160 SIDNEY H. RAY. 
‘to cover with earth,’ with Mota tanu, ‘to cover’; cf. tano, ‘earth,’ 
In Tanna and Eromanga, the word is probably of recent introduc- 
tion, as the heathen custom was to bury in the sea. The Fiji 
bulu-ta, from bulubulu, ‘grave,’ may be compared with Baki bulu, 
‘pit,’ bulu-si-maro, ‘pit of dead, grave.’ Lifu kelemi may be an 
extreme form of tanumi, or be from kele, ‘earth,’ with transitive 
suffix. 
91. Weep—The only departure from the common fagi are in 
Lifu and Tanna. Kazi, gcat, get, which are local in the Efate 
district, are also used for the buzzing of a fly, mosquito, etc. The 
same use is found in Pangkumu keke, ‘to buzz,’ ke, ‘to shout,’ gceir, 
‘to scream,’ Malo gara, ‘to scream.’ 
[The root idea is ‘shrill, sharp, keen’; see rts. gar, ka in Note 
1; cf. the Irish ‘keen-ing. | 
92. Kear—There are variations from the common Oceanic 
mataku in Tanna, Nogogu, Fiji, and Lifu. 
93. Life—The word mauri is common, with a few exceptions. 
[The rt. is ma, ‘to live, to breathe’; ¢/. Sk. bhai (bhav), ‘to be, 
to come into existence’; Pali pa-no, ‘life, vitality, a creature,’ 
Sam. ma-nava, ‘ breathe.’ | 
94, Die—Only one word mate, varying in form to mar, mas, 
and mech. 
[The root is ma, ‘fade away,’ as in Gr. ma-r-aino. The old 
Assyrian is ma-atu, ‘to die,’ Hebrew ma-veth, ‘ death,’ Australian 
ba-lun, ‘dead,’ Keltic bas, ‘death.’ The Aryans add 7, as Sk. mri 
(mar), ‘to die,’ Lat. mor-s. | 
95. Sleep—The Central and Northern tongues have maturu, 
which is Lifu mekéle. There is no agreement among the Southern 
languages. | 
96. Stand—The usual word is tw, in most cases joined to a word 
meaning ‘upright,’ as in Sesake ndu-leana, Efate tu-leg, Epi tu- 
mau, ju-molt, su-malu. 
[‘Stand, Stay, Sit’ are allied ideas; ¢w is Sk. s-thd, Lat. s-to. | 
