vo oe oe 
148 SIDNEY H. RAY. 
[In the Pali of India khuddo means ‘small.’ South Australian 
aborigines say kutta, ‘louse.’] 
30. Tree—The common term is kau or kat. In Baki bur-iesi, 
bur is a prefix meaning ‘body, mass,’ and is seen also in buru-jo, 
‘neck,’ buru-suku, ‘mountain.’ The Epi prefixes Ja, je, Polynesian 
la, ra; Ambrym iz has a similar meaning. Another prefix is the 
Utaha ku, Malo wu. Cf. Hel. Lang. p. 95. 
31. Leaf—The Northern and Central tongues have rau, of 
which the Aneityum 77, Maewo ndouz, Mota nauwi are extreme 
forms. The Nguna wlu, Efate uli are properly used of blades of 
grass, or as a verb ‘to grow, sprout,’ and are the words commonly 
used elsewhere for ‘hair.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 89. 
[One Australian tribe uses the same word for ‘hair and grass’; 
cf. also the Latin coma. | 
52. Root—Aneityum, Tanna, Efate and the Northern languages 
have koa in various forms, which may be Mota g‘ariu, Malay akar, 
etc. Baki mbatz is in Fiji and Nguna ‘tooth,’ the original meaning 
being ‘spike.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 88. 
33. Fruit—The word vua or wa is the usual term. Malo vira 
is ‘flower,’ the Tangoa bzra, Nogogu vira, etc. Malo has also wa- 
i-ca, ‘fruit of tree. Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 71. 
34. Cocoanut—The word niu is very widely spread throughout 
Oceania. The Aulua kula, Nogogu kolo, Ambrym o/ suggest the 
name of the island Malekula, ‘the place of cocoanuts.’ Malo in 
Neguna is ‘place,’ and male in Florida of the Solomon Islands has 
the same meaning. It is a common custom to name places from 
their productions, e.g., Aniwa is ‘full of cocoanut’. Tanna and 
Futuna are called respectively in Aneityum, Jnpece ran ma, ‘land 
of breadfruit,’ and IJnpece ran has, ‘land of badness.’ (See also 
Codrington, Mel. Lang. p. 252). The words matua, metut, metu, 
maru may probably be the cocoanut when ripe. Cf. the Polyne- 
sian matua, ‘ripe, mature, full-grown.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 64. 
35. Banana—There being several species of bananas with dis- 
tinct names, it is by no means certain that the words given all — 
