INDONESIAN ANNOTATIONS ON THE VOCABULARY. 105 
The stem ai which prevails in Polynesia, which in the Melanesian 
area appears only in a small group of languages in Torres Straits, 
is wholly lacking to this showing of Indonesian material. 
The several forms here included fall within the scheme of the ani 
stem, which we have seen to dominate Melanesia and to come within 
the Polynesian language circle only in Fiji. They adjust themselves 
to the diagram scheme of this stem, as already set forth with certain 
lacune here indicated by the use of parentheses and with two addi- 
tions to what has been observed in Melanesia. The references to 
type forms are made clear by the employment of the serial numbers. 
ani (54) (ana) an (56) a (58) 
kani (44) kana (43) kan (46) 
(gani) gana (48) gan (50) 
(hani) (hana) (han) 
In the discussion of the Melanesian material we found occasion to 
note that the nude form ani is by far the most frequent form in Torres 
Straits. This ani, and demolition forms (53-58), in Indonesia is 
characteristic of that group of islands which I have provisionally set 
apart as eastern Indonesia. They lie close to the western shore of 
New Guinea in a somewhat doubtful position in relation to migration 
tracks. In the common condition of coastal voyaging, namely, the 
establishment of the track from headland to headland by eyeshot, a 
canoe party from these islands might just as readily go north as go south 
when the New Guinea coast rose into view. If north we should look 
for traces of their passage on the north shore of that island, if south 
we should expect to pick up their memorials in Torres Straits. Here 
we have both: Subanu ain is of the an type, a single instance of the 
discovery of the nude stem along the northern route if we include 
therewith Ninigo; the Torres Straits group of languages is crowded 
with examples of thisstem. The form with palatal preface is discov- 
ered in two cases in this eastern group, 44 kane and 49 kaan. ‘The 
other occurrences are to be classed as western (47), central (45-46), and 
northern (43, 47-48, 50-51). 
8. 4n6 family house. 
46. banua Malay, Bicol, Celebes Alfuro. | 51. bonoa  Subanu. 
47. benua Malay, Togean 52. bena Amblaw. 
48. vanua_Celebes Alfuro. 53. pena Ceram. 
49. wanua_ Bugis. 54. fena Buru. 
50. banoa Visayan. 55. hena Bahasa, Ceram. 
The ten forms fall immediately into two groups, each consistent 
within its own lines. ‘The former group (46-51) lies within the scheme 
of the common vocable, labial + vowel + nua, except that in Visayan 
and Subanu we note vowel change in the final element; in fact, allowing 
for yet another simple vowel change in 51 bonoa, this group falls within 
the scheme of labial-+-anua. The Alfuro 48 vanua reappears in Fiji 
within the Polynesian area and is widely spread throughout Melanesia 
