MELANESIAN ANNOTATIONS ON THE VOCABULARY. 99 
116. wok boat with outrigger. 
REFERENCES: Melanesische Wanderstrasse, 50:24. Deutsch-Neuguinea, 197, 261. 
Codrington, 40:8. Ray, 484:15. Subanu, 150. 
POLYNESIAN. 
vaka Tonga, Futuna, Niué, Uvea, Faka- | wangga Viti. 
ofo, Rapanui, Paumotu, Manga- | wanga Aniwa. 
reva, Marquesas, Mangaia, Ra- | vak Nukumanu. 
rotonga, Manahiki, Tauu, Nu- | va‘a Samoa, Anuda. 
guria, Sikaiana, Nukumanu,] vaa Tahiti, Marquesas. 
Aniwa. waa Hawaii. 
vaga Nuguria. va Liuaniua. 
waka  Sikaiana, Maori, Kapingamarangi. | ak Rotuma. 
MELANESIAN. 
1. vaka Suau, Vaturanga, Ngela,Savo, | 19. wang Lamassa, Lambom, Mimias. 
Bugotu, Nggao, New Geor- | 20. vanga __ Alite. 
gia, Aola. 21. wak Graget. 
2. vako Vokau. 22. wan Tami. 
3. Vago Vokau, Vrinagol. 23. won Jabim, Bukaua. 
4. vak Amge. 24. wam Tavara, Awalama, Taupota. 
5. vaak Malol. 25. wa Wedau, Raga, Kiviri, Oiun, 
6. vudk Sissano. Oleai. 
7. buak Sér. 26. wa Manukwari, Mokmer, Ansus, 
8. waka Suau, Galavi, Boniki, Muka- Wodoi. 
wa. 27. wa Pom, Sirewen, Wuvulu. 
9. waka Tobadi, Ingrau, Entsau. 28. ua Feis. 
10. waga Mugula, Sariba, Tubetube, | 29. wai Saonek, Soron, Mokmer, 
Panaieti, Tagula, Nada, Manukwari. 
Dobu, Kiriwina, Taupoia, | 30. faka Fagani. 
Wedau, Galavi. 31. haka Ulawa, Wango, Saa, Bululaha. 
It. waga Barriai, Kobe, Kilenge, Jam- | 32. hak Abuttimete. 
na, Jenbi, Bo, Bissapu, | 33. aka Maewo, Mota, Duke of York, 
Palabong. Mol6t. 
12. oaga Kabakaul. 34. angga Omba. 
13. wage Ingros, Nakudukudu, Kalil. 35. anggo-—_— King, Kait. 
14. wangga Nakanai, Rook, Vitu, Kondo, | 36. age Mol6t. 
Kambangeriu, Epi, Arag. 37. ak Merlav, Gog, Lakon, Sasar, 
15. Oangga To. Vuras, Mosin, Norbarbar. 
16. woga Pire, Namarodu, Matantu- | 38. ok Pak, Alo Tegel, Motlav. 
duk. 39. ong Volow. 
17. wonga. Kelana. 40. eka Lo. 
18. w6g6 Labur. 41. nak Aweleng. 
Linguistically this series calls for little comment, since the order- 
ing of the material is sufficiently illuminative. The loss of the initial 
consonant observed in 33-40 is found also in Rotuma at the thresh- 
old of Nuclear Polynesia. Despite the anomaly of the initial in 
41 nak, I have included the form because of the occurrence in that 
region of an initial n with somewhat demonstrative value function- 
ing as article. A comparison of the geography of this record with 
that exhibited in the next preceding, also a term of navigation, shows 
that in the New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago region the vaka 
ship does not extend so widely as the fohe paddle. ‘This is because in 
this region we find a most marked advance in naval construction, which 
has progressed beyond the mere dugout in which stability is based 
entirely on the outrigger and has reached the beginning of ship-build- 
ing in the mon boat, whose stability is secured by its structure. The 
intrusion of this boat has obliterated the common canoe name. 
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