COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY, 



107 



English. 



Fijian. 



Neii- Zealand. 



Dead 



Mate 



Mate Mate (*) 



Cold 



Liliwa 



Makaridi. Makari 



Hot 



Katakata 



WeraWera ( 2 ) 



Large 



Levu 



Nui ( 3 ) 



Small 



Lailai 



Iti 



Black 



Loaloa 



Munga Monga ( 4 ) 



White 



Tula 





Come 



Mai 



Harre mai ( 5 ) 



Go 



Lake 



Harre ( 6 ) 



Eat 



Kana 



Kai 



Drink 



Ngunu 



Mothe 





Sleep 



Moe 



One 



Dua 



Tahi ( 7 ) 



Two 



Rua 



Dua or Eua ( s ) 



Three 



Tolu 



Etern 



Four 



Va 



Ewa 



( x ) Mate also means sick. 



( 2 ) Wera also means red. 



( 3 ) Roa=long, large, strong. 



( 4 ) "Loa " or " Roa ?, =big, long, strong, high, in New Zealand 

 and Hawaiian. 



( 5 ) = Proceed hither. 



( 6 ) Harre atu=Go away, be off with you. 



( 7 ) The prefix " Ko " is used in counting, thus : " Ko tahi " c: Ko 

 rua " &c. 



( s ) The latter is the more usual. 



