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Viti udha. The ultimate possibility of strong mutation along the 
lingual series is to t, which is found in 18 uta in Alite and Gower. 
Postulating a metathesis of uta into uat, as we have seen to be the 
case from usa to Rotuma uas, we shall find no difficulty in passing 
to 40 wat, as we have noted in the case of 31 wa; and having once 
established wat in the chain of affiliation, the forms of the group 41-45 
fall systematically into line. 
The mutation of h to r falls within the lingual series, but in the 
detailed examination of mutation forms in the “Polynesian Wander- 
ings’”’ I have failed to establish such a mutation by a single instance. 
It may be suspected as operative in 14 ura, in 17 urei, in the metathetic 
36 reu; to these forms we subjoin others in which r appears, 15-16, 
and the group 37-39, which Friederici rejects from the wha series 
and in which we can do no other than agree with him. 
In 19-24 we find what seems to be the us stage of the stem prefaced 
by more or less distinct palatal consonants. ‘This group is confined 
to New Guinea and appears on the north shore and in Torres Straits. 
The labial preface has been discussed in connection with va and with 
vus; we note in addition 35 buk, which would not be included at all 
if it were not that Sér is so close geographically to Sissano as to suggest 
common influence. 
115. wesch paddle. 
REFERENCES: Melanesische Wanderstrasse, 122: 110. Deutsch-Neuguinea, 261. 
Ray, 496: 99. Polynesian Wanderings, 429. Subanu, 117. 
POLYNESIAN. 
fohe Tonga, Niué. hoe Maori, Tahiti, Marquesas, Rapanui, 
foe Samoa, Tonga, Futuna, Uvea, Si- Mangareva, Hawaii, Tongarewa, 
kaiana, Tikopia. Nuguria, Nukuoro, Liuaniua, Nu- 
foi Fotuna. kumanu, Tauu, Kapingamarangi. 
vodhe Viti. ohe Mangareva. 
MELANESIAN. 
1. fOze Gower Island. 16, VOS Lamassa, Lambom, Laur, 
2. fos Liberii. Panemego. 
3. fis Tanga, Anir, New Ireland. 17. ta-vOs__—_ Siassi. 
4. hose Nakudukudu, Kalil, Soa, Ha- | 18. vode Pokau. 
matana. 19. voe Awalama, Taupota, Wedau, 
5s. hos Nokon, Suralil, Pororan, Pe- Galavi, Boniki. 
tat, Hitau. 20. vesi Vokau, Vrinagol. 
6. hos Mouk. 21. vies Arép, Maldl. 
7. hes Liba, Lassu, Langanie. 22. ne-hev Aneityum. 
8. hote Malanta. 23. posi Rook. 
9. hode Koiari, Koita, Motu. 24. poke Mekeo. 
10. vose Mopte, Burruwe, Iapa. 25. bos Malekula. 
II. vose Suau. 26. bote Roro. 
12. ta-vose Kelana. 27. bot Tami. 
13. vOze Vitu. 28. boe Mukawa, Kubiri, Oiun. 
14. VOzi Vella Lavella. 29. boi Kiviri. 
15. VOS Nemassalang, Lakurumau, | 30. uose Efaté, Sariba. 
Bol, Fatmilak, Tatau, Topi- | 31. wose Mota. 
meda, Sambuari, Kowa- | 32. wosi Sariba, Mugula. 
merara. | 33. woase’_ Sariba. 
