ORIGIN, AS TRACED BY LANGUAGE. 
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Langi , heaven rangi , (New Zealand), literally the place 
where the heaven and the earth unite, or the distant horizon, 
from whence the European was thought to come, it being 
considered his remote home, and therefore he is called papa- 
langi , or the person who comes from the surface of heaven. 
Tito , the bread fruit, is also the heart. New Zealand uri, 
ufi , or uwi, the yam; ndalo, talo (Tonga), taro (New Zea- 
land), the edible species of the arum. The word koli agrees 
with the New Zealand kuri , dog. Circumcision universally 
obtains in the Fiji Isles ; there is a rite nearly approaching 
it in New Zealand, called the putete. Thake the east, also 
above like the sun, as ake in Tonga and New Zealand. Ba , 
down below as the sun raro } New Zealand, in Fiji it is the 
west, in New Zealand the north. Toka lau , the north, is 
tokarau, which is north-east in New Zealand. Kau, the plural 
prefix, is used ordinarily for men ; kau matua } elders ; and 
how is the plural for chiefs and gods. Fango is the plural 
for animals. Ngahi } for inanimate objects. Onga is the 
dual prefix before animals. Tro, to peep, is the same as tiro 
in New Zealand. Dating a, the ear, agrees with taringa. 
The following words were taken from a list of Malayan 
dialects, spoken in Borneo : — 
English. 
Malay. 
New Zealand. 
Two. 
Dua. 
Dua, rua. 
Three. 
Tiga, taru. 
Torn. 
Five. 
Limah, rimeh. 
Rima. 
Mother. 
Ma. 
Waea. 
Woman. 
Ini. 
Hine. 
Man.. 
Orang. 
Tangata. 
Head. 
Kapala {caput). 
Upoko, Kapiti cliff. 
Ear. 
Telinga. 
Taringa. 
Eyes. 
Mata. 
Mata. 
Nose. 
Idong. 
Ihn. 
Month. 
Mulat. 
Mangai. 
Teeth. 
Gigi, nipun. 
Niho. 
Water. 
Ayer, ai. 
Wai. 
Dead. 
Mati mate. 
Mate. 
Fire. 
Api. 
Ahi. 
A path. 
Suntah, arau. 
Ara. 
