COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY, 



English. 



Fijian. 



0) 



New Zealand. ( 2 ) 



Man 



Tangani ( 3 ) 





Tangata ( 4 ) 



Woman 



Alewa 





Wahine ( 5 ) 



Husband 



Vei watini ( 6 ) 





TonaTane ( 7 ) 



Wife 



Vei ndavoleni 



( 6 ) 



Tona Wahine ( 8 ) 



Father 



Tama 





Matua Tane ( 9 ) 



Mother 



Tina 





Matua Wahine ( 10 ) 



Child 



Luve 





Tamaite (") 



Belly 



Keti 





Kupu 



Blood 



Ndra 





Toto 



Body 

 Bone 



Yafigo 

 Sui 









Iwi ' 



0) Collected by the Hon'ble J. B. Thurston. See Note at p. 168. 



( 2 ) Supplied by His Excellency Sir Fred. A. Weld, k. cm. g. See 

 Note at p. 169. 



( 3 ) A Chief = Turanga. 



(*) Tane=Male. Toa=a Man, a Brave. Hawaiian: Kanaka, 

 Southern Tribes, New Zealand : Kangaka. 

 ( 5 ) Aroha=Love, N. Z. Vahim, Tahitian. 

 (e) =They who lie together. 



( 7 ) =Her man. 



( 8 ) =His woman. 



( 9 ) =Male parent. 

 (io)= Femal e parent, 

 ( 1X ) Girl=Tamahine. 



