i THE LANGUAGES OF THE NEW HEBRIDES. 163 
of Ja is commonly seen. In the Tangoa linarave, linarabi, lina is 
the word for ‘hand.’ 
[The Aneityumese for ‘six’ is (n)kman wm elid et ethr, which 
means ‘his-hand and added is one,’ for the Oceanic numerals of 
the second hand are got by addition ; the Motu ‘eight,’ ta-ura- 
hani is ‘atwo-fours.’ The prefix /a in some words is for lama, ‘the 
(first) hand.’ | 
110. Zen—The separate word for ‘ten’ is in all cases a form of 
sagavalu. In Mele it is nofuru, Samoan se-fulu. 
[The Oceanic ful is ‘all,’ sc. the fingers ; Sk. pi-par-mi, ‘T fill’; 
the Pali puro, Malay punnuh, Efate bura, all mean ‘full’; New 
Brit. para, vuru, ‘all’; New Guinea (one dialect) mura, ‘all.’ 
The Maori has poro, ‘to end or be finished,’ with which cf. Pali 
puro, ‘full.’ The Malay has also bulah, ‘complete.’ The prefixes 
are sa, ‘one,’ nga (ngo, go, ko), the article ; so that sa-nga-fulu 
means ‘once-the-whole,’ sc. fingers. The Ebudan lwa-lima is ‘two 
hands,’ and kari-lum-kari-lum is ‘one-hand-one-hand. | 
PRONOUNS: 
In the Vocabulary three forms of pronoun are given, separated 
by semi-colons. Of these the first is the full form, the second is 
the possessive suffixed to nouns, the third is the shortened form 
used with verbs. Any form which I have not found to be now 
in use, is marked ...; when it does not exist it is marked f. 
1. PersonaL Pronouns: These show a general use of personal 
and demonstrative prefixes, 7, ki, n2, ke, etc. The root-forms seem 
to be the following : 
Sing. 1. au, nau Plur. 1 (inclusive) kita, ita 
5 2. ko, o 1 (exclusive) ma, mi 
3. la, e 2. mul, mu, mi 
3. ra, la 
The dual forms may mostly be referred to the plural roots, with 
the numeral ‘two’ suffixed. In the same way, three or a few persons 
are often denoted by a suffixed numeral. In Aulua (Malekula) 
and in the Polynesian dialects, however, the suffixed ntil, tow used 
