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ON THE LANGUAGES OF OCEANIA. 35D 
Be—1. ada, jadi; 2. atthi. 
Be, begin—l1. asal, ‘origin’; 2. atthi; cf (Samoan) isi, ‘be, 
exist.’ 
Beat—1. pukul, palu; 2. potheti, taleti; cf (Samoan) ta, 
‘strike’; patutu, palutu, ‘beat,’ pati, ‘clap the hands.’ 
Being—1. zat; 2. satto. 
Between—1. antara; 2. antara. 
Blue—1. nila; 2. nilo, kalo; cf. Samoan, ‘uli. 
Birth—1. ka-jadi-an ; 2. jati. 
Broad—1. bukok ; 2. puthu. 
Burn—1|. abi (ashes); 2. tapati; cf (New Britain) kapa, 
‘to give light, to shine’; (Duke of York Island) kabu, 
‘ashes’; (Samoan) afi, ‘fire’; (Aneityum) in-cap, ‘fire.’ 
Chief (principal)—1. aging; 2. agganno. 
Cloud—1. mega; 2. megho. 
Club—1. gada ; 2. gada; cf. (Samoan) laau, a ‘stick.’ 
Conceal—1. sembuni ; 2. samvunati. 
Crooked—1. bungkok, bantok : 2 vanko. 
Death—\. se-mati; 2. maccu, maro; cf. (Sanskrit) mri, mar, 
‘to die’; (Polynesian) mate, ‘dead.’ 
Desire—\. ingin; 2. piha; cf (Samoan) fia. 
Die—1. mati; 2. marati. 
Diminutive—l. kété; 2. khiyah, ‘to decrease’; khuddo, 
‘small’; ef. (Samoan) ‘iti, ‘little’; (Polynesian) ‘utu, ‘a 
louse.’ 
Drink—1. minum; 2. panam, ‘drink’; pibati, ‘to drink,’ 
piti, ‘drinking’; cf (Samoan) inu, ‘to drink’; ipu, ‘drink- 
ing cup’; (Sanskrit) pa, ‘to drink’; (Australian) bitta, 
‘drink,’ bado, ‘water’; (Samoan) tau-fa, ‘water.’ 
Hat—1. makan; 2. bhakketi; cf. (Samoan) tau-mafa. 
Fish—1.ika; 2. maccko; ¢f. (Samoan) i‘a, ‘fish’; (Australian) 
makoro, ‘ fish.’ 
fwre—l. api; 2. aggi, ‘firebrand’; cf (New Britain) ugan, 
‘fire’; (Samoan) afi, ‘fire.’ 
Good—1. baik ; 2. bhaddo; cf. (New Britain) bo-ina, boabo; 
(Australian) bu-jari. 
