84 SISSANO. 
80. rebin testes, spirit. 
REFERENCES: Deutsch-Neuguinea, 229. Melanesische Wanderstrasse, 100: 67. 
laben Siar, Garget (testes). 
This stem is a thin inclusion within the territory of the more frequent 
laso stem. It is not identified in Indonesia, nor have we any record 
of its appearance elsewhere in Melanesia. Its occurrence is limited 
to Astrolabe Bay and the Sissano lagoons on the north shore of New 
Guinea. 
88. sel stone. 
Note has already been made of the apparent association of sel with 
34 el the stone axe. Our Sissano material is too slight to admit of 
extended discussion, yet in so many of these languages the s—h muta- 
tion has been traced as far as extinction of the initial consonont that 
it is not unreasonable to assume its existence here. See note on page 
12 relative to the sago pounder. 
git. suk nose. 
REFERENCES: Melanesische Wanderstrasse, 118: 104. Codrington, 48:46. Ray, 
404: 97, 495:97. Polynesian Wanderings, 348. Subanu, 119. 
POLYNESIAN. 
isu. Samoa, Futuna, Fakaofo, Aniwa, | ihu Tonga, Niué, Uvea, Maori, Tahiti, 
Manahiki, Nuguria, Fotuna, Ro- Hawaii, Marquesas, Mangareva, 
tuma. Paumotu, Rapanui, Tongarewa, 
ishu Moiki. Nukuoro. 
iu. Rarotonga. ushu Kapingamarangi. 
udhu Viti. 
MELANESIAN. 
I. is’u Mugula. 20. lisui Maewo. 
2. isu Suau, Sariba, Tubetube, 21. barisu Wango. 
Adaua. 22. usu Efaté, Rook. 
3. izu Roro. 23. usung Jabim. 
4. izun Siassi. 24. uzum Siassi. 
5. ishuda __ Bonarua. 25. udu Motu. 
6. idu Pokau. 26. osu Buka. 
7. itu Roro, Kabadi. 27. ngusu Efaté. 
8. iru Hula, Galoma, Rubi, Vitu. 28. guhu Ambrym. 
g. ilu Sinaugoro, Keapara. 29. sunu Baki. 
1o. ihu Neela, Bugotu. 30. lusu Tami. 
ri. iu Raga, Oiun. 31. barusu- Fagani. 
12. wesu Buka. 32. palusu)  Ulawa, Bululaha. 
13. ules Buka. 33. pwalusu Saa. 
14. ngisu Sesake, Epi. 34. ngore Efaté. 
15. in-gidjin Aneityum. 35. ngongora Alite. 
16. nisung Nokon. 36. nunura_ Barriai, Kobe. 
17. kinihu Bierian. 37. soku Jibu. 
18. nehu Nggao. 38. urdru Doura. 
19. niu Awalama, ‘Taupota, Mu- 
kawa. 
As earlier pointed out in former studies of this interesting series 
of vocables, I am disposed to recognize the persistence of a primal 
stem su of some manner of application to the lower part of the human 
and simian face, to the anterior face of other animals, limited and 
particularized in its application to the naso-mandibular region. In 
