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represent the same thing. The word vetal, noted by Dr. Codrington 
as local in the Banks’ Islands, is here found in Savan, Santo, and 
Malo. The Sesake andi, Maewo wndt, is the Fiji vundi, the com- 
mon word in the Solomon Islands, and found also in Malay. The 
Epi barabi, paravi is nearly the same word as that for breadfruit. 
Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 54. [For Sam. futz, ‘banana,’ see ‘white,’ No. 79. | 
36. Breadfruit—Central and Northern languages have patau, 
the Southern have mar. The Savan and Malo baico is nearly the 
Epi and Malekula biako, biagh, ‘taro.’ 
37. Yam—The Northern languages have dam in various forms. 
The Efate and Epi wz, Sesake wuz are no doubt the Polynesian uf. 
38. Taro—The common Epi and Malekula words are forms of 
buagk or biako, to which the Malo baico, ‘breadfruit,’ may perhaps 
be also referred. The Malo and Santo dweta, and similar words 
in Omba and Mota, are connected with words for breadfruit, bitau, 
 batau, by the Ambrym peta. The Southern languages have the 
Polynesian taro. 
39. Sugarcane—Tovu, tou, to is the common word, except in. 
the Efate dialects, where porai is found with the meaning of 
‘sweet.’ In Fiji vuravura are the shoots of the sugarcane or of 
any kind of reed. 
40. House—The common word is rwma, with which is found in 
Ambrym and Omba hale and vale, the Polynesian fale, fare. The 
Sesake kopu is ‘inside,’ in Maori kopu, ‘belly.’ Malo vanua, 
Nogogu venua is a ‘dwelling place’; the Baki vonua. [See ‘land,’ 
No. 13.] Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 77. 
[Indian rts. are gam, fal, ‘to cover’; gam, travelling to the 
West, produced Lat. dom-us, ‘a house,’ to the East, Zum-a, ‘house.’] 
41. Road—A representative of the common word sala is found 
in the Centre and North of the group. Bua appears to be local 
in the Efate district. In Epiand Omba mira, mara or mata, also 
in Mota mate-sala, is the ‘eye’ or surface of the ‘path,’ and is the 
word common for ‘eye’ or face. Cf, Mel. Lang. p. 87. 
