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bul, the word falA and the Mandingo hara are in favour of a SemU 

 tico-African connection. The labial root ia found in InJonesidj 

 hapj ap Car Nicobar, bubu ^ias, bu Gorontalo, bopau, vapa, 

 Aopapa Polynesian. There ib also a wai serie9,^wai Waigui, ua 

 [= wa] Point Dorei, oia, u Caroline, wa Mille, Tarawa, New 

 Caledonia, pahl Polynesian, nawai Australian, but nawai may be- 

 long to the nau, rau, class. The Tongan hamma may he connect- 

 ed with the Nicobar bap, ap. 



A vallam 



MbI. 



v&r\ji 



MaL 



pan^ 



Bengali 



B padata 



Telug. 



paru 



Kam-anc 



plava 

 pkTaka 



Sanakrit ("ship"); Gurung 



Sanskrit 



palwa 



Malay 



prau 



Malay 



prahu 





falau 



Polynesian 



velo 



Viti 



baru 



Bisayan 



bulutu 



GoTont. 



podora 



Australian 



C pakcu&t 



Tam. anc 



pla-vaka 



Sanskrit 



pahuk 



Simang 



avauk 



Pagai 



abak 



tr 



ofakh 



Eoti 



pada-waka 



Celebes 





Polynesian 



waka 



>t 



Taha 



}f 



wa-a 



n 



wa 



ft 



"w^aga 



New Caledonian, Bruner t, 



make 



Tarawa 



bangka 



Baligoinl 



