuka, properly 
meaning the ‘firmament.’ Aulua mao is Omba mawe, Baki madi, 
‘above,’ Duke of York Is., mawa. 
10. Rain—A form of usais common. The Maewo rew is ‘water’ 
in Malo and Nogogu. Eromanga bip may be the Lamangkau verb 
‘to rain, in na ue 2 bop, ‘it is raining,’ the rain falls. Cf. Mel. 
Lang. p. 86. 
