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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Paul Geraghty and I are</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">looking</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> for</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">possible</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> cognates of Fijian /silaa/</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Job</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s tears, Coix</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">lachryma</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-jobi</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, which has also taken on</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the meaning</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">corn</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> in Fijian, and from there seems to have</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">spread</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">probably</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">via early Melanesian Pidgin, into at least Paamese and Lau</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(Malaita)</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">with only this latter meaning.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Anejom (</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Aneityumese</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">)</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nadej</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Job</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s tears</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is a perfectly regular development of an earlier *sila (with preceding</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">article</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">), but is the only cognate of Fijian</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/silaa/</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">that we are aware of</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> with what must have been the original meaning.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does anyone know of any other cognates?</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">John Lynch</FONT></P>
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