POLYNESIAN AND MALAYAN. 147 
In Nuclear Polynesian this word scarcely exists independently, but 
is extremely frequent in combination with some place name or other 
designation determining the sphere of governing activity. Thus we 
have Tui Levuka, the chief of Levuka on the island of Ovalau in Fiji; 
in Tonga we find the priest-king Tui Tonga and the civil king Tui 
Kanokupolu, in which the designation is not of a known place, although 
it smacks of ‘Upoluin Samoa. I recall but a single instance where Tui 
is used absolutely; it occurs in the Samoan legend of Timuatea, a 
peopling myth. 
Ona igoa ai lea ‘o le tama matua ia Tuima- {| The eldest son they named King-of-Manu‘a, 
nu‘a, ‘a e igoa le teine ia Le Malumanu‘a, 
‘a ‘ua léigoa !e teine itiiti. Ona alu ane 
lea ‘o le fai mea e ‘ai, ‘o Alamisi, ‘ua alu ‘ia 
Le Malumanu‘a. Ona fanau ai lea ‘o Tui, 
toe fanau ‘o Tui, toe fanau ‘o Tui. A fai 
‘ole aloo Tui aie tali ‘atoa le selau o lenei 
vao Tui. Ona ‘avea ailea e Tuisamau ma 
ona uso o lea oe tufa le vao Tui. 
and the maiden was named Shade-of- 
Manu‘a, but nameless was the little maid. 
Then came along he who made the things 
to eat, Alamisi; he went to the Shade of- 
Manu‘a. Then King was born, again 
King was born, again King was born. 
When the birth of Kings was accomplished 
belike there was pretty near a hundred in 
this grove of Kings. They were carried 
away by King-fast-fixed and his brethren 
who were to go to allot this grove of Kings. 
The context shows that thisemployment of Tui absolute is regarded 
as merely anticipatory, for the voyage goes on to set these kings in 
Tonga and Fiji and other lands of Nuclear Polynesia. ‘The designation 
is never used vocatively in address in the absolute form but is replaced 
by alz‘z; in this it is paralleled by the English use of earl and my lord. 
86. tui to sew; Visayan tahi id. 
tui Samoa, Tonga, Futuna, Niué, Uvea, 
Viti, Maori, Mangareva, Pau- | tahi Tagalog, Visayan. 
motu, Tahiti, Marquesas. jahit Malay. 
kui Hawaii. 
The identification is not so close as most of those in this series and 
I am by no means confident of its validity; the change of the former 
vowel is rather more extensive than is common and the presence of the 
aspiration in the Indonesian is difficult to account for. I include it in 
this series more through generosity than from conviction. 
87. tulu to drip; Subanu tolo, tolu id. P. W. 425. 
tulu) Samoa, Tonga, Futuna, Niué. 
turu Viti, Nukuoro, Fotuna, Maori, Ra- | tolo 
panui, Tahiti, Mangareva. tolu 
kulu Hawaii. 
Subanu, Visayan. 
Subanu. 
jurus Malay. 
88. tumu to be full; Subanu toman id. 
tumu Samoa. jumu Malay. 
toman Subanu 
ee 
The word is excessively rare in Polynesian, Samoa alone retains 
it; but the identification is satisfactory. 
