THE LANGUAGES OF THE NEW HEBRIDES. 155. 
~ hardened into grabh,; we speak of a grasp of the hand’; the French 
say ‘serrerla main.’ In Old Assyrian khams-a, kham-iltu is ‘five,’ 
and there khams is the root gam. In Java, limo and gangsal, 
‘five,’ both come from the root gam, just as (Hromanga) no-kob-en 
and (Santo) /ima-na, (Marina) g‘av-e, all come from the rt. gam, 
gab. | 
68. Hoot, Leg—Little agreement appears in the words given, 
and there is probably some confusion between ‘leg’ and ‘foot.’ 
The Aneityum ethuo, Kwamera esu appears in the Efate dialects 
as tuo, tu, tua, which is Lifu cha, as the latter language substitutes 
a palatal fora more common dental. (Cf father, die, stand, one.) 
The Weasisi el‘kz may be the Omba g‘arug, the Malo karu. 
Tangoa balo, Marina para, is the Arag kpwalag‘i, gv being in Arag 
and Omba a noun terminal. The Lamangkau mbulu suggests. 
that the Efate, Sesake mwele may be the same as balo. In Livara, 
na mweli na rugku is ‘my hand,’ na mwelt na tuagku, ‘my foot,’ a 
use which suggests comparison with the Efate, Nguna pwele, etc., 
‘belly, and refers to the bulge. The Eromangan nowon is more 
exactly ‘calf, Aneityum nohwanalek an nethuon, ‘calf of the leg.’ 
Maewo rogo is Mota ragoi. In the neighbourhood of Epi, various 
forms of Jaare found. In Aneityum and Pangkumu, the word for 
‘foot’ is the same as that for ‘bone.’ 
69. Blood—All the words may be regarded as forms of the 
common root ra, except the Nogogu megavina. Cf. Mel. Lang.p. 58. 
[See Note No. 2. ] 
70. Bone—There is no agreement among the Southern lan- 
guages. The Northern have suri. The Efate vatw is ‘stone,’ 
Sesake vatu ni ta, ‘stone of man.’ In Epi and Malekula, chwurt, 
bur, bol are forms of the prefix buru (See Tongue). Cf. Mel. Lang. 
p-. 60. 
[The original meaning of fatu is ‘strong,’ ‘firm,’ ‘hard’; Sk. 
bd-la, ‘strength,’ Pali ba-lz, ‘strong,’ Malay baligh, ‘mature,’ New 
Brit, pat-wan, ‘strong,’ Sam. matua, ‘strong,’ ‘mature.’ 
