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[Manu =‘an animal’ (hence the addition ni dran, line 39); 
the Indian root is bhi, ‘to be,’ bhav-ati, ‘to exist,’ Pali pani, 
‘a, creature.’ | 
22. Fowl—The common term is foa. Of the three Southern 
languages Aneityum and Eromanga alone have jaa, two, = toa; the 
others have the general term manu, ‘bird.’ Of. Mel. Lang. p. 70. 
23. Snake—The word mata is very common, with variations to 
gmata and gata. 
24. Fish—The distinctive word is 7ka. The Marina natj is the 
Tangoa nazi, and since 7 in those languages represents a common 
m, these are the Malo mansi, Maewo masi, Nogogu mats, and all 
are probably forms of manu; see notes on ‘bird.’ The three 
Southern languages have numu or namu. Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 68. 
[New Guinea dialects show the rt. ma (‘water’!), as ma‘a, wa- 
pt, ma-gam; Admiralty Is., wka (for v-uka 2), ‘fish,’ thence tka. An 
Australian dialect has makoro, ‘fish,’ and Sk. has makaras, ‘a sea 
animal,’ matsya, ‘fish’; cf. mansi, nazi; and nazi-ki-tas in No. 21.] 
25. Shark—An imperfect list shows bako, bekeu, bace, bacio, 
peiv as forms of Mota pag‘oa. Biauo, pia, bt, bat, pauwun may 
possibly be the same word. 
26. Fly—All the words found are forms of Jago. The Tanna 
has a prefix kz which is also seen in the names for ‘mosquito’ and 
‘louse.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 69. 
27. Mosquito—The common term is namu, The Tangoa moke, 
Malo mohe, is possible a general term for ‘insect.’ In Aneityum 
moke-moke is a ‘butterfly.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 83. [Rt. mu is ‘buzz.’ ] 
28. Butterfly—A form of bebe is found in the Northern and 
Central regions. In Malekula cert, care are also applied to the 
‘flying-fox.’ In ceri-kakas, kakas is the adjective ‘little.’ Cf. 
Mel. Lanq. p. 62. 
29. Louse—All the languages have the word kutu, with little 
variation. In Baki & becomes s by a change which is there com- 
mon. Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 81. 
