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47. Paddle—The Aneityum and Tanna hev, vea may be the 
common wose which appears as bose, vose, vos, vcho, obo. The Baki 
verb beluo, ‘to paddle,’ Efate balus explain the Marina lua, Tasiko 
velua. 
48. Outrigger—An imperfect list shows the word sama very 
widely distributed. 
49. Basket—The Fiji and Polynesian kato appears as cat, gouta, 
cete in Aneityum, Malekula and Malo. The tag of Tangoa and 
Arag, the Efate toga, the taga of Mota and Samoa, the Loyalty 
Islands teg, is a widely spread word for ‘a woven or plaited basket 
or bag.’ 
50. Food—A common word is sinaca, hinag‘a or vinaga. Tangoa 
kani-kani, Lifu g‘en, is the common verb ‘to eat,’ which may also 
be in Tasiko vevana, Bieri va-gana, Aulua va-gan, Kwamera ve- 
genien, with causative particle va. In Nguna va-gani is a verb 
‘to make eat,’ ‘to feed.’ 
[A Sk. rt. ad (by metathesis ta) is ‘to eat,’ Lat. ed-o ; ta gives 
ka, whence many Oceanic words for ‘eat’ (q.v.) and ‘food.’| 
51. Hather—The common noun is tama, almost without excep- 
tion. The vocative, used only in addressing is tata, rarely mama. 
Cf. Mel. Lang. p. 66. 
52. Man—The word fa is very generally used, mostly in com- 
position. Malekula haris is ‘person,’ male or female. Cf. Mel. 
Lang. p. 81. 
53. Male—-The word denoting male is no doubt mane, usually 
combined with fa. 
[‘ Father, man, male ’—all from rt. ta, ‘male’; hence Samoan 
ta-ma is either ‘father’ or ‘boy’; the Polynesian ta-ga-ta (ka-na-ka) 
is ‘men’in general. ‘Male,’ ‘female’ are often expressed by their 
physical peculiarities, as trahman, line 36.] 
54. Husband—The Epi hoa, koa, oa is explained by the Maori 
hoa, ‘a companion,’ and is applied to both husband and wife. In 
origin and use, the Mota soa in ra-suai, Lifu foe, Futuna and Aniwa 
