MONOSYLLABIC ROOTS. 
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and to to touch or strike, also utaina to land ; nranga the 
anchorage, hia u to hold on, wai u, water of the breast, 
or milk; uma the breast; nmu an oven, whence food is 
drawn for man, as it is for the infant from the uma. 
Ur ung a a pillow, to which the head clings for rest ; urungi 
the paddle used in steering, which causes the canoe to hold 
on its course; utu, revenge, payment from u to cling, or hold 
on to, and tu to stand up as a foe, utu to draw water ; and 
many more derivatives might be produced, such as ua, rain, 
which is the nipple of the sky above, i.e., the cloud. This 
root is preserved in ovOap (Gr.), uber (Lat.), and in the Eng- 
lish words udder and bosom. 
It is unnecessary to multiply examples of this kind. The 
subjoined list of words will afford the philologist matter for 
consideration : — 
Ahi (Maori.) 
Ai 
Ai 
Amo 
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Apo ,, 
Atua, Etua ,, 
Auri , , 
Awa „ 
Dua, or rua. ,, 
Haere , , 
Ha 
Hamuti , , 
Hapai , , 
Hapainga , , 
Hari , , 
Haruru ,, 
Haro ,, 
Haua , , 
fire ignis (Latin.) aghni (Sanscrit.) aghna (Er.) igni 
(Lat.) agni (Sclav.) 
(Gr.) aigan (Gothic.) to have, to possess (Eng.) 
aio (Lat.) to say (Eng.) aye, yes 
a — m — n (Hebrew) implies nurturing, fostering, to sup- 
port, sustain, (amun-ra Jupiter Ammon), the lower 
part of the arm, hence to carry (Eng. ) 
avarus (Lat.) greedy (Eng.) 
Deus (Lat.) Dewa (Sans.) God (Eng.) 
an ornament made from a whale’s tooth, inaures (Lat.) 
ear-rings. 
aven (Welsh.) aqua (Lat.) ah wa (Goth.) awin (Gaelic. ) 
a river (Eng. ) 
8va) (Gr. ) duo (Lat.) deux (French.) dwi(San.) two (Eng.) 
twa (Scot.) 
ire (Lat.) allez (Fr.) heya (Goth.) hiegan (Sax.) hie 
(old Eng.) to go (Eng.) 
to breathe. aa(Sans.) anima (Latin.) than or jan (Goth.) 
taen (Celt.) 
mutir (Fr.) to mute or dung, a water closet (Eng.) 
avafSaivu, air tco (Gr.) haf-yan (Goth.) lift up, help, 
ascend, (Eng.) 
gero (Lat.) carry (Eng.) 
noise of wind, haruah, wind (Heb. ) 
to comb flax, harrow the ground (Eng. ) 
to be hewed (Eng.) hakek (Heb.) to hack. 
