114 SISSANO. 
for the attrition of the final sibilant and the nature of the word as a 
noun substantive precludes the possibility of the preservation of a 
final consonant through the employment of protective suffixes. Con- 
siderable support of the suggestion that balus is metathetic upon lupe 
derives from the fact that in Indonesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia 
the range of balus is so narrow that all the occurrences might have 
come from a single source. In the comparison of languages we have 
had many occasions to observe the establishment of new types per 
metathesin; in the use of any one of the Polynesian languages the ear 
is struck by the frequency of metathesis. Therefore it strains no 
probability to suppose that from some primitive Polynesian source 
some Indonesian derived the metathetic form—accepted it as a base 
and then gave it new currency within the range of wandering covered 
in his raids. 
18a. béi flying fox. 
11. cala-biang Tagal. 12. bauk Rotti. 13. baii Timor. 
In the Tagal form Friederici postulates the identity of cala with 
Javanese kalang and then links the biang element with the peka stem 
through the Barriai bianga. In the paucity of Indonesian material 
we may venture no further than the recognition of the general simi- 
larity as pointing to possible derivation from a common source. 
24. bor boat without outrigger. 
7. prahu Malay. 8. prahai Banda, Ambon. 9. parao Tagal. 
These forms are included for comparison with the much-worn words 
of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It is possible that 
they associate with the common Polynesian folau. 
26. bul moon. 
43. bulan Malay, Salayer, Ilocano, | 60. funan Timor. 
Subanu. 61. fiya Togean. 
44. bolan Visayan. 62. flan Bontoc Igorot. 
45. bulang  ‘Tringanu. 63. volana Malagasy. 
46. bulrang Menado. 64. wulan Gilolo, Solor, Java, Mata- 
47. bulani Kayeli. bello. 
48. bula Kaili, Bouton. 65. wulani Caimarian. 
49. bular Amblaw. 66. wura Bima, Bolanghitam. 
50. buran Ceram, Sanguir. 67. wuan Gah. 
51. burang  Solor, Salibabo. 68. hulan Morella, Wahai. 
52. bulam Molucca. 69. hulani Batumerah. 
53. balan Baju. 70. hulanita Liang. 
54. fulan Aru. 71. huran Ceram. 
55. fhalan Wayapo, Massaratty. 72. haran Lariko. 
56. phulan Saparua, Ahtiago, Tobo, |} 73. ulan Magindano. 
Teor. 74. ulang Kisa. 
57. pPhulani Awaiya. 75. ulano Ceram. 
58. fula Rotti. 76. O’ra Tidore. 
59. furan Lobo. 77. 0'sa Galela. 
