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42. Bow; 43. Arrow—The words for Bow, Arrow and Shoot 
cross one another. Hana, used for ‘bow’ in the three Southern 
languages, is ‘arrow’ in Tangoa and Lifu, ‘bow and arrow’ in 
Nogogu; ‘shoot’ in Pangkumu is pen, Aulua binea, Maewo vene, 
Malo vinz. In the Efate dialects fana does not appear, but ¢ali- 
Saga is ‘bowstring.’ In Aneityum anceen-ne-fana, ‘the stock or 
tree of shooters’ is bow and arrows, nithjan-ne-fana, ‘point of 
shooters’ is arrow. Samoan du-fana, ‘bow,’ is of similar construc- 
tion, from ‘au, ‘tree.’ Some form of vusu is used in the Northern 
languages and Malekula for ‘bow’ and is possibly the same as the 
WUSU, USU, US, wu, used for ‘arrow’ in Nogogu and Efate. In the 
latter language and in Samoa, wsu, uw is a ‘reed,’ as is also the Ero- 
mangan, Fiji, Aniwa and Mele gasay. The Efate tipwa is in 
Banks’ Island and in New Guinea (Motu) dipa, a verb ‘to shoot.’ 
The Tangoa and Malo baka is the bag‘e, etc., of Florida and Isabel 
in the Solomon Islands. Omba and Arag liwai, lio is the common 
word liwo, ‘tooth,’ used in a general sense for ‘spike.’ Cf. Mel. 
Lang. p. 61.] 
44, Spear—The word sare, found in Mota, Arag, Omba, Santo 
and Malekula, is properly ‘pierce.’ As, which is ‘stab’ in Mota, 
may explain metas, mataso. Mat may be ‘point.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. 
p. 91. 
45. Club—The Efate mbat is probably the Maori word patu, 
Mota kpwat, and really means ‘knob’; ¢f words for ‘head.’ Nguna 
tiko is Marina tig‘o. Otherwise there is little agreement. 
46. Boat—Some form of vaka, ‘a boat’ built up with planks, is 
very common, except in the South, where canoes are merely 
hollowed out logs. Here the words cau, gau are those common 
for ‘tree.’ The Efate rarua is a local term, but may possibly be 
connected with the Fiji rara, ‘a board,’ deck of a canoe. The 
Futuna boruku is probably Samoan /dlau, ‘ship, voyage,’ Efate 
borau, ‘one carried on a ship,’ the New Britain parau, ‘a ship,’ 
Malay prau. In Efate, ibarau is now applied to any mode of loco- 
motion by horse, ship or carriage. The Marina ovo is probably in 
mistake for ‘paddle.’ Cf. Mel. Lang. p.59. The Ambrym bulbul 
may be the Mota welewele, ‘a dug-out.’ . a 
