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DICTIONARY AND GRAMMAR
OF THE
LANGUAGE OF SA«A AND
ULAWA, SOLOMON ISLANDS
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WALTER G. IVENS, M. A.
WITH APPENDICES
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Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, 191 8
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CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON
Publication No. 253
PRESS OF GIBSON BROTHERS
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PREFACE.
The two languages, Sa'a and Ulawa, of which a dictionary is here
presented, belong to one of the Melanesian groups of the Oceanic
family of languages. Ulawa is the language spoken in the ten villages
of the small island of Ulawa, the Contrariete Island of the charts, in the
southeast Solomons. Sa'a is spoken in its purity in the village of the
same name, the last inhabited place on the southeast extremity of the
large island of Malaita, which lies some 30 miles west of Ulawa.
Malaita is composed of two islands, commonly called Big and Little
Malaita, separated by a narrow channel designated Mara Masiki Chan-
nel on the Admiralty chart, but called Laloi Su'u (literally "within-the-
inlet") by the people who use the languages presented here. Sa'a is
situated on the Malaita coast exactly opposite Ulawa, and there is con-
stant communication between the two places during the calmer weather
after the dropping of the southeast trade winds. The two languages
are evidently from a common stock and are so closely allied that it has
been found quite possible in the present work to adjust the various
details to the same scheme of treatment, both as to grammar and
vocabulary.
Of the two, Sa'a is far more highly specialized than Ulawa. This
specialization is shown:
1. In the use of nouns in the singular number, and particularly of such
as are the names of parts of the body, without the definite article
nga being prefixed.
2. In the very careful observance of the phonetic rule that the vowel a
changes to e in certain words after a preceding i or u or after the
verbal particle ko.
3. In the very frequent use of the gerundive.
4. In the richer vocabulary and in the employment of words not used in
Ulawa in order to avoid uncertainty in meaning, e. g., Sa'a nume
house, nime bowl, where Ulawa employs nima for both; Sa'a domu
to fall (of persons only) in addition to lusu, where Ulawa has only
'usu for both.
5. In the fuller forms of the pronoun used as subject of the verb and in
the more particular and careful use of the quasi-trinal forms end-
ing in -lu.
6. In the dropping of an inner consonant in the reduplication of stems.
The name of Contrariete Island is Ulawa and not Ulava or Ulaua, as
is sometimes found; the language has no v sound, and in Lau, where
w changes to q (kw), the island is known as Ulaqa. The number of
persons who live on Ulawa and who speak Ulawa is not more than 1 ,200
at the outside; but the language has a certain and considerable extrinsic
importance in view of the fact that a number of villages on Ugi, the
island lying off" the east coast of San Cristoval, have Ulawa teachers
and are using Ulawa books.
iv PREFACE.
The true Sa'a speech is spoken in its purity at two villages only,
Sa'a itself and A'ulu. But the differences between Sa'a and Qaloto
(Pwaloto), the language of the majority of the inhabitants of Little
Malaita, 4,000 or 5,000 in number, are so slight, amounting largely to
variety in accent and intonation, that Sa'a may be said to be the prin-
cipal language of Little Malaita.
The language of the north end of Little Malaita is called Tolo, and
this is also the language of the south end of Big Malaita. On the north
end of Big Malaita the language is known as Lau. These three lan-
guages, Sa'a, Tolo, and Lau are closely akin, and with Ulawa they form
a distinct subgroup in the linguistics of the Solomon Islands. Sa'a and
Ulawa on their part have distinct likenesses with the languages of San
Cristoval, and Lau at the other end of Malaita has several features
which show a grammatical connection with the language of Florida.
An important feature in both Sa'a and Ulawa is the use of shortened
forms of the personal pronouns in the three persons singular and of
additional forms in the third person plural, and the suffixing of these
as objects to verbs and prepositions. This is the practice of Solomon
Island languages generally. The presence of the third personal pos-
sessive has not hitherto been recognized in the languages of San Cristo-
val, but doubtless it exists, although not so commonly in use as in
Sa'a and Ulawa. Certain examples seem to show its presence in the
language of Florida (though Dr. Codrington has not marked it in his
grammar of Florida) ; anggu and ana certainly occur, cf. ganagana oli
anggu remembering me, ganagana oli ana remembering him. If these
are compared with Sa'a 'amasi to'o aku feeling pity for me and 'amasi
to'o ana feeling pity for him, it will be seen that the so-called suffix in
Florida is anggu, ana, and not nggu and na, cf. "Melanesian Languages,"
page 524, nouns.
This is the first essay toward the dictionary of any Solomon Island
language. The compiler is fully aware of the scantiness of his work.
Probably not more than one-third and certainly not one-half of the
existing words have been collected by him. The languages are rich
and, with proper opportunity, many additions might easily be made to
the words herein set forth.
Of the linguistic importance of the Melanesian languages there can be
no possible doubt. Dr. Codrington in his book "The Melanesian
Languages" has shown how certain features in a language so far
removed geographically from Melanesia as Malagasy can be explained
by referring to Melanesian habits of speech, and also how Melanesia is
in many ways the linguistic key to the proper explanation of Polyne-
sian. Mr. A. S. Atkinson, in a paper read in 1886 before the Nelson
(New Zealand) Philosophical Society, said with reference to Dr. Cod-
rington's "Melanesian Languages" that "this work will mark an epoch
in Polynesian philology by showing the fundamental relation between
PREFACE. V
the Polynesian and the Melanesian languages." If this opinion is cor-
rect, and Mr. Atkinson was an excellent judge, it is of the highest
importance that matter such as is contained in this dictionary, the
compilation of which is directly the result of the lead given by Dr.
Codrington, should be placed before scholars in the hope that it may be
of some further help in elucidating the philological problems of the
Oceanic family of languages.
It should be noted that it has not been thought necessary to print in
this work many words common to the Oceanic family whose cognates
are set out in full in the Mota dictionary.
The compiler of this dictionary desires to put on record his indebted-
ness herein to Dr. Codrington's example, and wishes to acknowledge
that whatever value the dictionary may be found to possess will be due
to his having endeavored to follow the lines laid down in two of the
books from Dr. Codrington's pen, "Melanesian Languages" and the
"Dictionary of Mota."
The thanks of the author are also due to the officials of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington for their readiness to print and publish the
present volume, and to Mr. William Churchill, Associate of the Institu-
tion, for assistance in arranging the matter presented in the dictionary.
W. G. Ivens.
Malvern, Victoria, June 1917.
LITERATURE.
List of books -printed in the languages of Sa' a and of Ulawa:
1. Prayer Books containing Matins and Evensong, Litany, Selection of
Psalms containing about 60 Psalms, Holy Communion Office with
Collects, Occasional Services, Church Catechism.
2. Hymn Books containing 50 Hymns.
3. Complete New Testament.
4. Catechism for the Children of the Church.
Bibliography of Sa' a and Ulawa languages:
1. Small grammars in Dr. Codrington's "Melanesian Languages."
2. Separate grammars compiled by W. G. Ivens.
Other Matter:
Collection of Folk Lore Tales in Ulawa.
CHECK-LIST OF LANGUAGES.
Araga, Pentecost Island, New Hebrides.
Bougainville Straits, Solomon Islands between
Bougainville and Choiseul Islands.
Bug., Bugotu, Ysabel, Solomon Islands.
D. Y., Duke of York Island, Bismarck Archi-
pelago.
Epi, New Hebrides.
Esp. Sto., Espiritii Santo, New Hebrides.
Fate, New Hebrides (Efat6).
Fagani, San Cristoval, Solomon Islands.
Fiji Islands.
Fl., Florida, Solomon Islands.
Gilb., Gilbert Islands, Micronesia.
Haw., Hawaii.
Lau, Malaita, Solomon Islands.
Maisin, Collingwood Bay, New Guinea.
Mai., Malay.
Malag., Malagasy, Madagascar.
Malaita, Solomon Islands.
Malekula, New Hebrides.
Malo, New Hebrides.
Mao., Maori, New Zealand.
Marsh., Marshall Islands, Micronesia.
Mel., Melanesia.
Mota, Banks Islands (New Hebrides complex).
Motu, Gulf of Papua, New Guinea.
N. B., New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago.
N. G., New Guinea.
Nguna, New Hebrides.
Niue, Savage Islands, Polynesia.
Omba, Lepers' Island, New Hebrides.
Pol., Polynesian.
£>., Qaloto, Malaita, Solomon Islands.
S., Sa'a, Malaita, Solomon Islands (see follow-
ing note).
Sam., Samoa, Polynesia.
San Cr., San Cristoval, Solomon Islands.
Ses., Sesake, New Hebrides.
Sol., Solomon Islands.
Sta. Cr., Santa Cruz, New Hebrides.
Tah., Tahiti, southeast Polynesia.
Tanna, New Hebrides.
Tolo, Malaita, Solomon Islands.
XJ., Ulawa, Contrariete Island, Solomon
Islands (see following note).
Vaturanga, Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands.
Vili, the language of the Fiji Islands.
Wango, San Cristoval, Solomon Islands.
Wedau, Bartle Bay, New Guinea.
Note. — When S. or U. is found after words it is intended to mark that
word as peculiar to Sa'a or Ulawa respectively; where no such notation appears
it is to be understood that the word is common to both languages.
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS.
adj., adjective.
adv., adverb.
art., article.
(au) marks a preposition as taking the suffixed
pronouns au, 'o, a.
def., definite, definitive.
demonst., demonstrative.
deter m., determinative.
excl., exclusive (of personal pronouns, exclud-
ing the person addressed).
exclam., exclamation.
genit., genitive.
gerund., gerundive.
inch, inclusive (of personal pronouns, including
the person addressed).
inter j., interjection.
interr., interrogative.
(ku) marks a noun as taking the suffixed pro-
nouns ku, mu, na.
met., metaphorical.
metath., metathesis.
melon., metonymy.
tt., noun.
neg., negative.
neut., neuter.
(Na) or {na, ni) marks a noun as taking the
suffixed pronoun in the third singular and
in the neuter only of the third plural.
obj., object.
onomatop., onomatopoetic.
part., particle.
partic, participle.
pers., person, personal.
pl., plural.
poss., possessive.
pr., pronoun.
Pref., prefix.
Prep., preposition.
prov., proverbial.
redup., reduplication, reduplicated.
sing., singular.
subj., subject.
suff., suffix, suffixed.
term., termination.
tr., transitive.
v., verb.
v. i., verb intransitive.
v. p., verbal particle.
v. tr., verb transitive.
voc, vocative.
M. A., Codrington's "Melanesian Anthro-
pology."
M. L„ Codrington's "Melanesian Languages."
T. S. E. "Torres Straits Expedition," vol. iii.
CONTENTS.
PAGES
Preface «*■**»
Dictionary of Sa'a and Ulawa Languages 1-115
Index to the Dictionary 1 17-136
Appendices:
A Brief Grammar of Sa'a and Ulawa 139-154
The Lord's Prayer in Twenty Languages as used in the Diocese
of Melanesia in the Islands of the South Pacific 155— 15^
Linguistics in the Western Pacific 157-176
Melanesia and its People 177-191
Natives of Melanesia 192-198
Some Historical Notes concerning the Melanesian Mission. . . . 199-206
"Yachting" in Melanesia 207-216
The Queensland Labor Trade 217-232
Santa Cruz 233~249
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Frontispiece. The Landing of John Williams at Tanna.
Text-figure (p. 208). The Undine.
Plate i. The Southern Cross at Santa Cruz.
2. A. Recruiting Boat at a Market in Malaita. The Women in Canoes
are waiting to exchange their Fish for Garden Produce.
B. Women Traders, etc., Malaita.
3. A. Sea-going Canoe, Malaita.
B. Model of Canoe used for Bonito Fishing, Ulawa.
C. Matema, Reef Group.
4. A. Carved Food-bowls and Porpoise.
B. Food-bowls from Ulawa.
5. War-belts, Bowl, Lime-sticks, Ear-plug, Forehead Ornaments,
Water-bottle, etc.
6. A. Carvings from Ulawa: Man, Pig, and Dog.
B. Ulawa Hair-combs.
C. Forehead Ornaments made of Clam and Turtle Shell, from
Florida.
7. A. Clubs from Malaita, Solomon Islands.
B. Clubs, etc., from Malaita and Ulawa.
8. A. Ornaments of Shell for Forehead, Ear, and Nose, from Malaita
and Ulawa.
B. Nose Pendants and Fasteners for Bandolier.
9. Belts, Bandolier, Necklaces, Armlets, etc., made of Native Money,
Shells, Dogs' Teeth, Porpoise Teeth.
10. A. Natural Flints incised, regarded as possessing Mana and
causing Yams to fructify, from Solomons.
B. Ghost made of Coral, from Ulawa.
11. A. Young Man of Nukapu.
B. Man of Qarea, Malaita.
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DICTIONARY
OF
SA'A AND ULAWA LANGUAGES
DICTIONARY OF SA'A AND ULAWA LANGUAGES.
a 1. personal article used with nouns and
verbs: (a) when used with a common
noun it indicates its use as a personal
name; ola, thing, a ola, So-and-so; mwae,
person, a mwaena, So-and-so; it is
applied to all personal names, both
native and foreign, male and female,
a Wale, a John; it is seen also in atei,
who? it is used to personify; a wawa ko
'unu'unue mu ola a sae e honu eni, the
mouth speaks of what the heart is full,
(b) when used with a verb or adjective
it indicates their use as a descriptive
name; ero, to deceive; a eroero, a de-
ceiver. In usage it corresponds to the
* of Mota and Malagasy.
a 2. termination of the verbal noun: hatale,
to go along the shore; halalea, sea-coast.
a 3. adverb of assent: 'o te urine? a, did you
do thus? yes.
a 4. pers. pron. 3d sing, suffixed to verb (with
or without verbal suffix) as object, and
to prepositions as anticipatory object
and used both of persons and things, as
him, her, it; it does not change to e after
a preceding * or u before a proper name
owing to the presence of the personal
article a; li'oa e lio ahuiaa Dora, the
spirit protected Dora.
a 5. stem to which the pronouns ku, mu, na,
etc., are suffixed in forming poss. 3.
Polynesian ha, la.
*n 6. prefix of condition, making participles:
langu, to pluck, 'aldngu, come out of
socket; htili, to break off, 'ahdli, broken
off. Mota ga 3.
*a 7. Ulawa v. p. of present or general time,
joined in pronunciation to the personal
pronoun used as subject, na'a, 'o'a.
Lau ka, future particle; Fotuna, New
Hebrides, ka, id.
4a 'a'a 8. exclam. negative, don't.
*'i 'a'a 9. adj. term, suffixed to nouns, verbs
and other adjectives; qiiqii, mud;
qiiqii'e, muddy; mwako, to pierce;
mwakomwako'a, prickly. Mota ga 5,
Bugotu ga, Motu ka, Samoa a.
*$. 10. suffix, (a) to poss. 2 and 3 in sing. 1 and
2: ndku'd, naku'e, dkii'd, amu'a, ndmu'd.
(b) to pers. pron. dual 2 and 3: i'emeru'e,
kereru'e. Probably 'a 9.
*$. 11. stem to which pronouns ku, mu, na,
etc., are suffixed, forming poss. 1 of
things to eat. cf. & 5. Mota ga 1,
Bugotu ga.
*'i 12. as I 6; 'dnguru from nguru.
*a'a 1. exclam. negative, don't; 'a 8.
*a'a 2. a large green parrot with red under the
wings, the male of iloilo'a. New
Guinea electus. San Cristoval kaka,
Maori kaka.
'a'a 3. to run, to be abundant, of creepers;
hahalisi e 'a'a, the grass has spread; hule
e 'a'a ha'ahia taoha, convolvulus had
crept over the canoe house. Wango
taga, to be in leaf.
'a'a 4. to rise up clear, of the moon: waaro-
waaro e mdnu 'a'a max ilengi, the moon
has floated clear up on high.
'a'a S. 5. to throw, to bowl: 'a'a to'ohaa, to
contribute money. Wango gaga, to be
spent; Lau taga, to throw.
'a'a 6. adj. suff.; puru, frequent; purupuru'a'a,
frequently; wdi, water; waiwei'a'a,
watery, cf. 'a 9.
'a'ada'i v. i., to importune, to vex, to beg, to
dun.
'a'ada'ini v. tr., to importune a person.
'a'ade U., to see. cf. hd'iade'i. Wango aadai,
to look.
'a'ae (ku) S., n., leg, foot. cf. 'ae 1.
'a'ai U. exclam. haha! 'a'ai laa, so there!
'a'aila'a adj., firm, strong, powerful; ea'a'ila'a
oto mae ana, he is very strong; redupli-
cated 'aila with 'a 9.
'a'ailahaana strength, its strength.
'a'ala v. i., to bite; mwaa 'a'ala, poisonous
snake, 'ala 3.
'a'ala'i v. i., to increase, to spread, of plants.
'a'a 3.
'a'ana U. v. i., to vomit,
'a'anata'ini v. tr.
aani U., adverb preceding verb; at all, just
now; e qake aani lae, he did not go at all;
na'asi aani lae mai, I have just come.
'a'a'o cf. 'a'o.
'a'aoleanga S., v. n., lamentation.
'a'aro v. t., to come aboard, of surf; hai naho e
'a'aro melu, a wave came aboard us.
a'aronga v. n., surf breaking on the shore.
'a'ari v. i., to be rent asunder. Wango kari,
Lau kakari, Florida tahari.
'a'atasi v. i., to be odd, uneven, in number;
nga hue e 'a'atasi, there is an odd one.
'a'ate v. i., to be dry; hero 'a'ate, dregs of grated
coconut after pressing out the milk.
aau the season of the southeast trades, winter,
the season of the ripe canarium nuts:
aau kosi repo, the canarium nuts are just
ripe; aau e repo kosi holaa, when the nuta
are ripe the weather is calm; aau
marawa, the nuts purpling before ripen-
ing, the month of July. cf. maraau.
'a'auhi v. tr., to help, to come to the aid of.
ha'i'a'auhi. Wango aauhi; Mota kakau,
to visit constantly.
ada 1. poss. 3, pi. 3, among them, belonging to
them, they (obj.).
'ada 2. poss. 1. pi. 3, for them, theirs, of things
to eat.
adaada S., ataata U., v. L, to progress, to move
on, to be in motion.
ADA'ELU
ada'elu 1. poss., 3, pi. 3, among them, for them,
them (obj.); ada 1, 'elu.
'ada'elu 2. poss. 1, pi. 3, for them, theirs, of
things to eat; 'ada 2.
adai 1. n., a cluster; a bunch: adai niu, a bunch
of green coconuts,
'ada'i S. 2. v. i., to rub: nunurete ko 'ada'i melu,
fearfulness has come upon us.
adairi S. v. i., to despise, used with poss. 3.
adairinge'ini v. tr. Wango adairi, to
separate.
adlao n., a creeper used to make bowstrings.
adaoro v. i., to crouch (oro, to stoop). In this
word ao is diphthong.
adaru'eS., adaru'aU., 1. poss. 3, dual 3, among,
belonging to, the two of them; used also
as object when the pronoun is separated
from the verb,
'adaru'e S., 'adaru'a U., 'adaru'i U., 2. poss. 1,
dual 3, for the two of them, of things to
eat.
'ade U., to see: e qaleo la ne'e 'adea, I saw
nothing, ha'i'ade'i.
adi v. tr., to tabu, to set one's mark upon; n., a
tabu mark; huui edi, S., huu ni edi, U.,
a bunch of leaves used as a tabu sign,
adinga U., v. n., 'alu edinga, the placing of
a tabu sign.
adila-(ku), gerund,
adi edi 1. n., yellow vascular tissue of gleichenia
fern used in ornamentation on combs,
spears, etc.: noma adiedi, a spear with
grass plaiting; arapa adiedi, a comb so
decorated.
adiedi 2. v. i., to have pins and needles in the
limbs: 'aeku ko ediedi, my legs tingle,
adine S., n., of relationship, used with ro mwa:
ro mwa adine, two cousins-german
regarded as brother and sister, adi.
adio n., a creeper which grows on banyans, used
as fishing-lines or to tie together the
teeth of combs {arapa) : nga hikei adio,
a coil of adio.
adiu v. i., to be out of joint, diul.
ado v. i., to share in, to participate; (a) used
with poss. 3; (b) used with suff. pron.
ku, mu, na, da, ni, to befit; adoku, my
deserts; le'u e adoku, my share, ha'aado.
adonga S., v. n., used with dau 1, hele: noko deu
adonga, I am making an attempt; mola
adonga, merely tentatively,
adoma'i, adoadoma'i U., v.i ., to think, to recol-
lect; adoma'i mousi, to decide, to dare;
adoma'i sae, to give thought to; adoma'i
su'ate'e, to be anxious about,
adoma'inga v. n., thought, recollection,
adoma'ini v. tr., to think of a thing.
adoma'inila-(ku) gerund. Wango adomai,
Bugotu ado, to know,
ttdu, aduedu v. i., to carve, to build, to dub out
planks; ddu i'ola, to build a canoe; adu
i'olanga, canoe building,
adumi v. tr., to carve, etc.
aduminge v. n.
adumila-(ku), gerund. Wango adu.
'ae, 'ae'ae (ku), n., leg, foot; 'aekueli'i, my legs
are out of joint; 'ae loku, maimed in the
'ae, 'ae'ae (continued).
feet, halt; 'ae pule, dropsical; 'aeku ko
ediedi, my foot tingles; 'aeku ko seunieu,
my foot hurts; 'ato 'ae, to move quickly;
huni lengu ha'aodohie 'aeka, to guide our
feet; i ngadona 'aena, before, at the feet
of, him; kolune 'ae, the heel; koukouli 'ae,
the ankle; lau 'ae, be quick; ni'i 'ae la'o
i'ola, to board a canoe; penatana 'ae,
the sole; poupou ni 'ae'ae, the heel; tau
'ae, to hurry; Mola i 'ae, to follow a
master; umu i 'ae, to gather round the
feet of. Maori wae, foot; Motu ae, foot;
Bugotu nae, foot.
'ae 2. n., mark, example.
'ae 3. n., source, beginning; mu 'aei wala, first
principles; a 'aei meurihe, the source of
life; 'aei henue, the land of origin; 'aei
hohola, the owner of the garden; 'aei
'inoni nemue, thy dependents; 'ae hau,
precipice.
'aena because of, the beginning of; used
with ana 7; 'aena ana, because of; 'aena
maa, threshold; 'aena papali, the jaw.
'ae 4. n., faeces, ordure; mu 'ae, faeces; huui 'ae,
excrement. Polynesian tae, tutae, faeces.
'ae 5. v. i., to uncover, to bring to light, to open
out, to expose: walana ko 'ae ha'adai ana
mu esoesohai dunge, his voice cleaveth
the flames of fire.
'aeli v. tr., used of the action of the sea,
rain, etc., in exposing anything.
'ae 6. specific numeral; 'aeni ue, five rolls (hikei
ue) of dyed cane for plaiting wristlets,
etc.
'ae 7. ha'a'ae, to be fleeting, vain,
'ae'aeniola v. i., to commit fornication.
'ae'aeniolanga v. n., fornication,
'aehota S. 1. v. tr., v. i., to begin. The root
notion is that of generation, there is also
inherent a notion of continuance; atei ni
e 'aeholaa, who began it? melu 'aehota
'unue, we began to say. 'ae 1. hota 1.
'aehota 2. v. i., to conceive; v. tr., to generate, to
beget, tala'aehota.
'aehotalana S., gerund, the beginning; 'ure
'oto mai i 'aehotalana, from the begin-
ning up to now.
'aela, 'ae'aela v. i., to be bad, no good, ill; inu
'aela, nasty to drink, not fresh (of
water); e la 'otoi 'aela, it is bad; e la
'otoi 'aela mwaani nonola, it is worse
than yesterday; laehaku e 'aela, I can not
walk well; e lai 'aela, it is bad; lalona e
'aela; loo 'aela, to be immodest, to offend
against propriety; in a depreciatory
sense e muaimwei 'aela, very small, too
small; e no'i 'aela 'oto, to be bad;
ngduhana e 'aela, he overeats himself;
'osi kariheni 'aela laa, do not be such a
nuisance; rako 'aela, unpleasant, irksome;
e rako 'aela aku, it is against my grain;
rongo 'aela, to make a din; noko sape
'aela, I am ill; sapekue 'aela, I am ill;
siho 'aela ana, to spread evil reports of; e
tala'ai 'aela, e tala'aeni 'aela, it is begin-
AHU'I
'aela, 'ae'aela (continued).
ning to spoil ; e tola 'aela aku, it was bad
for me.
'aelahaana gerund, its badness; 'aelahaana
mn i'e, the bad fish,
'aelasi v. tr., to cause to be no good, to
spoil; used with dau 1; sae 'aelasi, to
bear malice. Not connected with tata-
'ala. cf. M. L., p. 54; probably 'ae 1,
with la 3.
'aelulu v. i., to step over, to neglect; used with
prep, haahi; 'ae 1.
'aena cf. 'ae 3. 'aeni. cf. 'ae 6.
aha 1. n., a sparrow hawk.
aha 2. v. i., to cut, to score, to notch, to mark
by incising.
ahasi v. tr.
ahasila-(ku) gerund. Wango aha.
aha 3. to recede, to dry up (of water).
aha 4. v. tr., aha tahani, to warn,
aha tahanila-(ku), gerund.
ahaa 1. v. i., to be bitter to the taste; 'e'e ahaa,
wild areca nut.
ahaa 2. n., salt water, salt; me'i ahaa, some salt
water. Bugotu aha.
ahala'i, ahaahala'i partic, removed, changed
in position; sae ahala'i, vexed at heart,
unsettled, provoked,
ahala'ini v. tr., to provoke, ha'aahala'ini.
'ahali partic, broken off (of boughs); 'a 6,
hali 1.
ahare awalosi i ahare, the northeast wind.
'aharo 1. v. i., to conduct a betrothal or wed-
ding ceremony.
'aharo 2. n., relations by marriage; 'aharo inau,
my relatives by marriage. Heuru,
S. C, aharo.
'aharota v. n., a wedding feast; dau 'aharota
ana kalena, wedding feast of his child;
kara ni 'aharota, a large yam pudding
for bridals.
'ahe 1. n., surf, currents from wind or tide, tide-
rip; 'ahe hiru, an eddy; hirune 'ahe,
troublesome waves; 'ahe hirune i
Nielaha'u, the tide rip at Cape Zelee;
'ahe ko hurosieu, the surf whirls me
about; 'ahe kosi tola, the current sets;
'ahe Iduleu, strong current; 'ahe e
lomosie 'iola, the surf buffeted the canoe;
'ahe lulu, boiling tide; 'ahe i niu tangalau,
a tide rip between Ulawa and Sa'a; holo
'ahe, to divide the waves by incantation
and make a way for a canoe,
'ahela adj., strong current; e 'ahela, there is
a strong current,
'ahesi v. tr., to cause to drift; e 'ahesie, it
has drifted.
'ahesila-(ku) gerund. Polynesian tahe, to
flow; Viti ndave, Mota ave, Florida tahe.
'ahe 2. v. i., to melt away, to waste, to dis-
appear; wa'e 'ahe, to waste.
'ahela'ini v. tr., to cause to disappear.
'ahe 3. n., a crab. Mota gave.
'ahe S., 4. 'ahe tangalau, to bear bountifully (of
a garden).
'ahelidu, 'ahe'ahelidu S., v. L, to congregate,
'ahelidunge v. n., congregating.
aheta v. i., to stretch out the arms with weari-
ness, premonitory of malaria.
'aheulao v. i., to be a fornicator, fornicating;
ulao.
'ahewa'a v. i., to be fleeting, vanishing, melting
away; 'ahe 2. wa'a 4.
'Shi n., closet, chamber.
'ahinga U., v. n., chamber; mwai keni ana
'dhinga, women fond of staying in their
chambers.
'Ahi'a the southernmost village on the west
coast of Ulawa.
•ahi'e S., 'ahi'a U., n., Malay apple (Eugenia
sp.); puli 'ehi'e, orange cowrie. Mota
gaviga, Viti kavika.
'ahihi partic, crouching, groveling (of a dog);
hi hi.
ahimawa v. i., to yawn.
Ahina'i U., Ahina'i amau the name of a canoe
in a story.
'ahisu, 'ahi'ehisu partic, out of joint, fallen
out of place, hisuhisu. maaku ko
hini'i 'ehi'ehisu 'oto, my eyes nearly
fell out.
aho v., to be abraded (of skin).
'aho'a partic, separate, apart from; used with
poss. 3; 'aho'a aku, far off me. 'a 6,
ho'a 2.
ahoaho (na, ni) U., n., the inner shell of the
canarium nut, film.
'ahola partic, broad, wide, 'a 6, hola 1.
'aholanga v. n., breadth, width.
'aholo v. i., to fish for garfish (mwanole) with
a kite; sa'o ni 'aholo, the kite.
'aholonga v. n., fishing with a kite, 'a 6,
holo 2.
ahonga U., v. n., making trial, tentative, used
with tdu 1; tola ahonga, to tempt; name
ahonga, taste and try. malaahonga.
ahowa n., open space of sea and sky. Wango
ahowa.
ahu talo ahu, a war band, fighting company.
ahu, ahuahu U. 1, v. L, to be complete, perfect
(of numbers) ; ahu mae, to cease hostili-
ties; ma'uru ahu, to be sound asleep;
talo ahu, to amass.
ha'aahu v., to complete, to finish,
ahusi v. tr., to affect completely, to extend
all over, to encompass; dkusie mu le'u,
everywhere; e dhusie hdnue, it has
affected the whole place. Lau afu,
complete; Maori ahu, to heap up;
ahuatia, completed; Mota av, to pile;
Ambrym ahu, ten; M. L., p. 458; Motu
ahu, to inclose.
ahu 2. v. i., to bring forth fruit.
ahuhu v., to fade away, to droop.
ahuhu'e S., n., crumbs of food; mu ehuhu'ei
ngeulaa.
ahui 1. n., a dancing club; mao pe'e dhui, to
dance holding the dhui. M. A., p. 333.
cf. mao hidehide.
ahu'i 2. determ., from ahu 1, used as preposi-
tion, around, protecting; hule ahu'i, to
come for; lio ahu'i, to protect; para
ahu'i, to protect with a fence; puli ehu'i,
to gather in a crowd round a person; toto
AHU'I
ahu'i 2 (continued).
ahu'i, to pay a fine on behalf of; t
sapena i Dora ahu'i niu, an apostrophe
addressed to Ugi, cf. ha'adahi.
ahu'i 3. v. tr., to wrap up; ahu'i ola, a parcel.
ahu 1; Wango ahui, to wrap; Lau afu,
Samoa 'afu; Niue aft, to wrap.
ahu'i 4. partic. used as adverb, altogether,
completely; ke ahu'i saediana lokoloko,
will completely rejoice together.
ahu'i 5. n., ahu'i menu, a lily (Crinum asiat-
icum) which grows on the beaches.
Wango hii menu.
ahu'i-(na) 6. n., a stump of a tree.
ahulili n., seeds of a tree, strung in a bunch and
worn on the backs of the fingers after
the fashion of castanets in dances, cf.
hidehide.
ahululu n., a small yam pudding used in sacri-
fices, ahu 1, lulu 2.
ahuni determ. from ahu 1, used as an adverb;
entirely, completely; more common in
Ulawa; hauni, metathetic.
'ahu'o n., owl; onomatop. San Cristoval
kahuko.
ahuora v., to be dusty, or a 2.
ahuqa'i S., n., a dish of edible fig-leaves ('amusi)
and pounded new canarium nuts (ngali).
Shu'i 3.
ahuraa U., ahuraa d&ni, to be on the move
before daylight.
ahuraka U., v. i., to come forth, proceed out of.
ahurara v., to be abundant, to be green (of
grass), ahu 2. Wango ahura.
ahure v. i., to make holes with a digging-stick
(pi'e 2) for yam planting.
ahureha v. i., to be open, clear, of unimpeded
vision, iihu 1.
ahureu S., v., to do haphazard; ahureu ana
hurunge, to run uncertainly.
'ahuri n., the conch shell, blown as a summons;
lahulana 'Shuri, the blowing of a conch;
ngaratai 'ehuri, the sound of the conch;
walana 'ahuri e tatalea walu tala i Tolo,
the sound of the conch went through all
the villages in Tolo; walowaloi 'ehuri,
the sound of the conch. Bugotu tavuli.
ahuta-(ku) v. n., all, completely, the whole of.
ahu 1. ahutamere'i mango, both of us,
ahutamolu mango, all of you; ahutana
sapeku, my whole body; ahuleni, all
(things) ; i'oe ahutemu, the whole of thee;
mdni Shutaka, U., all of us.
ahutata v., to be vanished, to have vanished.
ahu 1, tata 2.
'ai 1. n., a tree (more common in Ulawa); 'fit
ha'angdu keni, ginger, given to women as
an ordeal; 'ai ni haka, U., papaya; 'ai
nehunehu, a rod, a stick; 'fit ni He, U.,
wood for making fire by friction; 'ai repo,
a pestle for pounding taro to make tau-
manga; hai 'ei, U., a log; hite 'di,\J., to split
firewood; hou 'ei, U., the kidneys; huani
'ei, U., fruit; iduidu mesi 'ei, U., jumped
about on the firewood; kokopa ni 'ei, U.,
buttress flanges of certain trees; lolo'a
ni 'ei, TJ., a thicket; maa ni 'ai, U., a
'ai 1 (continued).
stake, picket; mwa 'ai, U., firewood;
mwai 'ei, U., trees; mwai ngangani 'ei,
U., chips of wood; mwai rango ni 'ei, U.,
dead trees; pou ni 'ei, U., a log of wood;
qa'ahita ni 'ei, U., a slab of wood; rai 'ei,
U., plank; so'o 'ai, U., to pick up fire-
wood; suli 'ei i qaoha, ridge-pole; tdu 'ei,
U., to break firewood; uleuleni 'ei, U.,
twigs; 'ulu'ulu ni 'ei, U., branches, twigs
and leaves; usu 'ei, S., firestick. Mota
tangae (M. L., p. 95), Florida gai,
Malagasy hazo.
'ai 2. v. i., to be stiff, numb; nimeku e 'ai 'oto,
my hand is numb.
a'i 3. tr. suffix to verb; sasu, sasue'i.
a'i 4. participial ending used adverbially; ere
ha'ihonoa'i, to speak revilingly.
ai 5. U., ai suu, to perish, to become extinct.
suu 1.
ai 6. ai uhi, to clean shoots off stored yams. cf.
aite'i.
'ai, 'ai'ai 7. exclam., mind, look out!
'ai'aa 1. v., to be lost, missing, wanting.
ha'a'di'aa. Wango aiaa.
'ai'aanga v. n., destruction.
ai'aa 2. exclam., alas, woe!
'ai'aana without, unless, failing; used as ad-
verb; 'ai'aana ineu, failing me, but for
me. 'ai'aa 1, ana 2.
aidea v., to be in pain.
aideri specific numeral, ten parrot-fish caught
with a dip net (kalu). aideri ni i'e.
'ai'ei'aa adj., fleeting, transitory, 'ai'aa.
'aihu v., to be uprooted, to fall, of trees in a
storm.
'aihuri n., lettuce tree, with yellow leaves,
planted to mark landing-places, 'ai 1,
huri.
'aila cf. 'a'aila'a.
'ailemu S., n., the banyan tree. 'Si 1.
'aili 'aili lado, v. tr., to graft, lado 1.
'aili'apaa U., n., a staff, walking-stick, 'ai 1,
li 1, 'apaa.
ailipo'u U., n., transverse beams, a cross (late
use), 'ai 1, li 1, po'upo'u.
Sim* tr. suff . to verb. S'i 3, ni 4.
Aio an island off the east coast of Big Malaita.
a'itada S., thus, in their style, just their way.
da 2.
a'itana S., thus, similarly to, just that way, like
his style, na 2. cf. U. aliha 2.
aitana'i, aieitana'i v. tr., to beseech, to beg, to
entreat.
aitana'inge v. n., entreaty, prayer.
aitana'ila-(ku) gerund.
aite'i v. i., to clean the rootlets off taro, etc.
at 6.
aite'ini v. tr.
'aitepi n., a tree, Barringtonia edulis; hoi 'eitepi,
its nut; trunk used for ridge-poles.
'ai 1, tiipi.
'ai walo'a adj., covered with creepers, entan-
gled, 'fit It walo 1.
aka poss. 3, pi. 1. inch, to, or on, us; used as
object when the pronoun is separated
from the verb.
'ALA
'aka 1. v. I., to pull out; 'aka Idu, to pull out
violently, to defend, to help; 'aka niho,
to pull teeth,
'akani v. tr., noko 'okanie moono, I gouge
his eyes out.
'akanila-(ku) gerund. Lau aga, Mota tkaka.
'aka 2. poss. 1, pi. 1, for us, of things to eat.
aka'elu 1. poss. 3, pi. 1, to, or on, us; used as
object when the pronoun is separated
from the verb.
'aka'elu 2. poss. 1, pi. 1, for us, of things to eat.
'akalo 1. n., a ghost, a spirit; M. A., p. 260. cf.
uraa'i. 'akalo e kausie i'ola, a ghost
clutched the canoe and capsized it;
'akalo ni ntatawa, a ghost of the open sea.
cf. Ngorieru; hanue ni 'akalo, Malapa
Island, hades; ho'o 'akalo, to tie a granny
knot; maa ni 'akalo, eye of coconut;
pdlolana mu 'akalo, worship of the
ghosts; ta'e 'akalo, to raise a ghost; tola
'akalo, to exorcise spirits; toto 'akalo, to
exorcise a ghost, M. A., p. 137; uunu
ola saana mu 'akalo, to offer burnt offer-
ings to the ghosts, wai ni 'akalo, tears.
Wango ataro, Mota tataro, Gilberts
tataro, Viti tataro. M. L„ p. 146.
'akalo 2, a dead person; nihoi 'akalo, dead
man's tooth; para ni 'akalo, cemetery
(late use).
akara'i, akaru'e S. 1., poss. 3, dual 1, to, or on,
us two, used as object when the pronoun
is separated from the verb.
'akara'i, 'akaru'e S. 2., poss. 1, dual 1, for us
two (of things to eat).
akau, akakau v., to be ready, to be lit, to be
burning, ddu akau, to prepare, to make
ready; e akau, is it alight? hele akau, to
prepare, to make ready.
akauni v. tr., ha'akauni, to cause to light.
Wango agau.
akauri v. tr., v. i., to be possessed of, to be pro-
vided with. akau. ntelu akauri 'oto,
we are furnished; mere 'asi akauri ihei,
U., where are we likely to get anything?
ha'aakaurisi causative.
akauringe v. n., profit, possession.
akauri si v. tr., to obtain possession of, to
provide, to have.
akaurisila-(ku) gerund.
ake n., string fringe, the dress of married
women hung suspended from the waist.
akeake n., strand of rope, twig, sprig; akeake
ni dili, sprig of dracaena.
akera'i partic, come undone.
'akera'ini v. tr., to undo, to destroy, to
subvert.
'akere 1. partic, untwisted.
'akere (na) 2. n., border, edge, bank, kerekere.
'akeu partic, on one side, overbalanced, tilting.
'a 6, kau 1.
'ako 1. v. i., to catch in the arms, to grasp, to
wrestle.
'akonga v. n.
'ako'i v. tr. Wango agoi, Viti rako.
ako 2. honu ako, to have pulmonary disease.
akoako 1. v., to be out of heart, without energy;
hele akoako, to do listlessly.
'ako'ako 2. v., to deprecate wrath by saying
'ako' ako saemu; not used to women.
akohe v. i., to be listless, to neglect through
laziness; e akohe mwaanie, he neglected
it through laziness,
akoheta'ini v. tr.
akoheta'i partic, to neglect through lazi-
ness; lae akoheta'i su'a ana maemaeha,
run carelessly into danger.
'akolu partic, excited in mind, 'a 6.
aku 1. poss. 3, sing. 1, to, or upon, me, used as
object of verb when the pronoun is
separated from the verb; e kopi eku,
touch me. Rafurafu, S. C mwane aku,
my husband.
'aku, 'aku'e 2. poss. 1, sing. 1, for me (of
things to eat),
'aku'i U., of many things for one person to
eat; honi weieu 'aku'i, bonito for me to
eat.
akuu exclam., pish, humph, pooh.
'ala, 'ala'ala 1. v. i., to answer; with poss. 3,
to obey, to give attention to; nou ka'a
'ala ana. I did not obey; 'ala qa'u, to
nod the head backward in assent,
'alami v. tr., to answer a person.
'alamila-(ku) gerund.
'alamalni v. tr., to respond to, to acknowl-
edge, to give leave to, to consent.
'alama'inila-(ku) gerund,
'alama'i, ha'i'alama'i v. tr., to consent
mutually. Florida talamagini.
'ala 2. v. i., to be prosperous; e 'ala diana 'oto,
it is doing well.
'ala, 'ala'ala 3. v. i., to bite, to sting, to be sharp-
edged; 'ala mumu, to close in like jaws;
'ala tola, to bite at and miss; pa'ewa ko
'ala tala, last two days of the moon.
'ala'i v. tr. Motu karakara, fierce; New
Britain karat, Kabadi arasia, Maisin
karafe; Mota gar agar a, to clench the
teeth.
'ala 4. v. tr., to break off, to lop, of branches;
'ala dango, to lop off limbs of a tree.
Mota sal 1, Wango ala, Maori here.
'ala 5. to cut the teeth, to get feathers; eke ko
'ala, the white cockatoo is growing
feathers; to flash as lightning; wa'ariri
ko 'ala hitelie solo, the lightning-flash
cleaves the sky; 'ala ngingita, U., to
frown, to clench the teeth. Florida
gala; Mota sar, to pierce, to shine.
'ala 6. to set a net, to he in wait for, to go the
rounds of the flying- fish floats (u'o);
'ala poo, to catch pigs in a net; 'ala
Pupulu haahi, to surround in a dense
body; mae ko 'ala, enemies lie in wait,
'alasi tr., hu'o kire 'alasie ka'u, the net that
they have laid.
'alaa'i v. i., 'alaa'ini tr., to plan, to lay out
the plan of, to shape, to lay in order.
'alaa'inila-(ku) gerund. Mota sal 2;
Maori ftarahou, net.
'ala 7. U., plural article in the vocative; 'ala
mwane, you men. cf. 'alai 1.
'ala 8. adjective ending; sasu'ala, smoky;
iotonga'ala, resinous, 'a 9, la 4.
'ALAA
'alaa 1. n., a flock or covey of birds, 'alaa ni
menu, ala 6. Mota Igara, spread, or
sara 3, to gather.
'ala'a 2. S., adv., up, upward; noko soi 'ala'a
ana, I call upon him. Wango araa,
Florida galaga.
alaala n., croton; alaala pa'ewa, a variety with
red leaves shaped like a shark's fin.
alaha 1. n., a chief. In M. A., pp. 47, 51 (note),
maelaha appears to be the Wango word
maeraha. No such word occurs in Sa'a
or Ulawa. dili alaha, red-leaved dra-
caena used in incantations and in draw-
ing lots; horana mwa alaha, U., under
the power of the chiefs; huui alaha, a
chiefly family; reoreo alaha, a large
variety of nautilus, 'king' nautilus;
tnwei ta'a alaha, dear lord; niniho alaha,
a large hornet; pepe alaha, a butterfly;
siri alaha, a parrot, Lorius chlorocercus.
alaha 2. v. i., to rule; alaha haahi, to rule over.
ha'aalaha. a 1, laha.
alahanga v. n., rule, dominion, chieftain-
ship, kingdom (late use). Wango araha.
i lahuu, alaalahuu v. i., to talk in parables, to
compare in words,
alahuunge v. n., parables, metaphors,
alahuute'ini S., alahuunge'ini U., v. tr., to
use parabolic language.
'alai U. 1. plur. art., used of persons only; cf.
'alei; 'alai 'inoni, you people; 'alai
Mwado'a, Mwado'a people; 'alai ola,
you people.
'Alai 2. n., northeast cape of Little Malaita,
opposite the rock Hau Hari at the
entrance of Mara Masiki Channel.
'alali U.i v. tr., to apportion food, 'ala 6.
Wango atari, to befit.
alalu v. tr., to disobey, to mutiny against.
alanga, Alanga kaule Selwyn Bay, on Ugi, a
trading-station for copra.
'alanga'i S., 'alanga'i i'ola ni tolo, fifth and
sixth days of the moon; 'alanga'i hapa,
first quarter of the moon; 'alanga'i roa,
third and fourth days of the moon.
'ala 6.
'alangu partic, out of its socket, 'a 6, langu.
'Ala Sa'a n., the northwest Alite mountain
above Langalanga, Big Malaita.
'alasi U., 'arasi S., v. tr., to fine down by scrap-
ing (of bows, spears, combs, and other
wooden articles); kira 'alasi pasi, they
scrape bows. Niue alati, to scratch.
cf. karasi.
'alata'ini v. tr., to bait a hook, 'ala 6.
ale, aleale v. tr., to give oneself airs.
aleale 1. n., an umbrella palm.
aleale 2. n., a frond of the umbrella palm cut
into strips and dyed red with the root of
the lettuce-leaf tree (kikiri), used for
decorating canoes, combs, spears, etc.;
pungui aleale, a bunch of dyed aleale.
'alei, 'alai U.. pi. art., used of persons only;
'alei ke'i nikana ineu, my family; 'alei
'inoni, you people; 'alei 'inoni ineu, my
relations. Florida lei used to form
plurals.
alele to be jubilant; alele ni (ani) kananga, to
rejoice in song.
'alenga adv., up; uwe 'alenga, to lift up the eyes.
'a 6.
'alelenga adv., up; lio 'alelenga, to look up.
'alelenga'a adv. 1. upward. 2. v. tr., to
lift up. Mota langa, to lift; Samoa
langa, Viti langa.
alepopo U., lae alepopo, to go sideways, to walk
like a crab.
'aleu partic, turned upward; maana e 'aleu, to
have the whites of the eyes showing.
'81i 1. v. i., to lie curled up as a snake or a dog;
mwaa ko 'eli, a snake is curled up (an
omen of danger, maemaeha). Mota tal,
to go around.
ali U. 2. v. tr., to cut the mortises (ra'iqe'u) on
a pillar; kira 'asi 'alia i one, they mor-
tised it down on the beach.
'ali 3. a cord. cf. 'i'eli. Wango ari.
'ali U. 4. 'ali 'ae, the first piece of ground planted
in a garden.
alide to travel by sea.
alidanga v. n., 1. a sea journey. 2. a canoe-
load of voyagers, alidanga e hule
saaka'elu.
alidangaha U., v. n., with double n. ter-
mination, as 2. Wango arida, Lau alida.
ali eli 1. n., logs in a yam garden marking the
plots of different planters.
ali eli 2. lio alieli, to look about.
alielimui v., to abound.
aliha U. 1. n., a centipede. Bugotu liva.
aliha-(ku) U. 2. alihana, thus, similarly, just
his way; alihamu, just your way;
alihada, just what you might expect
from them. cf. aitana, S., alitana, U.
aliho'i 1. v. i., to return, to go back, ali 1,
ho'i 3. ko tola aliho'i ana nunune,
recovers its soul; mangona e puuto'o
aliho'i, his breath returned; qi'e aliho'i,
to recover health; susu eliho'i, restored
whole. 2. adv., again,
aliho'isi U., v. tr., to turn over, to reverse.
Vaturanga hoi, again; Florida goi, again;
Wango 'aho'i, ha'ari, to return.
aliholo 1 . n., a depression in a mountain ridge,
a pass. 2. a fosse cut on a ridge to
prevent access by an enemy, holo.
alihu'isi S., v. tr., to turn over, to reverse, hu'i 2.
alihu'ite'ini Qaloto dialect, as alihu'isi.
alihu'ita-(na) gerund, overturning, reversal;
'oto esi elihu'itana mu huuilume, then
shall the cities be destroyed.
Ali'ite Northwest Sister Island, 'Olu Malau.
'alili n., a shellfish (Turbo petholatus); musi
ni 'elili, its operculum. Mota salili,
Niue alili.
alilo'a n., an eddy of the wind, 'ali 1.
'alinge (ku) 1. n., ear; 'alinge ka'a kawa'ie, ear
hath not heard; 'alingada e hi'e mwaanie
rongo, ears weary of hearing; hu'esi
'elinge, to turn the ear to; rongo ni
'e inge, to hear with the ear; susu 'elinge,
an ear-stick ornament; uwe 'alinge, to
give ear to. 2. mushroom, large fungus.
Polynesian talinga.
ANA
'alinge v. n., vying; huruhuru ni 'elinge, to run
races,
alingi v. tr., alingie ora ni uunu, to build up the
altar of sacrifice,
'alingo v. i., of the tongue, to "get round" a
word; meaku ka'a 'alingo ana, my
tongue can not pronounce it.
alipono sasu alipono, thick smoke, pono.
'alipuri v. i., to follow (of time). 'Mi 1, puri;
esi 'elipuri ana, a little while after,
'alisuu ma'ahu 'elisuu, to sleep sound; ma-
'ahunge 'elisuu, sound sleep, 'ali 1,
suu 1.
'alisuute'ini v. tr., to be forgetful of.
ali tana U., adv., even so, thus, alihana.
'alite 1. n., a tree (Catappa terminalis); hoi
'elite, its nut; 'alite ko mena, the 'alite is
turning red. 2. n., a diamond-shape in
ornament. Mota salite.
alitehu n., rubbish heap. Lau tafu.
'aliu 1. partic, reversed; saena e 'aliu, he
repented, liu. 2. v. i., to turn round;
'aliu haahie mwala, to turn round and
face the people, ha'a'dliu.
'aliunge v. n., 'aliunge ni sae, conversion
of mind,
'alo specific numeral, of taro, 100; 'alo ni hui,
100 taro. Espiritu Santo taro, 100;
Mota tar, 1,000.
alo 'a 1. adj., suffering from yaws. 2. n., the
yaws; mu alo'a, the frambcesia.
'alohi v. tr., to anoint. Florida dalovi.
alo'i to be loose (of teeth),
'alopi partic, having a jagged edge.
Alosi the north end of San Cristoval.
'alo'u 1. partic, turned back upon itself, 'a 6.
2. n., a verse, 'alo'u ni wala.
alu 1. v., alu ana 'ape, to fish with a seine,
'alu U. 2. v. tr., to put, to place. Lau alu;
Florida talu, to put.
'alu U. 3. v. n., to change into, to become (of
ghosts); e 'alu ana pa'ewa, he changed
into the form of a shark,
aluhe S. 1. a centipede.
'aluhe 2. partic, untied, loosened, 'a 6, luhe.
aluhi, alueluhi 1. v. t., to wrap up, to cover up.
2. n., a covering, cloak.
aluhite-(ku) gerund, a covering, cloak,
alunge'i partic, rongonga alunge'i, heedless,
'alusae U., v. i., to meditate, to revolve in
mind, 'alu 2.
'araa-(ku) n., father, father's brother; 'amaku,
voc, father; 'amana e ngaungeu, his
father ate it, a railing exclamation; e
usulie 'amana, he is like his father.
Polynesian tama.
'amaa partic, outside, at the door, 'a 6, maa.
'ama'ama 1. v. i., to festoon with lycopodium
fern. 2. n., a bandolier of shell money
(haa) strung in a pattern with fringe of
human teeth; Hi 'ama'ama, to make such
a belt. 3. n., festive ornaments, belts,
necklaces, bracelets, etc; 'ama'ama ni
mae, panoply, war decoration,
'amadi 1. v. L, to eat one thing with another as
a relish, as fish with yams. 2. n., the
thing so eaten.
amami 1. poss. 3, pi. 1, excl., of us, for us,
belonging to us, to us, used as object;
'oke ha'ata'inie amami, show it to us.
'amami 2. poss. 1, pi. 1, excl., for us to eat.
amara to be barren, childless; muini e amara,
the childless women. Wango amara.
'amasi, 'ama'amasi v. tr., to feel pity for; 'amasi
meuri, to be sorry for oneself, to save
one's skin by avoidance, hd'i'amasi.
'amasila-(ku) gerund, 'amasileku, woe is
me. Wango amari.
'amasito'o 1. v. i., used with poss. 3, to hold in
memory. 2. to be homesick, to pine.
'amasito'onga v. n., remembrance, recol-
lection; 'amasito'onga amelu, remem-
brance of us.
amau U., n., a fig with edible leaves; mwai keni
ana sili amaunga, women given up to
getting amau. Ahina'i amau, the name
of a canoe in an Ulawa story.
'amaurila-(ku) gerund, living, alive; 'amaurila-
daru'e, they two alive.
amelu 1. poss. 3, pi. 1, excl., of, for, to, belong-
ing to us.
'amelu 2. poss. 3, pi. 1, excl., for us to eat.
amere'i, ameru'e S. 1. poss. 1, dual 2, of, for,
to, belonging to, us two; amere'i is
sometimes used for amelu 1.
'amere'i, 'ameru'e S. 2. poss. 1, dual 2, for us
two to eat.
'ami U., pers. pron., pi. 1, excl. 1. used as sub-
ject, we. 2. used following the full
form i'ami. 3. suffixed as object to
verbs and prepositions. Florida garni,
Malay kami.
'amo'amo U., to commit adultery.
'amo'amonga v. n., adultery. Wango kamo-
kamo.
amolu 1. poss. 3, pi, 2, of, for, to, belonging to,
you.
'amolu 2. poss. 1, pi. 2, for you to eat.
'amu U. 1. pers. pron., pi. 2, used as subject,
you. 2. suffixed as object to verbs and
prepositions. Lau gamu, Motu amu.
amu 3. poss. 3, sing. 2, of, for, to, belonging to,
you.
amu 4. v. i., to weed, to pull up weeds. San
Cristoval amu.
'amu'e poss. 1, sing. 2, yours to eat.
'amu'i yours to eat, of many things. Motu
amui, yours.
'amumu to be dumb. Lau amu, dumb.
'amuni partic, lost to sight, sunk below the
horizon, 'a 6, mumuni.
amusi,amu'emusiS. 1. to eat areca nut with lime
and betel pepper,
amusinge v. n., betel-chewing.
amusi S. 2. a fig with edible leaves, placed
under pork in ovens: also used to make
ahuqa'i. cf. amau, U.
'amute to be silent, to withhold speech;
'amumu, la 3.
'amwada partic, loose (of teeth).
'amwaoro partic, bent down, bowed, 'a 6,
mwa 1.
amwoamwo U., n., a sprat.
ana 1. poss. 3, sing. 3; a 5. (a) used as object
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ana 1 (continued).
when the preposition is separated from
the verb, (b) to. for, concerning, of,
against, him, her, it; calling on (of a
ghost), U., e damu'ia meme ana Kiir-
amo, he chewed areca nut to Kiiramo.
Florida ana. cf. Preface.
ana 2. prep., instrumental, used only with
nouns to which the pron. 3 can be suf-
fixed, the definite article may follow
ana; ana specifies the instrument, ani
the method; ana nga noma, with a spear;
e sdunie ani noma, he killed him spear-
wise; ana maaku, with my eye; ana nga
taa, with what? why? ana saemami,
with our hearts; ere Idle ana ma'unge,
to talk confusedly from fear.
ana 3. prep., belonging to, from, him, her, it;
'o da nga muini ana muini 'ie, take some
from these; nou da ana, I got it from
him; e mauri ana mwela, delivered of a
child.
ana 4. place where; e hure'ita'a ana hau, it
gushed forth from the rock; le'u e lae
ana, the place to which he went; ana
mu 'inoni, among men.
ana 5. prep., after, by the name of; kite saaie
ana a ola, they named him after So-and-
so; poro (keni) ana a ola, the man
(woman) named So-and-so.
ana 6. adv., time when; ana aau, at the time
of ripe canarium nuts; ana halisi, at
harvest time. Mota ana, in anaqarig,
ananora; Polynesian ana, of past time.
ana 7. adv., if, for, because; ana e tahanie
maamu ne, in that he opened your eyes;
ana he ola mwamwadau, if possible; ana
muni kire 'unua, if they say it; ana nge
na ka'a diana, now herein it is not good;
ana uri, for if, of supposititious cases;
anoa ni 'ie ana 'omu lae mai, a marvel
it is in that ye came. Mao. ana, there,
when.
ana 8. tangahulu ana, tenth in a series. Mota
anai, pasopasoanai.
'ana 9. poss. 1, sing. 3; for him to eat. 'all.
Motu ana.
anaanawela adj., without blemish.
anahi to succor.
'ana'i U., verb, part., denoting futurity of
action; the 'a is attracted to the pre-
ceding a of pronoun na 2 and to kira.
na'a na'i lae 'olo, I shall be off. Oba
na, M. L., p. 426. Bugotu da, M. L.,
p. 550. cf. ke'i.
ane S., v. tr., to wonder at, to marvel at; ane i
Malau, able to see 'Olu Malau; proverb
of clear weather. Wango ha' ane, praise.
'anene adv., gently; ooru 'anene, to blow gently.
Maori hanene, to blow gently.
ani 1. poss. 3, pi. 3; of things only; concerning,
for, from among, to; used as object;
ne'isae ani, think upon; nou da nga
muini eni, I took a few of them.
ani 2. prep., instrumental, used instead of ana
when no article follows, but not used of
persons; e sdunie ani taa? &ni hakis,
with what did he kill him? with an axe;
ani 2 (continued)."
ani denotes the method, ana the instru-
ment; dni is used of general and ana of
particular signification; ani has an
adverbial force; dni noma, spearwise;
ani eronga, guilefully; holota'i eni to'ohaa,
to promise in money; honu eni to'ohaa,
filled with money; hute ani mesinge, born
in adultery; ulo ani erenga, to lament
with crying; ani he'idinge, at some future
day; but when an adjective follows the
noun ana may be used in the place of
ani; ana ha'idinge tala'ala, in an evil
day; ani houlaa, at the feast; laelae ani
'uri isulie, walk in his footsteps; maa
ani maa, niho dni niho, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth; e hure'ita'a ani heu pulu,
gushed out of the stony rock; ani meta-
thetic upon nia. ni 1; a 4. Florida
nia, instrumental; Mota nia.
ani S. 3. prep., of, belonging to; used in com-
position; ani suusuu, U., a cubit; 'apu
eni sheep, the blood of sheep; hote ani
henue, a native paddle; li'oa ani wala-
'imolinge, the spirit of truth; mu na'ohai
mwela dni 'inoni, the first-born children
of men; qooqoota ani nume, foundations
of the house; raaraa ani meurihe, light
of life; supi eni heu, a stone club.
'ano 1. ground; cf. i'ano. 'ano huu, the earth,
opposed to 'dsi, sea; 'ano mola, cultivable
ground, deep soil on top of the ridges of
the upper hills, opposed to qa'u 4, the
ground on the ridges immediately above
the beach; hai 'ano, on the ground; hoi
'ano, underground; odohaana me'i 'ano
mola, in good ground; susu 'ano, to
make holes for planting yams. Lau
gano, Mota tano.
'ano 2. v. i., to pass away, to disappear out of
sight; 'ano suu, to perish and become
extinct; 'ano talihuu, to vanish com-
pletely.
anoa n., a marvel, miracle, vision, apparition;
anoa e wa'araa mdi, an apparition came
into view.
'anomi v. tr., to cover with earth, to bury.
'ano 1. ka'a po'ote'e ada, ko anomire
mola, no care is taken of them, they are
merely buried, of the undistinguished
dead. M. A., p. 263.
anu, anuenu to be loose, unstable.
anule'i partic, loosened, waving in the
wind. Florida anu.
Anute 1. the island of Florida. 2. Anute ni
i'e, island at the eastern entrance to
Mara Masiki Channel. 3. Anute Pdine,
North Sister Island near Aio on the east
coast of Big Malaita. Java nusa,
island, cf. Anuda, Cherry Island.
'anga 1. n., large woven basket for yams.
Mota tanga.
'anga 2. to open; 'anga wawa, to open the
mouth to speak. Buogut hangavi.
anga'i v. i., to carry, to act as porter.
anga'ini v. tr. Mota anga, to shoot up;
Malagasy anga, lifted up.
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angi 1. v. tr., e la molai angie holaa, there was
a flat calm.
Sngi, angiengi 2. v. i., to be loose, insecure,
shaky,
angire'ini v. tr., to move backward and
forward in order to loosen,
angire'i partic, loose, capable of being
worked out.
angi, angiengi 3. to jerk,
'ango 1. v. i., to creep, to crawl (of children).
ha'a'ango.
•angohi v. tr., to crawl to, to crawl over, to
creep over; e 'angohia huu ni kana, he
crawled over to the singers.
'angohila-(ku) gerund. Mota kalo 3.
'ango 2. v. i., ango walo, to roll fiber on the
thigh into twine; ango dau, to lengthen
out.
'angohi v. tr.
'angohila-(ku) gerund,
'anguru partic, fallen out (of teeth, etc.).
'd 12, ngurusi.
•o 1. n., a bird, egret (Demiegretta sacra);
onomatopoetic; ao eke, white egret; ao
pulu, gray egret. Mota kaova.
ao U. 2. qa'i ao, the hermit crab,
'a'o, 'a'a'o S. 3. v. i., to catch fish, to go fishing.
wa'owa'o, U. hinou ni 'a'a'o, hook for
fishing. Fagani agoago.
a'oho v. i., to be uprooted, to collapse (of a
building),
a'ohonga v. n., a fall, collapse. Wango
arobo.
'a'o'i U., partic, broken in two. 'a 6, 'o'i.
'a'ole 1. n., a flying-fish; poro 'a'ole, used in
addressing the fish as they fly; walopasa,
10 flying-fish.
'a'ole 2. v. i., to catch flying-fish. The bait of
the flesh of crabs' claws (asusu) is
whipped on a gorge (maai mudi) made
of turtle shell or of the midrib or rachis
of the sago-palm leaf, the line is tied to
a float (u'o) which is watched ('ala 6).
M. A., p. 317.
aonga'i v. i., to look fixedly, to stare,
aonga'ini v. tr., to stare at.
aonga'inila-(ku) gerund.
aopa v. i., different, exceedingly, ha'iaopa'i.
d'du aopa, to make mistakes, to err;
e aopa 'oto, it has got too bad already;
e sa'a he'i aopa lo'u, it will never be
different; kire qao aopara mwaanikolu,
they treated them differently from us;
si'o aopa, to separate.
aori 1. v. tr., to expose a body for burial in a
canoe or tree, or to lay it into a canoe.
cf. stilu. Wango aora.
aori 2. v. tr., to approach (of persons),
'apa 1. n., a part, side, half; 'apai loa, hea-
ven, sky; 'apai sato, afternoon; 'apai
hui, 100,000 taro; 'apai niu, 100,000
coconuts; 'apani uhi, U., 100,000 yams;
'apani mae, a fighting party; 'apani mae
pe'i'emi, to side with us; cf. Florida
levu ni mate.
'apa U. 2. to be different.
'apa 3. n., a leaf; cf. 'apa' apa 1. mu 'apai
'apa 3 (continued).
dango, leaves of trees; 'apani paale'o,
nautilus shell cut in triangular forma
for inlaying; kala 'apani paale'o, to cut
such pieces of shell. Florida gaba,
branch. 4. side (not of persons); ko
aweawehie ro 'apa na, walks on every
side; the locative i is added; 'apai haha.
Big Malaita, i. e„ downside; 'apaihenue,
the west (down side) of the island; 'apai
loa la'au, the heavens; 'apai sato, after-
noon.
'apaa n., a staff.
'apa 'apa (ku) 1. n., wing, shoulder, leaves;
'apa'apana mu menu, birds' wings;
i 'apa'apana mu 'inoni, on the shoulders
of men; * qe'une 'apa'apana, on his
shoulders; mu 'apa'apai dango, tree
leaves; tere 'apa'apa, to flap the wings;
fete 'apa'apa, to flutter the wings; 'apai
reu, a leaf; mu 'apai reu ana mu dango,
the leaves of the trees; mwa 'apa' apani
'ei, U., tree leaves, 'apa 3. Wango
abaaba, shoulder, leaf; Viti tamba, wing;
Florida gaba, branch; Samoa 'apa'apa,
fin of a shark; Malay sapa, wing; Maori
kapakapa, to flutter; Mota gava, to flap
the wings.
'apa'apa 2. n., a shed, hut; probably because
built originally of leaves.
'apa'apa 3. 'apa'apai i'i, a bird, a swift. Mota
gapagapa, a swallow.
'apahee n., a pig's ham.
'apakere n., a yam.
'apala U. 1. shoulder; qa'uli 'apala, the
shoulder. 2. a sum of money {had)
reaching from finger tips to opposite
shoulder; ida 'apala, a yard and a
quarter. 3. rua 'apala, a phase of the
moon. 4. v. tr., to carry in the arms;
e 'apalara, kure ke 'apala, let me carry
you. Mota sapan, to lead ; Samoa sapa,
sapai; San Cristoval abara.
'apalili to make a detour, lili 1. Florida
tabalili, apart.
'apalolo U., n., the banyan; used in Sa'a of a
special variety, 'apa 3, lolo 3. 'apalolo-
e toli, the banyan has shed its leaves.
Florida tabalolo.
'apani ere 'apani, to talk in a dialect; wala
'apani, speech, 'apa 3.
'apanile-(ku) gerund., brogue.
'apara'i partic, surprised, frightened, taken at
a disadvantage, ha'a'apara'ini.
'apasu partic, chipped, with the end broken
off.
apau side (not of persons); apau deni, U.,
toward morning; apau one, the lee side
of an island, an inlet west of Cape Z61ee;
e apau 'oto, it is afternoon; sato 'oto i
apau, the sun declines. Wango abau,
beside, outside.
ape 1. to run aground, to prevent, to hinder,
to serve as a barrier, ha'aape. ape
hite, to curtail; ape hono, ape honosi, to-
prevent; ape puri, to be last, in the rear,
to follow after.
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ape 2. ape sada S., ape dao U., to be level (of
country).
ape 3. v. tr., to encourage; e apea saena, he en-
couraged him.
•ape 4. a net, a seine; 'ape ni menu, nets set for
birds across the openings in a ridge of
hills; the place where such nets are set;
'ape e tdu, the net has fish inclosed in it;
alu ana 'ape, to fish with a seine; sau
vi aa ana mu 'ape, to mend the meshes
of the nets. Mota gape, Maori kupenga.
'Ape 5. the constellation of the Southern Cross;
ro mwane, the two pointers to that con-
stellation. M. A., p. 349.
api-(na) bordering on; i epina lalo, bordering
on the garden.
apiepi v. i., to border on, to be contiguous to.
Malay apit, side by side; Maori apiti,
to place side by side; Niue apiapi,
narrow.
apirawa a yam with purple flesh.
apiopio a flowering creeper (Hoya).
apite'i partic, sore, of feet; met., sore at heart.
apo 1. v. tr., to epilate.
apo 2. a bivalve shell used to pluck out hairs —
it is held in the fingers and worked like
pincers.
apo 3. v. tr., to lever, to prize; e apoa mu heu,
he prized up the rocks.
'a polo 1. a piece of shell money (haa); 'ele
'apolo, U., a small length of money,
met., of a small piece of garden planted.
Florida polo, up till.
'apolo 2. partic, ceased, ended; hota ni mwane
e 'apolo ana ro Dora, the succession of
boys ceased with the two Doras; mae
'apolo, paralyzed.
'apoloa S., people, descendants; 'apoloa ineu,
my people.
apota apota ni honu, egg of turtle.
'apu (ku) 1. blood, cf. ma'dpu'a; "dpu e siki
ana, seed of copulation; 'dpu raharaha,
an issue of blood; kokoi 'epu, a drop of
blood; me'i 'epu, S., mdsi 'epu, U-, blood;
e ngisuhie 'dpu, to spit blood; sulu 'epu,
to adopt a child.
'apule adj., bloody; qa'u 'apula, U., a person
wounded in battle; awalaa'i 'epule,
bloodshot; lili 'epule, turned into blood,
'apunge v. n., sulu 'epunge, adoption of
children.
•apu 2. to be forbidden, tabu, to be final.
ha'a'apu. e 'dpu laa, U., why not? (is
it forbidden?); toli 'epu, to observe a
tabu, to fast.
'Apu 'Ala a district on Little Malaita over-
looking Mara Masiki Channel.
'apu'i v., to flatter, to cajole, to say 'ako'ako
sae. ha'i'epu'i.
'apulo partic, returned, turned back on a
journey, 'a 6, pulo.
apune wa'i n., stinging-nettle tree, wa'i 7.
'apuru partic, crowded, 'a 6, puru.
'Apurunge the Pleiades. M. A., p. 349.
Maori apuru, to crowd.
'aqa 1. to squat on the heels, to cower down,
'aqahi tr., to crouch and await, to lie in
'aqa 1 (continued).
wait for; 'aqahi lue, shell-money orna-
ment in pairs and worn by the women on
breast and back,
'aqaha'i v. i., to crouch, to brood over
(of hens).
'aqata'ini v. tr., to beset, to lie in wait for.
Mota taqa, crouch; Wango 'aqa'aqa,
Maori lawhi.
'aqa (ku) U. 2. n., belly, cf. 'oqa.
'aqa 3. ha'a'aqaha'ini, to measure by.
'aqa'aqa n., bay, indentation in coast, 'aqa 2.
'aqa'aqa'a adj., bay-shaped. San Cris-
toval waqa, a cave.
aqalao n., pus, matter in a sore.
'aqalulu S., 'aqaruru U., n., coconut beetle.
'aqaqo 'aqaqoi sa'o 1. fronds of sago palm. 2.
raft made of the fronds.
'aqelu partic, overturned, 'a 6, qelu.
ara 1. n., dew; hu'ori ara, to be early afoot.
ara, araara 2. v., to make an advance, to move
forward, to get on; ko kele araara la'ane,
it is moving slightly.
arana tr., to move a thing on.
arala-(ku) gerund, aralana, its being moved
forward.
ara 3. v., to be lost, dispersed.
'arai v. i., to call out, to cry aloud. Bugotu
larai.
ara'idio v. L, to alight upon, to swoop, of
birds, dio.
arakau n., fish hawk (Haliaster girrenera).
kdu 1. Wango arakau.
arakoko n., taro pudding, pounded taro with
grated raw coconut on top, considered
poor cookery.
aramu U., v., to itch.
aranga n., a wild duck.
arapa n., a wooden hair comb; it is made of
separate pieces and not cut out of the
solid: a cross-bar is tied with fibers of
the creeper adio below the handle, the
center piece projects beyond the others,
which are bent and tied tightly to it,
the flat handle is frequently inlaid with
pieces of nautilus shell (reoreo), the
teeth of the comb are very sharp and
the hair is teased out with an upward
movement; arapa adiedi, a comb made
in Big Malaita and ornamented with
dyed plaited cane (ue) and yellow fern
tissue (adiedi) woven into a pattern on
the handle, the ends passing between
the pieces composing the comb; arapa
reoreo, comb inlaid with nautilus shell.
arapasi v. tr., to comb the hair.
arapuu v. i., to make land when at sea, to reach.
ara 2, puu 1.
arapuunge v. n., a coming to land, reaching
a destination.
'arasi 1. to scrape, to fine down spears, etc.,
by scraping, kara 2; 'arasi niu, to
grate coconut with a roa or sdukai;
'arasi noma, to scrape spears with ngddi.
Mota sarav, to stroke; Niue alati, to
scratch.
'arasi 2. v. i., 'arasi moo, to lead the chorus in
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'arasi 2 (continued).
a dance; ha'a ni 'arasi, ark of the
covenant.
arato U., seeds worn on the ankles in a dance.
aratoto v. i., to get to a destination, ara 2.
arau 1. n., a kind of canarium nut. 2. n., the
place where such grow.
'arawa adj., raw, unripe, uncooked; mae
'arawa, to die suddenly or in youth; nolo
'arawa, to die suddenly,
'arawanga v. n., nolo 'arawanga, sudden
death,
'arawana its greenness, unripeness; 'ara-
wana e ngdu diana, it eats well raw.
'ara'arawa'a adj., raw. Wango marawa.
arawana n., a tree on Malaita with large edible
fruit brown in color.
are, areare v. tr., to call upon a ghost (li'oa,
'akald), to beg, to importune; arearedu
ana uununge, call upon me with sacrifice,
arenga'i v. i., arenga'i he'u, to use hot stones
in the ordeal by fire, calling on a ghost
to witness one's innocence. M.A., p. 212.
'arenga'ini tr., to offer prayers and invo-
cations to a ghost.
are hd'iare, U., v. tr., to proffer help, to push
oneself forward.
areareo'a U., adj., ulcerous, crippled with
ulcers.
aree interj., exclamation of grief or pain.
areka an acacia which grows in abandoned
gardens.
arenga-(ku) 1. duty, part; noko esu arengaku, I
am doing my part. Lau arenga.
Arenga 2. Arenga Manu, the northwest point
of Ulawa, near Haraina.
arikosi U., v., to work in common, to have a
working bee.
arikosinga v. n., work done in common,
arikosilana gerund, the working of it, its
being done.
ariri, arieriri to tremble, to shiver from cold
or fear.
ariringe v. n., trembling. Bugotu ariri.
arisi v. tr., to attack craftily, with deceit and
guile.
arisila-(ku) gerund.
Sriu n., kingfish.
aro 1. wild ginger, aro pue. 'apai aro, ginger-
leaf wrapping of food in the oven; maai
aro, stalks of ginger.
aro 2. v., to soar, to hover.
aro 3. poe aro, a nose-stick of bamboo or shell.
aroaro v , to shout, to exult; rike pe'i aroaro,
to rejoice and shout.
'aroka partic, open, wide, 'a 6, roka.
Arona n., the south cape of Ulawa and the
village east of it.
aropuU. 1. n., snail; hanua ana ngdu aropunga,
a snail-eating place.
aropu S. 2. toto aropu, to sip.
aroqa'i to mix liquids, qd'i 2.
aroqa'i'e adj., 'omu ke ruan anga aroqa'i'e
hunie, give her a double mixture.
'aroro 1. n., a wooden hook. 2. v. tr., to sus-
pend, to hang on a hook. Florida
dor or o.
Aru i sapena i Aru ni i'e, apostrophe addressed
to San Cristoval. cf. ha'adahi.
aruhi n., a covering.
asa v. i., to be difficult, mysterious, ha'aasa,
ha'aasa'i. mango asa, to gasp; mu wei
e asa, deep waters; rorongo asa, U., to
be dull of hearing,
asaasa'a adj., difficult.
asa'i tr., to be too difficult for; e asa'ieu, it
is. too difficult for me. Wango asa,
mysterious.
asai mango tree; hoi asai, mango fruit; te'ele'ei
asai, dry mango seed used as a cover for
the shell (apo) used as a razor.
asaka n., coleus.
asaunge n., sardine, caught with a shell hook
(tootoo, toohe'o) from a stage built out
in the bays; asaunge e ddu, the sardines
have arrived.
'asi 1 . sea, salt water, salt; 'dsi dodo, deep water;
'asi ko kokohu, the sea is booming; 'dsi
ko ulungaa hanue, the sea under the
earth; 'asi mae, lee shore; 'dsi tnatawa,
open sea; 'dsi meuri, weather side; 'dsi
namo, quiet water inside a harbor; 'as
rodo, deep water; 'dsi rodo, a month
January (part); hdu ni 'esi, a wave;
holosie 'asi, to cross the waves; kolune
'dsi, the face of the sea; koukou 'esi, to
gargle salt water; liu i 'esi, to travel by
sea; moro tdria paro i'ola i 'esi, you
launch the canoe yonder into the sea;
mu suuleni 'esi, the paths of the sea;
mwai malau i 'esi, U., the islands of the
sea; nono 'dsi, sandfly, gnat; pine ni
'esi, booby; pusu 'esi, whale; te'i 'esi, to
dip and draw up salt water in a bamboo;
i to'ulana 'dsi, on the surface of the sea.
Mota tas, Ceram tasi, Polynesian tai.
'asi-(ku) 2. S., man's brother, woman's sister;
'asiku, my brother; 'asiku ineu, my
brother; maeni 'esiku, my brethren; mu
mwa 'asine, brethren: in Sa'a a sister
may be spoken of by her brother as
'asiku; in Ulawa 'asiku means a woman's
brother or a sister-in-law; ro mwa 'asina,
U., two sisters-in-law, each calling the
other 'asiku (Su'uholo usage). Mota
tasiu, Motu tadi, Polynesian tahi, lei.
'asi 3. v. tr., to throw away; joined with certain
words it denotes destruction, doing away
with; dere 'asi, U., to throw away; ere
'asi, U., to reproach, to vilify; horo 'asi,
to decimate; hu'e 'asi, to overturn, to
overthrow; kae 'asi, to pluck out (thorn) ;
ne'isae 'asi, to forgive; ooho 'asi, to
break up, to destroy; sae 'asi, to forgive,
to neglect; susu 'asi, to prick and re-
move; 'usunge'i 'asi, to despatch.
'asila-(ku) gerund, uunu 'asilana, destroy-
ing by burning.
'asi'a U., adj., with notion of wasted; e
paina 'asi' a, needlessly big; e udiudi
'asi' a, rotting away; nga hudi e mala
'asi'a, the bananas were rotting away
unpicked. Florida asi, lost; Wango
gasi; Malo asena, very.
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'asi U. 4. adv., thereupon, consequently, 'a,
v. p., si, illative.
asihe U., to sneeze. 'asinge.S. M.A., p. 226.
Bugotu achihe, Maori matihe, Niue tihe.
Probably onomatop.
'asile adj., saltish, brackish, 'dsi 1.
'Asiloli'a U., the name of a canoe in a story,
'asinge S., to sneeze, asihe, U.; considered a
sign that someone is calling,
asire'i v. i., to be taken unawares, to be unpre-
pared for. ha'adsire'i.
asoso v. i., to tremble, to shake, to be palsied,
asu, asuesu 1. S., to work; asu hohola, to work
in a yam patch; dsu maarue, to serve
two masters; asu me'i ola, to minister
at holy things; asu nani 'inoni, of work
not faithfully done, eye service; dsu
ramoramo'anga, mighty work; Hsu susu-
le'i, to work unremittingly; asu talai
ngeulaa, to work for food; iisu we'u,
hard work,
asunge v. n., work.
asu'i tr., to work at a thing.
asula-(ku) gerund., the doing of.
asu, asuesu 2. v. i., to move from place to place,
to be loose,
asule'i partic, unstable.
asuata exclam. of disapproval,
asuhe n., a rat; 'asuhe e ngero'ie, rats nibbled
it. Mota gasuwe, Viti kudhuve, Bugotu
kuhi.
asu'olo'olo v. i., to be loose, shaking, to move
to and fro. asu 2, 'olo'olo.
asusu coconut crab (Birgus latro), the flesh of
claws used as bait for flying-fish.
ata 1 S., a unit; methathetic upon ta'a 3. 'enite
'ata, just how many? e ro 'ata tnwane,
only two men.
ata, ataata 2. U., to progress, to move on, to
be in motion, adaada, S.
atana tr., to move a thing slightly.
atalawa v. i., to be set wide apart,
atanau v. L, used with poss. 3; of a ghost, to
fasten on, to attack a person,
'ate, 'ate 'ate to be dry, to have no moisture on;
ngisu 'ate, to be thirsty (parched lips);
ngisu 'atenga, thirst.
'atea S. 1. a coconut water-bottle, hou 'atea.
2. a glass bottle.
atei interrog. pron., sing., who; plural, kiratei;
atei 'elekale, what child? atei e manata-
'inie, who knows? (I can't say); ola
atei, whose thing? the demonstrative
ni may be added; atei ni ngeena, who is
that? satana atei, what (who) is his
name? Mota isei, Maori wai.
ato 1. to be in motion; 'ato 'ae, to move quickly,
to stride; 'ato 'ae su'ahia, U., to leap and
encounter; 'ato hdu ilengi, to stone with
stones; 'ato holo, to cross over the sea;
'ato honosi, to oppose; 'ato huni, to lie
in wait for; 'ato i na'ona huni, to be in
worse plight, circumstances became
worse for one; 'ato hu'o, to set a net; 'ato
hu'onga, a plot; 'ato nime, to set out
bowls of food at a feast; 'ato puri, with
p ss. 3, to turn the back on.
ato 1 (continued).
'atoni tr., 'atoni lalo, to plan, to set out, a
garden; 'atoni hu'o, to set a net; 'atoni
ue, to steep and dye strips of cane; hu'eli
'ato'ato, to wind dyed cane.
'ato 2. n., rafter, generally of bamboo. Mota
gaso, Bugotu gaho, Borneo kasau, Niue
ato, Maori kaho, ato, thatch.
'ato'ato 1. n., hu'eli 'ato'ato, to wind rolls of
dyed cane.
'ato'ato 2. v. i., to take a new canoe on a tour
around the neighborhood and to nearby
islands in order to raise money; i'ola
'ato'ato, a canoe so taken.
'ato'ato 3. 'ato'ato hdu, to perform the ordeal
with hot stones. M. A., p. 212. dan
he'u, id.; sulu 'ato, a song sung as an
ordeal; sulu 'atonga v. n.
'atohono n., a chamber, inner room, 'ato 2,
hono.
atowaa n., broad day, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.; hai
atowaa hd'ileku, a whole day long; mu
hei atowaa, the days, as opposed to mu
hei rodo, the nights; susu'e atowaa, all
day long.
au 1. n., a black, poisonous snake. M. A., p. 221.
au 2. pers. pron., sing., 1, suffixed to verb and
to preposition as object, i-na-u, M. L„
p. 116.
au 3. n., the bamboo; au pungu, a large, strong
kind of bamboo; au qe'i, a variety of
bamboo with close joints, planted
upright to retain walls of houses, also
employed in making combs; au rarahi,
the third finger; du susu, an ear-stick
of reed; du wale, a flute; hai eu, a reed,
a length of bamboo; huui eu, a stool of
bamboo; qirei eu, a length of bamboo, a
bamboo stalk. Mota awl. Motu bau.
'au 4. 'du ta'a, to debouch (of a path), to end
in, to proceed from. Mota au, to step.
'a'u U. 5. exclam. of assent, yes.
Sueu 1. a short bamboo plugged at one end,
used as a receptacle. 2. a casket. 3. a
match-box, dueu ni dunge.
aueune v. i., to be discontented, upset in mind.
auhenue 1. v., to be resident in a place, to be a
native of a place, hdnue. 2. n., an
inhabitant of a place; nou euhenue 'oto,
I am acclimatized. 3. n., a neighbor;
e sa'a saronie auhenue inge'ie, he will do
no harm to his neighbor.
'auhora v. i., to come open, to come apart, to
be revealed, hd'ihora'i. salo ko euhora,
the sky is opened; ddngi esi euhora,
light has been revealed.
a'ulu 1. specific numeral, ten of coconuts.
d'ului niu.
A'ulu 2. village on the east coast of Little
Malaita next to Sa'a. 3. A'ulu Peine,
A'ulu Talau, northeast end of Little
Malaita.
aunge-(ku) aungana, his master; aungani lalo,
U., master of the garden.
Xuqe'i a hill on the main ridge of Little Malaita
in the Koru district at the head of the
river Walo'a'a, near original home of
Sa'a people.
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DA'IDERl'E
'auru to be uprooted, to fall down (of a tree).
San Cristoval auru, down; Maori auru.
•ausala v. i., to be a gadabout, to neglect the
home. Mota sola 1.
'auta'a to proceed from, to come forth, 'au 4,
ta'a 4.
*autala ere 'dutala, to speak to the air, for
naught,
aw* 1. to be a sojourner in a foreign place; in
proper names, Wateawa. noko awa
max, I am a stranger here.
awa 2. v. i., to roar (of flood, etc.); taa ni ko
awa mat, what is that roaring? pine
awa, the hornbill, from the rushing noise
made by its wing.
awaawata-(na) gerund.; awaawatana naho,
the roaring of the surf.
awa 3. to be brown in color; 'usu awa, a brown
dog; hana awa, a pinkish- colored yam.
awa 4. the walking-fish (Periophthalmus sp.).
awa 5. U., awa tahu, to slip, to come loose (of
bands).
awa 6. U., tahanga awa nusi, a measure, just
on a fathom.
'awa 7. a tree (Nephelium pinnatum). Mota
tawan, Viti ndawa.
'awa 8. cf. 'awangi, 'awasi.
awaa to be convalescent after fever, to be over
the attack.
awaawahane U., v. i., to sigh for; e'a awaa-
wahane tnola amoro'i, he is forever
sighing for you two.
awala n., a ten, a tally, ha'aawala. nga
awala, a ten; e ro awala, two tens,
twenty; awala ha'ahuu, S., awala 'oto
huu, U., a full ten; awala da'adala, an
uneven tally; awala maia 'enita, awala
tnwana 'enite, how many over ten;
awala mwana rue, twelve (ten complete
and two); kali awala, ten strings of
shell money each a fathom long. Lau
aqala.
awalaa'i S., panic, awalaa'i 'epule, bloodshot,
red (of eyes).
awaleo creaking branches in a tree.
awalosi 1. the wind between west and north
blowing in the summer; awalosi i ahare,
northeast wind; awalosi halale, north
wind; awalosi i henue, northwest wind;
awalosi i Kela, southwest wind (as Kela
is the south point of Guadalcanar this
shows that the wind notation rests
upon the rhumb toward which the wind
blows); awalosi i one, north-northeast
wind; awalosi i su'u west wind.
awalosi 2. a reed (Arundo sp.) with edible
flower-heads,
awanganga v. i., to open the mouth, to gape.
Mota wanga, to gape; Lau faga, mouth;
Maori wangai, to feed; NiuS fangai,
to feed.
'awangi v. tr., to expose to the air (of an ulcer
or sore place).
awara, awaawara to cry out, to yell, to whine;
hau ni tnwela awara, the day after full
moon,
awaranga v. n., crying, yelling.
awara (continued).
awarasi tr., to cry over, to lament.
VVango awara.
'awasi to draw in the breath with a whistling
sound when eating areca nut, 'awasi
'e'e, S., 'awasi pua.U. 'awa 8, ?tawa,
mouth,
'awasirahe v. i., to groan, to mourn, to sigh,
n., a groan 'awasi, rake.
'awasirahenga v. n., groaning,
awata'a to be a stranger and as such in evil
plight, awa 1, ta'a 1. Wango awata'a.
awe, aweawe v. i., to walk about.
aweawehi tr., to travel up and down a place;
ko aweawehie ro 'apana, walks on every
side.
D
Before i d is pronounced as ch in the word
church; adi a-chi, diena chi-e-na. In all other
cases in pronouncing d the tongue is pressed
against the palate and held there while the
breath is forced against it, then the tongue is
relaxed and the breath escapes, the resultant
sound being equivalent to dr.
da 1. pers. pron., pi. 3, suffixed to nouns and
to certain verbs and gerundives.
da 2. mwane da na kolu mae, lest we die. daa.
daa, daadaa S., v. i., to give, to take, to do.
taa, U. le'une nou daa 'oto, I did that
already.
dada U., to be smooth, to be flat, level.
ha'adada, hd'idada, hu'idada.
dadada'a U., adj., smooth, flat, level.
dadanga'a S., burnished, shining.
da'elu pers. pron., pi. 3, suffixed to nouns and
to certain verbs and gerundives, da 1.
i saada'elu.
Daha a beach in 'Olu Su'u, the landing-place
next north of Sa'a on the east coast.
dahe v. tr., to adze down, to chip ground with
the hoe. ha'adahe.
dahi 1. the golden-lip pearl shell; 'u'u ntaai
dehi, a pearl; suu dehi, to dive for pearl
shell. 2. a crescentic breast ornament
for men cut from this shell; dahi raha,
a pearl-shell gorget worn with the
convex side outward and the rounded
outer edge plastered with pulu 3. 3. U.t
a phase of the moon.
dahi, da'idehi 4. to be favored, to be lucky;
ha'adahi; to the reduplicated form the
possessive pronoun is suffixed, and in
Sa'a the o is replaced by e where no » or
u precedes; nou dehi, lucky me; de'ide-
hieu, de'idehire, happy me, happy they.
dahi'e, da'idehi'e S., dahidahi'a U., adj.,
happy, fortunate, blessed.
dahu the sheath covering the coconut flower,
used when dry for tinder or for fire-
kindling.
da'i 1. seen in compounds, dd'idiena, da'ita'a,
da'ilama'a.
Da'i 2. Gower Island, north of Big Malaita.
da'idengi adv., by daylight, dlingi.
da'ideri'e n., a valley, dari.
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da'idiena 1"., da'idiana S., to be in peace, to
be in safety, diana. ani dinge ni
de'idiana, in a day of salvation,
da'idiananga v. n., i'o ni de'idiananga, to
dwell in safety.
da'ilama U., v., to be in peace, n., peace,
da'ilama'a adj., peaceful,
da'ilama'asi v. tr., to be at peace; e da'ila-
ma'asira, they were in peace.
da'ita'a v., to be in trouble, n., trouble.
dala in the reduplicated form da'adala used
to denote numbers above ten, not a full
tally; e da'adala, it was a number over
ten; awala da'adala, an uneven tally; nga
muini da'adala, more than ten. Fagani
malar a.
dalao to have the skin broken; 'aeku e dalao,
the skin of my leg is broken, abraded.
dalo 1. a littoral tree (Calophyllum inophyl-
lum); when growing by the landing-
places the dalo is the scene of taho
lalamoa, the payment for men killed,
snu ola, also as the place for offerings
to 'akalo; dalo ni me'esu, the paule tree.
Viti ndilo.
dalo 2. uwe dalo, to clear the throat of mucus.
daluma U., middle, danume S.
dama-(ku) U., fellow, mate. cf. sama.
dantaku, my fellow; dama diu, of
unequal length.
dama 'a rank, row, of men in a dance.
damadiu to overlap, cf. dama.
damu U., v. L, to eat areca nut; demudemu
totoria, a phase of the moon,
damulaa areca nut and pepper leaf for
chewing, idemu, loo 2. saru'e.
damu'i tr., e ddmu'ia hou menu ana Kiiramo,
he chewed a ball of meme calling on
Kiiramo. San Cristoval lamu; Lau
kamu, to chew areca nut; Maori kamu,
eat; Samoa samusamu, to eat scraps.
damuteke an inclosure sacred to an 'akalo
inside a taoha or toohi round the central
pillar and fenced with a heap of stones,
or outside the door of dwelling-houses,
into which areca-nut skins or scraps of
food may be thrown without fear of an
enemy getting them and using them for
malign purposes.
dana U., a bamboo for carrying water, holes
being made through the joints.
dani U., to be daylight, dangi, S. hd'idenie'i;
ahuraa dani, to be on the move before
daylight; apau deni, toward morning;
e dani ha'ahulee, next day; e dani 'oto,
it is day; marawa ni deni, daybreak,
da'ideni daylight, by daylight,
danita'i haudinga po'o danita'i, the follow-
ing day.
danite'ini tr., of the daylight dawning upon
a person. Florida dani, day; danihagi.
danu, da'udenu S., daidenu IT., v. i., to bale,
to draw water; danu oku, to catch the
palolo worm with coconut nets; danu
ivei, to bale, to draw water; oku denu,
name of a month, November, when the
palolo worm appears, idenu.
danu (continued).
dSnu'i tr., to bale, to whet, to sprinkle
with water.
danume-(ku) middle, waist: with locative i;
danumeku, my waist; i denume, in the
midst; i denumana hdnue, in the middle
of the island. .»,
dangi 1. S., to be daylight, dani, U. ha'iden-
gie'i. Wango deni. dangi hoowa, the
next day; e dangi 'oto, it is day; e dangi
paro, as soon as it was day; idengi,
tomorrow; susu'e dangi, every day.
da'idengi by daylight; melu hule da'idengi
ta'ane, we arrived in daylight,
dangite'ini tr., of the day dawning upon a
person; e dangite'ini 'emelu, day dawned
upon us. Lau dani,
dangi 2. n., wind; dangi ka'a ooru ike, there
was no wind at all; hai maai dengi
he'iliune, the four winds; qetolana dangi,
qetohaana dangi, a wind gone down,
qeto; ramohaana dangi, a gale, ramo.
Mota lang, Florida dani, Polynesian
langi, Malay angin.
dango 1. S., n., a tree; dango mwamwako' a, a
prickly tree; dango ni haka, papaya;
dangona mwakana, trees of the field;
hai dango, a log; hoi dango, U. (Ahi'a
use), papaya; hoi dango, S., the kidneys;
huesi dango, S., the kidneys; imiimine
dango, root of a tree; mu 'apai reu ana
mu dango, the leaves of the trees; rai
dango, S., a plank; takai dango, a flower.
dango 2. S., n., firewood; roto dango, to cut
firewood; kite dango, to split firewood;
so'o dango, S., to gather firewood.
Malagasy trano.
dao U., ape dao, to be level, of country.
daoha, daodaoha U., v. i., to be ill.
daohanga v. n., sickness, illness. Wango
daoha.
dara (ku) n., forehead; daraku, my forehead;
* na'ona dara, on the forehead.
daraha'ini S., v. tr., to fit a shell ring (hato) on
the arm, to impale. Wango darasi.
darasahu n., a bird, a tern (Sterna frontalis),
having a white mark above the bill.
dara, sahu 1.
darasi S., deresi U., to draw a thing out of its
covering, to unsheathe.
dari dari mwaa, a torrent running only in the
rains and dry {mwaa) at other times.
da'ideri'e.
daro, dadaro 1. v. i., to hit, to beat, to strike
with a stick. 2. v. i., to cast a fishing-
line for garfish (mwanole), to whiff for
sardines with toohe'o.
daro'i tr., to hit a person with a stick,
daronga'ini U., tr., to strike and overthrow.
daru'e pers. pron., dual 3, suffixed to nouns
and to gerundives and to verbal nouns
used as prepositions; 'amauriladaru'e,
they two alive; 'amadaru'e, the father of
those two; 'upuderu'e, their middle.
dau 1. v. tr. and v. i., to do, to attempt, to cause,
to make, to take, to get, to obtain; dau
dunge, ordeal with hot stores. M. A„
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DIONGA'I
dau 1. (continued).
p. 212. ddu eu, to play tunes; ddu haahi,
to omit; ddu hahola, S., to act the hypo-
crite; ddu heu, ordeal with hot stones,
M. A., p. 210. ddu hono, S., to hinder;
ddu lalo ana, S., to be plunged into the
midst of; ddu parasi, U., to hinder; ddu
ramoramo'a, to do violence; ddu suu'i,
to importune; ddu wala (few), to trans-
gress; mu ola nou deu walaku eni, my
offenses; ddu wei, to catch fish in pools
when the river is low; dduddu poo, U.,
to sacrifice pigs; e ddu ni ere, he made
to speak; lopo'i deu, to feign; mala kire
tnanata'i deue, as they were wont; nou
deu ni lae, I attempted to go; sulu
dduddu, to make songs on.
daulana gerund.; mu ola saemu eni deuleni,
the things your heart is set upon doing.
Wango dau, to touch; Viti ndau, to do.
dau 2. to come to rest, to be stationary (of
canoes), ha'addu. ddu suu weu, move
farther up.
daunge v. n., i'o ni deunge, to be a sojourner.
Lau dau, to reach; Samoa tau, to anchor;
Maori tau, to rest.
daure'i U., v. i., to put layers of sago-palm leaf
sewn on reeds on a roof to thateh it.
daure'ini tr., to thatch a house.
dawa (ku) 1. n., the mouth, ngidu, lip, is
more commonly used in Sa'a for the
sake of politeness.
dawa 2. v., to be toothless.
dawari U., v. tr., to chew with the gums
because toothless.
dede 1. v. i., to fill with fluid; dede ha'ahonu
ana, fill it full; kara dede, yam mash
run into a bamboo and cooked over a
fire.
dede'i tr., to fill with liquid. Lau dedengi,
Florida dode.
dede 2. v. tr., to drip, to protrude; ahulana
'oqana e dede 'oto, all his bowels gushed
out; 'apu e dede, the blood dripped.
dede 3. dede qalu, an arrow.
dele U., v. tr., to wrap up a parcel.
deni U., as dani: e dent 'oto; ideni.
dere 1. U., to throw away; with 'asi 3, dere
'asia, throw it away.
dere 2. deresi S., dereha'ini U., to insert, to
sheathe.
dere 3. U., dere unu, to get in between; dere
unu ana para, between the pickets of
the fence; u'i dere unu, to pierce with a
blow.
deu cf. ddu.
di 1. with adv. 'oto; 'oto di, a long space of time
either past or to come, forever, from of
old; may be reduplicated, 'oto di 'oto di,
forever and forever.
Di 2. a bay in 'Olu Su'u just north of A'ulu.
diana S., diena U., adj., good, proper, accurate,
beloved, ha'adiana, dd'idiena. ke haro
diana, when it is well; iteitana nga ola
sa'a diana, nothing will be good; ke'i
ne'i meuta'a diana, it will become quite
strong; koni diana, to take good care
diana (continued).
of; e la 'oto i diana, it is good; lado
diana, U., to explain; loo diana, to look
good; maelona e ngdu diana, when ripe
it eats well; mwane diena inau, my dear
friend; ngdulana e diana, it is good to
eat; e rako diana, it causes a pleasant
sensation; sama diana, to correspond
exactly,
diananga, dienanga v. n., goodness; walu
diananga ineu, all my goods,
didiana'a, didiena'a adj., exceedingly good,
dianaha S., dienala U., v. n., used with ana
1; dianaha ana mu i'e, the good fishes;
Lau diena, Tolo sieni, Malay dian, dien.
The addition of the noun suffix nga
seems to show that diana is a verb;
possibly the na is a verb suffix and dia
equates with Motaw*'a, good, ha'adiana.
didi 1. to be small, undersized, dwarf.
didi 2. to chop with an axe, to carve, to quarry;
didi hato, to make a shell armlet; didi
opa olanga, discrimination, partiality.
didie'inge v. n., opposition.
die n., a'club, long-handled and straight, used
mostly on Big Malaita. Lifu jia, club.
Die'i U., Su'u i Die'i, the landing-place at
Mwouta on the east coast of Ulawa.
dile S., v. L, to slip, to slip out of place, to be
in vain. Florida dila. 'aeku e dile, my
foot slipped; noru dile, to trust in vain,
to be disappointed,
dilehi tr., 'ala dilehi, to bite at and miss.
dili 1. n., a dracaena; dili alaha, a dracaena
with bright red leaves used in incanta-
tions, also in drawing lots: a leaf ('apai
dili) is held in the fingers and pulled,
the test is according as the leaf breaks
easily or not: the process is called
hdhuto'o and ilala.
dili 2. n., mwa'a dili sato, a snake observed as
an omen. M. A., p. 221.
dimwe n., a tree fern.
dinge S., dinga U., a day. ddngi, dani, deni.
ana nga' eta dinge, on another day;
ha'idinge si'iri, to-day; nga ha'idinge,
S., nga haudinga, U., a day; mu dinge
hunge e liueu, many days passed over me.
Motu dina, sun, day; Viti sinaa, day.
dingadinga U., to be clear (of voice); walaku
e dingadinga, my voice is clear.
dingale a littoral tree whose hard wood is used
in making paddles.
dio v. i., to swoop (of pigeons), to jump from an
eminence; dio hunu, to swoop; dio kunu
ni sae, to be faint-hearted ; 'oke dio hou,
leap down; urou e dio i'ano, the pigeon
swooped down,
diohi tr., to swoop down on; diohi malau,
name of a canoe in a story, literally,
swoop down on the islands. Wango dio,
diodioru to chatter (of ivisi, a bird observed
as an omen. M. A., p. 221).
dionga'i 1. v. i., to be squally (of wind), dio.
2. n., a wind squall.
dionga'ini tr., e dionga'ini 'emelu, a squall
descended upon us.
DIU
diu 1. to be uneven in length; dama diu, to
overlap; madiu, overlapping; adiu, to
be out of joint. Wango diu, to excel;
Lau madiu, different.
diu 2. U., to carve, to chip with blows.
diuna U., adj., out of joint; 'aeku e diuna, my
leg is dislocated, diu.
do v. i., to gather, to pluck; do rou, to pluck
leaves for use in wrapping up kara,
grated yam cooked in leaves* r native
oven, ora.
dodo 1. to sink, to drown, to be composed, to
be deep, ha'adodo. 'asi dodo hule i one,
deep water right in to shore; sae dodo,
dodonga ni sae, ease of mind; kara dodo,
grated yam run into a bamboo and
cooked over embers,
dodoa'ini tr., to be of good comfort con-
cerning a person; saeku e dodoa'ini 'omu,
my mind is easy about you. 2. to dip
into a liquid: to'oni kire dodoa'inie, a
cloth dipped,
dodonga'i partic, S., crouched down.
Wango dodo, to sink; Motu dodo, to
subside.
dodo 2. dodo 'usu, the columella of a shell used
as a gimlet.
dodonga a piece, a bit.
dola used in the reduplicated form dodola,
various, mixed, of different sorts.
dolali tr., to commingle, to dilute, to insert;
ddu dolalie, put some with it; hele dolali,
to take some of one thing and some of
another, to vary; ngaini dolali' i, one
here and there among them. Wango
dorari, to mix.
dolosi S., v. tr., to question; e dolosieu, he asked
my name; e dolosie aku, he questioned
me about it; ke mani dolosie salada, let
him ask all their names.
dolosinge v. n., questioning.
dolosila-(ku) gerund.
domana, domani, as if, like, just as if; e domana
nou ka'a lae ike, it is as if I had never
gone; ke 'o'o domani hune, shall be as
it were a net. na 5, ni 5.
domu, do'udomu S., to fall (used of persons
only) ; Domu ni niu, Fall-from-Coconut,
a nickname.
done S., doni U., a prickly shrub growing in
old gardens.
donga 1. n., a pair, a couple: the definite article
nga may be prefixed; nga ro donga, two
pair; dongai niu, S., donga ni niu, U., a
couple of coconuts tied together with
strips of their husk; e 'asi totola donga
ni mwai, wearing a couple of bags
apiece; e ro donga, two couple.
donga 2. v. tr., to lengthen, to draw out, to
splice.
dongadongaa, U., dongadonga'a ni qe'u, the skull.
Dora the name of families of chiefs in Little
Malaita.
dora'i v. tr., to withhold; hele dora'ie ha'alunge,
to break a promise.
doro hot; used in compounds; ha'adoro, to heat
up food; madoro, hot.
dudu, dududu U., v. i., to move position; dudu
mei, ease up; dudu weu, ease off; pua
dududu i Kela, the areca palm that
drew toward Kela; walo dududu, elastic,
dudubi tr., to approach. Wango duuri,
Florida dudu, to be near.
dududu U., large glass beads; will dududu, to
string beads.
duidui yellow (vinegar) ants with painful bite.
dumuli S., hele dumuli, to repress, to hold down.
dunge S., dunga U., fire, firestick, matches:
na 5 may be suffixed; dungana e diana,
its fire is good, it burns well (of fire-
wood); dunge ko mea, the fire is fierce;
dunge ko qe'u, the fire smokes; dunga
ni hen, U., to undergo the ordeal of
fire; dunge ni raa, a burning-glass; ddu
dunge, S., to undergo the ordeal of fire;
esoesohana dunge, the flame of the fire;
He dunge, to obtain fire by friction; koru
dunge, to make a fire; maai, S. (maani
U.), dunge, a match; mwai keni ana
dunga rakanga, women who make too
big fires; raw meameahai dunge, tongues
of fire; raw melahai dunge, flames of
fire; qa'uli dunge, smoke; ruru dunge,
to build a fire; mu si'i dunge, sparks;
wdiwei dunge, to wave a firestick. Tolo
suna, Efate fanga, Malay panas, hot,
Malagasy fana.
duru h v. tr., to place in a store room (of
yams). 2. a store chamber, cupboard,
generally a section of the dwelling-house;
laelaei duru, to go behind the partition,
a sign of close acquaintanceship.
du'u U., v. i., to move position, cf. dudu,
su'u 6; du'u mei, ease up; du'u weu, ease
off.
du'una v. tr., to move up in position; 'o du'unaa
paro, move it on a little.
duuduu adv., from time to time, at intervals.
du'u'e backward, to go backward, du'u.
du'uhe'ini U., tr., to destroy, su'ulte'ini, S.
E
e 1. pers. pron., sing. 3; he, she, it. (a) fol-
lowing inge'ie or nge'ie and supplying
the place of a verbal particle: nge'ie e
lae, he went; inge'ie nge'ie e lae, it was
he who went. Following nouns used
with verb in past tense: nemo e nemo,
the rain it rained. With nouns having
a collective force: mu wei e kone, the
waters were out in flood; kira maeloonga
hunie esi masa, his enemies were put to
shame. With interrogative plural pro-
noun: kiratei, who; kiratei ni e 'unue,
who said so? (b) By itself as subject
of verbs: e 'unue ta'ane, he said so. As
meaning "there is": e ka'a ola, there is
nothing; e sato 'oto, it is fine weather.
e 2. S., contraction for ie; haahe for haahie,
about it; pe'e for pe'ie; nga taa ni 'oko
ngarase, what are you crying for? par'ie
here, for paro'ie.
'e 3. U., verbal particle; in pronunciation 'e
is joined to the governing pronoun. In
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*e 3. (continued).
the sense of, let, that it may: ne'e lae
ka'u, let me go. Used with a negative:
e qale ola vt'e loosia, there is nothing
that I saw, I saw nothing. With the
preposition muni, as subjunctive or
optative: nau ha'alu muni ne'e lae, I
promised that I would go; muni 'e
lae mai, let him come; 'e 'ue, how?
mwane 'e'ue, why not? Sa'a ke. cf.
qa'ike, ha'ike.
*e 4. v. p.. used with numerals and with nite;
'e rue, two; 'e' 'olu, three; 'enite, 'enita,
how many, 'e 3. Florida e, Maori e,
ehia, how many? Epi ve vio, how man3-?
'•5. suffixed to poss. 1 and 2 in sing. 1 and 2,
added to ru in i'emeru'e, kereru'e.
e'a U., pers. pron., sing. 3, and verbal particle
'a.
e'asi U., e'a, si, illative.
'e'e S. 1. areca nut (Areca catechu); hoi 'e'e,
the nut of the areca palm; mu 'e'e, areca-
palm trees; 'e'e ahaa, wild areca nut;
eaten only occasionally in Little Malaita,
but generally in Big Malaita.
'e'e S. 2. to be open, enlarged; wawaku ko 'e'e
haahi 'omu, my mouth is enlarged
against you.
'e'eli U., v. i., to go astray, to swerve, ha'a'e'eli
'e'elinga v. n., a going astray.
'e'engo S., v. i., to chatter, to disturb by
chattering.
'ehi'e cf. 'dhi'e.
eho n., a round ear ornament of clam shell with
a pattern cut like the lines of a compass
and radiating from the center; it is hung
below the ear by a string through a hole
in the center.
ehoeho S., to prate, to be a tattler; wawa
ehoeho, to boast.
ehu native jews-harp; e sare to'o ehu, he wants
a jews-harp.
'ei 1. cf. 'ai 1.
e'i 2. tr. suffix to verbs, participial ending.
cf. a'i 3.
'Ei'ei U., a water spring at Mwado'a, Ulawa.
e'ini tr. suffix to verbs, cf. a'ini.
eke the white cockatoo, used of other white
birds; ao eke, the white egret.
'ele U., kele S., adj., and adv., little, somewhat,
just now; 'ele poo, a little pig; a 'ele ola,
little So-and-so; nau si 'ele lae mai, I
have just come; e 'asi 'ele diena, it is a
little better.
eleele 1. real, proper, good; mu eleelei wala, S.,
mwa eleele huu ni wala, U., real words:
used also of yams (uhi) and of musical
instruments (au 3).
eleele (na) 2. n., top shoots of trees, etc.; to'o
eleelena, its tip.
'elekale U., a child; 'elekale inau, my child;
'elekale werewere, an infant.
'Ele maosi, the landing-place in the reef at
Ngorangora.
'eli, 'eli'eli v. tr., to dig; 'eli talana, to dig his
grave,
'elinga v. n., digging, yam digging, harvest.
'eli, 'eli'eli (continued).
'elila-(na) gerund,
'elihe'ini tr., to dig post holes, foundations,
etc. ; ko 'elihe'inie kokoro, dug it deep,
'elihe'i v. i., noko 'elihe'i, I am digging post
holes. Mota gil, Malay gali, Borneo
kali, Maori keri.
'elu 1. cf. 'olu, three; suffix limiting the meaning
and added to (a) pers. pron., pi. 3:
ikira'elu, kira'elu. (b) suff. pron., r'd,
rii'elu. (c) in Ulawa to stem, ka form-
ing pers. pron., pi. 1. inch, ka'elu we.
'elu 2. used in Tolo for melu we.
'emelu pers. pron., pi. 1. excl.; we, more limited
and particular in meaning than i'emi.
'emere, 'emere'i, 'emeru'e S. 1. pers. pron.,
dual 1, excl., we two. 2. pers. pron.,
dual 1, suffixed to verbs and preposi-
tions as object.
'emi S., pers. pron., pi. 1, excl. (a) as subject,
we. (b) with the full form i'emi; i'emi
emi lae mai, we have come, (c) suffixed
as object to verbs and prepositions.
Florida garni, Malay kami.
emu cf. amu 3.
'emu'e, 'emu'i S., cf. "dmu'e.
ena S., demonstrative, that; possibly e 1, no 4.
ngeena. ha'ike ena, not that, not so;
mango ena, finished that, that ends it;
nge manikulu'anga ineu ena ka'a ola
ike, the glory, mine I mean, is nothing.
eni cf. ani.
'enite S., 'enita U., how many, so many, a few;
the 'e 4 is detachable, see nite; the suff.
pron. na may be added, ha'anite;
'enite 'ata haidinge, just a few days ago;
'enite lusu, what size (of a canoe), lit.,
how many ribs; 'enitana 'oto 'ie, the
how-manyeth is this, what number;
awala mdia 'enita, how many over ten;
mana 'enite, what unit above ten; ta'e
'enita He, just a few.
eno, enoeno to lie down; eno taalenga, to lie
on the back,
enonga v. n., a lying down, reclining,
enohi tr., to lie in, to lie on; e enohie hulite,
he lay on a mat.
enohilana gerund,
ha'aenohi causative. Nguna one, Motu eno.
epa 1. glandular swellings in the armpits and
groins. 2. to have such swellings.
epa 3. v. i., toto epa hanue, to cleanse well the
village by a sacrifice. M. A., p. 137.
epasi tr., to spread over. Mota epa, a mat.
'epu'i hd'i'epu'i, to propitiate.
'epule cf. 'apule.
ere, ereere 1. v. i., to speak, to talk; with poss. 3,
to forbid, to bid, to order, U. ha'aere.
ere ana nga 'inoni, to forbid a person;
ere ani le'ti honu, to boast; ere 'asi, U.,
to reproach, to vilify; ere 'autala, to
speak in vain; ere ni ha'apu tako'ie,
swore by him; ere haahi, to betroth, to
bespeak a wife; ere hd'ihonoa'i, to curse;
ere ha'isuru, to have altercations; ere
h&'ilohe, to contradict; ere ni hedi
olanga, to take an oath; ere laelae'i,
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ere, ereere 1 (continued).
talk by the wayside; ere lole ana
ma'unge, to talk confusedly from fear;
ere luu'i, U., to forbid; ere maahoosi, to
boast; ere maleledi, to rail at; ere
mama'ila'a ana, to speak despisingly;
ere mamakinanga, to reproach; nou ere
pele, I spoke inadvertently; ere raradi'e,
correction; ere raramaa, insolent speech;
ere ni sae, to say with the heart; ere
ta'anga, plain speech; ere taha'ira'a, to
speak plainly; ere talihe, to defend one-
self when accused, to deny; nou ere
taliheku, I made my defense; ere
tataa'ini, to curse; ere toli, to revile;
ere to'o, to be correct in one's statement;
'o ere to'o, verily; ere uqe, to talk
enviously; ere warawara'a, clamorous;
lopo'i ere, to deceive with words; toli
ereere, to cease speaking.
erenga v. n., speech.
eresi U., tr., to plan in speech, to decide
upon; hu'o ni pesi koro eresia, the war
expedition over the bows which they
planned. Motu erena, speech.
ere, ereere 2. v. tr., to make up in a roll, to
coil.
ereereta v. n., a roll, a coil; mu ereeretai
usuusu, the roll of the book. Lau ereere.
ereerea'ile S., ereere'a U., ereeretai U.,
rolled up in a coil, round, disk-shaped.
ereha'ini S., v. tr., to set alight, to light a torch.
ereha'i partic, lighted. Lau ere, fire.
'erete'a adj., whitish, pale; note sa'a kole wa
nga me'i ola 'erete'a ke'i i'o i sapeka, the
paddles must not rattle nor anything
of light color be about our bodies.
Maori kiritea, fair, lea, white; Samoa
tea, white.
ero, eroero S., v. tr., to deceive, to tell lies.
ha' aero, ko ero, he is lying; tnwane 'o
eroau, do not deceive me; a eroero, the
deceiver.
eronga v. n., lying, deceit; ko lehie eronga,
in travail with lying.
erola-(ku) gerund., erolana walumalau, the
deceits of the world,
erota'ini tr., to deceive.
esi 1. e 1. si, illative; esi kele lolo, he has just
washed.
esi U. 2. n., a ghost, considered harmless.
cf. 'akalo.
eso, esoeso S., v. L, to flare up, to flame, to
burn, ha'aeso. sae esoeso, to have
indignation,
esoesoha v. n., flame; used with poss. 3;
esoesokaana dunge, the flame of the fire;
esoesohai dunge, flame of fire,
esolana gerund, its flaming.
'eta S., numeral, one; used with definite article
nga and denotes another, different, 'e
4, for ta cf. ta'a 2. nga 'eta ola; nga
'eta mu 'inoni, various people; 'eta
muini, some; maholo 'eta mwane e
ha'atau ue, while the other was yet far
off; 'eta ina'o, to be in the lead.
'eta (continued).
'etana ordinal, first, the first time; 'etana
ngaile, 'etana ngaini, the first one.
Malay sa, one; Mota tea, indefinite
pronoun.
ete ha'aete, S., v. tr., to importune, to be per-
sistent.
eu ddu eu, to play tunes, au 3.
eueu pepe i eueu, a butterfly.
ewa U., to brandish a spear; ewa lulu, a measure
of a yard and a half.
ewe, eweewe 1. v. L, to have water in; e ewe
ta'ane, it has water in it (said of a
bamboo). 2. to be in a liquid state.
3. n., flood; ewe e ulungaa maurihaaku,
the floods have covered over my soul;
ere koni, to gather together, of flood
water,
eweewe (na) n., juice; mu eweewei ola.
liquid.
ha termination of verbal nouns: mduri, to live;
mdurihe, life.
haa 1. shell-money discs made from the red
hinge of the oyster shell (roma); the
chief places of manufacture are Langa-
langa in Big Malaita and Makira in
San Cristoval. The Malaita shells are
obtained in the Mara Masiki Channel.
The discs are always strung on string
and the value is proportionate to the
length of the string and the smallness
of the discs, 'enite haa, how many
moneys? to make a haa four strings
of shell discs are used, the strings are
kept together by being passed through
strips of tortoise shell hapa. cf.
huresoso; haa i mwe'i, money in the
bag, earnest money, security paid to
the parents of a girl to insure getting
her as a bride for some lad; haa pdine,
large money discs, not considered of
much value; haa ni siwe, blood money;
haa tahanga, a sum of money consisting
of four strings of haa tied together, each
string a fathom long, the strings are
separated by strips of tortoise shell;
haa ni Ulawa, small and valuable shell-
money discs, often strung in a kind of
crochet pattern with malo and huresoso
added to complete the design; haa ni
wili, tribute money; hdu haa, red brain
coral; hune haa, to display bridal
moneys at the bride's home; ito ni haa,
a bunch of money; lai loosi haa. to go and
inspect the money given for a bride;
mwaritei haa, a strand of money; sulu
haa, to collect money; wili haa, to thread
shell money; maapou, a measure of shell
money, from finger tips to elbow;
to'ohaa money, both shell and teeth
(dogs and porpoise). Wango haa.
ha'a 2. a platform for storing yams; ha'a ni
'arasi, ark of the covenant; hd'u ha'a, to-
tie the laths on a platform, to make a
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ha'a 2 (continued).
platform; laloi ha'a. within the garner.
Maori whata.
ha'angi v. tr., to place yams, etc., on a plat-
form in order to store them, to put a
dried coconut on a platform so that it
may shoot. Samoa fata; Mao whata.
ha'a 3. exclam., oh.
ha'a 4. causative prefix applied to verbs and
less frequently to nouns; it may be
duplicated for emphasis; in Ulawa when
ha'a is applied to a word beginning with
a one a is dropped. Mota vaga,
Maori whaka.
ha'a 5. prefixed to cardinals to form multipli-
catives; ha'arue, twice; to kunge,
ha'ahunge, to multiply; to nite, ha'anite,
how many; to tau, ha'atau, far.
ha'aado v. tr., to apportion.
ha'a'ae v. i., to be fleeting, vain.
ha'aahala'ini v. tr., to provoke.
ha'aahu v. tr., to complete a number, to make
the tally, to round off; ha'aahu mae, to
finish fighting, to cease hostilities.
ha'a'ai'aa v. tr., to destroy, to cause to dis-
appear.
ha'aakaurisi v. tr., to provide a person with
a thing.
ha'aalaha v. tr., to exalt, to conduct the cere-
mony of a chief's coming of age.
ha'a'aliu v. tr., to cause to turn back, to turn
around, to convert in mind.
ha'a'aliula-(ku) gerund.
ha'a'ango v. i., to tie up creepers, yam vines,
to cause them to twine,
ha'a'angohi tr.
ha'a'angohila-(na, ni) gerund.
ha'a'apara'ini v. tr., to surprise, to startle.
ha'aape 1. v. tr., to make shipwreck of.
ha'aapenga'ini tr. 2. ha'aape sae, to
encourage.
ha'a'apu 1. v. i., to make an oath. 2. v. tr.,
to put a person or thing under tabu.
3. v. tr., to forbid.
ha'a'apunge v. n., a vow to kill in revenge.
ha'aasa ere ha'aasa, to take an oath.
ha'aasa'i to stultify; ha'aasa'ie hurunge, to
run to no purpose.
ha'aasire'ini v. tr., to scare, to frighten.
ha'aawala v. i., to tally, to count by tens; nou
ha'aawala ha'anite, how many tens have
I counted?
ha'adada U., v. tr., to smooth, to flatten out.
ha'adahe v. tr., to cause to be adzed down or
to be hoed.
ha'adahi 1. to cause a person to be fortunate,
to thank, to make presents to, U. 2.
when at sea to apostrophize the various
islands in sight, the phrases being,
Sa'a: i sapena i Sa'a ni menu, the con-
figuration of Sa'a ni menu; Ulawa:
i sapena i Ulawa e rara; Ugi: i sapena
i Dara ahu'i niw, San Cristoval: i sapena
i Aru ni i'e.
ha'adahinga U., v. n., blessing, happiness.
ha'ada'i S., partic, open, plain; soi ha'ada'i
ada, call them out,
ha'ada'inge soi ha'adainge, church (late use).
ha'adau v. tr., to bring a canoe to a standstill,
to cause to be stationary, to assign a
position to a person.
ha'adiana S., ha'adiena U., to do good to, to
bless.
ha'adodo v. tr., to cause to sink, to drown,
to dip.
ha'adoro v. tr., to heat up food.
ha'a'e'eli U., v. tr., to divert, to cause to go
out of the way.
ha'aenohi v. tr., to lay down a child, to cradle.
ha'aere v. tr., to scold, to wrangle,
ha'aereere U., to engage in talk.
ha'aero v. tr., to make jests upon, to jest, to
deceive.
ha'aeronga v. n., a jest.
ha'aeso S., v. tr., to cause to flatme, to burn.
ha'aete U., v. tr., to importune, to be persist-
ent with.
ha'aha'alu S. 1. v. tr., to renew, to make afresh.
2. v. i., to make a covenant.
ha'ahai four times.
ha'ahalahala v. tr., to make firm, to confirm.
ha'ahanenga'ini 1. v. tr., to lust after. 2.
v. tr., to exalt.
ha'aha'olu U., v. tr., to renew, to make afresh.
ha'aha'alu, S.
ha'ahaora U., v. tr., to abase, to humble.
ha'ahaora'ala-(ku) gerund.
haahe saeku e lae haahe, I forgot it. cf. haahi.
ha'ahehe 1. v. tr., to pretend not to possess,
to be niggardly over.
ha'ahehe 2. v. i., to abound, to be in abun-
dance, honu ha'ahehe.
haahi (au) prep., because of, around, for, on
account of: haahie contracts to haahe.
haahie noko lae, because of my going;
haahi taa, because of what, why; d'au
haahi, to omit; haahira diana, on the
good; hatonga'i wala haahi, to accuse;
inemauri haahi, to rule over; lau haahi,
to make a defense in words; luhe haahi,
to be surety for; luqe'i lalawa haahi, to
give a feigned excuse; mwa'e haahi, of
those who clap their hands at dances;
mwana haahi, to make pretence; ni'i
nime haahi, to lay hands on; noko haahi,
to keep watch over; sae haahi, parsi-
monious; salo haahi, to make a sign to a
person; wai e lama haahi ue kolune
mwakano, water covered the face of
the earth,
haahaahi v. tr., to prize; nga me'i ola saena
ke haahaahe, a thing his heart prized.
haahila-(ku) gerund. ; mwananga haahilana,
a cloaking, glossing over; ani to'oni
haahilada, in clothing themselves. Lau
fafi.
ha'ahi'ito'o U., v. tr., to cause hurt to, punish.
hi'ito'o.
ha'ahili, ha'ahilihiii v. tr., to abstain from
certain foods, to fast.
ha'ahirerue in front of them.
ha'ahiru v. i., to be slow, behindhand,
ha'ahirunge v. n., delay,
ha'ahirusi tr., to be a hindrance to.
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ha'ahite n., an ovenful of food,
ha'ahiu seven times.
ha'ahola v. tr., to create; mu ola ha'ahola,
created things,
ha'ahola'i tr., to inaugurate. Lau fafola.
ha'aholi v. i., to expose for sale, to conduct
operations for barter; used with poss. 3,
meaning to make merchandise of.
ha'aholinge'ini tr., to put up for sale,
ha'aholo adv., crosswise, transversely, astride,
aslant. Fagani fagaforo.
ha'ahonu v. tr., to fill,
ha'ahou v. i., to proclaim.
ha'ahoulana gerund., a representation of.
ha'ahoule'ini tr., to proclaim,
ha'ahulee U., n., morning; i ha'ahulee, e dani
ha'ahulee, tomorrow, in the morning;
hai ha'ahulee, a morning; muni 'e hara
ha'ahulee, as soon as it is daylight; sulia
mwa hai ha'ahulee, every morning.
ha'ahule'ita-(ku) S., a reaching up to, attain-
ing, requiting,
ha'ahuni S., v. tr., to be contrary to, in
opposition to.
ha'ahunge S. 1. adv., frequently. 2. v. tr.,
to make many, to multiply.
ha'ahunga'a adv., frequently.
ha'ahu'o to be in good time, early afoot in the
morning; 'omu ke ha'ahu'o, be here
early in the morning,
ha'ahute to beget, of either parent.
ha'ahutanga v. n., birth, generation.
ha'ahutela-(ku) gerund., begetting, being
begotten,
ha'ahuu 1. adv., complete; awala ha'ahuu, a
full ten. 2. v. tr., to complete the tally.
ha'ahuu'e adj., faithful, tried; complete,
tahanga ha'ahuu'a, U., a full fathom (of
money); with suffixed pron. 3, sing.;
ha'ahuu' ana mu ola, S., mwa ha'ahuu' ana
ola, U., real things, the correct things;
e ha'ahuu'ana 'olo, it is quite the real
thing; with genitive i, mu ha'ahuu'ei ola,
the real things.
ha'ahuu'e-(ku) ha'ahuu' emu, your own self,
ha'ahuu'ani U., adv., altogether, com-
pletely,
ha'a'i'i S., v. tr., to charge unduly for, to put
on a big price,
ha'a'inoni v. tr., to justify oneself, to find
excuses,
ha'ainuhi S. 1. v. tr., to give drink to, to cause
to drink. 2. to drown,
ha'ai'osi v. tr. 1. to cause to sit down. 2. used
of ha'amalaohu, to cause to undergo the
novitiate. M. A., p. 234. a Wate-
ha'aodo ngaini ka'a ka'ai'ose i one, no
one caused Wateha'aodo to be initiated
down at the beach,
ha'aisi adv., at all, precedes the verb,
ha'aisita'anga'ini S., ha'aisitahanga'ini U.,
v. tr., to cause to emerge, to conduct out.
ha'akakahuru S., v. tr., to surprise, used with
poss. 3.
ha'akale v. tr., to wait for, to watch, to keep
an eye on.
ha'akauni U., v. tr., to cause to light (of fire,
pipe, etc.).
ha'akena'i U., exclam., not used before women.
cf. he'asikena'i.
ha'akeneta'i U., ha'akineta'i S., to observe,
to have a care for, to keep,
ha'akeneta'ini U., ha'akineta'ini S., tr.
ha'akeni v. tr., to marry a girl off, to conduct
a betrothal.
ha'akolo U., v. i., to be strange, foreign; mo ola
ha'akolo, strange things,
ha'akoru U., v. tr., to gather people together.
ha'akorunga v. n., ha'akorunga ni 'inoni, a
gathering of men.
ha'akuku U. 1. to hang up, to suspend. 2. to
lower,
ha'alaa S., adv., used of conditional affirmation,
the pronoun e coalesces; a ola, ha'alaa.
So-and-so I grant you; kire ko te urine
ha'alaa e diana, were they to do so it
would be good; ko nemo, ha'alaa, if it
rains granted; su'uri 'unue ha'alae diana,
had you not mentioned it it were well,
ha'alaelae v. tr., to cause to walk, to teach to
walk,
ha'alanga v. tr., to expose to the air in order to
dry, to dry nets and clothes,
ha'alangi n., a house on piles, cf. ilengi. Lau
falangi.
ha'alauni v. tr., to decorate,
ha'alede U., v. tr., to break in pieces,
ha'alete S., v. tr., to chasten, to punish, to
persecute.
ha'aletehi tr.
ha'aletehinge v. n.
ha'aletehila-(ku) gerund,
ha'ali'e v. i., to be engaged in cooking,
ha'ali'anga v. n., a cooking of food,
ha'alili v. i., to change shape, of a ghostly
apparition; e ha'alili ana pa'ewa, he
took the form of a shark,
ha'alime five times.
ha'alio 1. v. tr., to awaken, to cause to awake.
ha'ali'o 2. v. tr., to strangle, to hang by the neck.
In M. A., p. 288, the woman strangled
was named Hu'e siki ni uhi, and her
husband was Olosango.
ha'aloko U., v. tr., to gather people together,
ha'aloo'i v. tr., to instruct, to punish, to make
loo.
ha'alounge v. n., quarreling, bickering,
ha'alu, ha'aha'alu 1 . v. i., to promise, used with
ana; e ha'alu ana 'olo, he promised it;
ha'alu horana, to swear by a person or
thing,
ha'alunge v. n., a promise; hele dora'ie
ha'alunge, to break a promise,
ha'alunge'ini tr., to make a covenant.
ha'alunge'inila-(ku) gerund. Lau gwalu.
ha'alu S. 2. adj., new, fresh, recent; ha'olu, U.;
kau ha'alu, heifer; keni ha'alu, virgin;
poro ha'alu, bridegroom,
ha'aluha v. n., used with poss. 3; ha'aluha
ana, its newness. Nguna van, NiuS
fou, Malay baru.
ha'aluelu S., v. i., ko ere ha'aluelu, to give a
sign with a word, 'alii 2.
ha'amaa v. i., to dry canarium nuts (ngtili)
in smoke.
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ha'amaahoosi U., to boast.
ha'amaa'i v. i., to consecrate, to ordain, to
set apart for sacred use.
ha'amaa'inge v. n., holiness (late use).
ha'amaa'ila-(ku) gerund., making holy,
ha'ama'ani U., v. tr., to copy, to repeat after.
cf. h&'imaani.
ha'ama'aninge, v. n., copying, repeating
after,
ha'amaa'u U., v. i., to frighten.
ha'amaa'usi tr.
ha'amada v. tr., to soil,
ha'amae to bray nuts, yams, taro in a mortar.
ha'amaesi tr.
ha'amaesi 1. to kill.
ha'amaesi 2. to watch, as a cat a mouse.
ha'amahoro v. i., to cover up.
ha'amahorosi tr., to cause to pass in sight,
ha'amala v. i., to copy; ko ha'amala po'upo'u
ana, to make the sign of the cross on him.
ha'amalala-(ku) gerund., doing like,
ha'amalaohu v. tr. 1. to initiate. M. A.,
p. 233. hola ni mwane, all the boys
who are eligible. 2. U., to use a thing
for the first time, to hansel. 3. to assist
a novice in catching his first bonito.
ha'amalu v. i., to frighten fish or animals by
one's shadow falling upon them,
ha'amalusi tr.
ha'amamakine v. tr., to inspire with dread,
ha'amamalo v. tr., to cause to rest; used also
with poss. 3; neke ha'amamalo 'amiu, I
will cause you to rest,
ha'amamaa'u U., v. i., to cause to fear.
ha'amamaa'usi tr.
ha'amamu v. i., to entice fish with scraps of
food, to burly; met., to entice a person
with suggestions,
ha'amamue'i U., v. tr., to scorch, mdmu 2.
ha'amamu'i v. tr., to char, to burn (of food).
mamu 2.
ha'amanata v. i., to train, to educate, to tame.
ha'amanata'i tr.
ha'amanikulu'e v. tr., to give praise to, to
glorify, to make glorious.
ha'amanikulu'ela-(ku) gerund,
ha'amanola v. i., to give peace to, to cause
peace; 'oke ha'amanola honotamami,
give peace in our time,
ha'amango 1. to bring to a finish. 2. to com-
fort, to refresh; ha'amango sae, to com-
fort the mind,
ha'amasa v. i., to shame, to make ashamed:
used with poss. 3.
ha'amataqa v. i., to enlighten, to cast light
upon, to let light in.
ha'amataqasi S., ha'amataqali U., tr.
ha'amataqasila-(ku) gerund,
ha'ama'u S., v. L, to honor, used with poss. 3.
ha'ama'unge v. n., respect, honor,
ha'ama'usi tr., to terrify.
ha'amau'o S., v. i., to offend, to cause to offend,
used with poss. 3.
ha'amauta'a v. tr., to strengthen, to make firm.
ha'amedo v. tr., to steep, to wet.
ha'amenamena v. L, to be false, to flatter,
ha'amola v. tr., to cause to fail.
ha'amola (continued).
ha'amolahi tr., to cause to fail, to cause to
miss, to make of no effect,
ha'amotaahi S., v. tr., to inflict agony on, to
persecute cruelly.
ha'amotaahila-(ku) gerund,
ha'amousi v. tr., to break off.
ha'amwadausi v. tr., to soften, to make easy,
ha'amwaimwei'e S., v. tr., to belittle, to make
of no account,
ha'amwaimwei'alana gerund,
ha'amwamwate'a v. i., to make light of, to
belittle; ne'isae ha 'amwamwate' alana,
making light of it.
ha'amwari v. tr., to enfeeble, to weaken by
sickness or wounds.
ha'amwarila-(ku) gerund,
ha'amwasie'ini v. tr., to laugh at, to mock, to
jest at.
ha'anakusi U., v. tr., to seat, to cause to sit.
ha'ananama'ini U., v. tr., to put spiritual
power into,
ha'ananau v. tr., to instruct, to practise.
ha'ananaula-(ku) gerund. Wango ha'ana-
nau'a, clearly,
ha'ananoa'i, v. tr., to exercise, to accustom
oneself to.
ha'ana'o n., first fruits, early yams; mu
ha'ana'o, the first fruits,
ha'ana'ola'ini U., v. tr., to do a thing first, to
do before anything else,
ha'anemo S., ha'animo U., v. i., to get wet
from rain, to be in the rain,
ha'anemosi S., ha'animoli U., tr., to cause
to get wet with rain,
ha'anine S., v. tr., to accustom oneself, to be
accustomed; mu tolaha e ha'anine, the
wonted practices,
ha'anipili S., n., anguish, pili. ha'anipili
e pilingie, he travailed with anguish,
ha'ano n., a scaffold,
ha'anga'ingedi v. tr., to strengthen.
ha'angau v. tr., to feed; 'ai ha'angau keni,
ginger given to women as an ordeal,
ha'aoa'i 1. v. tr., to apportion, to correspond
to; 'ure'ure ha'aoa'ie hai suurei welu-
malau, standing opposite to the four
corners of the earth. 2. v. tr., to fulfill,
to witness; 'unu ha'aoa'i, 'unu ha'aoa-
'inge, witness,
ha'aodo to straighten, to put straight, to
direct; a Wate ha'aodo, a proper name,
ha'aodohi hunt lengu ha'aodohie 'aeka, to
guide our feet.
ha'aodohila-(ku) gerund,
ha'aohu v. tr., to cause to boil, to boil vege-
tables, etc.
ha'aohusi v. tr., to distribute, to apportion,
ha'aola v. tr., to put to silence; ere ha'aola, to
persuade,
ha'a'olu three times,
ha'aono six times.
ha'a'o'oni v. tr., to cause to sink, to drown;
to subject, to bring into submission;
'akalo e ha'a'o'onie, a ghost took pos-
session of him.
ha'aopo v. tr., to heat up food already cooked.
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ha'aora U., v. tr., to shine, of bright light.
ha'aorata'ini tr., to enlighten.
ha'apaine v. tr., to enlarge, to aggrandize, to
exalt oneself,
ha'apaina'ala (ku) gerund.
ha'aparasi, ha'aqarasi U., v. tr., to hinder, to
prevent.
ha'apasu v. i., to threaten, to threaten the life
of a person,
ha'apasuli tr.
ha'apasulinge v. n.
ha'apasulila-(ku) gerund.
ha'apiho U., v. tr., to divide into two parts.
ha'apo'e n., yam or taro mash: the yams or
taro are first roasted (sule) on embers,
then the skin is scraped (ori) with a
shell (le'ete'ei henu), and finally the
vegetable is pounded in a wooden
mortar (uli) with a pestle ('at repo), the
mess is then placed in wooden bowls
(nime) and heated up with hot stones
(pit), coconut milk ('oni wet) being
added; ha'apo'e uhi, yam mash; ha'apo'e
hut, taro mash; maladi, stale, sour.
ha'apolaha'i v. i., to cast away, to disregard,
used with poss. 3.
ha'apona v. i., to interrupt with questions,
ha'aponanga v. n., questioning,
ha'apona'i tr., to question.
ha'aponosi v. tr., to overgrow and choke (of
creepers) .
ha'apu ere ni ha'apu iako'ie, swore by him.
ha'apunge v. n.
ha'apuli ruru ha'apuli, to throng together.
ha'apulo v. i., to turn back before reaching
one's destination,
ha'apulonga'ini S., ha'apulosi U., tr., 1. to
accompany a person, to attend on the
way home. 2. to turn a thing over, to
reverse.
ha'apu'o v. i., to turn back before reaching
one's destination, to return.
ha'apu'osi S. 1 . to accompany a person on
his return journey. 2. to return a thing.
ha'aqaali U., v. tr., to break in two pieces.
ha'aqaha'ini U., v. tr., to lay a thing along,
to measure by.
ha'aqala U., v. tr., to cause to be empty or
vacant; sato e ha'aqalaa one, the sun
had caused the beach to be deserted.
ha'aqasi U., v. tr., to encircle with the arms.
ha'aqe'u v. tr., to cause to be mad.
ha'aqini U., v. tr., to steep, to wet.
haara-(na) 1. n., smell: haarana ko wesu, its
smell smells; haarana nga me'i ola, the
smell of anything; haarani, plural, of
many things that smell. Motu harahua,
to be kissed, sniffed.
ha'ara 2. a sign, mark, flag (late use). Wango
ha'ara.
ha'araa v. i., to sit in the sun, to bask.
ha'araahi tr., to expose to the sun.
ha'ara'i v. i., to summon, to call a person to
come and partake of food.
ha'ara'ini S., v. tr., to name, to give a person
a name. U., haora'ini.
ha'arako v. tr., to appease, to treat gently.
ha'arangasi v. tr., to blow out. to puff up, to
distend.
ha'ararada v. tr., to broil, to fry (late use).
Wango ha'aradahi.
ha'ararao v. tr., to cause to cling, to cause to
cleave to.
ha'area U., v. i., tola ha'area, to send out a
smell on all sides,
ha'areke 1. to land passengers or goods from
a canoe, used of labor vessels landing
returned laborers. 2. to land trade
goods which are left in charge of a
native trader,
ha'arekenga v. n., trade goods landed,
ha'arekehi v. tr., to cause to skip, to cause to
leap,
ha'arepi v. tr., to make a prostitute of.
ha'arere v. tr., to cleanse.
ha'arere'anga v. n., cleansing, purification,
ha'ariro v. tr., to entice with food, to offer
food to a ghostly visitor in order to
prove that he is not human,
ha'arodo v. i., to darken, to stand in the light.
ha'aro'i U., v. tr. to find, to come across; lai
ha'aro'i, go and meet; tau ha'aro'i, to find,
ha'arongo v. tr., to summon, to invite; the
technical word for a summons to a
feast delivered by a herald (hurulaa).
Three days notice is given; ha'arongoa
a ola, e ro ha'idinge, 'olune ni ngeu,
summon So-and-so, there remain two
days, on the third is the feast,
ha'arongonga v. n., an invitation, summons,
calling,
ha'aroroa'i v. tr., to become indebted to, to
involve oneself with,
ha'aruru v. i., to conduct a marriage ceremony,
ha'arurunge v. n., a marriage ceremony.
ha'arurula-(ku) gerund., the marrying of.
ha'asada 1. v. tr., to flatten, to make level.
2. adj., flat, level.
ha'asaediena U., v. tr., to thank, to salute in
speech,
ha'asaedienanga v. n., thanks.
ha'asaedienala-(ku) gerund.
ha'asaemango v. tr., to comfort, to settle the
mind,
ha'asaemangonga v. n., comfort, ease of
mind.
ha'asato v. i., to sit in the sun, to sun oneself,
ha'asatoa'i tr., to expose a thing to the sun
in order to dry it.
ha'asauni v. tr., to vex, to cause trouble to.
ha'asiho v. i., to land a passenger from a canoe.
also of labor vessels landing returned
laborers,
ha'asiholi tr., to lower, to let down,
ha'asihopulu n., a stone sinker for fishing-lines,
rounded and grooved for the attachment
of the line,
ha'asikihi U., v. tr., to detach,
ha'asilitaha U., v. tr., to cause to emerge, used
with poss. 3.
ha'asusu S., 1. to strengthen, to make firm,
confirmation (late use) ; ha'asusu sae.
to confirm the heart.
ha'asusula-(ku) gerund.
HAHA
ha'asusu 2. v. tr., to suckle.
ha'asusu 3. v. i., to tell tales about, to gossip,
ha'asusunge v. n., gossip,
ha'asusunge'ini tr., to spread tales about
a person, to be a subject of gossip.
ha'asusu 4. U., ha'asusu uhi, name of a month,
March, susu 4.
ha'ata'eli v. tr., to cause to embark, to take on
board.
ha'ata'ela'ini U., tr., to cause to arise,
ha'ata'i partic, made plain, open; hunie tola
i'oe ke'i ha'ata'i, that thy way may be
made plain,
ha'ata'ini v. tr., to show, to reveal, used
with poss. 3; ha'ata'inie 'emclu, show
it to us. Fagani fatagi.
ha'atakalo v. tr., to lose, to lose the run of,
to misplace, to cause to err.
ha'atala'i v. tr., to egg on, to incite,
ha'atalisi U., v. tr., to cause to awake,
ha'atanauhi v. tr., to decoy a ghost or an
animal by offering food. cf. ha'ariro.
Mota vatanau.
ha'atapala'a U., v. i., to cause to abound,
ha'atata'ala v. tr., to harm, to cause evil to;
mu ola ni ha'atata'ala 'emi, things that
harm us.
ha'atatanga'ini v. tr., to scatter,
ha'atataqelu v. tr., to throw a person down
headlong,
ha'atataro v. tr., to cause to stumble.
ha'atau v. i., to be far off, distant.
ha'atauli S., ha'atauri U., determ., to be
far off from. Wango ha'atau, Lau
tau, Mota sau, Florida hau, Malay jau.
ha'ateke v. i., to cause to fall; ngau ha'ateke, to
drop crumbs while eating,
ha'atengotengo v. tr., to droop, of lip or head,
ha'atoha'ini v. tr., to give oneself airs, to
boast, to make much of a person.
ha'atoha'inila-(ku) gerund,
ha'atohu 1. v. i., to make request for, to ask
leave, to ask a favor: used with poss. 3.
e ha'atohu eku, he asked my leave. 2.
v. tr., to ask that a person or thing be
granted to one. e ha'atohue ana, he
asked him for it.
ha'atohunge v. n., a making request.
ha'atohula-(ku) gerund.
ha'atola 1. v. i., to send a message, to send a
thing. 2. U., n., a messenger: laa
ha'atola, a person sent.
ha'atolanga v. n., a message, command,
order, epistle (late use).
ha'atola 'i tr., to give a message to.
ha'atolanga'ini tr., to give a message to.
ha'atonohi U., v. tr., to offer drink, to cause to
drink.
ha'atonohila-(ku) gerund,
ha'ato'o v. tr., to confirm, to accomplish; e
ha'ato'oa saeku, he carried out my
wish,
ha'ato'osu'a U., v. tr., to cause to stumble,
ha'atoretore U., v. i.; ha'atoretore maa, to act
stealthily.
Ha'au the landing-place at Oloha, west coast
of Little Malaita.
ha'a'uduhi v. tr., to drip on, to bespatter.
ha'a'uku v. tr., to lower, to let down.
ha'aulao v. i., to act the wanton.
ha'a'ulu v. tr., to make blind, to cause to be
blind, to cause the eye to close.
ha'a'ure v. i., to set up, to cause to stand.
ha'a'ure mauta'a.
ha'a'uresi tr., to make to stand, to set on
end, to build up, to edify.
ha'a'uresila-(ku) gerund.
ha'a'urenga'inl S., v. tr., to accompany a
person on a journey.
ha'a'ureruru S., v. tr., to make peace between,
to restore friendship between,
ha'a'urerurunge v. n.
ha'auri v. tr., to save, to make alive, to put
parrot-fish, i'a ni kalu, in a pool to keep
them alive, cf. mauri. lopo ni ha'auri,
pool of salvation, baptismal font,
ha'auringe v. n., safety, salvation.
ha'aurile-(ku) S., ha'aurita-(ku) U., gerund.
1. the saving of. 2. the being saved,
salvation; ini ni ha'aurilana 'oto, a
person to be saved. 3. the person who
saves; a ha'aurileku, my saviour.
ha'aurine S., ha'aurina U., adv., thus, just so,
that's the way.
ha'a'usu U., v. i., to let fall.
ha'a'usuli 1. v. tr., to let fall, to cause to drop.
'usu 11.
ha'ausuli 2. v. tr., to teach, to cause to do like.
usuli. ini qaarongoisuli e ka'a liuta'ana
ini ha'ausuli, the disciple is not above
his master.
ha'ausulinge v. n., teaching, instruction.
maai ha'ausulinge, a lesson.
ha'ausulila-(ku) gerund.
ha'awa'a v. i., to desecrate, to defile; ere
ha'awa'a, to speak blasphemy.
ha'awaa'i U., v. tr., to dishonor.
ha 'a wait eu v. i., to engender strife.
ha'av/ali 1. v. i., to delay, to pass, of a short
period of time. wali. 2. adv., a short
time. 3. with suff. pron.: 'oke ha'awa-
li'eu, wait a little while for me.
ha'awalinge v. n., a delay.
ha'awarasikale U., a scorpion: lit., causing the
child to scream.
ha'awasi v. tr., to hunt, to chase wild animals.
ha'awaweta'a'i v. tr., to cause vexation to, to
fash, to wrangle.
ha'awe'o to cause to be weary; ko ha'awe'ora
mola, trouble themselves for nothing.
ha'aweweu U., v. i., to quarrel, to bicker.
hada n., a bird, an eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster)
used in Ulawa as an omen. Wango hada.
hadi v. tr., to forbid under a curse, to prevent;
h&di ola. hadi olanga, v. n., cursing;
ere ni hedi olanga, to swear, to take an
oath.
hadonga U., n., a shellfish, univalve, mutton-
fish, hangoda, S.
haeta U., v. i., to appear, of ghostly visions.
haha S. 1. adv., down, not used of points of
compass, but apai haha, the downward
side, i. e., Big Malaita; mai i haha,
under the earth; hoi haha, under the
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haha (continued).
earth, the downward side; hahani
'ono'onoma, a measure, a yard. 2.
prep, (ku) ; i hahamu, underneath you.
Wedau wava, west; Wango bahai,
Samoa fafa, Vaturanga vava, Mao. haha
earth,
haha 3. v. tr., to carry a person on the back.
Samoa fafa, Niue fafa, Viti vava.
haha 4. hahai walo, a thicket.
haha'iteli S., v. tr., to distinguish, Ho
haha'iteli.
haha'itelila-(ku) gerund,
haha'itelinge'ini tr., to single out, to par-
ticularize; e ka'a haha'itelinge'inie ike
le'une, it was not confined to that par-
ticular instance.
hahale n., a cave, hale 1.
hahalisi S., n., grass, of. halisi. Mota valis.
hahaore'e U., adj., very small, diminutive.
haora.
hahari n., a bifurcation, used with genitive i
S., ni U. hari 2. haharii tala, branch-
ing roads.
hahi v. tr., to cook in an oven with leaves and
hot stones: a layer of hot stones on
bottom, then the kara, etc., and then
leaves to cover all. The floor of oven is
level with the ground.
hahinge v. n., a cooking in an oven.
hahila-(ku) gerund.
hahiteli U., v. tr., to distinguish, to separate
between, haha'iteli, S.
haho (ku) 1. prep., above; dinge la'i haliona, the
day after it; with locative i: i haho, on
top; ilengi i haho, in the sky above.
2. n., U., uplands; mwa haho i Rahumaea.
Fagani fafo, Lau fafo, Mota vawo.
haho 3. n., a reef lying off shore.
hahota S., n., used with dau 1; dau hahota, to
deceive, to act the hypocrite; diiu
hahotanga, v. n. haho 1.
hahuilala U. 1. v. i., used with poss. 3, to
exemplify. 2. n., a sign, an example.
hahure'i v. tr., hahure'i maa, to lift up the
eyes; hahure'i 'elinge, to incline the
ears.
hahuroto v. i., to be clear, of unimpeded vision;
est ne'i maa hahuroto, his eye became
clear; Ho hahuroto, to see clearly.
hahuto'o v. i., to cast lots, to test by lots: a
leaf of red dracaena ('apai dili) is held
in the fingers and pulled; the judgment
is given according as the leaf breaks
easily or with difficulty, of. ilala.
hahuto'onga v. n.
hai 1. numeral, four; hai awala, forty is used
as a unit in counting men. Mota vat,
Maori wha.
hai 2. contraction of hao i; hai 'ano, on the
ground; hai la'ona, within; hai le'une,
down there; hai nume, down in the
house; hai tei, down where?
hai 3. exclamation of reproof; hai raona, well
I never; hai tnwaena, I say, you!
hai 4. art., one, a; probably a contraction of
Mm 4 and * 2; hdidinge, a day; ntu
hai 4 (continued).
heidinge, days; hdiwala, a word; hai
naho, a wave, a breaker; hai rodo, a
night; hai holaa, a calm; hai lama, a
pool; hai teqe, a bamboo; nga hai ini, a
length of bamboo.
hai, haihei 5. v. tr., to scratch with the nails
(of birds, dogs, etc.) ; kokoko ko hei, the
brush-turkey scratches; hai note, to dig
up worms for bait for i'e ni sane.
ha'i 6. participial ending, erehd'i. Mota vag. 2.
ha'i 7. suffix to verbs, used intransitively: to
make it transitive ni is added, hd'ini.
ha'i 8. prefix, may be doubled hd'ihe'i. (a)
expresses reciprocity, (b) used with
nouns of relationship; ro ha'i (mu he'i)
ma'amana, father and son; kirerue ha'i
maeloonga, they two are at enmity,
(c) he'i, S., expresses repetition or con-
tinuance; mwane hire he'i 'unue lo'u, they
must not ever say it again; e sa'a he'i
aopa lo'u, it will never be different; ko
he'i sapeie, adds more to it; ha'i mai, U.,
to add to; kira'elu a ta'e ha'i 'clie'i. they
embark on their return journey, (d)
denotes relative action: ha'i 'amasi, to
pity. M. L., p. 531, 186. cf. Florida
vet arovi. Motu he, Viti vei, Florida
vet, Wango ha'i. The pronunciation
ha'i may have been adopted in order
to distinguish it from hai 4. cf. hau 1
(Mota vatu) and ha'u 6 (Mota vau).
ha'i S. 9. used occasionally where Ulawa uses
ha'a. cf. hd'imaani.
ha'i U. 10, v. i., to call attention to; used with
poss. 3.
haia exclam., I say.
ha'i'a'auhi v. tr., to deliver, to help.
ha'i'ade'i v. i., to make a spectacle of, to look
on at.
ha'i'ade'inge v. n., a spectacle.
ha'i'alama'i v. i., to consent mutually, to be
agreed upon a policy. Wango haiaramai.
ha'i'alama'inge v. n.
ha'i'amasi to be merciful.
ha'iaopa'i adj., different, various; mil ola
hd'iaopa'i, different things. |
ha'iare U., v. tr., to proffer help, to push one-
self forward, e hd'iarea maraana, he
pushed himself forward: not considered
good form.
ha'idada U., v. i., to be level.
ha'i dad anga U., v. n., used as verb or adverb:
used with poss. 3 equal to, agreeing with,
sufficient, sadanga, S. e ha'idadanga
maia, equal to it; e ha'idadanga ana, it
corresponds to it.
ha'idengie'i S., ha'idenie'i U., partic, until
daylight.
haidinge S.t n., a day; nga hdidinge; mu
heidinge, days; suli heidinge, daily; e
topoa hdidinge, to set a day.
ha'i'epu'i v. tr., to propitiate a person, to
smooth down temper.
ha'ihe'i 1. reduplication of ha'i 8.
ha'ihe'i 2. S., hd'ihe'i niu, a log of coconut
wood, hd'uhe'u, U.
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HA'ITALE
hii'ihe'iohnge v. n., bounty.
ha'iholota'i v. i., to promise, to have an agree-
ment between,
ha'iholota'inge v. n., an agreement.
ha'ihonoa'i v. i., to curse; ere h'd'ihono'd'i, to
speak revilingly.
ha'ihononga v. n., cursing.
ha'ihora'i U., partic, to be daybreak, cf.
'auJiora.
ha'ihoro'i U., v. i., to be at strife, to fight,
ha'ihoronga v. n., variance, strife.
haihu n., dugong, sea-cow.
ha'ihuni U., v. tr., to desire, to wish for. hunt.
ha'ihuninga v. n., desire, lust.
ha'ihunila-(ku) gerund. Wango haahuni.
ha'ike S. 1. negative, no: not used as negative
particle; demonstrative na, ena, may
be added for emphasis. 2. n., nothing,
naught; nga ola taa'l what? ha'ike,
nothing; ko ha'ike, otherwise, else; ha'ike
na, oh no; ha'ike 'oto 'o'o, never at all;
ha'ike ne, not yet. 3. to be nothing,
not to be; ana ko ha'ike, if it is not so;
maala ko ha'ike, even if not. Probably
ha'i and ke 1 . cf. qa'ike, qa'i, U. Wango
qai.
ha'ikineta'i S., v. i., to take care, to be faithful,
to guard against.
ha'ilakali U., v. i., to have sexual intercourse
with, ha'ilakali maia a ola.
ha'ileku v. i., to be whole, entire: adv., com-
pletely; hai atoivaa ha'ileku, whole da}'
long; tola ha'ileku, to carry whole, in
one piece.
ha'ileledi v. tr., to mock at, to despise: v. i.,
to be abominable,
ha'ileledinge v. n., abomination.
ha'ileu v. i., to snatch, to be violent; ko
he'ileuleu ana mola, merely snatched it
with violence.
ha'iliu adv., reciprocally; hai maai dengi
he'iliune. the four winds; he'u to'oa'i
he'iliu, wandering star, planet; kira 'asi
lu'ua hii'iliu, U., they ceased hostilities;
ko saewasu he'iliu, angry with one
another; mdni oaoanga ha'iliu, equality;
moro ko pu'ota'inie erenga ha'iliu, you
are ignorant of one another's speech;
opa ha'iUu, to be at variance,
ha'iliunge'ini v. tr., to pass a thing from
person to person.
ha'ilu'u v. tr., to exhume human bones. M. A.,
p. 262: to remove.
ha'ilu'unge'ini tr.
ha'ima'amana n., used with numeral ro, two.
na 7. ro ha'ima'amana, father and son.
ha'ima'amananga n., mu he'ima'amananga,
parents.
ha'ima'ani S., v. tr., to copy, to do like.
ha'amaani, U. ngara ha'ima'ani, to cry
in sympathy with.
ha'imalahune n., used with ro or mu. na 7.
kireru'e ro ha'imalahune, they two are
friends.
ha'imauana n., used with ro: ro ha'imauana,
man and wife; with ineu, etc., added, ro
ha'imauana ineu, my parents, na 7.
ha'imwa'eta'i 1. v. i., to assent, to be willing.
2. v. i., to kiss.
haine S., haina U., fourth, the fourth time.
na 7.
ha'ini tr. suff.; suu, to sink; suuhe'ini, to de-
stroy. Florida vagini.
ha'ioa v. i., to agree with, to agree together.
ha'ioangi v. i., to cackle (of birds), to imitate
to follow on with.
ha'iodo'i v. i., to meet one another.
ha'iohe v. i., to compete, to race.
hii'i'ohi U., v. i., to query, to be doubtful about.
ha'iohonginge n., trial, making trial of one
another, fighting.
ha'i'oli v. i., to turn back, to return, to take
turn about; kakali he'ihe'i'oli, to take
turns in guarding; lae ha'i'oli, to go
and return,
ha'i'olisi antiphonally, mutually; tapa
ha'i'olisi, to converse. Wango heiheiori.
ha'iore 1. v. i., to fail to return, to stay behind.
lae ha'iore.
ha'iore 2. v. i., to scold, to quarrel,
ha'iorenga v. n., bickering.
ha'ipani'i U., v. i., to strive with, to contend.
to race,
ha'ipani'inge v. n.
ha'ipolanga v. n., insurrection, tumult.
ha'ipuri 1. v. i., to be last. 2. adv., latest, at last.
ha'ipurunga'i U., partic, close together, clus-
tered.
ha'iqa'aqana n., grandparents and grand-
children, those who call one another
qa'aqa: used with ro, mu, vvwa.
hai raona S., hai raoni U., exclamation of
reproof.
ha'irape'i U., v. tr., to exhort.
ha'irara v. i., to be zealous, diligent.
ha'irarahi U., v. tr., to persuade, importune,
ha'irarahinga U., v. n., persuasion.
ha'irareta'i 1. v. i., to tend. 2. n., a servant.
ha'irienga v. n., a contest; ani he'irienga pe'i
sape, in subduing the body.
hairodo n., a night; nga hairodo; mu heirodo,
nights; hairodo si'iri, last night.
ha'iruru U., v. i., to be lumped together, to be
identical with.
ha'isada v. i., to be flat, even. Wango taisada,
agreeing with.
ha'isa'iri v. i., to quarrel.
ha'iseuni S., v. i., to be at strife, to be at
variance, to fight. M. L., p. 186.
ha'isiho U., v. i., to speak against, decry, to-
prate; used with poss. 3.
ha'isu'esu'e S., v. i., to meet one another.
ha'isuhinga U., v. n., unction.
ha'isuru v. i., ere ha'isuru, to have altercations.
ha'isusu v. i., to be continuous, sustained;
saewasu he'isusu, continued anger.
ha'isuu v. i., to flit from place to place; 'i'i ko
he'isuu, the swift flits about.
ha'itako'i U., v. i., to swear an oath.
ha'itale 1. v. tr., to search for; ana 'oto 'emi ka'a
roro'a ha'italea 'amu, unless we seek it
of thee; lio ha'itale U., to look in vain
for. 2. v. i., to get out of the way;
h&'ilale lalaku, make room for me.
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ha'itale (continued).
ha'italenga v. n., a search.
ha'italela-(ku) gerund.
ha'italenga'ini tr., to look for.
ha'itatanga'i U., partic, scattered,
ha'itelili S., to be unruly.
ha'itelilinge v. n., unruliness.
hfi'ite'e adj., with whole skin, unpeeled. cf.
hd'ileku.
ha'iteu v. i., to move quickly, to hasten.
ha'iteuhi tr., to deliver, to free,
ha'itohe v. tr., to dispute with, to refuse to
listen to; ere ha'itohe, to contradict,
ha'itohenga v. n., refusal, disobedience.
ha'itohela-(ku) gerund. Wango haitoke,
harilohe.
ha'itoli v. tr., to bury, to be a-burying.
ha'itolinge v. n., burial.
ha'itolila-(ku) gerund.
ha'itolinge'ini tr., to bury,
ha'itorangi v. tr., to exhort,
ha 'i to tori U., v. i., to await, to expect; hd'ito-
tori susuto'o, to hope (late use) ; hd'itoto-
ringa susuto'o, v n., hope,
ha'iuqeuqeni v. tr., to complain of.
ha'iuqeuqeninge v. n., complaint,
ha'iusi U., v. i., to traffic, to barter.
ha'iusunge'i S., v. i., to send, to despatch.
ha'iusunge'inge v. n., a command.
ha'iusunge'ini tr., to give command to.
ha'iuwelina U., n., a man and his sister's son,
those who call one another uweli, used
with ro, mwa. nd 7.
ha'iuwesi v. L, to use oaths, to curse,
ha'iwalo v. i., to be choked with vines; tnae
ha'iwalo, to die prematurely,
haka 1. v. i., to be torn, to tear; haka to'oni, to
tear clothes,
hakasi tr., to tear something.
Haka 2. n., the Southern Cross Mission
schooner; palapala ni Haka, omen of
the Southern Cross coming, a sign of
rain,
haka 3. n., a ship; white people, foreign; haka
lude mwane, a vessel of the labor trade;
dango ni haka, papaya; hole ni haka, an
oar; mu haka, white people; hudi ni
haka, Musa cavendishii; ola ni haka, a
foreign thing; poro ni haka, a man of the
ship, white man; i haka, the white man's
country; noko lai haka, I am going
abroad. Probably Mota aka through
San Cristoval, where Bishop Patteson
first called and where the word was
first learned by the peoples of Sa'a and
Ulawa.
haka 4. n., a herd; haka ni poo, herd of swine,
hakis n., axe (English).
kaku 1. v. i., to go together, to go in a company,
hakusi S., hakuni U., tr., to go with, to
accompany.
hakusila-(ku) gerund. Wango hagu.
haku 2. n., the prow of a canoe, separately
made and tied on with cane: poop, v.,
to cut out the boards for the prow.
hal* v. i., to attempt, used with ni; nou hala
ni lae, I attempt to go.
halahala firm, taut.
halai 1. to be bald. 2. a bald person; a halai,
the bald man.
halaitana the top of a hill, lit., its baldness.
halasi U., to be stiff, to stiffen, halahala.
halata a wound, scar.
hale 1. a shed, a yam-shed in a garden, nga hale.
Florida vale, house; Maori whare.
hale (ku) 2. the gums, palate; idemu ke suu i
halena, the lime spatula shall pierce
his gums.
hale'ite U., adv., entirely, only, hali'ite, S.
Lau fala'ete.
Halele'i the island forming Port Adam, Little
Malaita.
hali, haliheli 1. v. tr., to break off branches;
hdli 'e'e, to break areca branches,
'ahali partic, broken off.
halila-(ku) gerund,
haliheli'e adj., broken off; ko hite hdliheli'e,
breaks in pieces. Wango maharihari,
ruined,
hali 2. v. i., to strive; hdli wala, to dispute; hdli
lualanga, S., v. n., disputation; wala
hdlinge, v. n., strife; hdli ana hurunge,
foot racing,
halinge v. n., strife, bad feeling.
halila-(ku) gerund. Mota valu, match;
Viti valu, fight; Malagasy valy.
hali 3. stingray. Mota var , Viti vai, Maoriwhai.
halidu'u'a U., v. i., to stumble,
hali'ite S., adv., entirely, only, hale'ite, U.
haliono U., v. i., to close the eyes,
halisi 1. harvest, crop, time of ripening; dango
ni helisi, fruit (nut) tree; mar a halisi,
northeast wind; mar a halisi i malawa,
north-by-east wind. 2. yam season,
year (late use) ; halisi kire 'elie 'oto, last
yam-digging; halisi kire ke'i 'elie, the
coming yam-digging season; halisi mei,
next yam-digging; nga hdu ni helisi, a
year. 3. U., grass, onion (late use).
Mota valis, grass. 4. halisi pena, U.,
Coix lachryma, Job's tears.
halo 1. v. tr., to bore, to drill. 2. n., a drill;
halo mao, a pump drill: the sections of
shell for money (haa) are all bored.
Mota war, to twist.
halo 3. v. tr., to helve an axe.
halolo v. i., to come forcibly into contact with,
used with poss. 3; e halolo ana nume
ngeena, beat on that house,
halu 1. n., some; used in Sa'a with genitive i,
also with suffixed pronoun na; mu helui
'inoni, mwa halu 'inoni, certain persons;
hdluna ngaini, hdluna ngaile, U., one
here and there. Florida balu, Niue
falu.
halu 2. S., rdui helu, 10,000 coconuts,
halute'i v. tr., to paddle and overtake, hdlute'i
haka.
halute'inge'ini tr. Ulawa hdluta, in proper
names. Wango haruta, to paddle;
Fate balusa, paddle; Mota alo 3, to
steer; Samoa alo, to paddle; Motu kalo.
New Britain walu, Lifu galu.
hama hatchet, tomahawk (English hammer)
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HARO
hana 1. n., a yam with prickly vines, twining
to the left on its pole, whereas uhi twine
to the right; it is planted whole; hana
ni Kela, a hana planted head down-
ward : other varieties are hana sa'o, hana
tapole, hana tvai; hau hana, coral lime-
stone; nini hana, U., a yam; sikei hana,
a thorn on top of the tuber.
hana 2. v. i., to shoot, with arrow or gun; hane
takarurume'inire, to shoot several at
one shot.
hananga v. n.
hanasi determ., to shoot anyone.
hanasila-(ku) gerund. Florida vanahi, to
shoot; Viti vana, Samoa fana, Niue
fana, Malay panah, arrow.
hanali determ., to covet; sae hanalinge,
covetousness.
hanalila-(ku) gerund.
hane 1. v. n., to climb; hane poi ile'u, come up
here to me. 2. used of the bridegroom's
party visiting the bride's party at a
wedding feast; mwala ko holi keni ko
hane, ko lai hune ola, the people who are
buying the bride go up and display the
bridal moneys. 3. to rise, to ferment
(of ha'apo'e that has stood in bowls).
4. to leave the land and put out to sea
when crossing to another island, to aim
at a point of land, haulihane.
hanenga v. n., climbing.
hanenga'ini tr., determ., to climb and carry.
haneta'a S., hanetaha U., v. i., to climb up.
haneta'anga S., hanetahanga U., a slope,
a steep place, a declivity. Fagani fane.
hane'i tr., to covet, to desire.
hanenga v. n., hanenga ni sae, saehanenga,
covetousness.
ha'ahanenga'ini to lust after, to exalt,
hanue S., hanua U., land, country, village; in
Sa'a the final e changes to a before the
personal article a, resulting in a long
vowel, hanuaa ola, the land of So-and-so.
hanue huu, solid land, dry land, heri-
tage; hanue maine, the place here, this
land; hanue e niule, a place abounding
in coconuts; hanue e qala, the village is
empty; hanue sola, desert; mwa hanua,
U., villagers, people; mwa hanua hunga,
everybody; apai henue, the west side of
an island; awalosi i henue, the north-
west wind; i denumana hanue, in the
middle of the island; e kuluhie hanue,
upholds the earth; lai henue, to go on
a journey; ngorana hanue, point of land,
cape; qa'usi henue, he whose duty it is
to approach the ancestor ghosts; sato
e qa'alie hanue, the sun has risen on the
earth; ta'i henue, S., in the uplands;
ta'itelihana hanue, boundary of land;
mu toloi henue, the hills; lolona hanue,
the hill country; 'usu henue, the first
finger; wai henue, up in the village.
Hanua *Asi U., Lark Shoal south of Ulawa,
figures in folklore,
hanuelama S., to be at peace, cf. lama 4.
hanuelamanga v. n., peace.
hanuelama (continued).
hanuelamasi tr., to have peace among men;
e hanuelamasire, they were at peace.
hanga v. i., to be jammed, to be too tight.
hangoda S., hadonga U., a haliotis or sea-ear,
strung and used as a bait for crayfish;
hinui hangoda, its shell.
hao S., adv., of direction, down, west; with
locative i contracts to hai, hai one, hai
'ano, hai la'ona; na'o hao, to go toward,
to go west; po'o hao, S., farther west;
poo hao likitemu, on beyond thee; qau
hao, to be going north or west.
ha'olu U., ha'alu S., adj., new, fresh.
ha'aha'olu. Nguna vau, Wango ha'oru,
Bougainville Straits faolu, Malay vau,
Malagasy vao, Maori hou.
haora, hahaore'e U., small.
haoraha v. n., used with poss 3: boyhood,
smallness; haoraha ana, the small size.
haorasi tr., to be too small for.
haora 'ini U., v. tr., to name, to give a name to.
hapa 1. a plank, thwart of a canoe, rai (rau i)
hapa. 2. plates of turtle shell, hapa ni
honu; lolo hapa, to bend the shell.
3. a phase of the moon; hapa ni na'o,
'alanga'i hapa, U., first quarter.
hara U., haro S. 1. adv., of time, used of con-
secutive time, of unfinished action, pre-
cedes verb, Ahi'a use. muni le hara
ha'ahulee, as soon as it is daylight; muni
'e hara lae, begin to go gently.
hara S. 2. hara pole, a phase of the moon, first
quarter, day before full.
hara 3. v. i., to be firm; puu hara, to get a firm
footing; susu hara, to lean firmly, to
rest upon.
Haraina a village on the northwest corner of
Ulawa.
harasi v. tr., to chafe, to scratch.
harehare U., v. i., to cram; susu harehare, to
cram full.
Hari Hau Hari, a rock at the east entrance to
Mara Masiki Channel.
hari, hariheri 1. v. tr., to ask about; soi heri, to
question, to ask questions, U.
harite'inga v. n., questioning, suka hdrite-
'inga. Wango hari haate, Florida
varigohi.
hari 2. n., used with genitive i or ni; h'drii tola,
S., hari ni tola, U., side track, bifur-
cation of roads, hahari.
hariheri S., n., a scorpion. Lau farifari, San
Cristoval susu heri, Maori weri. hali 3.
harihuni, hariherihuni S. 1. v. tr., to desire, to
wish for. hari 1, huni.
harihuninge v. n., desire.
harihunila-(ku) gerund.
harihuni, hariherihuni 2. adv., at all, precedes
verb.
harikokosi U., v. i., to be straitened, confined.
koko 2.
haro S., hara U., adv., of time, of consecutive
or of unfinished action or of future time.
cf. saro. ke haro diana, when it is well;
ke haro hoowa ka'u, let it be first light, as
soon as it is light; 'oke haro lae, go gently.
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haro'a U. (Su'uholo use), as hara 1.
harua U., exclam. of assent, yes.
nasi, ha'ihesi S., hasihasi U. 1. v. tr., to plant.
cf. 'u'uhesi.
hasinge v. n., a planting.
hasila-(ku) gerund. Wango hasi, Lau/ost.
hasi U. 2. maana e'a hasi i saroha, his eyes roll
up to the ceiling,
hasi'ei'ei S., twist tobacco in sticks. Wango
hasi'ei, a tree; the first tobacco came to
Sa'a from Wango.
hasikokosi U., v. tr., to cause distress to.
koko 2.
hasile'ini U., v. tr., to set, place.
Hasimo a bay on the west side of Ulawa
between Lenga and Ripoo, the site of
an old village.
hasi'o (ku) n., flesh of body; me'i hesi'o i'e, this
flesh,
hasi'onga v. n., ngau hesi'onga, cannibalism;
to'oni e mada'a ani hesi'onga ani, gar-
ments defiled with the flesh, cf.
hinesu. Wango hasi'o, Mota visogoi,
Maisin visoa, Wedau vioa.
hasi'ola adj., fleshy, with plenty of flesh on.
hasipe'ule S., adj., hard, close in grain.
hata, hatahata 1. v. i., to go together, to accom-
pany one another, tola hatahata, to act
in harmony. 2. v. i.f to set well, to be
easy, comfortable; tori ineu e hata, my
yoke is easy. 3. v. i., to be gentle (of
wind); mawa hatahata mola, a gentle
breeze. 4. suli hata, 40 dogs' teeth, a
unit in reckoning money. M. A., pp.
238, 325. 5. maraau wei hata, south-
southeast wind, strong but with no rain,
cloudy skies. 6. a tree of hard wood
used to make drums; pig- proof fences
are made of it in Guadalcanar. San
Cristoval hata. 7. hata koula'a, to be
noisy, chattering,
hatanga v. n., fellowship, communion,
palea tahanga, to keep fellowship.
hataa'i v. i., to arrange, to place one along-
side the other; hataa'i diena ana mwa
ola, to put things in due order; hataa'i
sae talani, to be careful to; le'u kire
hataa'i heu ana, a pavement,
hataa'ini tr. to cleave to, to accompany,
to arrange,
hatale, hatahatale v. i., to go along the beach
as opposed to liu i henue, take the
upper road; awalosi i hatale, the north
wind,
hatalea v. n., shore, coast.
hatara v. i., to rest upon, to lean, to press
against.
hataranga'ini tr., to cause to lean upon.
San Cristoval hatara, to reach.
hatare on the side of, toward, used with suff.
pron. a. hatarea i ola.
hato 1. a large armlet made of clam-shell;
daraha'ini halo, to fit the shell ring on
the arm; didi hato, to make the shell
ring: a hole is made by tapping with a
piece of flint tied to a handle, then a
stick studded with flints is inserted and
hato 1 (continued).
the hole made larger, the outside is
rounded on coral rock and a groove is
made; the old men, and often the blind,
make the hato. 2. U., hika hato, the
moon on the fifth day.
hato 3 (ku) U., knee-cap.
hatonga S. 1. suited to, used with poss. 3.
e hatonga aku.
hatonga'i v. i., to explain, to set out in
words; hatonga'i wala haahi, to accuse,
hatonga 'ini tr., to cite an example, to illus-
trate, to give instructions about.
hatonga U. 2. to be small.
hau 1. rock, stone; hoi heu, a rock. cf. liliheu,
suluheu. hau haa, red madrepore coral;
hau hana, coral limestone; Hau Hari,
a rock at the east entrance of Mara
Masiki Channel; hau ni iu, twin rocks;
Hau ni Keni, rock at Ali'ite where
female ghosts congregate; hau ni lilie'i,
a rock from which men cast for gar-
fish; Hau Loho, a boat harbor south of
Port Adam; Hau Maelo, a rock near
Ngorangora on the east coast of Ulawa:
prov. raa hitelia Hau Maelo, dry
weather enough to crack Hau Maelo;
hau menu, pumice; hau mou, an isolated
rock; hau ngedi, flint; hau 'ono'ono, to
swallow stones in an ordeal; hau pawa,
soapstone; hau pie, a precipitous wall
of rock; hau pulu, hard volcanic rock;
hau pu'opu'o, a grindstone; hau susu,
an immovable rock; hau suusuui karo,
cornerstone; 'alo'ato hau, to perform the
hot-stone ordeal; dau heu, the hot-stone
ordeal. M. A., p. 210; dau dunge,
dunga ni heu, to undergo the ordeal;
i'e h'd'u, a stone fish; ipelu eni heu, to
fight with stones; kakatai heu, iron rod;
ki'iki'i heu, a rod of iron; lengine hau,
above the rock; leu kire hataa'i heu ana,
a pavement; nga odoni heu, a row of
stones; qa'une hau, rocks on shore seen
from the sea; rete hau, to grind the
teeth; sae hau, hard heart (late use);
e 'u'ile'inie nga hoi heu, a stone's throw.
Mota vatu, stone; New Guinea vau:
possibly pronounced hau and not ha'u
in order to distinguish it from ha'u
(Mota vau).
hau 2. axe, stone axe, iron (late use); haukile-
kile, a long-handled tomahawk with
iron blade; hau roroho, a stone axe; rere
hau, to sharpen an axe; rere h'aunge,
v. n., axe sharpening; warei heu, ware
ni hau, a short club with a stone head
made at Waisisi, Big Malaita.
haule adj., stony,
ha'u 3. n., a log of wood; hau i contracts to hai,
hai dango, S., hai 'ei, U., a log; hau lilt
qana, a boom; nga hauheui niu, U., nga
haihei, S., a log of coconut wood. Mota
vat 3, Batak hau, tree; Malay kayu. M.
L., p. 95.
hau 4. n., (a) denotes a period of time; ngah&u-
dinga, U., a day; nga hdu ni halisi, a
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h£u 4 (continued).
period of a year, (b) with numeral
ta'a, S., ta'e, U., one, it makes hauta'a'i,
haula'e, once: with genitive i, hau i
contracts to hai, h&idinge, S., a day,
hairodo, a night, (c) a row of teeth:
rete hau, to grind the teeth; rete h'dunga,
v. n., talai heune, a row of teeth; kulaa
talai heune, to loosen teeth; used of
things that are in succession with
genitive *', li, ni; hau ni 'est, a wave;
h&uliahe, tide-rips; hauliqongi, one day
of a series, cf. au in Motu and Hula,
Keapara hau prefixed to names of
things of length. T.S.E. iii, p. 475.
hau 5. U., used of phases of the moon; hau ni
letni, full moon; hau ni mwela awara, day
after full moon; ruana hau, second day
after full moon.
hau 6. a pandanus with broad leaves used to
make umbrellas.
hau 7. an umbrella of pandanus leaf sewn in
strips, carried on journeys and used as a
sleeping-mat, also to protect children
when they are carried by the mother;
mwela ko kerukeru la'o hau, the child's
ghost scratches inside the umbrella.
h3u 8. U., hau ni laretare, outrigger.
ha'u 9. to plait; ha'u ha'a, to tie laths in a plat-
form; ha'u mwe'i, to plait a native bag;
ha'u ni'e, to plait a coconut mat; ha'u
qaso, to plait a grass armlet; ha'u tahe,
to make a platform,
ha'usi tr.
ha'usila-(ku) gerund. Mota vau, Florida
vau, Samoa fatu.
haudinga U., n., a day; suit haudinga, daily.
hauheu'e adj., used as n., a precipice, rocky
place.
hauho eel, used in divination; hauho ni wei,
fresh-water eel; hauho i dunga e 'ura
ilengi, the eel in the fire stood erect;
hauho ni 'esi, conger eel.
haukama v. L, to be in opposition to, to oppose,
to revolt: followed by prep, honosi,
against, with suff . pron. as object,
haukamanga v. n.
haukari U., starfish.
haule 1. v. tr., to nurse, to mind a child, to mind
a house; noko haule, I am minding the
house; noko haulaa mwela, I am minding
the children.
haule 2. adj., stony, rocky, rough.
haulihane a rock from which a voyage starts,
as at Waingile, Ulawa.
ha'ulioku the end purlins of a house.
hauliu (ku) n., the throat.
hauni U., adv., altogether; precedes the verb;
metathetic upon ahuni.
hauta'a'i S., hauta'e U., once: the final 'i may
be the verb suffix, in which case the
composite may be regarded as a par-
ticiple, cf. pele, pele'i. San Cristoval,
ta'a'i, one.
he 1. exclamation of encouragement; he i'oe,
he'o, bravo. 2. v. tr., to urge, to bid.
he'a, he'ahe'a 1. to defecate. 2. to rust.
he'a, he'ahe'a (continued).
he'asi tr., to defecate upon, to dirt upon.
Possibly metathetic upon Mota tae,
Motu tage, Polynesian tae, kae.
he'a 3. exclamation, with demonstrative na
or ni added; he'a na, S., he'a ni, U., there
you are.
he'asikena'i U., exclam., not used before
women, cf. ha'akena'i.
hehe 1. U., hoi hehe ani dunga, tinder, the accu-
mulation at the outer end of the groove
caused by rubbing two sticks together,
He dunge.
hehe 2. cf. ha'ahehe.
heheoku U., n., a dove. cf. hiroiku.
hehesi U., v. tr., to be obstinate, to dispute,
hehesinga v. n., obstinacy.
heheunge S., v. n., mentioning, speaking.
heho v. i., to accuse a person of causing death
by magic.
hei 1. U., preceded by locative i, ihei, U., itei,
S., where; e kei hei, from whence; nga laa
ni hei, who is this person.
he'i 2. cf. h'd'i 8: he'i is often used in Sa'a when
the preceding vowel is neither i nor u.
heko v. i., to be palsied, withered, of limbs.
hele 1. v. i., to hold, to catch hold of, to work
at, to do; hele dora'i, to withhold; hele
dora'ie ha'alunge, to break a promise;
hele dumuli, to repress, to hold down;
hele hu'ihu'inge, unprofitableness; hele
hu'isie nga le'u, to err in anything; hele
huu, to inherit; hele isuli, to do accord-
ing to; hele lakoma'inie, hold it together;
hele langa'a, to hold up conspicuously;
hele lolomi, to keep for oneself; hele
manekosi, to handle gently; hele manire'i,
to live orderly; hele manu sada, to hold
level, upright; hele marangana, to take
from amongst; hele marara, to act with
diffidence; hele mauli, to do awkwardly;
hele nga'ingedi, hold fast; hele 'o'i'o'i, to
break; hele ola, to act; hele 'onime'i, to
do cleverly; hele ni oraha'a, to do too
much; hele pd'ipesi, to grasp firmly; hele
ponosie wawana, keep his mouth shut;
hele po'opo'oli'ili'i, to do perversely;
hele pupupu'e, to keep intact; hele rodi,
to grip, to hold tight; hele rorodo, to
grant fair weather, to hold off squalls:
a phrase used in incantations; hele
saedami, U., with poss. 3 ana, to have
enough; hele susuli, to inherit; hele
suusuu ana, to do in succession, con-
tinuously; hele tararuru, take hold all
together; hele temweri, to touch; hele
tolinge, to hold in subjection; hele tolo,
to get for nothing; hele wa'ini'ini, to do
diligently; hele walamango, to perfect;
'osi hele hinoli'a taha ine, how well you
have done it.
helenga v. n., action, acts.
helela-(ku) gerund., the doing of.
helesi tr., to hold, to do, to work at.
helesila-(ku) gerund. Wango heresi.
hele 2. Florida vele, magic. M. A., p. 207.
helehele 1. containing no coconut milk (of
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helchele 1 (continued).
yam puddings), unleavened. Wango
herehere.
helehele S. 2. of phases of the moon: helchele
mwaimwei, seventh and eighth days;
helehele paine, ninth and tenth days.
helo a small fresh-water fish.
helu cf. hdlu.
hena S. 1. lime, uunu hena, to burn lime. 2. a
lime box for use in chewing betel; hoi
hena hoto, a gourd used for holding lime.
Lau fena.
henu a fresh-water cockle found in swamps,
shell blue inside, used to scrape the
charred part off sulanga and to kara
with.
heota'i v. i., to slander, to be jealous of, to
accuse of infidelity; heota'inge, v. n.,
accusation of infidelity; heota'ini, tr.;
heota'inie pe'ia ola, to accuse of infidelity
with So-and-so.
hera a courtyard; her a honu, a congregation;
herai usinge, a market-place. Lau fera,
village; Vaturanga, S. I., vera, Wango
herahora.
hereho S., a hereho, So-and-so: a Wango word
meaning thing.
hero scraped coconut, mu hero; hero 'a'ate,
dregs of scraped coconut after straining
the milk.
herohero v. i., to be mad, out of one's mind.
hete'i hete'i maa, to fix the eyes upon; hele'i
maanga, v. n., a fixing of the eyes.
hetela sasa hetela, thin, lean.
he'u 1. star, hoihe'u; he'u to'oa'i he'iliu, planet;
mu he'u sisine, shining stars; tnu he'une
salo, the stars of heaven; 'u'ui he'u, a
star. cf. 'u'u 2. he'u saisasu, U.,
comet. Mota vitu, Maori whetu, Bou-
gainville Straits bito.
he'u 2 cf. ha'u.
He'u'e the hills at the head of the river
Walo'a'a, Little Malaita.
heulao v. i., to act the wanton, cf. ulao.
heune cf. hau 4.
heutaa U., mara'i heutaa, to droop (of flowers).
hi tr. suff., lae, laehi.
hi'a U., cf. hi'e, S.
hide, hidehide v. i., to clap the hands; mao
hidehide, to dance to the clapping of
hands, not holding the ahui but with
akulili on the fingers.
hideli tr., to hit with the hand; hideli to'oni,
to wash clothes by hitting them on a
stone.
hi'e S., hi'a U., v. i., 1. to be weary; alingada
e hi'e mwaanie rongo; tola hi'e, to be
heavy laden. 2. redup. hi'ehi'e, to be
pregnant; e hi'ehi'e ana a ola, con-
ceived by So-and-so; nikeku e hi'ehi'e
aku, my mother conceived me.
hi'e'i tr., to weigh heavily upon. Wango
hi'a, Niu€ fila, wearied; Maori hia,
difficulty.
hihi v. i., to crouch (of dogs), hihi lo'uloku.
cf. 'ahihi.
hii, hiihii v. tr., to be in a state of perception;
hii, hiihii (continued).
noko kite sapeku, I feel my body, I am
well,
hiinge'ini tr., to perceive, to apprehend,
to suspect.
hiinge'inila-(ku) gerund. Lau fii; Maori
hia, wish; Niue fia, Viti via.
hi'ito'o U. 1. v. i., to be in pain. cf. sapehi'ito'o.
hi'ito'onga v. n., pain.
hi'ito'o S., adv., to excess; e paine 'oto hi'ito'o.
it is far too big. Mota vivtig.
hiiwala'imoli v. i., to believe, used with poss. 3.
hii.
hiiwala'imolinge v. n., belief, faith.
hiiwala'imolila-(ku) gerund.
hika U., hika halo, last stage of the moon.
hikana cf. hike 2.
hike 1. a roll of cane dyed red {hikei ue), used
to make bracelets and anklets or collars,
used also to ornament spears {noma
adiedi) ; nga hikei adio, a coil of banyan
creeper.
hike (ku) 2. prep., of, among; ngaini hikemiu,
one of you; nou ka'a Ho hikena nga ola,
I saw nothing; ngau hikeni, to eat of it.
hike 3. ten, of garfish (mwanole), hike ni i'e.
hiku, hikuhiku v. i., to be entangled, cf.
ta'ihikuhiku.
hikusi tr., to wind around a thing (of
creepers) ; nga walo e hikusie, tangled
up by a creeper,
hikute'ini tr., to wind around, to whip with
string; e hikute'inia i denumana, he tied
it round his waist.
hilehile v. i., to be wounded.
hili v. tr., to choose for one's own, to desire
and take; to'o hili, with poss. 2. to'o hili
nada, they alone,
hili si tr., to pick, to choose, ha'ahili; lio
hilisi, to choose; lio hilisie huni hu'e i'oe,
choose her for your wife.
hilisila-(ku) gerund. Lau la'ifili as to'o
hili; Florida vili, to choose; Samoa fili;
Niue fifili; Motu hidi.
hilolo U., v., to be warped by the sun.
hiluhilue'i S., partic, i'o hiluhilue'i, to be
estranged.
hinanga U.. kara ni mwane, yam pudding used
in sacrifices,
hinesu (ku) S., flesh, meat. Fl. vinahi.
hini'i adv., nearly, almost; precedes the verb.
cf. hiri'i.
hinoli'a U., adj., beautiful; 'osi hele hinoli'a
taha ine, how well you have done it.
hinou a fish-hook made of turtle shell, not
barbed: a steel hook; hinou ni 'a'ao,
hook for fishing; hinou ni semu, a hook
for deep-sea fish; hinou ni toli, hook for
deep-sea fishing; wanawana hinou, to
make turtle-shell hooks. Lau finau.
hinu 1. shell of shellfish; hinui hangoda, shell
of haliotis. 2. bark: hinui ue, bark of
cane. Mota vinui, skin. 3. v. tr., to
pull up the eyelid; 'o hinua maamu,
peel your eye!
hinuhinu eyelid, hinuhinui ma'a. cf. hiruhiru.
hiohio U. 1. m-wahiohio, swayed, bent; tata-
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hiohio (continued).
hiohio, to stagger. 2. twist trade
tobacco.
hi'olo, hi'ohi'olo v. i., to be hungry; olo ana
hi'olo, to be faint from fasting,
hi'olonga v. n., hunger, famine; hi'olonga e
tola, there was a famine; hi'olonga e
tolea hanue, hunger was upon the land.
Florida vitolo, Motu hitolo.
hi'ona U. ghost, spirit. Wango hi'ona,
Florida vigona. M. A., p. 124.
hiri, hirihiri 1. v. tr., to lap with a string, to
bind. Mota vir, Viti wiri, Samoa fill.
hiri 2. v. tr., to pay a fine for, to make atone-
ment for a death by violence.
hiritaa v. n., a fine paid; soi hiritaa, to
demand a fine; hiritaana a ola, atone-
ment for So-and-so. Motu hili.
hiri'i adv., nearly, almost: precedes the verb.
cf. hini'i.
hiro v. i., to revolve.
hirosi tr. Wango taihiro.
hiroiku n., a dove. cf. heheoku.
hirori 1. v. i., to be kinked. 2. v. i., to chatter
indistinctly, cf. rori 4, 'irori, hirori.
hiru 1. v. i., to be busy, engaged, to have a
press of work, ha'ahiru; 'ahe hiru,
hirune 'ahe, troublesome waves, boiling
tide-rip; luqe'i hiru, to pretend to be
busy,
hirunga'a adj., used as n, hindrance,
hirue'i partic, hindered; noko hirue'i lae,
I am hindered from going,
hiru'e S., hiru'a U.,adj.; sae hiru' a, a mind
engaged; 'asi pouhiru'e, raging sea.
hirusi tr., to get in the way of; oku e
hirusia maana, the oku has got in its
eye: said of the migratory plover
(karikeri'ala) which arrives in November
at time of palolo and is found exhausted
in the gardens and open spaces.
hiru 2. v., to be curly, of hair.
hiruhiru U. cf. kinuhinu; hiruhiru ana maana,
his eyelid.
hisi U., rai hisi, a stake.
hisu 1. v. tr., to pluck leaves, to pull fruit.
2. TJ., to wean; hisu susu mwaani, to
pluck the breast from.
hisuhisu v. i., to be out of joint.
hite S., hita U. 1. v. i., to split, cf. ha'ahile,
wa'ahite; hite dango, S., hita 'ai, U., to
split firewood; hite pewa'ali, to cleave;
ape hite, to curtail; kala hite, to cut
nautilus in rectangles with notched
ends; 'ini hite, the thumb, used to split
leaves,
hiteli tr., opa hiteli, to cut up an animal;
po'o hiteli, to cause to burst; iohu hiteli,
to cleave asunder; raa hitelia Hdu
Maelo. Wango hita.
hite 2. v. i., to hit, to strike: used with poss. 3,
e hita ana; hite tekala'ini, to strike and
disperse; hite meenasi, to strike and
break to pieces; dau hite, to score a hit.
Wango hita.
hiu 1. numeral, seven; ha'ahiu, seven times.
Motu hitu, Nine fitu, Maori whitu.
hi'u, hi'uhi'u 2. v. i., to turn from side to side;
hi'uhi'u pote, S., hi'uhi'u kape, U., a
bird, wagtail, fly-catcher,
hi'une tr., to alter the position of.
hi'usi U., tr., to turn, to alter the nature of,
to change.
hi'utana tr., to change the nature of.
hi'ute'ini tr., to wag.
hi'ute'i U., partic, changed, altered in
position, moved. Mota vusiag.
hi'uhi'ule adj., to'o hi'uhi'ule, spotted.
hiune the seventh time.
ho exclam., used in chorus.
hoa, hoahoa 1. v. i., to make an incision in.
hoa'i tr., to cut by making an incision in.
hoasi tr., to cut marks upon, to carve.
ho'a 2. v. tr., to take aside, to separate, cf. Iioka.
ho'ala'i partic, used as v. i., to depart, to
leave, cf. 'aho'a. Florida voka, sepa-
rate, open; Sesake qoka.
ho'asi v. i., to use oaths, to swear by, to curse;
ho'asi sisinge'i, to clear with an oath,
to adjure; ho'asi sisingana li'oa, to
swear by a spirit,
ho'asinge v. n. Wango hoasi, Fagani
fogasi.
hoda, hohoda v. i., to lave the hands or face;
hoda maa, to wash the face; hoda
maanga, v. n.
hodali tr.
hodalila-(ku) gerund.
hoe exclam. 1. used to sum up a statement or
argument. 2. expresses disapproba-
tion. 3. calls the attention.
hoho v. i., to cut undergrowth.
hohola S., dsu hohola, to prepare a yam
garden.
hohoro v. i., to barter, to buy, to sell. cf. holt,
holoholo.
hohoronga v. n.
hohoto n., long wooden mortar used for pound-
ing yams, etc.
hoi 1. art. a, one, used of things spherical in
shape, fruit, eggs, shells; in the plural mu,
mwa precede hoi; probably derives from
hoa with genitive i. hoi dango, mu
hoi dango, fruit, kidneys; hoi huu. fruit
of the Barringtonia; hoi i'a, hoi i'e, fish;
hoi kue, a hen's egg; hoi kuru, a ripe
areca nut; hoi lite, a seed; hoi madeli, a
fully ripe coconut; hoi menu, an egg;
hoi sehu, U., a gourd. Mota wo, Mala-
gasy voa, fruit.
hoi 2. contraction of hou 2 and locative i. hoi
haha, the downward side, under the
earth; hoi saeka, in our hearts.
ho'i 3. v. i., to wind. cf. 'dliho'i; ho'i ue, to
roll dyed cane to make hikei ue. Vatur-
anga hoi, to return; Florida goi, again;
Wango ahoi, return.
ho'i 4. U., v. i., to gather, collect; mwane nga
rurukonileni esi ho'i ha'aro'iau, that no
collection be made in my presence.
hoiliwo S., houliwo U., a hill.
ho'itana v. tr., to alter the nature of. cf.
hu'ilana.
ho'ite'i partic, changed, altered, cf. hu'ite'i.
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hoka 1. to come apart. 2. to have a hole in
the bottom,
hokasi tr., to burst, to split. Florida voka,
to come open; Lau foga, to burst open;
Maori hokai, to spread out; Niue hoka,
to pierce.
hola 1. v. i., to spread.
I holasi tr. Maori hora, mahora, spread out.
hola 2. v. i., to spring forth in a jet. Florida
vara.
hola 3. v. i., to begin, ha'ahola; holai na'o, in
former times,
hola'i tr., atei ni e hola'ie, who began it.
hola'i partic, used as adv., precedes the
verb: formerly, at first, e hola'i na'o
'oto wait, he first led the way; nou hola'i
'unue, I first said it.
holaa 1. v. i., to be calm (of the sea) ; aau e repo
kosi holaa, when the nuts are ripe it is
calm weather. 2. n., a calm, hai'holaa;
holaa lotoweru'e, a flat calm. E Holaa,
a rock on the west coast of Ulawa near
the south cape.
holaasi tr., to be in calm weather, e hola-
asire; Met. to be in peace.
holi, holiholi v. tr., to barter, to buy. ha'aholi;
kire to'oana keni mwala ko holie, they
own the girl who is being bought.
holinge v. n., a sale.
holiholinga U., n., a bought dependent.
holite-(ku), holiholite v. n., price, payment,
holilana, the price of it, its being sold.
Mota wol, Malay beli, Malagasy vily,
Bugotu voli.
holo v. i., to divide, ha'aholo. cf. maholo,
maaliholo, mouholo. holo 'ahe, to divide
the waves by incantation and make a
way for a canoe; holo onu, to divide and
cut short; 'alo holo, to cross over the
sea; langu holo, to break in two; 'o holo
onu'e qongiku hao, thou hast shortened
my days.
holosi tr. 1. to cut a piece off. 2. to cross
over; holosie 'asi, to cross the sea.
holosila (ku) gerund. Wango horo, to
cross; Mota wolos, to cut across; Lau
jolo, Makula foro; Florida polo, when.
holosi v. tr., to appoint, to assign.
holota'ini determ., to make an appoint-
ment, to agree upon, to arrange, cf.
hd'iholota'i.
holo holo 1. n., interval, part, portion, thing, U.;
holoholo i sapeku, S., my duty; ngaite
holoholo, U., a different thing. 2.
irregular, intermittent; mata'i holoholo,
intermittent fever. 3. U., v., to barter.
honi U., contraction for hou ni, a, one, used of
fish; honi weieu, a bonito; honi mehu, a
mehu fish.
hono, hohono v. i., to shut, to shut a door. cf.
ha'ihonoa'i; hono sikihi, to shut off by
itself; hono sisinge'i, to shut out; e hono
sisingana, shut him in; ape hono, to
prevent; ddu hono, S.. to hinder; noru
hono, to be windbound; susu hono, to
heal over (of a sore).
honosl v. tr., used as prep., to meet, opposed
to, over against; 'oto honosi, to oppose;
hono, hohono (continued).
hulo honosi, to close up an aperture;
lae honosi, to go and meet; si'o honosi, to
interrupt with questions; susu honosi,
to close in on; 'ure honosi, to oppose.
honota-(ku) gerund., protecting, guarding;
e palo honotaka, our mediator; para
honotaka, defend us.
honohonota v. n., a shutter, an obstacle.
Mota wono, Lau fono, Florida vongo,
Malagasy fono.
honu 1. n., a turtle; honu i'e, green turtle; honu
hapa, hawksbill turtle; hapa ni honu,
plates of turtle shell; tarihoa honu, to
watch for turtles on the sands, cf.
karenga. popo ni honu, tailpiece of
turtle shell used for nose-rings at Santa
Cruz; su'ai honu, a summerset. Nifilole
fonu, Malagasy fano.
honu 2. v. i., to be full, ha'ahonu; honu
makealo, full to overflowing; ere ani
le'u honu, to boast; hera honu, a con-
gregation; i'e honu, a hundred fish-
teeth; honu, honu leu'ae, poro ni tolo
e hule 'oto pe'i oqai poo, a catch said
when filling a bamboo rata at a spring,
fill, fill quickly, a hill man has arrived
bearing a pig's entrails.
honulaa v. n., a crowd, a company,
honule'i partic, filled, full. Wango honu,
honurai, Florida vonu, Motu honu.
honu 3. honu ako, to have pulmonary disease.
hoo 1. exclam., of contempt, of disbelief.
ho'o, ho'oho'o 2. v. tr., to bind,
ho'onga v. n., a binding,
ho'osi tr.
ho'osila-(ku) gerund.
iho'o n., a bundle. Wango hoo.
ho'oho'odara n., a wreath, a crown, cf. dara.
hoowa S., n., morning, between 8 and 10. cf.
hu'o 2; dangi hoowa, the next day; ke
haro hoowa kd'u, as soon as it is light.
hora (ku) 1. prep., over against, in order to
get, for; horana i ola, over against such-
and-such a place; horana nga laa, what
for? 2. U., ha'alu horana, to swear by
a thing or person; 3. U., concerning.
Fagani fora, subject to, under the rule
of; horana mwa alaha, under the power
of the chiefs.
horaa'i v. tr., to turn round (of objects).
horaa'ini tr.
horahora'apu'i S., n., first fruits of nuts and
yams. cf. 'apu 2.
hora'i ha'ihora'i, partic, to be daybreak, cf.
'auhora.
horo, horohoro v. i., to beat, to strike, to kill;
horo 'asi, to destroy utterly; horo ni
loloto i purine maeta, to kill a man in
order that men may bathe after cele-
brating a death feast; horo mwamwaki,
to kill wantonly; horo suuhe'ini, to kill
out, to destroy; horo suulana, to kill
in revenge; horo i tola, to kill to avenge;
horo talaalasi, to kill without mercy;
kire lahoa nana mwala e holo.
koronga v. n. murder, killing; koronga
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horo horohoro (continued).
maapala, murder; horonga i talada,
revenge for them; horonga talaraaraa,
indiscriminate slaughter.
horotaa v. n., murder, killing.
horo'i tr., ha'ihoro'i.
hota 1. 'aehota, talaa'ehota, to begin. Mota
wota.
hota 2. hola ni mwane, all the boys who are
eligible for ha'atnalaohu; e mou ue ena
ngaini ka'a hota ni mwane lo'u, e mou
ana Wateha'aodo, it is still in desuetude
no boys are initiated into bonito catch'
ing, it ceased with Wateha'aodo. M. A.
p. 234.
hote 1. v. i., to paddle, to row a boat (late use)
2. n., a paddle, an oar; hote ani henue, a
paddle; hote ni haka, an oar; hole ni
monaki, bone of the cuttlefish; palupelu
ni hote, handle of the paddle; tarasie 'asi
ana hote, to feather the oar.
hotenga v. n., paddling, rowing; ani
hotenga, by paddling,
hotela'ini tr., to propel by paddling, by
rowing.
hotela-(ku) gerund. Mota wose, Motu
hode, Maori hoe.
hoto n., a gourd used to hold lime for betel
chewing; hoi hena hoto, a lime gourd.
hot oho to 1. to shake (of gourd or bottle). 2. to
rattle the spatula in the lime gourd;
e hotoJwto ana lo'u hoi sehu.
hoto'i, hotohoto'i tr.
hotohoto'i U. v. L, to swing.
hotohotomolita'a U., round in shape, cf. molt.
hoto'i to bore (of beetles or worms in wood);
hou e hoto'ie, it is wormeaten.
hou 1. article, a; more frequently used in
Ulawa; with genitive ni contracted to
honi, U.; probably connected with hoi 1.
hou atea, a coconut water-bottle; hou
kao, a bottom plank in a canoe; honi
mehu, a mehu fish; hou met, an ebb tide;
hou ola, a thing of a round shape; hou
pua, an areca nut; mai nga hou pua, give
an areca nut; houhi, a yam; hou wei, a
bamboo for carrying water; honi weieu,
a bonito.
hou 2. S., adv.. down: not used of direction;
with locative i contracts to hoi. siho
hou, lae hou, to descend; hoi sae, in the
heart; hoi 'ano, underground.
hou 3. dry rot, worm in wood, hou e hoto'ie.
hou 4. v. i., to proclaim, to be proclaimed;
e hou lilikeli, hou keli, proclaimed
abroad,
houle'i partic, proclaimed, made public,
houle'ini tr., to proclaim, to tell out.
houle'inila-(ku) gerund. Fagani fou.
hou 5. U., dem. pron., this, these, cf. nihou.
laa hou, vocative you!
houhou n., a bier.
houlaa v. n., a feast; dan houlaa, to have a
feast, hou 4.
houlana n., fame, kingdom; a Wango word
hour ana.
Houlanga a proper name.
houliwo U., hoiliwo S., n., a hill.
huasa n., a crocodile. Mota vua, crocodile,
puasa lizard; Malagasy buaya, crocodile.
Hu'atea a rock off Cape Arona, Ulawa.
hudi 1. n., banana; hoi hudi, a banana fruit;
hudi tolaka, a variety with erect bunch,
plantain; hudi ni haka, introduced
banana (Musa cavendishii) ; hungui
hudi, a bunch of bananas; tangisi hudi,
a hand of bananas; pi'e ni hudi, pi'ei
hudi, banana sucker; nga hudi e mala
'asi'a, the bananas are rotting away
unpicked. Florida vudi, Viti vundi.
Niue futi, Motu dui, Malagasy ontsy.
hudi 2. S., first and second days of the moon.
hudihudi n., a stripe, bruise, weal.
hudihudi'e adj., bruised (of the body).
hue S., hua U. (na) 1. article,- a, one, used of
fruits only; huana i'ada, the fruit of
their womb; huani 'ei, U., fruit; huesi
dango, kidney (si genitive) ; kau mei nga
hue, give me one. Wango hua, Mota
woai, fruit; Motu huahua, fruit; Maori
hua, Malay buwah. cf. pue. See M. L.,
p,71.
hu'e S., hu'a U. 2. a married woman, wife;
women in general in distinction from
mwane, male; the demonstrative na,
S., ni, U., may be added, a hu'ena,
the woman, to'o hu'e, to be married;
lo'o hu'anga, v. n., the being married;
sike hu'e, to divorce a woman; sike
hu'anga, v. n., divorce; e lio hunie hunt
hu'e nana, he chooses her for his wife;
lio hilisie huni hu'e i'oe, choose her for
your wife; hu'e kire konie mola, a con-
cubine; ta'e hu'a saena e diena, there's a
good-hearted woman.
hu'e 3. v. tr., to carry suspended from the head
as native women do. Niue fua, to
carry on the shoulder; Motu huai, to
carry from the shoulder.
hu'e 4. v. i., to reverse; hu'e asi, to overturn,
to overthrow; hu'e hau, to dig up stones
suitable for use in cooking hahi; hu'e
tekela'ini, to uproot and destroy.
hu'eli tr., hu'eli 'ato'alo, to wind rolls of
dyed cane,
hu'esi tr. 1. to reverse; hu'esi 'elinge, to
turn the ear to. 2. to open a native
oven.
hu'esila-(ku) gerund.
hu'eta'ini U., tr., to reverse. Niue veu, to
uncover; Mota sug, to dig up, uqa. to
lever, vut-uqa-uqa, to dig; Wango huke,
reverse; Florida vuka; Maori hua, lever,
overturn; huke, dig up; Malay bukai,
open; Sulu ukai; Viti tevuka, open.
huehue (na) fruit, mu huehuei ola, fruits;
huehuana, its fruit.
huhu 1. v. i., to leak, to drip, to spill out.
huhusi tr., to pour upon. Wango huhu,
spill; Lau fufusi, to sow broadcast.
huhu 2. v. i., huhu la' ola' o ana wa'i, to be in
contortions with tetanus.
huhu 3. v. i., to pluck, to pick off.
huhudaro U., v. i., to smite, strike, daro.
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huhunu 1. v. tr., to poison fish with pounded
leaves of Barringtonia. 2. n., dynamite
used to shoot fish with. Mota vun,
to poison fish; Efate buttu, death;
Florida hunu, leaven.
huhurere'a adj., dazzling white, cf. rere'a.
hui 1. n., taro (Caladium esculentura) ; hui
kerekere, a taro shot with veins; hui ni
matawa, giant caladium, the only kind
grown on Ulawa; nisi hui, to pull taro
for eating; poe hui, to pull wild taro;
tapali hui, to cut off the leaves of taro;
to'oni hui, to plant taro; 'usu hui, to
grate taro.
hu'i 2. S., adj., troublous, hi'u 2. U.; mu ola
hu'ihu'i, dangers, difficulties, hard cir-
cumstances.
hu'ihu'inge v. n., hele hu'ihu'inge, unprofit-
ableness.
hu'isi tr., to turn over, to reverse, to turn
toward, to change the nature of, to
harm; dau hu'isi, to overthrow, to put
to wrong use, to bring to naught; hele
hu'isie nga le'u, to err in anything.
hu'isila-(ku) gerund.
hu'itana tr., to change, to alter the nature
of. cf. ho'itana.
hu'ite'i, hu'ihu'ite'i partic, upset, undone,
altered, cf. ho'ite'i; e ka'a me'i ola ke
hu'ihu'ite'i, unchangeable; saeku e hu'i-
te'i, my heart is undone. Mota vusiag.
hu'i 3. v. tr., to pour water on. Mota vuvui.
hu'idada U., v. i., to be level, smooth, cf. dada.
hu'ihu'ite S., a marvel, a wonder, a miracle.
hu'ine'i S., v. tr., to warp, to wrest aside.
hulaa S., hula hula U., a spring, fountain, hulaa
ni wei, wdi hulahula. cf. hulehule,
hure'i. Florida vuravura, Mota vura,
Viti vure, Niue, Mao. puna.
hulaaholaa v. i., to be full (of the moon). Mota
vula, moon; Malagasy volana.
hule S., hula U., v. i. 1. to arrive; hule ahu'i, to
come for; hule odo'i, to arrive and find;
hula talahi, to fail to find a person at
home; 'asi dodo hule i one, deep water
right up to shore; lai hule, to reach; nga
hale e koru hula i sinaha, the shed was
full right up to the door; lai hulaana,
till, until.
hule'ita-(ku) gerund., up to, reaching to.
ha'ahule'ita. sa'a hule'itana ike saena-
naunge, never coming to wisdom,
huleta'ini tr., to come and seek for.
hule U. 2. to be in danger, distress; maenga
hulahula, U., danger,
hule si tr., to be dangerously ill; e hulesie,
he has a bad attack.
hule 3. a convolvulus growing on the beaches;
hule e 'a'a haahia taoha, the convolvulus
had climbed over the canoe house.
hulehule ma, ni) 1. n., husks, chaff; hulehuleni,
the chaff.
hulehule S., hulahula U. 2. n., water springs,
mu hulehule. cf. hulaa, hure'i. Florida
vure, Viti vure, Mota vura, Dyak pura.
hulemotaa S. v. i., to be in agony, cf. motaa.
huli 1. v. tr., to overtake, to overcome.
huli (ku) 2. S., a bed, a mat. hulite, S.
huli 3. huli nunte, S., the site of a house, house
plat, cf.talahuli. L,au fulifera, a village.
hulihuli n., a black biting ant.
hulite (ku) S.f a bed, a mat. huli 2. U.
hulo 1. n., a sponge, a towel (late use).
hulosi tr., to wipe. Samoa solo, Maori horoi,
Viti vulo, to strain.
hulo 2. v. i., hulo honosi, to close up an aperture.
huluhilu S., v. i., to make a sacrificial offering.
hulumota'a S., adj., hairy. Mota ului, hair,
Maori huru.
huna U., hune, S.
hunata v. n., stakes driven to moor a canoe,
an anchor (late use).
hune S., huna U. 1. to anchor; liki hune, S.,
riki huna, U., to loosen mooring-stakes,
to get up anchor. 2. to hang up, to
display; hune haa, to hang up and dis-
play the bridal moneys at the home of
the bride, to conduct the initial cere-
mony of a wedding.
hunesi tr. 1. to anchor. 2. to display
wedding moneys. Wango huna, Maori
punga, anchor.
hune S. 3. a snare, a gin. lolohuna, U. lolosi
hune, to set a trap; toli hune, to lay a
snare. Wango huna.
huni (au) S. 1. dative preposition, for, to; huni
lu'ue mo ola ineu, to remove my goods;
huni lengu ha'aodohie 'aeka, to guide
our feet; dau toli huni, to submit to, to
be subject to; e hai lalamoa e mae hunia
Qai, four dead men for Qai to pay a fine
for; e ka'a hunie ike maenga, not unto
death; kire husingi'i hunieu, I have
become accustomed to it; lae huni'i, go
to fetch them; le'u noko lae hunie, the
place whither I go; Ho hilisie huni hu'e
i'oe, choose her for your wife; Ho huni,
to choose; e Ho hunie huni hu'e nana, he
chose her for his wife; Ho huni maa, to
exercise partiality; masi huni, to commit
adultery with; qalu huni, to conceive
by a person; ke s'dune huni ke mae, to be
well mashed. Mota mun, Ulawa muni.
2. adv., in order that, muni, U. : also as
an optative; huni ke lae mat, that he
may come,
hunie adv., in order that; hunie esi hute
'ulu 'ie, that he should be born blind
thus. Wango huni. ha'ihuni.
huni (ku) 3. U., skin disease, ringworm; huniku,
my ringworm,
hunila, adj., suffering from ringworm.
Niue matafune.
huni 4. h&'ihuni, U., harihuni, S., v. tr., to
desire, to wish for.
hunu 1. v. tr., to cut up an animal; hunu poo,
to butcher a pig; kira hunu poo mala
ideni, tomorrow they kill the pigs.
Malagasy vono, to kill; Borneo bunoh.
hunu 2. S., n., a mast.
hunu, huhunu 3. v. i., to poison fish with
Barringtonia leaves.
hunu 4. dio hunu, to swoop (of pigeons); dio
hunu ni sae, to be faint-hearted, to faint.
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hungao-(ku) n., brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
tnwane or keni added for distinction;
kungaona, used with ro ha'i or ro ma:
ro ha'i hungaona, U., ro ma hungaona, S.,
brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law. Wango
hungo, Lau fungo, Maori hunaonga.
hunge S., hunga U., many, enough, too much,
to abound, ha'ahunge. mu dinge hunge,
many days,
hungehunga'a adv., frequently. Wango
hunga, Maori hunga, a company.
hungehunga'a S., adj., used as noun, hillock.
Wango hungahunga.
hungu, hunguhungu 1. to bear fruit. 2. n., a
bunch of fruit; hungui hudi, a bunch of
bananas,
hunguha U., v. n., a fruiting,
hungunge S., v. n., a fruiting; kire ko
mwamwasu'i eni hungunge, become
unfruitful.
hunguta U., v. n., a bunch; hungutani pua,
a bunch of areca nuts. Viti bunua, a
bunch of nuts; Florida vungu, Mota
rung, Samoa punupunu, a cluster of
parasitical plants; Borneo bunga, flower.
hu'o 1. n., fishing-net, seine; hu'o ni moke, a
casting net; 'ato hu'o, to set a net; 'ato
hu'onga, a plot; e soda ana hu'o, -he fell
into the net; tola hu'o, to set a snare for;
wa'i haahie ana hu'o, to draw a net
about. Florida vugo, Motu huo, kan-
garoo net.
t'c 2. ha'ahu'o, to come early in the morning.
mahu'ohu'o, dawn, early morning.
hu'ori Hu'oriara, a proper name.Early-afoot.
hure S., v. i., mwaa e hure ana, he was eaten of
?• worms.
hure'i, hure'ihure'i 1. v. i., to gush out. cf.
hulaa, hulehule 2. e hure'i ta'a ana hau,
to gush forth from the rock. Mota vura.
hure'i 2. hure'i lade, name of a month, July.
huresoso n., white shell discs used in ornamen-
tation with haa and malo, used also to
finish off the ends of strings of money.
huri v. tr., to cut in sections; malo huri, black
bugles cut from a creeper and used in
ornament. Florida vuri.
hurihuri U., to wallow, of a pig.
huro, mahuro adj., disturbed, upset in mind,
hurosi tr., to upset the mind, to disturb, to
whirl about as surf; 'ahe ko hurosieu, the
stream whirls me about.
hurosila-(ku) gerund,
hum, huruhuru v. i., to run; huru ni 'elinge, to
race; huruhuru meumeuri'e, to be living,
hurunge v. n., running; hdli ana hurunge,
foot racing; ohoa hurunge, to race.
hurunge'ini tr., to run and carry,
hurulaa v. n., a messenger.
huruhuru a bridge, a tree fallen over a stream,
ladder,
husingi v. tr., to make accustomed; kire hu-
singi'i hunieu, I have become accus-
tomed to it.
hute, hutehute S. , huta U. , to be born, ha'ahute.
e hute talahie qongine, born out of due
time; hunie esi hute 'ulu' ie, that he
should be born blind thus,
hutanga v. n., birth.
hutaa, hutelaa v. n., generation, birth.
hutela-(ku) gerund, being born, birth.
Mota wota; Niue mafuta, emerge,
huto 1. cuscus, phalanger. M. A., p. 17.
Wango huto.
huto 2. v. i., to swarm (of ants, etc.).
hutohuto (na) 1. froth, foam. Wango huto-
huto, Viti vuto.
hutohuto 2. name of a month, June,
huu 1. n., a group, a bunch, with genitive i;
huui 'ae, excrement; huui alaha, a chiefly
family; huui edi, a bunch of leaves used
as a tabu sign; huui eu, a stool of bam-
boos; huu ni kana, a group of singers;
huui keu, branching coral; huui lue,
shoulder of pork; huui lume, huu lume,
collection of houses, village; huui sata,
the heel; huui tomwaso, a thicket of
tomwaso bushes. Viti vutu, plenty of;
Maori pu, tribe, bunch,
huu 2. adj., real, permanent, ha'ahuu'e.
awala 'oto huu, U., awala ha'ahuu, S., a
full ten; h'dnue huu, solid land, dry land,
heritage; hele huu., to inherit; i'o huu, to
abide forever; mwado huu, the earth;
'oni huu 'oto ana, to be settled therein;
'oto huu, U., forever; te'ete'e huu, forever,
abiding, for good, finally. Wango
huuna, real; Samoa futu, to be a long
time; Mota tur, real; Viti vu, bottom,
root; Niue fu, trunk, cause; Florida
puku, real,
huu 3. v. i., to be sad; sae huu, to grieve; sae
huunge, grief. Viti ku, to be angry;
Motu hu, to look angry.
huu 4. n., a littoral tree (Barringtonia speciosa) ;
hoi huu, its fruit; huhunu, roma, to
stupefy fish therewith. Mota vut,
Viti vutu.
hu'u 5. a cough, to cough. Mota vur, Viti vu,
Motu hua.
huuhuu to gush forth in a jet; ivdi e huuhuu
'oto, the water spurted out; huuna wai,
U., fountain head. Bugotu fuufutu, a
spring,
huuilume, huulume S., a village, cf. nume.
uunu tara'a huuilume, burn up the
village.
huule'ini v. tr., to chop down, to fell a tree;
'aihu, U., uprooted,
huuraro n., rainbow: if pointed at (usu'i) bad
luck results,
hu'usi, hu'uhu'usi v. tr., to detach 'oha from
a tree, to pluck leaves, cf. 'u'usi.
Wango huusi.
hu'utala U. v. i., to miss the mark, to fail, to
be in vain. tala.
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i 1. prep., locative; always used before names
of places, also with adverbs of time and
direction; itei, where; i Sa'a, i hoowa,
in the morning; i nganite, when, with a
preceding eoro there is a contraction
to i: noko lai haka, I go abroad; tai Sa'a,
up at Sa'a; hai Malau, down at Malau;
laelae i rodo, go until nightfall. Forms
the compound prepositions ilengi on;
isuli, according to. Used in phrases,
i ladoihaana, in a line with; i ladohaana,
thereby; i nooruhaana, relying on,
because of. Florida t, Viti *.
i 2. prep., genitive, a variant of ni; joined in
pronunciation to the preceding word:
poloi haa, a strand of shell money;
qirei eu, a stalk of bamboo. Used to
express purpose: noko lai leesie, I go to
see it. Expresses condition: e lai 'aela,
it is bad; e la 'oto i diana, it is good.
Used of continued action: hoi i'a e lae
mat i rarada i saini one, the fish came
and grounded on the beach. Used
after tala'ae, to begin: e tala'ai 'aela,
it is beginning to spoil. Follows ore,
to fail: melu orei lae, we almost went.
Bugotu i, Lau »".
i 3. instrumental prefix forming noun from
verb: ikeu, a crook; idenu, a baler;
idemu, a lime spatula, from kau, danu,
damn. Mota i, 4; Viti i; Motu i, in
igui, a bundle; guia, to wrap; ikoko, a
nail; kokoa, to nail.
i 4. prefix to personal and demonstrative pro-
nouns: ineu, i'oe, inge'ie, inihou. Mota
j in inau; Maori i in ikoe.
i 5. U., euphonic: saisemu, reduplicated from
samu, saisesu from sasu, daidenu from
d&nu.
*i 6. verbal suffix, horo horo'i: forms a parti-
ciple, pele pele'i. Viti i, Maori * {pao,
paoi) , Florida gi.
'i 7. suffixed to poss., 1. sing. 1 and 2 and dual,
used of many things for one person to
eat, moola aku'i; suffixed to poss. 2 and
used of many things designed for one
person; naku'i, for me. Florida gi, Lau
gi, plural sign.
'1 8. a suffix denoting plurality, used of things
only; lae huni'i, go fetch them; dolali'i,
among them, 'i 7.
*i 9. suffixed to pers. pron., dual 1 and 2 excl.
iemere'i, ikara'i, U., hunireru'i.
i'a U. cf. i'e, S.
'i'aa v. i., to be lost, missing, 'ai'aa.
i'ami U., pers. pron., plur. 1 excl.: we, ours;
when used as subject is followed by 'ami.
Lau igami, Mota ikamam.
i'amu U. pers. pron., plur. 2 : you, yours; more
general in application than i'emelu;
when used as subject is followed by 'amu.
i'ano adv., on the ground, down; mai i'ano, on
the earth; with demonstrative na added,
i'anona, in that soil; of direction, west;
haka e lai qai 'ano, the ship went west.
1'au S., exclam. of assent.
ida U. ida 'apala, a length of money from the
finger tips to the opposite shoulder, a
yard and a quarter.
idemu n., a lime spatula, damn, idemu ni
loo, a lime spatula used as a dagger on
a person who is scared (loo) and hard
to get near but who is enticed by the
offer of areca nut; idemu ke suu i halena,
the spatula shall pierce his gums.
ideni U. tomorrow; kira hunu poo mala ideni,
tomorrow they kill the pigs.
idenu n., a canoe baler, danu.
idengi S., tomorrow, dangi 1.
idu, iduidu 1. v. i., to count; iduidu nume, to
gad about (Florida idu vale) ; iduidu mesi
'ei, U., jumped about on the firewood.
idumi tr., idumia one, countless (count
the sand).
idumila-(ku) gerund.
iduidunge v. n., numbering, number.
Florida idu.
idu, iduidu 2. to be weary of a thing, to be ill
at ease. Florida idu.
idu 3. n., a drill.
idule'ini v. tr., to move the position of a thing,
to ease a burden.
'ie 1. S., demonstrative pron., this, these; fol-
lows the noun; adverbially used as here,
now, thus; hunie esi hute 'ulu 'ie, that
he should be born blind thus; inge'ie
'ie, this is he; maholo 'ie, now; ola'ie,
this thing; 'oto 'ie, now; 'oto mola 'ie.
just now. Mota ia, Bintulu ia.
i'e S. i'a U. 2. a fish, a fish (porpoise) tooth; hoi
i'e, a fish: mu i'e, mwa i'a, plural; used
metaphorically in Ulawa as an excla-
mation of astonishment at size, a big
thing, a whopperl nga i'e, 100 por-
poise teeth on a cord forming a unit
of money; hoi i'a e lae mai i rarada i
saini one, the fish came and grounded
on the beach; i'e hdu, a stone fish; i'e
honu, 100 fish teeth; i'e 'inoni, a fish
caught with a scoop net; i'e ni sane,
sea-bream (nate); i'e ni toli, deep-sea
fish; Aru ni i'e, honorific phrase of San
Cristoval. cf. ha'adahi. honu i'e, a
green turtle; nihoi i'e, porpoise teeth;
palapala ni i'a, a nose ornament of
shell cut in the form of a frigate-bird;
q&'ui i'e 4 porpoise teeth; to'o, to'oani
i'e, 1,000 fish teeth; waawaatani i'a,
pieces of fish. Mota iga, Maori ika.
'ie S. 'ia U. (ku) 3. belly, womb, 'iana, S., 'iena,
V., 'iana e maelo, pregnant; 'ieku e too,
I am sick at the stomach. Mota tiana,
pregnant; Bugotu tia, Maori lia, Malay
tia.
ie'iola v. i., to have the head thrown back.
'i'eli 1. v. tr., to plait. 2. n., a rope; radu
moumousie mu 'i'eli, to break the rope in
pieces. Lau inali, Mota tali, Maori tari.
i'emelu pers. pron., plur. 1, excl.; we, our; more
restricted in meaning than i'emi.
i'emere, i'emere'i pers. pron., dual 2. excl.;
we two, our; when used as subject is
followed by mere or mere'i respectively;
ola i'emere'i, a thing belonging to us two.
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IKURE
i'emeru, i'emeru'e S., same as i'emere.
i'emi pera. pron., plur. 1. excl.; we, our; more
general in meaning than i'emelu; when
used as subject is followed by 'emi.
i'emiu U., Mwado'a dialect for i'amu.
i'emu U., Mwado'a dialect for i'amu.
'ienini demonstrative pron., this; Poro 'ienini,
this man; adverb now, 'oto tnola 'ienini,
just now.
i epi (na) beside (of things only); * epine or a,
i epine lalo, i epiepi ana, contiguous to.
Maori apiti, Malay apit, to place side
by side,
ihaha 1. adv., below, underneath; m'ai ihaha,
on earth. 2. prep, with suffixed pro-
noun (ku); ihahamu, underneath you;
ihahana salo, under the sky. Lau
/a/a. haha.
ihaho 1. adv., over, above; ilengi ihaho, in the
sky above. 2. prep., with suffixed
pronoun (ku); ihahomu, above you,
over your head. haho.
ihe-(ku) brother-in-law, sister-in-law; in Ulawa
the personal article coalesces, aiheku.
ihana ro mwaihana, S., ro aihana, U., two
brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law. Motu
ihana, brother-in-law.
ihei 1. interrog. adv., where. itei,~ S. 2.
interrog. pron., which, what, whether,
of two; 'o'a sore ngau ihei, what will
you eat; with article ngaihei, mwaihei,
who. Mota a-vea.
ihei 3. S., the monitor lizard (Varanus indicus).
iho'o n„ a bundle; with genitive i, iho'oi ola, a
bundle of goods, ho'o.
ihu (ku) 1. n., hair, feather; with genitive i.
waraihu, U. ihui menu, birds' feathers;
ihui qe'u, hair of the head; 'olo kou'e
ihune, shave his head close. Vatur-
anga ivu, Motu hui.
ihu 2. v. i., to cut, to chop down; ihu uweha, to
cut bamboos for fishing-poles.
'i'i 1. v. tr., to judge.
H'inge v. n., judgment.
'i'ila-(ku) gerund.
'i'i 2. a bird, a swift; 'i'i ko he'isu'u, the swift
flits from tree to tree; qaateru a 'i'i, a
large snail,
•i'i 3. ha'a'Vi, to set a high price,
'i'ile'i partic, loud, resounding; ngara 'i'ile'i, to
cry aloud.
'i'iloha U., to hesitate.
'i'ite 1. n., a round basket plaited of a coconut
leaf and used for holding yams.
'i'ite 2. v. tr., to find fault with, to censure.
'i'ite'i tr., 'i'ite'i wala, to strive about
words; v. n., 'i'ite'i walanga, strife
about words.
•i'ite 'ini tr.
•i'ite'inila-(ku) gerund.
ika'elu U., pers. pron., plural 1. inch: we, ours;
more restricted in meaning than iki'a;
when used as subject is followed by
ka'elu. Wango igau.
ikao 1. the bottom, at the bottom, kao. 2.
with suffixed pronoun (ku), under a
person, U., under a thing.
ikara, ikara'i U., pers. pron., dual l.incl.: we
two, ours; when used as subject is fol-
lowed by kara or kara'i. Mota ikara
excl.
ike S., negative particle following closely the
negatives ka'a and sa'a; when preceding
word ends in a, ike is joined in pro-
nunciation, e ka'a olaike, there is
nothing at all; e ka'a hunie ike
maenga, not unto death; e ka'a wala-
'anga ike nga 'inoni, it is not the voice
of a man; nou ka'a manata'ie ike, I do
not know; sa'a hule'itana ike saena-
naunge, never coming to wisdom.
ikeke 1. Ulawa, Qaloto, adv., beside, outside,
used of persons and things; kira konia
ikeke, they excommunicated him; paro
i keke, alongside. 2. with suffixed pro-
noun (ku), prep., beside, alongside, of
motion toward, to; * kekemu, U., i siemu,
S., to you; i kekena tola, beside the path.
3. adv., behind; lio ikeke, look behind.
Lau gege.
ikereru'e S., ikireru'i U., pers. pron., dual 3,
they two, their; when used as subject
is followed by kereru'e or kireru'i.
ikeu S., ikau U., n., a stick with a hook, a crook
with which to twitch off fruit and leaves.
kau 1.
'iki, 'iki'iki 1 . to knock with the knuckles. 2. to
beat a wooden drum with a spathe of
sago palm,
'ikinge v. n.
'ikingi tr.
'ikila-(ku) gerund. Florida gidigidi, Mota
ningi.
iki'e S., iki'a U., pers. pron., plural 1. inch: we,
ours; more general in meaning than
ikolu, etc.; when used as subject is
followed by ki'e or ki'a. Florida igita.
ikira'elu pers. pron. plural 3, they, theirs; more
restricted in meaning than ikire; when
used as subject is followed by kira'elu.
ikire S., ikira U., pers. pron., plural 3: they,
theirs; used also as meaning "and the";
hahira diana ikire nga muini lo'u ka'a
diana, on the good and the bad. Araga
ikera.
ikire'i U., as ikira, but not used of persons;
ikire'ini, those are they,
ikireni U., as ikira, but not used of persons.
ikireru'e S., pers. pron., dual 3, they two,
theirs; when used as subject is followed
by kireru'e.
ikolu S., pers. pron., plural 1, inch: we, ours;
when used as subject is followed by kolu.
ikoro, ikoro'i U., pers. pron., dual 3, they two,
theirs; when used as subject is followed
by koro, koro'i.
ikule I, ashore; ta'i kule, on the shore; lai kule,
to go up ashore,
ikule 2. v. i., to hiccough,
ikule'i partic, disturbed in mind; saena t
ikule'i, his mind was upset,
ikure S., pers. pron., dual 1, incl.: we two, ours;
when used as subject is followed by
kure.
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i ladohaana S., thereby, cf. lado.
i lado'ihaana S., joining onto it. in a line with.
cf. lado.
ilala v. i., to take an augury, to test a path by
using dracaena leaf ('apai dili) in
hahuto'o. Lau inala, Wango irara, to
perceive.
ilalo adv., within, inside; in Ulawa ku is suf-
fixed, but for reasons of delicacy Sa'a
prefers the poss. 3, ilalo aku. paro ilalo,
on the inside; ilalo ana mu 'inoni, in
man.
ila'o adv., in, inside; used also with suffixed
pronoun na, ni; ila'o i'ola, in the canoe;
paro i la'ona, U., on the inside; ila'oni,
plural, used of things only; ila'ona
ma'usu, within the forest, la'o 3.
ile 1. v. i., to produce fire by rubbing a stick
in a groove; ile dunge, a stick of hard-
wood is rubbed quickly to and fro in a
groove made in a piece of soft wood,
dust accumulates at the outer end of
the groove and soon begins to smoulder,
the dust is transferred to a piece of
coconut husk which serves as tinder
Qiehe).
ile 2. U., n., one, tiling or person; the articles
nga and rrvwa are prefixed and coalesce,
ngaile, nga tnwaile; ile inau, my one,
mine; ile keni, female; ile mwane, male;
ile uritaha, what one; mwanganga ni ile,
a few persons; ta'e 'enita ile, just a few.
ile 3. n., Pandanus odoratissimus: hoi 'He, its
fruit. Mota gire.
'ile 4. stone axe. Lau kila, Florida kila, Motu
ila, Alu, Shortland Islands, kilifela, flint,
ilehu U., adv., here; paro ilehu, over here;
with demonstrative na, ni, added; ile-
huna, ilehuni, there, in that place.
lahu 4.
ile e ilele malo, to gasp, to pant.
ileli U., v. tr., to distinguish,
ilenimwa'e, ileilenimwa'e v. i., to rejoice.
ilenimwa'enga v. n., joy. mwa'e 1.
ilengi 1. adv., above, on top, sky, heaven,
ashore, inland; ilengi ihaho, in the sky
above. 2. prep, with suffixed pronoun
(ku); ilengiku, on me; e loho ilengine,
he swooped down on it; ta'e ilengine,
mount up on it.
ile'u S. adv., here; with demonstrative na
added: mai ile'u, this way; ko nisi 'oto
ile'u, this is the boundary; ile'une, there;
ha'i le'une, down there, le'u.
ili 1. adv., precedes verb; merely, only, barely:
uri 'o ka'a 'am'amasie kalemu ana 'o
ili ta'e, are you not sorry for your son
in that you alone are mounted?
ili 2. v. tr., ili mango, to draw in the breath.
ili 3. n., swordfish: an imitation is made of wood
and is used as a receptacle for dead
bodies. M. A., p. 261.
ilisi S., v. tr., to choose. Wango irisi.
'ilisi'e S., adj., separated; 'ilisi'e 'omu, ye by
yourselves.
iloilo'a n., a large red parrot, the female of 'a'a.
New Guinea electus.
Uolo 1. n., a bowstring, ilolo ni pesi. 2. U.,
v. tr., to string a bow, kira ilolo pdsi.
ilu U., v. i., to sup; ilu piinga, to sup yam soup.
cf. inu.
iluhi tr.
imaa n., turtle-shell barb tied on the bonito
hook (pasa). maa.
i maana prep., on account of; i maana nga ta'a,
wherefore, maa.
'ime n., the bears-paw clam (Chama sp.) ; la'o,
a frontlet carved therefrom; 'ima awa,
U., yellow in color; 'ima erete'a, U.,
white clam; 'ima pulu, U., dark in
color; 'ima susu, U., a clam difficult to
detach; 'ima susulu, U., a clam easily
detached. Mota gima, Maori kima.
imiimi n., a root; with suffixed pronoun na, ni,
imiimine dango, root of a tree,
ina'o adv., before, formerly; 'eta ina'o, to be
in the lead: with 'oto 1., 'oto ina'o, for-
merly; with suffixed pronoun, ina'oku,
before me; ina'ona mu maholo, in former
times, na'o.
ine 1. v. i., to take root (of yams, etc.); esi kele
ine, it has just taken root.
ine 2. U., demonstrative pronoun, that; mwai
lehu ine, those places; 'osi hele hinoli'a
taha ine, how well you have done it.
Bintulu ina.
inehu'i v. tr., to wrap up a parcel in leaves, to
wrap up food in leaves for the oven,
inemae 1. v. i., to be an orphan, to be bereft
of parents. 2. n., an orphan. Lau
inemae. ine 1.
inemauri 1. v. i., to rule, to govern. 2. n., a
ruler, ine 1.
ineu S., inau U., pers. pron., sing. 1, 1: used as
subject only and followed by nou, S.,
and nau, U.; ile inau, my one, mine;
Mota inau, Florida inau.
ini 1. S., n., a person, one (thing); nga and mu
may be prefixed : ngaini, muini; ini ineu,
my one; ini mwane, male; ini keni,
female; ini ilei, what one; ini ni Sa'a,
the Sa'a man; e ro ini, two things; ini
qaarongoisuli e ka'a liuta'ana ini ha'au-
suli, the disciple is not above his master;
nga hai ini, a length of bamboo; ngaini
ta'ane, yes, there is one; muini ineu, my
ones; mwamwangaini, some odd ones,
one here and there.
ini 2. n., a sore under the foot, pitted, with hard
coating,
ini 3. U. (Su'uholo dialect), demonstrative
pron. follows noun, that. Florida ini,
Malay ini.
ini 4. U., prefix to pronouns, inihou, iniparo,
iniwau. cf. ni 4.
4ini 5. v. tr., to pinch, to pluck leaves, to crop
with the fingers; 'ini reko, to pluck
hibiscus; 'ini hite, thumb, used for
pinching off leaves, etc. Mota gin;
Mao. kini, pinch; Motu gini, thorn.
inie-(ku) U., sister, brother; the personal
article coalesces, ainieku. Florida Una,
mother.
1 inihou U., demonstrative pron. this, these;
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IPE
inihou (continued).
adv., here; 'oto inihou, now; 'oto mola
inihou, just now.
'ini'iniqaa U., adj., that has not had young
(of animals).
iniparo U., demonstrative pron., that, those;
adv., there.
'inoni n., man, human being, ha'a'inoni.
ro 'inoni, voc, you two (of husband
and wife); ro 'inoni ineu, my parents;
Hsu nani 'inoni, of work not faithfully
done; i'e 'inoni, a fish caught with kalu;
i'emi mu me'i 'inoni, we humble people;
Halo ana mu 'inoni, in man; e ka'a
walana ike nga 'inoni, it is not the
voice of a man; ki'iki'i ni 'inoni, a
dwarf; lauleunitana nga 'inoni, orna-
ments of men; manatana mu 'inoni, mu
in an at a' 'i 'inoni, the nature of men;
i matolai 'inoni, among men; ngeitei
'inoni, what man? ohu 'inoni ohu sae,
many men, many minds; qa'uli 'inoni,
the name of a certain spear, man's head;
a qa'uqesu 'inoni, a policeman; qera-
qeraha ana mu 'inoni, exceeding many
people; ride ni 'inoni, a dwarf ; ri'iri'i ni
'inoni, a dwarf, a great number of men;
ta'ena nga 'inoni, every man; td'ewau
mu 'inoni, the common people. Wango
noni, Florida tinoni.
'inoninga U., v. n., to'o 'inoninga, possessing
friends.
iniwau U., demonstrative pron., that; adv.,
there.
inu, inuinu 1. to drink; inu 'aela, not potable;
tale'i inu mola'a, just drink without
price. 2. to be drowned,
inunge v. n., drinking.
inuhi tr., ha'inuhi, to give to drink.
inuhila-(ku) gerund. Mota un, Motu inua,
Maori inu, Malay minum.
i noruhaana S., trusting in, relying on, through.
i nunuhaana S., through, by, because of.
i nganite S., i ngenita U., adv., when; 'oto i
nganite, when. Mota a ngaisa.
inge'ie, inge'i S., inge'ia U., pers. pron., sing. 3;
he, she, it, his, her, its; used as subject
only and followed by e. Mota ineia,
Florida anggaia.
inge'ieni U., as inge'ia.
'i'o, 'i'o'i'o 1. v. i., to sit, to live, to dwell, to
be; 'i'o hiluhilue'i, estranged; 'i'o huu,
abide forever; 'i'o ka'u, wait, to stay a
while; 'i'o konito'o, rest assured; 'i'o
loosi, to await; 'oke 'i'o kii'u loosieu,
wait a while for me; mwala ko 'i'o loosi
kire to'oana keni mwala ko holie, the
party waiting, they own the girl who
is being bought in marriage; 'i'o mama-
nuto'o, to be at peace; 'i'o mamaware, to
be in safety; 'i'o manire'i, to live
orderly; 'i'o pe'i roe, the mourning before
burial; 'i'o pe'i suke, sat and begged;
'i'o ra'irehi, stay under the lee; 'i'o
raqasi, to sojourn; 'i'o rarao, to be stuck
tight; 'i'o raute'i, humble; e 'i'o sis-
ingeku, stood in front of me; hai dan go
'i'o, 'i'o'i'o 1 (continued).
e 'i'o sisinge'i, the tree stood over
against; 'i'o susu, to continue in one
stay; 'i'o suu'i, to be present with; e 'i'o
tohune, he was his own master; 'i'o toli,
to be quiescent; 'i'o to'o, to be fixed,
'i'onga v. n., way or manner of life; rara-
maanga ana 'i'onga tata'ala, rebuking be-
cause of evil ways.
'i'ola-(ku) gerund., behavior.
'i'osi tr., to dwell in (country), ha'a'i'osi.
'i'ota'i v. i., to set about a thing; 'i'ota'i
rongo keninga, to set about inquiring
for girls as wives,
'i'ota'ini tr., to set about doing. Viti tiko.
'i'o 2. U., exclam., who can say, I don't know.
i'oe pers. pron., sing. 2. thou, thine; when used
as subject is followed by 'o. Florida
igoe, Maori ikoe.
'i'oha, 'i'o'i'oha v. n., station, place; with
suffixed pronoun (ku), 'i'ohana, his
place.
'iola 1. canoe, 'iola 'ato'ato, a new canoe on a
money-seeking voyage; 'iola e qa'a 'oto,
the canoe is cracked; 'iola la'o, canoe
inlaid with la'o; 'iola raku, canoe seating
four; 'iola sarasara, bonito canoe, inlaid
with reoreo; adu 'iola, to build a canoe;
adu 'iolanga, v. n., canoe building: the
canoes are all plank built and have no
outriggers; 'ahe e lomosie 'iola, the surf
buffeted the canoe; ana rao 'iola i qalo-
qalo, on the right side of the ship; ila'o
'iola, in the canoe; ma'ahu mala 'iola,
to fast, lit., to sleep canoe fashion; moro
taria paro 'iola i 'esi, you have launched
the canoe yonder into the sea; ni'i 'ae
la'o 'iola, to board a canoe; ro 'iola ko
soma, the two canoes keep abreast; toli
'iola, to steer for, to lay a canoe on her
course. 2. metaphorically, a village;
'iola 'i'emelu, our village, cf. na'oni'ola,
Purini'ola. 3. a tree used to make
planks for canoes. Lau ola, Florida
tiola, Wango or a.
iolaha v. i., to be disturbed in mind, excited.
i'omolu pers. pron., plural 2, you, yours; more
restricted in meaning than i'omu; when
used as subject is followed by molu.
i'omoro, i'omoro'i pers. pron., dual 2, you two,
yours; when used as subject is followed
by moro, moro'i.
i'omoru'e S., pers. pron., dual 2, you two,
yours; when used as subject is followed
by 'omoru'e.
i'omu pers. pron., plural 2, you, yours: more
general in meaning than i'omolu; when
used as subject is followed by 'omu.
i'amu, U. Lau igamu.
ioo v. i., to curdle, of coconut milk brought to
the boil; the milk is boiled in the half
shell (teu) placed on embers.
ioqo v. i., to be dense (of smoke).
ioroha U., prep., underneath; mai iorohana, on
the earth.
ipata S., hole where pigs wallow, upeta, U.
ipe v. i., to wallow (of pigs), tataipeipe.
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ipeipa U., pipe (English).
ipelu S., ipalu U., ipeipelu v. i., to fight, to
make war; ipelu eni heu, to fight with
stones,
ipelunga v. n., fighting,
ipoipo'ala U., adj., muddy, 'ola 8.
ipu n., a pool of water in a hole in a tree,
ipuri adv., behind; prep., with suffixed pron.
(feu) after; i purine maholo, after the
time. puri.
iqe 1. a lake. 2. calm water inside a reef.
nerenere ni iqe kittiwake of the lagoon.
ireki n. 1. tongs of bamboo for removing hot
stones from the fire in cooking. 2. a
constellation, the Southern Triangle.
raki.
ireune S., prep., beside, used of things; ireune
wai, beside the water.
'iri'o n., porpoise; porpoises are hunted and
the teeth (nihoi i'e) form one of the
currencies of the Solomons. Lau kiri'o,
Mota ririgo.
'iro, 'iro'iro 1. to look at, to look for, to see; 'iro
keni, to look for a wife. Mota tiro.
'iro 2. 'iro ni sato, drought.
'Iro 3. the district on the hills on the west side
of Mara Masiki Channel.
'iro 'iro 1. a pool among rocks used as a mirror.
2. a glass (late use). Mota tironin.
'iro'iroa'i'e S., adj., reflecting like a mirror,
glassy.
'irori n., a parrot (Lorius cardinalis). cf.
hirori, kirori. taka 'irori, proverbially,
of confusion of voices,
'ini, 'iru'iru 1. v. i., to blow (of wind). 2. n.,
wind.
'iruhi v. tr., to blow on (of wind). Florida
guri.
i saa-(ku) S., not used in sing. 1 and 2, where
the form * sie is used instead; at the
house of, with, to; * saada'elu, at their
house, at home,
isi, isiisi 1. to curse, to use defiling words about,
isiisinge v. n., cursing.
isila-(ku) gerund.
isi 2. isi ta'a, S., isi taha, U., to come out, to
emerge,
isita'anga, isitahanga v. n., ha'aisita-
'anga'ini.
isi 3. ha'aisi, adv., at all.
i sie-(ku) at the house of, with, to. cf. i saa.
nou lot tnai i siemu, I have come to you.
i sinaha, i sihana, S., adv., outside the house,
isipuri v. i., to be last,
isuisu 1., v. L, to run along on top of a wave
(of a canoe), cf. tataisuisu.
isuisu 2. v. i., to play at cat's cradle.
isuisunge v. n., cat's cradle,
isuisu 3. U., isuisu ni 'ei, a splinter.
i su'e adv., exterior to, on the outside.
isule'i, isuisule'i partic, unstable, moving,
isuli 1. adv., accordingly, after, alongside, by.
cf. luluisuli. hele isuli, do according to;
lio isuli, watch; rongo isuli, to be
obedient to; si'o isuli, to follow the
footsteps of; sulu isuli, to obey. 2.
prep., with suff. pron. (au), after,
isuli (continued).
according to; hele isulieu, copy me.
3. U., prep., of motion toward. 4. nono
isuli, a strong-smelling herb.
ite 1. U., one, another: nga is always prefixed,
the plural article nvwa is used of persons
only, ngaite ola, another thing, some-
thing else; ngaite laa, another person;
nga mwaite 'inoni, certain persons.
ite 2. a round basket made of plaited coconut
leaves for holding yams.
'ite 3. v. tr., to find fault with, to reject.
Wango ita, to reject.
itehula- S., with poss. 3: because of, through
the agency of. itehulaana a ola, because
of So-and-so; itehulaamu, through thine
agency.
itei 1. S., interrog. adv.: where. U., ihei.
2. interrog. pron., which, what, whether
of two; ini itei, which one; 'oko sare
ngau itei, which will you eat. 3. in
phrase nge itei ue ena, that is just it.
Mota vea, Niue fe.
iteitana S., one, any: used with negative verbal
particle ka'a, sa'a. e ka'a iteitana
ngaini, there is not any one; iteitana nga
ola sa'a diana, nothing will be good.
Mota isei.
ito 1. orchid. 2. bunch of money, ito ni haa.
ito 3. v. tr., to offer, to make an offering to
ghosts.
itoli n., a shell ornament stuck in the tip of the
nose, the man-o'-war hawk is carved on
the projecting end, which is turned up
to represent the neck and breast of a
sea-bird, i 3.
iwe'ite S., adv., the day before yesterday;
i we' ite wau, three days ago. * 1.
i welita U., adv., the day after tomorrow, cf.
wali. i welita poo wau, three days hence.
ka pron., plural 1. inch: suffixed to nouns and
denoting possession; nimaka, our hands.
ka'a S., negative verbal particle, used of both
present and past time; ka'a balanced
by wa with fee is used as the negative
correlatives neither, nor. 'omu ka'a
manata'inie wa 'omu fee leesie, ye
neither know him nor have seen him;
nou ka'a manata'ie ike, I don't know;
e ka'a lae, he did not go; e ka'a ola, there
is nothing; nou ka'a ola, I have nothing;
melu ka'a ola ni ngaa, we have no food;
ka'a equates with kaka. cf. Mota te,
tete. Maori ka, Mota ga 4; Lau ka,
future particle; Tolo fee, negative
particle.
kaakae U., child, baby. Wango kaakae.
ka'alawa v. L. to be listless, inert, cf. lalawa;
sapeku e ka'alawa, my body is listless.
kaata cart (English).
kae 1. v. i., to pluck; kae 'asi, to pluck out.
kae, kaekae 2. U., v. tr., to deceive; lopo'i kae,
to deceive,
kaenga v. n., deceit.
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kae, kaekae 2 (continued).
kaengaha v. n. (double noun ending) , deceit.
kaesi tr.
kaeta'ini tr. (Qaloto dialect).
ka'elu 1. U., pers. pron., plural 1, incl.: we,
more restricted than ki'a in meaning;
with future particle 'e, ka'elu, contracts
to ka'el'e. ka'eka'elu, come on, let us
be off; ka'el'e lae, let us go. 2. pers.
pron., plural 1, incl., suffixed to nouns;
'amaka'elu, our father. 3. U., pers.
pron., plural 1, incl., suffixed to verbs
and prepositions; e saunika'elu, he
beat us.
kahite S., uwerikahite, rags.
kahu cf. makahu.
k&'i contraction of ka'u i; 'o lae ka'i tei, where
did you go to.
kaka v. i., to be torn, to be split, makaka.
kakasi tr., to split.
kakahite v. i., to gape open, to split, kahite.
kakahu U., exclam. of astonishment at some-
thing of great size; kakahu ni ola, a
monsterl
kakahuru S., v. i., to be taken by surprise.
ha'akakahuru.
kakalihe n., a guarding, a guard, kali 1.
kakalo v. i., to grope with the hands; kakalo
'ulu'ulu, to grope blindly.
kakalu S., n., a well of water, kilu, U.
kakamo U., v., to be stringy, of hana.
kakamu 1. v. i., to itch.
kakamu 2. n., with genitive ni; fringe, skirt.
kakamuni n., an armlet of shell.
kakapoo n., a strong-smelling herb.
kakata n., a handle; kakatai heu, an iron rod;
with suff. pron., kakatana, its handle.
Mota kaka, to stretch out the hand
and catch hold.
kakau S., v. i., to shout, to cry aloud.
kakau'e adj., prickly, kilu 1.
kakawe (na) n., tentacles of octopus, cf. 'ahe 3.
Mota gave, a crab, so named from its
claws; Motu gave, tentacles of octopus.
kala v. tr., to cut pieces of nautilus shell
(reoreo) for purposes of inlaying; kala
'apani paale'o, to cut nautilus shell in
triangular patterns; kala kite, to cut it
in rectangular pieces and to split the
ends in V-shape; kala toohe'o, to cut
shell hooks.
kalani a fish, i'e ni kalani.
kale 1. (ku) n., a child, a son, a daughter; with
personal article a kale, the son; kalena
a ola, son of So-and-so; kale madu ineu,
my beloved child; kale ni ulao, a bastard;
masi kaleku, my child; keni kalei Sion,
daughter of Sion; nga keni mala a
kdlemu, a girl a mate for your son. Lau
gale, Florida dale, Wango gare, New
Hebrides gari, New Britain garra.
cf. kele.
kale 2. ha'akale, to wait for, to watch, to keep
an eye on. cf. kali.
kale 'a adj., heavy with child, to be in childbirth.
Kalenipa'ewa the name of a canoe in a story,
Little Shark.
kali, kakali, kakakali 1. v. tr., to watch, to
surround, to double a point of land in a
canoe, lilikeli. kali pele, to be cap-
sized in rounding a cape at sea; kali la'a,
to emerge; dau keli, to surround;
kakali he'ihe'i'oli, to take turns in
guarding; lili keli, to encircle; e piru keli
eku, surrounded me; si'o kali, to spy;
e kali i 'elingeku, it sounded in my ears,
kakalinge v. n., watching, guarding.
kalila-(ku) gerund,
kalite'i partic, ko kelite'i honotamu, round
about thee,
kalite'ini tr., to keep watch over, to guard.
Florida tali, Omba dali, round; Wango
gari, Mota kal, to stir, tal, to go around.
kali 2. kali awala, a sum of money (had) made
up of ten strings (kawe) each a fathom
long.
kalikeli 1. adv., around. 2. prep., with suff.
pron. (au), around.
kalinga (na) U., a hole; kalingana, its hole.
kalinge S., n., a well of water.
Kalitaalu one of the legendary persons of 'Olu
Malau; his drinking-place (tonohaana)
is at Lenga in Ulawa where he is reputed
to have thrust his fishing-rod into the
stream as it poured over the rock into
the sea and to have drunk the drippings*
kalite'i'a U., adj., used as noun, a strand of
rope; ro kalite'i'a, double thickness.
kalona U., n., garden ground on the second
range of hills above the beach, i kalona;
uhi ni kalona, yams from this region,
firm and hard as opposed to uhi ni qe'u,
which are more mealy.
kalu 1. n., a hand net tied to the four corners
of two bent sticks laid at right angles
to one another, a third stick serving
as a handle. 2. v. tr., to use such a
net in fishing from a canoe for parrot-
fish (i'e ni kelu), a live fish tied by the
gills to a stick is used as a decoy, where-
upon fish of the same sort come out
to the decoy and are caught in the net.
The decoy fish when not in use is kept
in an artificial pond (lopo).
kalu'i tr., to catch fish with such a net.
kalu 3. v. tr., to bend a bow.
kana, kanakana 1. v. i., to sing. 2. n., a song.
huu ni kana, a company of singers at a
dance; nga odoni kana, a song sung
straight through; supu kana, to com-
pose songs.
kananga v. n., a song; sulu kananga, a sing-
ing of songs; supu kananga, v. n., com-
posing songs.
kanali tr. Wango gana.
kao 1. n., the bottom planks of a canoe, the
keel. ikao. 2. with suff. pron. 3 pers.
na, kaona, the under part, the hold, of
canoe or ship. 3. U., * kaomu, under-
neath you; mwalo suhu kao, a rock that
pierces the bottom, sunken rock; pali
kao, a drop left in the bottom, dregs;
e ka'a to'o kaona, bottomless. Wango>
kao.
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kaokao n., a half coconut shell used for drink-
ing-cup (late use). Wango kaokao.
kape hi'uhi'u kape, U., hi'uhi'u pole, S., to wag
the tail feathers, a bird (the wagtail).
Maori kapekapeta, to flutter; San Cris-
toval, rurukape.
kara, kara'i U. 1. pers. pron., dual 1, inch: we
two. 2. suffixed to noun or verb or
preposition as object. 3. suffixed to
noun, of us two. Wango kara.
kara 4. v. i., to scrape, to grate; kara uhi, kara
uhinge, yam grating; 'usu kara, to grate
yams for yam pudding. 5. grated-yam
pudding tied up in leaves; kara ni
'aharota, large puddings for a wedding
feast; kara dodo, yam pudding put into
bamboos and cooked over the embers;
kara lalemo, yam pudding without
coconut milk; kara ni mwane (hinanga),
yam pudding used in sacrifices. Mota
gar, cockle; Viti kari, to scrape; Maisin
kari, Niue alati.
kara'i adv., preceding the verb; nearly, almost;
nou kara'i lae, I almost went.
kara'ini 1. adv., as kara'i. 2. prep., with suff.
pron. (aw), near, close to. Lau garangi,
Wango garangi.
kar'e U., contraction of kara'e, let us two;
kar'e lae, let us be off!
Kareimenu a fabulous person, half boy and
half shark, changed by his mother, who
cursed him because he frightened his
younger brother by swimming with one
arm bent and held at his side so as to
resemble a shark's fin.
karekare U., osani karekare, a cliff.
karenga v. tr., to watch for turtles coming up
to lay.
kari n., squid; used largely for fish bait; tala'i
keri, to entice squid with a white cowrie
shell (puli) and red streamers (aleale).
Mota wirita, octopus, Motu urita,
Malagasy hurita.
Karieu a ghost. M. A., p. 261.
karikeri n., a piece, a bit.
kariheni, karihani U., adv.; 'osi keriheni 'aela
laa, do not be such a nuisance.
kariwaaro v. i., to take a circuitous route.
waaro.
karikeri'ara S., karikeri'ala U., a bird, the
migratory plover, arriving in November
at the time of the palolo worm and
found exhausted in the gardens and
open spaces, whence it is said oku e
hirusia maana, the palolo has got into
its eye.
karo S. 1. the side walls of a house; han suusuui
karo, cornerstone.
karo 2. v. tr., to pick canarium nuts, karoa
ngali; karo siriunga, picking up cockles.
karohure S., karohure e sasa'ae i kaona 'asi, the
depths were troubled.
karokaro (ku) side, ribs, of persons. Florida
nggaro.
Wru 1. v. i., used with poss. 3; to clutch, to
hold; ka.ru ana, take hold of it; more
common in Ulawa.
karu, karukeru 2. v. i., to scratch with the
finger nails; mwela ko keriikeru la'o ha'u,
the child scratches in the umbrella:
when a child is sick a wizard is called in
and he declares that its soul has been
stolen away; he takes leaves of dra-
caena (dili) and collects the child's soul
with the leaves and places it in the
umbrella (Jia'u) where it is heard
scratching; he shakes the umbrella
over the child's body, the child is con-
vulsed, the soul returns and the child
recovers.
karumi tr., to scratch the body when suffer-
ing from skin disease or itching. Mota
karu, Maori raku, Malay garut, Samoa
la'u, Gilb, kori.
karu 3. v. i., to suffer from skin disease.
karu 4. v. i., to hollow out a log for a drum,
karu 'o'o.
karu'i v. tr.
karu'ila-(na, ni) gerund.
karu oe U., to be foolish, to talk foolishly.
karu menu S., to endure hardness.
kasu, ka'ukesu S., v. i., to be rotten, corrupt.
kasunge v. n., corruption.
kata n., a mortar for pounding areca nut, used
by those who are toothless (dawa).
kau, kaukeu 1. v. i., to clutch hold of (of thorny
creepers), to catch hold of with ikca.
kau lomolomo, the fourth finger; walo
kaukeu, a thorny creeper,
kausi tr., walo e kausie, the thorn caught
him 'akalo e kausie i'ola, a ghost clutched
and capsized the canoe; ikeu, a crook;
for twitching off fruit and leaves.
malakeu. Maori kakau, stalk; Lau
kakau, fingers; Mota kau, Malay kauit;
Niue keu, crooked.
kau 2. n., branching coral, mu keu; huui keu, a
spray of coral; uunu keu, to burn coral
for lime used in areca chewing.
kau 3. cow (English).
ka'u 4. adv., follows verb, (a) forms a pre-
terite, nou lae ka'u, I went, (b) at the
beginning of a sentence it directs
attention, and generally it makes speech
less abrupt; ka'u, neke leesie, please let
me see it; i'o ka'u, stay a while, wait;
ka'u mei nga hue, give me one (fruit)
please; kolu ke'u, let us be off; konia
ka'u, wait, tarry a while; 'oke lae ka'u,
you had better go; 'omu ke mala mwela
ka'u, just become as little children; lio
ka'u, behold; loo ka'u, look; neku ka'u,
be seated; nge ke 'ue ka'u ne, how then
will it be; 'oke i'o ka'u loosieu, wait a
while for me; no'i ka'u, stay, wait a
while; lae ka'u 'ohi'i, go fetch it; laa
ka'u, let me see; tahi ke'u, be off, get
out of the road. Wango gau.
kaule S., kaula U., frigate-bird, man-o'-war
hawk, nests on Bio by Ugi; on account
of its size and voracity and of its asso-
ciation with the bonito the frigate-bird
figures largely in the art of the southern
Solomons, poro kaule, mwane kaule.
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Kl'E
kaule (continued).
the male bird: term used generally in
speaking of the kaule; rapu keule, to
tattoo the frigate-bird on the cheek: the
tattoo takes the form of an inverted W
where the two points represent the
curve in the wing of the bird. A
similar W pattern also called kd'ule i
found on the flat blades of clubs
(Guppy, "Solomon Islands," p. 74), and
it may be that a further explanation of
the device is that it is the conventional
representation of the kaule. Florida
daula. M. A., p. 126.
kaumota n., adze; in old days made of a stone
attached to V-shaped handle composed
of a branch and part of the stem of a tree.
kauwa'a S., n., must, mildew, rust.
kawa'i S., v. tr., to hear; 'alinge ka'a kawa'ie,
ear hath not heard.
kawe n., a string of shell money (haa), nga
kawe. Wango gawe.
ke 1. S., verbal particle used of future time;
saune hunt ke tnae, pound it so that it
will be well mashed; ana ke ola nvwam-
wadau, if possible; ke mani dolosie
satada, let him ask all their names.
With the negative particle ka'a: e ka'a
ola ke laku, there is nothing whole;
e ka'a ola neke leesie, I saw nothing.
Used with negatives ka'a and sa'a cor-
related with wa in the sense of neither,
nor: 'omu ka'a manala'inie wa 'omu ke
leesie, ye neither know him nor saw him,
Florida te, of present time. Lo te ke.
Mota te 1 ; Ulawa 'e. cf. ha'ike, qa'ike.
ke 2. exclam., used when one has made a wrong
statement.
kei 1. n., a female (of persons only), cf. mwei;
the personal article a precedes and de-
monstrative na is suffixed; a keine, the
woman; mu keine, the women; keine,
vocative, woman; the addition of taa
expresses commiseration; kei ta'a, poor
dear; paine, big, is added in the case of
important persons, kei ta'a paine, dear
lady. Gilbert Islands nei, Lau ni, per-
sonal article preceding the name of a
woman; Trobriand na, Efate lei, Tangoa
ve. cf. nvwae.
kei, keikei 2. U., adv., of motion from, out of;
e kei hei, whence; nau keikei ana, I am
from thence.
ke'i 3. S., verbal particle used of definite future.
cf. ke 1. ke'i lae ta'ane, he will go cer-
tainly; ke'i 'ue 'oto, how shall it be done;
kire ke'i ne'i manata'a diana, they shall
become well trained; melu ke'i tola 'oto,
are we to begin to carry? Fagani i,
Omba, Maewo i.
keke 1. U., with locative i; i keke, beside, out-
side; koni i keke, to excommunicate.
2. with suff. pron. (ku), to (of persons
only), Qaloto use. * kekemu, as i siemu,
in your house; i kekena wai, beside the
stream. 3. adv., behind; lio keke, look
behind.
keke (continued).
kekea'i S., kekeni U., partic. lio i kekea'i
maanga, to bear ill will, to have a spite
against, malakeke. Wango gege, Lau
gege, behind; Motu kekena, by the side of.
Kela the southern end of Guadalcanal awalosi
i Kela, the southwest wind; hana ni
Kela, a yam planted head downward;
qaso ni Kela, armlet of dyed grass.
kele, 'ele U. 1. adv., somewhat, a little, just
now: precedes the verb, est kele ine, it
has just rooted; est kele loto, just washed ;
kele me'i langa, it lets up a little. 2.
adj., small, little: precedes the noun;
kele mwau ineu, my little boy; kele
mwela, little child; kele me'i ola, a little
thing; kele poo, a little pig; a kele ola,
young So-and-so. (Probably connected
with kale.) Wango gere.
keli cf. kali.
kelu U., contraction of kira'elu, used as subject
only.
kemo U., v., to be straight, of hair.
kena'i ha'akena'i, he'asikena'i, interjections,
not to be used in the presence of women.
keneta'ini U., v. tr., to safeguard, to observe
and do. kineta'ini, S.
keneta'inila-(ku) gerund,
ha'akeneta'ini causative.
keni n., woman, wife, female: added to proper
names to show sex. ha'akeni. keni, mu
keni, vocative; keni ana a ola, such-and-
such a woman; nga keni mala a kalemu,
a girl, a mate for your son; keni ha'alu, S.,
keni ha'olu, U., a maiden; keni ineu, my
dear; keni raori'i, a virgin; keni toro,
the lady; keni ulao, a harlot; 'ai ha'an-
gdu keni, ginger given to women as an
ordeal; hdu ni keni, a rock at Ali'ite
where female ghosts congregate; He keni,
female; ini keni, female; i'ota'i rongo
keninga, to set about a betrothal; me'i
keni reu, a lowly woman; tola keni, to
take a wife. Motu kekeni, Doura, N.
G., eneni; Rotuma hen.
kere, kerekere v. tr., to incise, to draw, to
outline, to cut lateral marks on nautilus
plates. makere. Florida nggere, to
write; Wedau teretere.
kerehi, kerekerehi v. tr., to look at, to stare at.
kerekere 1. hut kerekere, a taro shot with veins.
kerekere-(na) 2. U., used with locative i, of
things only; beside, by the side of.
i kerekerena tala, beside the path.
kereru'e S., pers. pron., dual 3: they two; used
only as subject.
kesi verbal particle: ke and si illative; nge
laenga kesi lae, then the journey will
take place.
keta, ketaketa v. tr., to annoy, to provoke,
ketanga v. n., uproar, upset.
ketala-(ku) gerund.
ki'e S., ki'a U., pers. pron., plural 1 inch: we;
more general in meaning than kolu or
ka'elu; used as subject, or suffixed as
object to verbs and prepositions.
Florida gita, Malay kit
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kiekie S., kiakia U., a club of crescent-shape
with a point on the back. Guppy,
"Solomon Islands," p. 74.
ki'i, ki'iki'i (ku) 1. U., n., hand, finger, rod,
stem; susue'i ki'i, to stretch out the hand;
ki'iki'i ni he'u, a rod of iron. 2. a
dwarf, ki'iki'i ni 'inoni. Makura wiri-
kikin, Tavara nima-kiki.
kiito n., a bird, gray fish-hawk (Baza gurneyi).
Guadalcanar kiso.
kikiri 1. n., a lettuce-leaf tree with large edible
fruits considered a cure for coughs; the
root affords the red dye used on strips
of cane {tie, aleale).
kikiri 2., kikiri qe'u, a ghost. M. A., p. 261.
kikoa n., a bird, the black mynah. sikoa.
kilekile 1. n., a small parrot (Trichoglossus
massena).
kilekile 2. n., a long-handled tomahawk used
for fighting, with an iron head; a Florida
word.
kiliqe'u 1. n., a depression in the ground, a
grave. 2. n., a pass in the hills above
Su'uholo, Ulawa.
kilokilo v. i., to beat the water with the hands
in sport while bathing, making thereby
a booming noise.
kilu U. 1. a well of water, a hole in the ground;
kilu ni wei, a water hole; kilu ni ngedi,
a pit where flints are found. Florida
gilu, grave; Lau kilugwou, grave; Wango
giru, ditch; Viti kikilo, hole.
kilu U. 2. contraction of kira'elu. cf. kelu.
kineta'ini, kinekineta'ini S., to safeguard, to
preserve, to observe and do. keneta'ini.V.
Mneta'inila-(ku) gerund,
ki'oki'o n., a bird, the large kingfisher. Santa
Cruz kio, Mota sigo, Samoa Wo.
kiraa for kire a, used of a company; kiraa ola,
whom do you mean, lit., they the person;
kiraa Wate, Wate and his companions,
kiratei interrog. pron., plural 3: who; followed
by e or kire; kiratei e lae mai, kiratei kire
lae, who went?
kire S., kira U., pers. pron., plural 3; used as
subject only.
kireru'e S., pers. pron., dual 3: they two; used
as subject only,
kirori n., a parrot (Lorius cardinalis), found on
the blossoms of the Barringtonia and
coconut, tamed as a pet. cf. hirori,
'irori. Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 380.
Motu kiloki.
kiru U., rai kiru, a yam with reddish flesh,
kiukiu rape n., a bird, wagtail, cf. hi'uhi'u
rape.
ko S., verbal particle used of general time;
si illative may be added, kosi; in cases
where a changes to e after a preceding
i or u the same change takes place after
ko. e 'ure'ure ko rarangi, he stood
warming himself; 'oto kire kosi 'unue,
thereupon they began to say it; ko
ha'ike, otherwise, else; ko urine, that
being so. Sesake ko, future particle.
koe, koekoe U., v. i., to make fun of; with poss.
3, to jest.
kos, koekoe (continued).
koenga, v. n., koengaha v. n. (double noun
ending). Wango koe, Florida koehoru.
koetana'a to scatter (of a flock of birds),
kohe, ko'ekohe as koe, in Qaloto dialect,
kohi adj., beautiful; e lio kohi, itlooks beautiful,
kohikohila U., adj., beautiful.
koho 1. snags, logs or branches in a stream,
koho, kokoho 2. v. i., to be deceitful, to deceive;
ko kokoho haahi wala, deceitful in speech,
kohonga v. n.
kohu 1. v. i., to be half grown, unripe, green
(of fruit).
kohu 2. U., v. i., to cut, to chop.
kohukohuU., kohukohu laona salo, far-off clouds.
koikoi U., v. i., to chew with toothless gums,
ko'ikori a pudding of pounded taro and cana-
rium nuts; kori.
koine v. tr., to adopt.
koinala-(ku) gerund,
koke v. tr., to hasten unduly.
kokela'i partic, flurried, hastily; nou lae
kokela'i, I came away without making
due preparations,
kokela'ini tr.
koko 1. kokoi epu, a drop of blood. Wango
kokoru.
koko 2. v. i., to be narrow, confined, hariko-
kosi. Mota koko, Malagasy hohota.
koko 3. kokoi sa'o, a frond of sago palm; kokoi
selu, needles of casuarina.
kokoho 'a a hill.
kokohisi v. i., to be narrow, strait, confined.
koko 2.
kokohono v. i., to be black and lowering, koko 2.
salo ko kokohono, the sky is lowering,
koko'ie'i partic, narrow, confined, koko 2.
kokolo n., a large hermit crab, (Ccenobita).
kokolu U.. a coconut with hard flesh, fully
grown; hoi niu kokolu, hoi kokolu. kolu 4.
Espiritu Santo kolo, coconut.
kokoluta'a adj., with corners, kolu 2.
kokome n., round white shell armlet made of
trochus (la'o).
kokopa U., kokopa ni 'ei, a thin buttress on
certain trees, such as the canarium and
liki.
kokorako v. i., to crow (of fowls). Mota
kokorako.
kokoro v. i., to sink deep into, to be deep.
Mota koro, deep,
kokosi U., hasi kokosi, to be in distress, koko 2.
kole, kolekole v. i., to rattle, to rustle; hole sa'o
kole wa nga me'i ola 'erete'a ke'i i'o »
sapeka, the paddles must not rattle nor
anything of light color be about our
bodies.
kolokolo 1. U. v. tr., to forget, to fail to recol-
lect, ha'akolo.
kolokolo 2. n., a bird (Turacaena crassirostris),
a pigeon with a long tail and a crest,
cries at evening and morning.
kolu S. 1. pers. pron., plural 1 incl. : we, us; more
restricted in meaning than ki'e; used as
subject, also suffixed to verbs and prep-
ositions as object, kolu ntone, let us be
gone. Mukawa kota.
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kolu-(ku) 2. the back (of persons), the outside
(of things); kolune 'asi, the face of the
sea; w'ii e lama haahi ue kolune mwakano,
water covered the face of the earth;
kolune nime, the outside of a bowl.
3. the heel, kolune 'ae. Motu dolu.
kolu, kokolu 4. to gnaw, to champ with the
teeth.
koluhe v. n., the roof of a house, used with
poss. 3 ana, koluhaana nume. kolu 2.
koma v. i., to kick; used with poss. 3 as
object.
komu family, clan, sort, tribe (late use) ; in Sa'a
pers. pron. sing 3 ne is suffixed; komu
i'emelu, our family; komuna a ola. So-
and-so's family. Florida komu, village;
San Cristoval kumu.
Komukomu n., the artificial islets off north
Malaita. Florida kokomu, islet.
kone v. i., to set (of current), to carry along in
flow, to be in flood; kone e qera, much
flood- waters; ewe kone, to gather to-
gether (of flood- waters) ; wai ko kone,
the river is in spate. Ambrym kone,
to carry.
koni, konikoni v. tr., to put, to place, to set,
to keep, to adopt, to endow, to receive,
to entertain, to nourish, koni diana,
to take good care of; konia kau, U.,
wait a while; koni i keke, to excommuni-
cate; manu koni, a tame bird; hu'e kire
konie mola, a concubine, lit., wife enter-
tained merely; ne'i koni, to lay up in
store, to make provision; noko koni'o ana
to'olaku, I endow thee with my property;
'onime'i koni, to store up; si'o koni, to
collect together; tola koni, to receive.
konihe, konikonihe v. n., a servant, depend-
ant.
konila-(ku) gerund. Florida nggoni, Wan-
go goni.
konito'o adj., assured, in safety; i'o konito'o,
rest in safety, koni.
konokono (ku) n., throat, gullet, cf. 'ono'ono,
to swallow. Florida sonosono, Wango
gono, Ulawa tono, to drink; Mota gom,
to hold liquid in the mouth, gonogono,
hollow, with a mouth.
koo v. i., to cause to boil by placing hot stones
in, stone-boiling,
koongi tr.
kookoo a word used to deter children, probably
connected with Lau koo a grandfather,
and having to do with religious rites.
kopi S., v. i., to touch, to flick with the finger;
used with poss. 3 as object, e kopi eku,
he touched me.
kopi U., v. tr.
korasi 1. v. tr., to scatter, to put to flight;
e korasie mu na'ona'oi mae, he put to
flight the ranks of the foe. 2. v. tr., to
pour out upon. Mota gora, to push
away.
kore, korekore U. 1. v. tr., to sweep. 2. a
besom made of midribs of sago frond-
lets.
kore 3. ruru kore, a landslip, avalanche.
Korea Lama i Korea, a lake on Little Malaita
above Su'u Peine,
kori 1. a yam pudding, ko'ikori. 2. plug
tobacco (late use).
koro, koro'i U., pers. pron., dual 3; they two;
used both as subject and as object;
koro 'a mono 'oto i Kalona, they two
live apart in Kalona.
koru 1. v. tr., to heap up, to be heaped up;
ha'akoru. koru dunge, to make a fire;
nga hale e koru hula i sinaha, the shed
was full right to the door.
korute S., koruha, koruta U., a company, a
collection,
koruhe'ini tr., to heap up.
Koru 2. a district on the hills of Little Malaita
near Au Qe'i.
korukoru 1. v. i., to water (of the mouth).
korukoru 2. n., a piece, a morsel; nga koru-
korui niu, a piece of coconut.
kosi verbal particle of general time: ko and si
illative; 'oto kire kosi 'unue, thereupon
they began to say it; kosi mei, it has
just begun to ebb.
koso v. i., to drift (of a canoe) .
kosola'ini tr., to be driven by a storm, to
be drifted.
kosu v. i., to be humpbacked.
kotaa v. L, to chatter.
kotaaha v. n., confusion, vexation,
kotaahi tr., to chatter and vex, to annoy.
Mota kota.
kou 1. clean-shaven head. cf. torokou'e. suhi
kou, to shave the head clean.
kou'e clean shaven; 'olo kou'e ihune, shave
his head close, torokou'e.
ko'u 2. adj., maimed in foot or hand.
ko'ukohu S., kohukohu U., with genitive i,
a piece, cf. ko'uko'u. ko'ukohui poo,
a piece of pork.
koukou 1. v. i., to gargle; koukou wet, koukou
'esi, to gargle with sweet water, with
salt water,
koukou 2. with genitive li, ni. cf. poupou 2;
koukouli 'ae, S., koukou ni 'ae, U.,
ankle,
koukou (na, ni) 3. n., kernel of canarium.
ko'uko'u 4 as ko'ukohu.
ko'uko'u 5 loud noise, bang, kokohu. rongo;
ko'uko'u ana, to hear a loud report,
ko'uko'uhe v. n., report, loud noise;
ko'uko'uha ana siute, report of the gun.
koukoule S., adj., short, stumpy.
koulaa S., hata koulaa, noisy chattering,
ku 1. pron., sing. 1, suffixed to nouns and to
stem a forming poss. 3. Mota k, Poly-
nesian ku.
ku 2. exclam. of contempt.
ku 3. v. tr., to mock at.
ku 4. v. tr., to bark at; 'us2i e kueu, the dog
barked at me.
kue S., kua U. 1. n., a domestic fowl; hoi kue, hoi
mwaopu ni kue, a fowl's egg. Wango kua.
ku'e S., ku'a U. 2. pron., sing. 1, suffixed to
stems 'a and na forming poss. 1 and 2.
ku'i v. tr., to mock at. ku 3; mwala ko kit'ie,
men mock him.
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kuka U., 'u'e S., a mud crab, kuka pulu.
kukao'e U., a cry to call distant attention.
kuku U., 'u'u S. 1. v. i., to hang down, to
depend, ha'akuku, mwakuku.
kuku U. 2. to be bent; Jordan e kuku eliho'i,
Jordan was turned back. Motu
magugu, to crinkle; Maori kuku, pin-
cers; Salakau, Borneo, kuku, a claw.
kukulu U., v. i., to swing.
kule 1. n., the shore, the beach, dry land; la'i
kule, on the beach; lai kule, to go up
on to the beach.
kule, kulekule 2. v. tr., to loosen, to be loose;
kulaa talai heune, to loosen the teeth.
Viti kurekure, to wag the head.
kulu v. i., to bury at sea, kulu rae, M. A., p.
262; two canoes take the body out for
burial, the body is weighted with stones
and the knees hunched up and tied;
after the committal one canoe paddles
several times at a fast pace around the
spot, the other paddles out to sea taking
a mangile, q. v.
kulu'i tr.
kulu'ila-(ku) gerund.
kuluhi v. tr., to sustain, cf. manikulu'e;
e kuluhie hanue, he sustains the land.
kumara sweet potato (Polynesian), called
occasionally uhi ni haka, the imported
yam; susu kumara, to plant the vines.
kumu, kumukumu 1. v. i., to punch, to beat
with the fist,
kumu'i tr.
kumu'ila-(ku) gerund.
kumu 2. v. i., to be blunt, dull of edge.
kumuri v. tr., to quench.
kumwe S., kumwa U., v. i., to ebb, to go down,
to abate, to slacken, to diminish, to wane,
kumwesi 1. to shorten. 2. kumwesie tete,
to take a stone wall to pieces.
kure, kurekure 1. v. tr., to heal sickness;
mwane kurekure, a witch doctor,
kuranga v. n., healing, curing.
kure S. 2. pers. pron., dual 1, incl.: we two, us
two; used as subject and also suffixed to
verbs and prepositions as object.
kure 3. exclam., often reduplicated; kurekure,
come on with you, let us (two) be off.
kuru n., a ripe areca nut. cf. pue. hoi kuru;
metaph. a full-grown person.
kurukuru 1. U., a wood-pigeon, generic term.
2. S., a pigeon without wattles on the
beak, kurukuru ni Malau.
kururaqa U., adj., deceitful (derived from the
name of a person).
kusi cat (English pussy). Samoa ngose.
kute, kutekute v. tr., to shake, to move
violently.
la 1. v. i., to be, to go; e la 'otoi 'aela, it goes
(is) bad; e la 'otoi 'aela mwaani nonola,
it is worse than yesterday; e la 'oto i
diana, it is good; saeku e la 'otoi wana,
my heart was hot; e lai 'aela, it is bad.
Tolo ra, to go; Mota al; Keapara laa,
walk; Maisin rax, come; Trobriand la, go.
la 2. verbal suffix; apa, apala.
la 3. noun ending added to verbs, mae, maela.
la 4. adjective ending added to verbs and
participles, naho, nahola, ereerea'ile.
la 5. gerundive ending, to which pronoun (few)
is always suffixed, sau, saunilana,
saunileku.
la 6. root of langa, to lift; langi, sky.
laa 1. noun ending, added to verbs, hou, houlaa,
honu, honulaa.
laa 2. U., a person; nga laa ni hei, who is this
person? ngaite laa, a different person;
laa hou, vocative, you; 'o si ta'ata'a,
laa, don't, I say; 'oto ihei, laa, where to,
boy.
la'a 3. adjective ending, mamaela'a.
la'a 4. U., adv. up; sulu la'a ana, lift it up.
la'alapa v. i., to complain, to moan, lapata'i.
La'alanga Alite Harbor, Langalanga, Big
Malaita.
la'alapasi cf. lapasi.
lada 1. v. i., to pierce, to thrust through,
ladami tr.
ladamila-(ku) gerund.
lada 2. ladaa'ini, to bow, to bend down; e
ladaa'inie maana, he fell on his face,
ladama'i partic, headlong, prostrate.
Florida lada, to bend, to worship.
lade 1. lade mae, deep sea. 2. deep-water
anchorage at the end of a harbor, t Lade,
e. g., at Tawaniahia. 3. S., name of
certain months; hure'i lade, August;
oku lade, September.
lado 1. v. tr., to knot, to join, to graft.
ladoha na v. n., a joint ; i lado'ihaana, in a line
with, joining onto; i ladohaana, thereby,
ladoha'ini tr., to join on.
ladola-(ku) gerund.
lado, lalado 2. v. tr., to recount, to tell, to
recite a tale; lado diena, U., to explain;
lado taliheku, to make my defense,
laladonga v. n., story, tale, folk lore.
ladoha'ini tr. Florida lada.
lae, laelae v. i., to go, to come, lae mai, lae wau;
to be, e lae uritaa, how is it; with loca-
tive i, lae i contracts to lai; kiratei e lae
mai, who are coming; kiratei kire lae,
who went? lae ha'i'oli, to go and return;
lae ha'iore, to stay behind; noko lai haka,
I am going abroad; lai henue, to go a
journey; lae honosi, to go and meet; lae
hou, to descend; lai hule, to reach; lai
hulaana, till, until; lae huni'i, go to
fetch them; 'oke lae ka'u, you had better
go; nou lae ka'u, I went; lae ka'u 'ohi'i,
go fetch it; lae ka'u poi, come up here;
nou lae kokela'i, I came away in a hurry;
'oko lae mai 'ure itei, where are you from ?
lae mdlumu, go quietly; ngeni nou lae mai,
that's why I came; lae molai rako, go
gently; lae mone, let us be gone; kira 'a
mune'i lae, were they to go; muni 'e lae,
go gently; muni 'e lae mai, let him come;
muni nge'ia e lae mai, if he comes; lae
ohonga, to go tentatively; lae ni oraha'a,
to go very fast; na'a lae 'oto, I am going;
e lae 'oto ni mae, he went like every-
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lae, laelae (continued).
thing; lae po'opo'oli'ili'i, to go way-
wardly; lae mola qalaqala, to go for
naught; ko lae ni ramo, he goes in his
might; laelae i rodo, to go till nightfall;
lae rorora, to go in a hurry; nge'i ke'i lae
ta'ane, he will surely go; nou lae takalo,
I am lost; lae tara'asi, to go straight on;
lai toli, to be going to fish out at sea;
muni'e hara lae, begin to go gently; 'oke
haro lae, go gently; noko hirue'i lae, I
am hindered from going; ka'el'e laelae,
let us go; le'u noko lae ana, le'u noko lae
hunie, whither I go; noko loona'i lae, I
intend going; luqe'i lae, to pretend to
go; mani ni'ilana sakanga e mani lae
hunieu, all power is given unto me;
tnelu orei lae, we almost went; e tau ni
lae, he made to go.
laeha v. n., a company traveling.
laenga v. n. 1. a journey; maai laenga, S.,
maani laenga, U., a journey; nge laenga
kesi lae, then the journey will take place.
2. laenga (ku), U., laeha (ku), S., a going;
laengana, his going; laehaku e 'aela, I
can not walk well,
laehi tr., to travel through a place.
laeli, laelaeli tr. 1 . to cause the bowels to be
open. 2. laeli wala, to make an oration;
laeli walanga, oratory, address, speech-
ifying.
laelae'i partic, ere laelae'i, talk by the way
side.
laela-(ku) gerund., laelaku, my going. Lau
lea, to go; Mailu laea, path.
laha adj., big (not in common use); Su'u Laha,
a boat harbor south of Su'u Peine;
Pululaha, a harbor south of the west
entrance to Mara Masiki Channel, cf.
alalia, a chief. Mota lava, Florida haba,
Maori raha.
iahe v. tr., to praise, to extol, paalahe.
lahe'a adj., praised, blessed.
lahela-(ku) gerund.
lahi, la'ilehi 1. to lay eggs. 2. v. tr., to be in
travail with; ko lehie eronga, in travail
with deceit.
laho'a adj., foggy, cloudy.
lahu 1. to be worn out. 2. worn out things,
mu lehui ola; mu lehuni to'oni, ragged
clothes. Lau lafu, Wango rahu, old;
Florida ravu.
lahu 3. v. i., to blow a conch shell.
lahula-(ku) gerund., lahulana 'ahuri, the
sound of the conch.
lahu U. 4. n., place; ildhuna, ilehuna, there;
mwai lehu ine, those places. Sa'a le'u,
Florida levu.
lahute'i U., partic, prostrate.
lai 1. contraction of lae i: e lae ta'i Sa'a, he
went to Sa'a; noko lai haka, I am going
abroad; noko lai leesie, I go to see it; lai
loosi haa, to go and inspect the money
given for a bride; noko lai lou, I go
bonito fishing; 2. e lai' aela; cf. la 1.
la'i 3. participial ending, honu honule'i.
lai 4. suffix to verb, used intransitively; to
make it transitive ni is added , la'ini.
la'ini tr., suffix, la'e, ta'ela'ini.
laka to play (of shoals of bonito); mu seu ko
laka, the bonito play in schools.
lakali U., to have sexual intercourse, ha'ilakali.
lakata'ini U., v. tr., to open the eye.
lakelake U., tau lakelake, used with poss. 3, to
give oneself airs.
lakoma'ini S., v. tr., to be parallel to, to lay
on longitudinally, rakoma'ini, U. hele
lakoma'inie, hold it to, together with,
on it.
lakoma'i partic, laid out along, longitudi-
nally; rdpu lakoma'i pe'i po'upo'u, to
crucify; 'uri lakoma'i, to tread in the
steps of.
laku, la'uleku v. i., to be whole, entire, safe.
ha'ileku, sapeldku; e ka'a ola ke laku,
there is nothing whole. Lau lau.
lalahu'e adj., worn out, old. lahu.
lala'ini v. tr., to stretch out. Wango rarasi.
lala'i partic, outstretched.
lala'inila-(ku) gerund.
lalako U., nanako S., v. i., to be sticky, to stick.
lalamoa n., a person killed by violence, a
victim; momo lalamoa, armlet, cf.
momo; lalamoa mduri, a captive; poo ke
ne'i lalamoa ko 'olisie 'oto a mwaena, a
pig is the victim in place of the man;
e hai lalamoa e mae hunia Qai, four dead
men for Qai to pay a fine for; taho
lalamoa, to pay for a man killed by
violence.
lalani U., lalani wala, to make an oration, to
speechify.
lalaunge'i S., 'unu lalaunge'i, to tell beforehand.
lalawa 1. v. i., to be lazy, ka'alawa. 2. U., to
be unwilling; luqe'i lalawa haahi, to give
a feigned excuse,
lalawanga v. n., laziness.
lalawasi U., v. tr., to reject, to neglect
through laziness.
lalawa 3. n., the marrow; mu lalawai ola ana
suli, the marrow of the bones.
lalemo 1. without coconut milk; kara lalemo,
yam pudding without the milk. 2.
unfermented.
lalo (ku) 1. n., inside, within; 'oto wdi lalo,
inside; lalona e 'aela, it is bad inside;
lalona e waawaa, nothing inside it;
laloi ha' a, within the garner; laloi suli,
within the bones. 2. U., laloku, my
stomach, my insides. 3. ddu lalo ana,
to be immersed in, to be plunged into.
Mota lolo, Motu lalo, Wedau ano, pith;
Wango raro, Gilberts nano.
lalo 4. U., n., a garden; lalo indu, my garden;
* epina lalo, bordering on the garden;
'atoni lalo, to lay out a garden.
lalo 'a adj., roomy, spacious.
Laloi Su'u (lit., in the Su'u) Mara Masiki
Channel, which divides Malaita.
lama 1. v. tr., to cut up trees, to cut felled trees
into billets convenient for burning; lama
tali, to free a tree of creepers; met., to
free persons.
LAMA
SO
lama 1 (continued),
lamasi tr.
lamata'ini U., tr.
lama 2. n., a lake, hai lama; lama i Korea, Lake
Korea, Little Malaita. Mota lama,
open sea; Borneo lama, lake.
lama 3. v. i., to spread over, to cover; wax e
lama haahi ue kolune mwakana, the
water still covered the face of the earth.
lama I. hanuelama, S., da'ilama'a, U., peace.
lami n., a phase of the moon; hau ni lemi, full
moon; to'ohunga lemi, S., full moon;
lemi mivaa, U., full moon.
langa 1. v. i., to moderate temporarily (of rain) ;
n., a spell between the showers, ha'a-
langa; U. la' a up. n., kele me'ilanga, it
lets up a little. Lau lalanga, dry;
Mota langa, to lift; Viti langa, Samoa
langa, Niue langa, Mao. ranga, lift.
langa 2. ha'alanga, to expose to the air in order
to dry.
langa'a, langalanga'a adj., up, on high, clear;
hele langa'a, hele langalanga'a, to hold
up conspicuously. Mao. rangai, raised.
Langalanga a village on Big Malaita where
shell money is made.
langi ha'aldngi, a house on piles; ilengi, sky,
heaven. Mota lang, wind; Maori rangi,
sky; Salakau, Borneo, angin, wind.
langilengi'e adj., aloft, lifted up. langi. Fate
langilangi, proud.
lango n., a fly; lango rae, bluebottle fly. Mota
lango, Maori rango, Gilbert Islands
nango.
langu. v. i, to pluck up; huni lengu ha'aodohie
'aeka, to guide our feet; langu holo, to
break in two.
langu'i tr. Wango rangui.
la'o 1. nunula'o, stinging-nettle tree, nunu 4.
la'o 2. in, inside; with suffixed pronoun na;
locative i may be prefixed, cf. lalo 1.
la'o i'ola, in the canoe; la'ona nime, in
the bowl; hai la'ona, wai la'ona, within,
inside; ni'i 'ae la'o i'ola, to board a
canoe; kohukohu la'ona salo, far-off
clouds.
la'o 3. cone shell, trochus; a forehead ornament
of trochus or tridachna shell, it is cir-
cular or oval and incised with the device
of a frigate-bird, the hair is threaded
through a small hole in the la'o, which
then hangs on the side of the forehead;
semicircular pieces of trochus shell
inlaid upon the sides of large canoes;
i'ola la'o, a canoe thus inlaid; armlets
(kokome) are cut from the trochus.
Florida lago.
la'ola'o huhu la'ola'o ana wa'i, to be contorted
with spasms of tetanus.
la'ongi S., la'oni U., v. tr., to step over, to
cross over.
la'ongila-(ku) gerund. Mota lago, Viti
lako, Motu loo.
lapasi, la'alapasi v. tr., to attempt a thing.
Wango raba.
lapata'i 1. v. i., to complain, to moan; noko
lapala'i ulo 'oto, I complain in mourning.
lapata'i, la'alapata'i 2. v. i., to be concerned
about, to endeavor, la'alapa.
lapi v. i., to change shape, to change appearance
(of ghosts); e lapi ana pa'ewa, he
changed into a shark.
laqa 1. bracken. 2. I Laqa, a district on the
hills above Sa'a on the ridges below
'ano mola.
laqi ointment, coconut oil for anointing, laqi
ni su.
laqitaa U., an oven of food,
lasu 1. to be aged, paipeilesu'a. 2. used as
an endearing term to a young boy,
anglice "old man."
lau, lauleu 1. v. L, to snatch; lau 'ae, be quick,
quickly; 'aka lau, to pull out violently.
2. to defend, to help; lau haahi, to make
a defense in words. Mao. rau, catch,
lauhi tr., to defend, to succor; lauhi ola, to
help; lauhi olanga, v. n., succor.
lauhila-(ku) gerund. Wango rau.
lau 3. v. tr., to weed,
lauhi green snail shell (Turbo petholatus); suu
leuhi, to dive for the shell,
lauleu 1 . to be quick, lau I. 2. quickly. Lau
loulou, Wango raurau.
lauleu'a U., adj., quick, fast.
launa U., v. i., to be speechless, to lose one's
voice in sickness.
launa'o v. i., to go before,
launi, lauleuni 1. v. tr., to adorn. 2. bodily
ornaments, mu leuni.
launihe (ku) bodily ornaments, launiheku.
lauleunita-(ku) U., v. n., ornaments.
lauleunitana nga 'inoni, ornaments of
men.
launga'i U., to occupy first, to be the first
to live in.
lauwanga S., the firmament, open space of
heaven, rnaalau.
lawa 1. spider's web; used as bait and made to
skip on the surface of the sea (lilie'i) at
the tail of a fish kite (sa'o) to catch
garfish (mwanole). 2. a spider. Mota
marawa, Viti lawa, net; viritalawalawa,
cobweb; Visaya lawa, cobweb.
lede U. 1. v. tr., to break, ha'alede, malelede;
lede ola, to be mischievous; lede
olanga, mischief.
ledela-(ku) gerund.
Lede 2. a boat harbor on Little Malaita north
of Roasi Bay.
ledi, leledi 1. v. tr., to refuse, to examine and
reject, maleledi, ha'ileledi.
ledila-(ku) gerund.
ledi U. 2. v. i., to ask, to question; soe ledi, to
question. Lau ledi.
leesi, leeleesi S., v. tr., to see; noko lai leesie,
go to see it; kau neke leesie, please let
me see it; nou ka'a to'ohuunge'i leesie,
I surely did not see it; na ni leesie palonga
aku, and saw my works; e ka'a ola neke
leesie, I saw nothing; 'omu ka'a mana-
ta'inie wa 'omu ke leesie, ye neither
know him nor have seen him.
leesila-(ku) gerund.
lehu, lahu U., le'u S. 1. place; 2. thing: the
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LILIKI
lehu, lahu 1 (continued).
demonstrative ni may be added; lehuna
qa'ike, not that; mwai lehu raro, open
plains, glades. Florida levu, portion,
side.
lehu 2. suu lehu, a kind of arrow.
lei, leilei S., v. tr., to judge,
leinge v. n., judgment.
leila-(ku) gerund.
lekoleko v. i., to hang down, to trail on the
ground.
leko'i U., to bark (of a dog).
leku cf. laku.
lele v. i., to squint; maana e lele, he squints.
leledi cf. ledi.
lelenga-(na) clear, unimpeded (of speech or
hearing); ka'a rongo lelengani, not to
hear plainly; 'unu lelengana, to speak
clearly.
lelengana U., drowsy; to'o lelengana, not
aroused from sleep.
Lenga a village on the west coast of Ulawa,
i Lenga.
leleu v. tr., to carry off, to abduct.
lemi cf. liimi.
lengi, langi (ku) top, above, on; with locative i.
Id 6. lengine hd'u, on the top of the
rock; ilengi, heaven, sky; ilengikw, above
me; po'oilengi, U., south; qd'i lengi,
east or south.
lengu cf. Idngu.
leo a tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus, Pariti tiliaceum)
with yellow flowers, the bast is used as
cord ; uhi leoleo, a variety of yam.
lete 1. v. i., to be firm in opinion or in state-
ment; 'unu lete, to affirm; ne'isae lete,
to be set in intention,
letehi tr., to affirm.
letehila-(na, ni) gerund.
lete 2. v. i., to be scared, wild, to scent danger.
ha'alete.
letehi tr., to punish, to castigate, ha'aletehi.
le'u S. 1. place. ?. thing. 3. piece, part.
4. with i sape, 'oto may be added: le'u
i sapeku 'oto, my duty; le'u noko lae ana,
le'u noko lae hunie, whither I go; le'u
nou saaie nou saaie, what I know I
know; le'une nou daa 'oto, I did that
already; ere ni le'u honu, to boast; hele
hu'isie nga le'u, to err in anything; mu
le'u e mwadau, places easy to traverse;
le'une e na'onga 'oto, the place is quite
abandoned; po'o ni le'u, partly; nga
Po'o ni le'u, a piece; le'u talaku, my
place; mu le'u talahuliana, his wonted
place. U., lahu, Florida levu.
leu hd'ileu, to snatch, to be violent, leleu.
leuni cf. Iduni.
le'uqala S., a deserted place, qala. i'o ni
le'uqala, to be deserted, alone.
li 1. genitive particle, a variant of ni used in
certain compounds, hd'ulihane, Qa'uli-
mwaa, maalimwalo, 'dili'apaa, koukou-
li'ae. Epi ri, Alite Malaita, li.
li 2. verbal suffix, lae laeli.
lidu, lilidu v. i., to crawl, to get along on all
fours.
li'e 1. n., ginger, given to women in ordeals
('ai ha'angdu keni). Florida ria.
li'e 2. v. i., to change shape, to throw back, of
trees, e. g., oranges. Viti lia, to trans-
form.
li'e 3. ha'ali'e, to cook, to get a meal ready,
li'eli'a'a adj., indistinctly, confusedly, li'e 2.
ngara li'eli'a'a, to give out an uncertain
note,
lihu, lihulihu v. i., to travel along the coast in
a canoe, to go by sea as opposed to liu
i henue, go by land,
lihunge v. n., a going by sea.
lihue'ini tr., to convey a person in a canoe.
Florida lilihi.
lihue'ini v. tr., to borrow or lend possessions.
lii 1. v. tr., to make qaso, threading the money
(will haa), and making the ornaments;
to lace,
li'i 2. v. i., to be out of joint (of limbs), 'aeku
e li'i.
li'ite'i partic, twisted (of ankle),
li'isi beyond, likisi. lae li'isi, to go beyond,
to exceed, to outstrip; talo lili'isi, at
irregular intervals.
li'ite- cf. likite-. beyond, on the far side of;
po'o wau li'itemu.on the other side of thee,
liki, liliki, likiliki 1. v. i., to leap, pola likiliki.
2. to be nervous; saeku e liki, I was
nervous.
liki 3. riki U., liki hune, to pull up the mooring-
stakes of a canoe, to get up the anchor
(late use).
liki 4. a tree, rosewood, the branches live when
planted, the trunk has buttress flanges
(kokopa) .
likisi v. tr., to go beyond, to cross, to outdo,
to transgress; likisi to'i, a mouse.
Florida lilinggi, to border on, to pass
by; Nguna lingiraki, to leave, to
abandon.
likimaa-(na) adv., certainly, undoubtedly.
likimaana 'oto; lisimaana, U.
likitaa glandular swelling in the armpit and
groin; to have such swellings.
likite-(ku) beyond, on the far side of; po'o hao
likitemu, on the other side of thee.
lili 1. v. i., to change, to move about, ha'alili.
lili 'epule, to be changed into blood; lili
keli, to encircle; lili qana, to jibe a sail,
to tack (of a canoe); hdu lili qana, the
boom of a sail.
lili 2 (ku) back teeth,
lili 3. liliheu, lilikeli.
lili'a'a adj., racked with rheumatic pains,
lili'e rheumatic pains, lili.
lilie'i v. L, to cast for garfish (ntwanole) with
a rod and line, using spider web (lawa)
as bait, the teeth of the fish becoming
fast in the web; hdu ni lilie'i, a rock
from which men cast for garfish.
liliheu stone walls of taoha or of toohi. si'o
liliheu, to collect stones for a wall,
lilikeli v. tr., to encircle; adv., encircling, kali.
liliki a mousetrap made of a hollow bamboo
and a noose hung in front of it, a spring
trap, liki 1.
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lilisi 1. talo lilisi, to offer a certain proportion
as a sacrifice, lilisi 2. tola lilisi, to walk
about, lili 1.
lime S., lima U., five: in pronunciation lima,
U., tends to approach nima, hand.
limana fifth.
ha'alime five times. Mota limwa, five;
Maori rima, hand.
lingi, lingilingi v. i., to pour, malingilingi.
lingisi tr.
lingisila-(na, ni) gerund. Mota ling, Maori
ringi.
lio 1. v. i., to look to see, to be awake, to be
careful, ha' alio, lio ahu'i, to protect;
lio alieli, to look about one; lio haha-
'itelili, to distinguish; lio hahuroto, to
gaze, to see clearly; lio ha'itale, U., to
look for in vain; nou ka'a lio hikena nga
ola, I saw nothing; lio hilisi, to choose;
lio hilisie huni hu'e i'oe, choose her for
your wife; lio huni, to choose: e lio
hunie huni hu'e nana; lio huni maa, S.,
to exercise partiality; lio isuli, to watch,
to take care of (late use); lio ka'u,
behold; lio keke, to look behind; lio
i kekea'i maanga, to bear ill will, to have
a spite against; e lio kohi, it looks beau-
tiful; lio maai, U., to permit; lio maaila-
'ini, to view with favor; hire ka'a lio
mangini, they saw none of it; lio i
ngaei maa, lio i ngaena maa, to look
askance at, to envy, to be jealous of;
lio i ngae maanga, jealousy; lio odo'i, to
find; lio qa'ulunge'ini, to see indis-
tinctly; lio qeru ngudu, lio qeru 'upu,
to grudge, to hate; lio saai, S., lio sae,
U., to perceive, to recognize; lio sae
to'o, to favor; lio tola, to take care, to
beware; lio talahi, to look for in vain;
lio tale, to fail to see; lio tataileu, to
appear beautiful; lio to'o, with poss. 3,
to find; lio wasawasa, to see indistinctly.
lioha-(na) S., liota-(na) U., v. n., looks,
appearance. Mota ilo, to see.
li'o 2. v. i., to hang oneself, ha'ali'o. Mota
ligo, Motu rio, Maori niko, to form into
a bight.
li'oa S., n., spirit, ghost, M. A., pp. 136, 260:
the word is li'oa and not lio'a; the mean-
ing is rather spirit than ghost, though
undoubtedly both meanings appear;
there may be a connection with U.
hi'ona. ho'asi sisingana li'oa, to swear
by a spirit; ngeitei li'oa, what spirit?
ngoria Li'oa, to quench the Spirit;
nanamanga para'itana mu li'oa, power
over the spirits; uraa'i, to make an
offering to the spirits.
lisi U., nisi, S., v. tr., to cut off a piece or sec-
tion. Wango risi, to shave the head.
lisimaa-(na) U., as rikimaa.
lite (na) n., seed, kernel, hoi lite.
lio, liuliu v. i., to come, to go, to pass by, to
ply about, to become general, ha'iliu,
liuta'a. liu i 'esi, travel by sea; liu i
henue, travel by land, take the upper
road, ant. hatale; liu hono, to intervene
liu, liuliu (continued).
(of time); ngaini sa'a liu ha'ahireru'e,
none shall pass in front of them (and
overcome them) ; mu dinge hunge e liueu,
many days passed over me; liu takalo,
to take a wrong path; liu tarau, to con-
tinue; tola ni liu, path to travel by.
Wango riu, Samoa liu, to turn; Florida
liliu, to change; Mota riu, to move feet
or legs; Nguna liu, excessive; Viti liu,
to exceed; Mao. riu, to pass by.
liuliu adv., about, to and fro; e tola liuliu, it
has become general.
liuliune v. tr., to turn over, to reverse, na 4.
liunge v. n., a common complaint, a plague.
liunge ni maelaa.
liuta'a S., liutaha U. 1. v. i., to be beyond, to
be excessive, used with poss. 3. muini
liuta'ana a mwane 'ie e qao'i ne, more
than those which this man has done;
ini qaarongoisuli e ka'a liuta'ana ini
ha'ausuli, the disciple is not above his
master. 2. adv., excessively, exceed-
ingly.
liwe S., liwa U., a cave. Lau liqa.
liwo hoiliwo, S., houliwo, U., a hill.
loa 1. S., v. i., to be big, to be too big.
loa 2. the heavens; apai loa ta'au, the heavens
above. Bugotu maaloa.
lo'a 3. adj., cracked.
lo'a 4. S., the name of several months; lo'a
madala. May; lo'a mali'e, April; lo'a
maramarawai, lo'a wai mweimwei,
February; lo'a wai peine, March.
loamena S., v. tr., to patch, to mend, to darn;
a patch.
lodo 1. to conceive a child: of the child, to be
conceived, nga mwela e lodo, the child
is conceived,
lodo'i tr., to imagine, to conceive a thought.
lodo 2. v. tr., to carve, to construct.
lodosae v. i., to ponder, to conceive in mind.
lodo'i.
lodosaenga v. n., plan, meditation.
loha'ini, loloha'ini v. tr., to lay up in store, to
put by.
loha'inge v. n., something put by, stored,
cold food,
loha'i v. i.
lohe 1. v. i., to sail. Wango rohe.
lohe 2. to fit a bowstring to a bow.
lohe 3. to mark out a yam garden; lohea hoftola,
he marked out a garden.
loho, loholoho 1. to fly, to swoop; met. of
words, to reach; e loho ilengine, he
swooped down upon it; walaku e loho
i saena, my words reached his heart.
hau loho, a boat harbor south of Port
Adam; mwakana loho, dust,
loho si tr., to cause to fly. Wango roho,
Florida lovo, Mota rowo, Bougainville
Straits, lofu; Motu roho.
loho 2. (ku) ke sulu i lohona, i lohomu, be pleas-
ing in his sight, thy sight.
lo'ilohi n., charcoal.
lo'ilohi'e adj., black with charcoal, soiled.
lo'ilosi n., a sponge, losi. Florida loilosi.
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LO'U
loka n., gall, figures in folk lore, the hero throws
gall in the eyes of his enemies.
loke n., the lamprey, found under rocks near
the shore.
loko 1. v. tr., to gather together, ha'aloko.
2. to agree, loko pe'i, to agree with.
lokonga v. n., friendship.
lokota v. n., a bundle; lokotai sa'o, a bundle
of sago leaves,
lokoloko adv., altogether.
lokoqaio n., a belt.
loku, lo'uloku v. i., to be bent, bowed, doubled
up; 'ae loku, halt, maimed in the feet;
hihi lo'uloku, to crouch (dogs) .
lokune tr., to bend, to double back;
e lokunaa nime, he clenched the fist.
Niue loku, Mota lokua, to fold up.
lola v. L, to be great, mighty; walana e lolo, his
word is mighty,
lolata n., courtyard; rara haahie lolata inge'ie,
guards his house.
lole v. i., to be confused, dazed; ere lole ana
ma'unge, to talk confusedly from fear.
Maori rare, intoxicated.
lolo 1. v. i., to bend; lolo hapa, to bend turtle-
shell.
lolosi tr., lolosi hune, to set a trap, lolosi hapa.
lolota'i partic, bent down, bowed.
lolosila-(ku) gerund. Wango rosi.
lolo 2. n., red ants, sugar ants, lolo polali.
Viti lolo.
lolo 3. v. i., to be abundant (of herbage), to
cover over (of creepers).
lolo 4. luhe lolo, to clear away creepers,
lolo'a U., n., a thicket; lolo'a ni 'ei, a clump of
trees.
loloha'ini cf. loha'ini.
lolohuna U., n., a snare, a gin. lolo 1, hune 3.
lololo n., a swamp in which sago grows, lololo
ni sa'o.
loloma'ini v. tr., to dip; loloma'inie nime, to
dip the hand,
lolomi v. tr., to grudge, to withhold; hele
lolomi, to keep for oneself.
lolongo n., mud, swamp, lololo.
lolou v. L, to resound.
lomolomo kau lomolomo, the fourth finger,
lomosi v. tr., to buffet; 'ahe e lomosie i'ola, the
surf buffeted the canoe.
loo 1. v. i., a shortened form of lio to look, loo
'aela, to be immodest; loo diana, to look
good; loo ka'u, look! loo ta'a, to be
immodest, to offend against propriety.
loo 2. v. i., to be frightened, to be on one's
guard, to be suspicious; idemu ni loo, a
line spatula for one who is scared: when
a man is on his guard (loo) and can not
be ambushed and killed he is won over
by false protestations of friendship and
offers of areca (damulaa), then as he sits
chewing the quid (dmusi) he is stabbed
with a large spatula (idemu).
loo'i tr., to take counsel, to consider.
ha'aloo'i.
loo'inge v. n., plan, intention.
loona'ini tr., to deliberate about, to intend,
to plan.
loo 2 (continued).
loona'i v. i., to plan; noko loona'i lae, I
intend going,
loona'inge v. n., plan, meditation, mae-
loonga. Wango ro.
looloo'a adj., scared,
loohi, looloohi v. tr., to see, to look for.
loohinge v. n., a searching,
loosi U. 1. to see; nau qa'ike loosia, I saw it not.
muni ne'e loosia, ta'ane na'a 'unua, if I
see him I shall tell it. 2. lai loosi haa,
to go and inspect the money given for
a bride; i'o loosi, to await; mwala ko
i'o loosi, kire too'ana keni mwala ko
holie, the party awaiting, they own the
girl who is being bought (sc, in mar-
riage). 3. prep., with suffixed pronoun
(au), awaiting; in M. L., p. 155, loosi
is incorrectly assigned to the preposi-
tional sense of motion to; 'oke i'o ka'u
loosieu, wait a while for me.
loosi 4. toll loosi, a charm set in the path,
lopalopa v. i., to flap (of wings).
lopo 1 . n„ a pool : an artificial pool used to keep
alive i'e ni kelu; lopo ni ha'auri, bap-
tismal font, lit., pool of salvation. San
Cristoval robo.
lopo 2. U., 'ato i lopo muni (parasi), to oppose.
Lopo a boat harbor on the east coast of Ulawa.
Lopo Su'u Heu a gorge above Su'uholo, Ulawa:
figures in folklore,
lopo'i v. i., to be specious, to pretend, to
deceive, lopo'i ere, S., to deceive with
words; lopo'i kae, U., to deceive; lopo'i
wala, U., lopo'i deu, S., to feign.
Iosi, lo'ilosi v. tr., to squeeze; ni'i losi, to
squeeze, to wring out water; n., a
sponge, mei lo'ilosi. Viti losi, a sponge
loto, loloto v. i., to bathe; esi kele loto, just
washed, i. e., convalescent after illness;
horo ni loloto i purine maeta, to kill a
man after celebrating a death feast in
order that people may bathe (bathing
being prohibited until some one was
killed) ; loto maai, to baptize (late use) ;
loto maainge, v. n., baptism,
lotonga v. n., bathing,
lotohi tr., to bathe a person; 'oke lotohi'o,
bathe yourself.
lotohila-(ku) gerund.
lou 1. v. i., to fish for bonito; noko lai lou, I go
bonito fishing.
lou 2. v. i., to emerge; lou ta'a, to come forth.
lo'u 3. v. i., to contract ceremonial defilement
by walking under women, by eating
with women in the case of boys who
ha'amalaohu. cf. M. A., p. 233.
Polynesian lotu.
lo'u 4. v. tr., to bend, to double back, malo'u,
lo'une tr.
lo'u 5. adv. again, anew, also; hahira diana
ikire nga muini lo'u ka'a diana, on the
good and the bad; 'omu sa'a lio odo'ieu
'oto lo'u, ye shall not see me again.
Samoa lolou, to bend; Wango rou,
Lau lau, Motu lou, again.
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lo'u'e adj., used as n.; a bend, a verse; ta'ata'a
me'i lo'u'e, one verse,
lo'uhanga'a v. i., to be denied ceremonially.
lo'u 3.
lo'uloku cf. loku.
loulou S., 'u'ulou U., v. i., to thunder; ngara
I onion, to resound.
lounge ha'alounge, quarreling, bickering.
lousuu a short string of money made of a
whitish shell, Big Malaita currency.
Lau lousuu.
lu ending of certain forms of pronouns in the
plural, kolu, melu, tnolu; an abbreviation
of 'olu, three,
lua U., v. i., to grant. Florida lua.
luana snli tolai luana, his shoulder blade.
ludaa v. n., cargo.
lude S., luda U., v. i., to carry cargo, to be
heavily laden; lude olanga, v. n., carry-
ing cargo; lude peli, to "blackbird," to
recruit men without giving a payment
(holite) to their relations; haka lude
mwane, a labor vessel recruiting men.
ludanga v. n., U., cargo,
ludengi tr., to carry as cargo, to recruit
men. Wango ruta, Florida luda, luluda.
lue-(ku) S., lua-(ku) U. 1. neck; lue susu, sore
throat, voice gone; ngora i lue, to growl;
huui lue, a shoulder of pork given to
chiefs as their portion at a feast; 'aqahi
lue, paired back and breast ornament
of shell money for women. Florida
lua, Bougainville Straits, lualua.
lue S., lua U. 2. n., the rising tide; lue qera,
high spring tide; nisilana lue, high-
water mark; salohi lue, a fiddler crab;
'upui lue, high tide.
lu'e, lu'elu'e S., lu'alu'a U. 3. a coconut-leaf
basket for holding yams.
lueli S., luengi U., to lessen a fire by removing
some sticks. Mao. ruke, to remove,
luelu ha'aluelu, S., v. i., to give a sign.
luelue S., lualua U., n., a flood; luelue e take,
the flood came. Wango ruarua, Florida
lualua.
luhe to remove, to free, to loosen, lakaluhe.
luhe haahi. to be surety for: to take off
clothing, to become a heathen again
(late use); luhe lolo, to clear away
creepers. Florida luba, Viti luva, Wango
ruha, Motu ruhaia, Mota luka, in tawa-
luka, to peel off.
luhesi tr., to loosen, to free, to let go.
luhesila-(ku) gerund.
luhu v. i., to cut off branches from a tree.
luhusi tr.
lula U., n., a spear; generic term.
lulu 1. v. i., to follow: used with isuli, luluisuli.
luluisulinge v. n.
luluisulila-(ku) gerund.
lulu 2. v. i., to fold; a Lulu-reu, a proper name,
lit. folder of leaves,
lulungi tr.
lulungila-(na, ni) gerund.
lulu 3. qa'ilulu, v. i., to be dismayed, qd'i 2.
lulu 4. v. i., to back water with paddles or oars;
'ahe lulu, boiling tide.
lulu 5. ora lulu, to belch; po'o lulu, to fill the
mouth with food.
luluhu n., a coconut frond, luluhui niu.
lulusane n., a gecko lizard with projecting
eyes, the children catch them with a
grass noose or a coconut leaflet midrib.
lume S., a variant of nume, house; huuilume,
a village.
lumu, lumute S., moss. Mota lutnuta, Malay
lumut. Macassar lumu, malumu, soft.
lumu'e adj., moss-covered,
lumwe S., lumwalumwa U., to be long and
matted (of hair) ; qa'une e lumwe, long-
haired,
lupu, lupulupu U., v. i., to strike; lupu ra-
koma'ini, to nail upon, to crucify,
lupu'i tr.
lupunge'ini tr., to bump; maelupu'e,
bruised,
luqe'i v. i., to pretend; luqe'i laelae, to pretend
to go; luqe'i hiru, to pretend to be busy;
luqe'i lalaiva haahi, to give a feigned
excuse,
lusu n., the ribs in a canoe tied on to cleats
left on the planks forming the hull.
M. A., p. 295; 'enite lusu, what size
canoe, lit. how many ribs,
lusuinume S., lusuinima U., a large seagoing
canoe, lit. ribbed like a house.
lu'u v. tr., to move one's habitation, hd'ilu'u.
huni lu'ue mo ola ineu, to remove my
goods; kira 'asi lu'ua ha'iliu, they
ceased hostilities. Viti luku, to remove,
luu'i v. tr., to forbid, ere luu'i.
luuluu sunge luuluu, elkhorn fern.
ma 1. adjectival prefix of condition: lingi
malingi, mena mamenamena. Mota ma,
Maori ma.
ma 2. S., a prefix used with nouns which express
relationship; mwa. ro ma hungaona,
two brothers-in-law; ro ma uweline, two
maternal uncles.
ma 3. as ma 1 : malumu.
ma 4. a noun ending: 'ono 'ono'onoma, n&ku
na'unekume.
maa 1. the eye: maana e lele, he squints; maa
noro, to be angry-eyed; maa ngangua,
blear-eyed from smoke; maa rodo, blind,
to forget; maaku e la'iere, I am dizzy;
maana e ivaaro, goggle-eyed; hete'i maa,
to fix the eyes upon; 'o hinua maamu, peel
your eye; hinuhinu (hiruhiru) maa, eye-
lid; lio i ngaei maa, to look askance at,
to envy; maranga i maa, eyebrow;
ma'arusi maa, to wink the eye; mimisi
maa, the mantis, lit. squirt in the eye;
nokomi maa, to turn the eyes away;
para'imaa, eyeshade; rumu nue maa,
eye ointment; sikili maa, excoecaria
tree, lit. stings the eye; ana e tahanie
maamu ne, in that he opened your
eyes; e tditeia maana, he closed his eyes;
'oke 'ulue maamu, you close your eyes;
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maa 1 (continued).
'u'ui maa, the eyeball; 'u'u maai dehi,
a pearl.
maa 2. the face; 'alo maa, to turn the face;
hoda maa, to wash the face; e ladaa'inie
maana, he fell on his face; lio huni maa,
to exercise partiality; nunuku maa, to
wrinkle the face; e palingitaa maana, he
set his face; rdima'a, to cut and dis-
figure the face; 'usu maa, to accuse, lit.
to point at his face.
maa 3. with genitive i in Sa'a, ni in Ulawa; hole,
mesh, opening, outlet, door, gate, maai
nume, S., maani nima, U., door; maai
para, S., maani para, U., gate; qa'ulimaa,
door lintel; sau maa ana mu 'ape, to mend
the meshes of the nets; taha maa, to
open the door; to'oni pono maa, patched
clothes; maa ni qelusn, nostril.
maa 4. edge, point, blade, brim; maai mudi, a
gorge for flying-fish; maana nahi, the
edge of the sword; pulu maai seu, a
circular piece used in inlaying, a dot.
maa 5. front of the house; i maa, outside;
odona maa, a gate opening directly in
front of one; oku i maa, wall in front.
maa 6. a stick, a match; maai aro, a stalk of
ginger; maai {maani) dunge, a "match.
maa 7. one, a, also in plural, maai laenga, S.,
maani laenga, U., a journey; maai sala,
U., a piece of bast cloth; hat maai dengi
he' Mime, the four winds; kii'u met nga
maa, give me one; ta'ata'a maai ngeu,
one meal.
maai S., maani U. v. tr., to eye, to watch;
maai ngeu, S., maani ngeu, U., the
evening star, so called because it shines
at the time of the evening meal which
it watches; maa shows no sign of a break
in pronunciation.
maani, maamaani tr., to copy, to do like,
to watch. Mota matai, Polynesian
mala.
maa 8. dried canarium nuts, ngali maa, put
into a cane basket (tangi) and kept
above the fire, ha'amaa.
ma'a 9. father, vocative: ma' a ineu, my dear
father! mama'a.
maadi U., v. tr., to reject.
maadila-(ku) gerund.
Maadi'a the landing-place for Ripoo, Ulawa.
ma'ae n., a strong-smelling fish, caught with
a bait of red clay in which crabs' claws
have been set.
maahoo v. i., to be new to, to be a novice at.
maahoosi v. i., to boast: ere maahoosi.
ma'ahu, ma'ama'ahu v. i., to sleep; ma'ahu
mala i'ola, to fast; ma'ahu pole, to
dream; nau ma'ahu qolea, I dreamt it;
ma'ahu suu'i, to guard at night,
ma'ahunge v. n., sleep, e to'o ni ma'ahunge,
it is time for sleep. Motu mafuta.
maai, maaimaai 1. v. tr., to permit, to allow;
lio maai, toli maai, to allow,
maaila'ini U., tr., lio maaila'ini, to view
with favor.
maa'i 2. adj., holy, sacred: ha'amaa'i. loto
maa'i 2 (continued).
maa'i, to baptize; loto maa'inge, bap-
tism; ngdu maa'i, ngdu maa'inge,
sacrificial eating. Mota matai, good;
Tahiti maitai, Mao. maitai.
maa'i 3. beloved; mwane maa'i ineu, my dear
fellow,
maakahi v. i., to peek, to peep, to peer,
maakali v. tr., to visit.
maala adv., even if, granted that, supposing.
mala.
maalau air, firmament, lauwanga.
maaliholo the main doorway of a house,
maalimae hostile bands: mu maalimae. Lau
maalimaea, enemy.
maalimwalo a staging for thatching (tahera'i)
erected inside the house,
maalitawa an opening in the shore reef, a
landing-place.
maamaa a fastening, a button,
ma'amana ro ha'ima'amana, mu he'ima'aman-
anga.
ma'amasa'a adj., ashamed, reverential.
Maana Odo Port Adam, Malaita.
maana'o U., v. i., to be deserted (of a place);
a desert place, na'onga.
maani, maamaani v. tr., to copy, to do like, to
repeat: ha'amaani, S., ha'imaani, U.
maani moo, to watch the dance; si'o
maani, to collect.
maapala S., adj., unprovoked, malicious;
horonga maapala, murder,
maapou n. 1. a measure' of shell money, from
the fingertips to the elbow, a cubit.
2. a piece, a bit.
ma'apu'a U., adj., bloody; n., stripes, bruises,
ma'arara'i v. tr., to provoke,
ma'aru U., v. i., to sleep, to twinkle; ma'aru
lalahi, to go like winking,
ma'arunga v. n., sleep,
maarue S., asu maarue, to serve two masters,
maarusi v. tr., to wink; maarusi maa, in a
twinkling,
maasilima U., ura maasilima, the second day
of the moon,
maatala U. 1. as maapala, S., unprovoked.
2. in vain. Lau maabala.
maatoli v. i., to visit.
maatoto v. tr., to expect, to await; maatoto
muni, U., to await,
maa'u U., ma'u S., v. i., to fear, to be afraid.
ha'amaa'u.
maa'uni tr.
mada 1. n., dirt, mu mada. ha'amada.
mada 2. n., a fresh-water shell-fish (Nerita sp.).
mada'a adj., dirty, soiled; to'oni e mada'a ani
hesi'onga, garments defiled by the flesh,
mada'anga n., filth.
madala 1. the morning star; madala e qa'a, the
day star is rising; nga madala mere 'ana'i
qaroa adaru'a, when the day star rises
we shall hitch it up for them. 2. lo'a
madala, the name of a month, May.
Viti mataka, morning; Bougainville
Straits matatala, Orion's Belt.
madali, mamadali adj., greasy, slippery;
maenga {maemaeha) mamadali, fever.
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madali, mamadali (continued).
Viti dadala, Samoa malali, Lau afedali,
Florida madali.
madamada 1. v. i., to be dirty. 2. U., mada-
tnada sulu, a month, October.
madara'a adj., sweating, perspiring; noko
madara'a, I sweat,
madara'anga n., sweat.
madeli U., a full grown coconut, hoi madeli.
madiu U., adj., overlapping; v., to overlap.
madoo S., adj., cooked.
madoro adj., hot; ha'adoro.
madoronga n., heat, fever. Malay darah,
hot.
madou U. 1. madou ni wala, a phrase. 2.
adj., broken clean off. 3. cinnamon.
madu S., adj., beloved, dear; kale madu ineu,
my beloved child.
mae, maemae 1. v. i., to die, to be ill, to be
numb, to be eclipsed, of moon; mae
'apolo, paralyzed; a olako mae, So-and-
so is sick; a ola e mae 'oto, So-and-so is
dead; e hai lalamoa e mae hunia Qai,
Qai had the death of four men to account
for; mwane da na kolu mae, lest we die;
mae su'esu'ela'i, to die of hunger; roro
mae, to strangle; uhu mae, a wig; e mae
'o'o, quite dead,
maenga v. n., sickness, death; maenga hula-
hula, danger; maenga mamadali, fever;
e ka'a hunie ike maenga, not unto death;
mwaanie maenga, from death; e qa'ike
munia nga maenga, not unto death,
maeta (ku) v. n., death feast, death, U.; kite
ngau maetana a ola, they eat the death
feast of So-and-so; horo ni loloto i purine
maeta, to kill a man after the death
feast in order that persons may bathe,
maeha U., maemaeha S., v. n., sickness;
maemaeha mamadali, fever.
maela (ku) v. n., danger, death; si'ohaa'i
maela, to be in danger.
maelaa v. n., danger, sickness; liunge ni
maelaa, a plague, epidemic; maelaa ni
qe'u, meningitis.
mae 2. used to denote excess, with poss. 3.
e 'a'aila'a 'oto mae ana, he is very strong;
e lae 'oto ni mae, he went like anything;
'u'u ni mae, heavy rain.
mae 3. the lee shore, 'asi mae; lade mae, deep
water.
mae 4. to be well mashed (of areca nut);
sctune ke mae, pound it to a pulp.
maesi tr., to be ill of, to die of. Mota mate,
Polynesian mate.
mae 5. n., a fighting column, nga mae; mu
na'ona'oi mae, armies, ma'alimae.
mae 6. n., war; d&u mae huni, to make war on;
ahu mae, to cease hostilities; ko apani
mae pe'ikie, sides with us; li'oa ni mae,
M. A., p. 260, a ghost associated with
war.
mae 7. weapons; tapo mae, to seize weapons.
ma'e 8. a pronged spear used for fishing; uwa
ma'e, a measure, 1 J yards.
maea U., adj., holy, sacred, having to do with
the ancestor ghosts.
maea (continued).
maeanga v. n., holiness (late use). Wango
maea.
maelo adj., ripe (of fruits); the suffixed pro-
nouns na, ni may be added, 'iana ko
maelo, pregnant, lit., her belly is ripe;
hau maelo, a rock near Ngorangora;
raa hitelia hau maelo, prov., dry enough
to split hau maelo; maelona, its ripeness,
when it is ripe; maelona e ngau diana,
when ripe it is good eating; ngali maelo,
ripe canarium nuts, the name of a
month, August.
maeloonga n., enemy, a maeloonga, mu
maeloonga. Wango maeronga.
maelupu'e S., adj., bruised, lupu.
maemaea S., adj., used with the personal
article; a maemaea, the sick man; mu
maemaea, the sick.
maemaeko'a adj., gentle, mamaeko'a.
ma'emahe v. i., to decorate the person with
make.
maeni S., article plural vocative, maeni 'inoni,
maeni mwane, maeni keni; used also in
plain statement maeni 'inoni ineu, my
own people.
maenoto v. i., to be grave, sober, quiet.
maha v. tr., to profane holy things, to use
sacrilegiously.
mahanga v. n., profanation.
mahe a strong-smelling herb (Evodia hortensis)
used to decorate the body, stuck in
armlets.
ma'emahe v. i., to decorate with mahe, to
festoon in general; a garland.
mahiri, ma'imehiri v. i., to be intoxicated from
eating areca fruit.
mahiringe v. n., intoxication.
maholo 1. n., space, interval of time or distance;
nga maholo, what a length of time! nga
maholo e liu, time went on; maholo ni
lae inge'ie, his time for going; maholo
nou lae, at the time when I went;
maholo 'eta mwane e ha'atau ue, while
the other was yet far off; maholo 'ie,
now; ina'ona mu maholo, in former
times; ipurine maholo, after the time;
ngoongoodo ana maholo, end of the time;
maholo ni raori'i, time of virginity; to'o
ta'e maholo, sometimes; maholo e toto, a
proper time. Florida polo, when. holo.
maholo 2. U., a thing, a piece, a part.
maholo 3. v. i., to be parted; sae sa'a maholo
wa ke mou, thoughts shall not be parted
and shall not cease.
maholota U., n., a piece; maholota ni pua,
piece of areca nut.
mahono U., tapa mahono, to interfere, to be a
busybody, hono.
mahoro v. i., to appear in view, to pass in view.
ha'amahoro.
mahu rau mehu, to abide; karu meku, to endure
hardness.
mahungaona n., ro mahungaona, father-in-law
and son-in-law, mother-in-law and
daughter-in-law; mwane male and keni
female are added to distinguish the pairs.
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mahu'ohu'o n., early morning, dawn; used with
locative i. hu'o.
mahuro adj., disturbed, muddy (of water);
da mahuro ana, disturbed it. ma 3.
mahuru adj., gentle, tractable,
mai 1. adv., hither, here, this way; the demon-
strative n& may be added; mat ana
walumalau, in the world; mdi i 'ano, on
the earth; mai i haha, on the earth; mai
nana, under the earth; mai iorohana, on
the earth; 'ure 'oto mai i 'aehotalana,
from the beginning up till now; 'oko lae
mai 'ure itei, where are you from; nou
'ure mai i ola, I am from such-and-such
a place; mai nga hou pua, give me an
areca nut; hdnue maine, the place here;
mai ileu, this way; mai i nume, into the
house; po'o mai, hither, this side; qa'u
mai, hither. Mota ma, Polynesian mai.
mai 2. ebb, low tide, hou mei, U. kosi mei,
it is low tide; mai rara, dead low water
at spring tides; mai ana waarowaaro e
qaa, ebb when the moon rises; mai ana
waarowaaro e suu, ebb when the moon
sets; hanua e la ni tola kau ana mai rara,
the people have gone gathering coral at
dead low water. Mota meat, Viti mati.
mai, maimei 3., U., v. tr., to help, to be on the
side of: used with numerals more than
ten as an alternative to mana in the sense
of and, with; awala maia 'enita, how
many over ten. cf. M. L., pp. 151—153.
Used as prep, meaning 'with'; the pron.
au, 'o, a, etc., are suffixed; wala'a maia,
speak with him.
maila-(ku) gerund.; a mdilaku, my helper,
maila'ini U., v. tr., lio maila'ini, to approve
of.
ma'i 4. participial ending, oro oroma'i. Mota
mag.
ma'i 5. suffix to verb used intransitively.
cf. md'ini.
maimepusu U., n., memepusu S., a tree
(Ficus sp.) with bunches of flowers on
the stem as well as on the branches;
taka mala maimepusu, to flower like
this tree.
ma'ini verbal suffix, 'ono 'onomd'ini.
maipo U., v. i., to be dirty, unclean.
maitale v. i., to be poor, possessing nothing.
tale 2. ulolada maitale, the cry of the
poor,
maitalenga v. n., poverty.
makahu adj., soft, mealy (of yams when
cooked) .
makaka adj., broken into pieces, asunder, kaka.
makaka'a adj., as makaka.
makasi v. tr., to break into pieces.
makeato to overflow; honu makeato, full and
running over.
makekesi U., v. tr., to disown, to put aside.
keke.
makemaketa (ku) n., wiles, devices.
makere adj., gapped, with a broken edge. kere.
makina'a U., adj., wet, damp.
makulu adj., resounding, with a loud noise.
Maori lakuru, thud.
mala 1. adv., as, like, according to, as one might
say, as it might be. mala kire manata'i
deue, as they were wont to do; mala 'oto
nou ka'a helesie ike, as though I had
never done it; mala nga ta'a, like I don't
know what; mala pdine, to give oneself
airs; mala e 'u'ile'inie nga hoi heu, about
a stone's throw; maahu mala i'ola, to
fast, lit. to sleep canoe fashion; kira hunu
poo mala ideni, they kill pigs (presum-
ably) tomorrow; nga keni mala a kalemu,
a girl a mate for your son; taka mala
maimepusu, to flower like the maime-
pusu tree.
mala 2. U., maala S., granted that, supposing.
3. to act like, to become like, to speak
the language of. ha'amala. 'omu ke
mala mwela kau, become like children;
a porona ko malamala Sa'a, So-and-so
speaks the language of Sa'a. San
Cristoval mara, Fagani mwara, Omba
mwere.
mala 4. prefix of condition, malakeu. Mota
mala 2.
malaahonga S., v. L, to make trial of, to tempt:
used with poss. 3. cf. mala, ahonga,
malaohonga.
malaahonganga v. n., trial, temptation.
malaahongala-(ku) gerund.
Mala 5. Florida name for Mwala.
Malade a village at the northwest end of Port
Adam, Malaita.
maladi adj., stale, sour (of yam and taro mash,
ha'apo'e).
mala halisi U., same as mara hdlisi, northeast
wind.
malahu-(ku) n., friend, namesake; a malahaku,
my friend; malahuku, vocative, friend;
used with ha'i 7, ro ha'i malahune, mu
he'i malahune, friends. Wango marahu.
Malaita cf. mara 3. ita may possibly be a con-
tracted form of Lau baita, big.
malaka a wound. Lau maala, Wango maara.
malaka'a adj., wounded.
malakeke U., adj., unstable, keke.
malakekesi v. tr., to cause to spill, to
overturn.
malalahu'e S., adj., covetous.
malamala 1. v. i., to act wantonly, to behave
badly,
malamalanga v. n., wantonness, mischief,
ill.
malamala'anga n., evil, harm. Mota
mala, bad.
malamala 2. to talk the language of. mala 3.
malamalaohe U-, light in weight.
malamalau a pot hole in the ground.
malamasi v. i., to destroy, used with poss. 3.
malamala 1.
malaohu (the ao is a diphthong) v. i., to be
separated for initiation, of boys who
live in the taoha on the beach with the
men preparatory to catching their first
bonito (sou) . lake ni malaohu. cf. take.
ha'amalaohu v. tr., to initiate, to assist a
novice in catching his first bonito: the
man in the front of the canoe hooked
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raalaohu (continued).
the fish and the boy sitting behind
him grasped the rod as the man swung
the fish into the canoe. M. A., p. 233.
San Cristoval maraohu.
malaohonga U., v. i., to make trial of, to tempt.
malaahonga.
malaohonganga v. n., trial, temptation.
malaohongala-(ku) gerund.
Malapa an island in Marau Sound, Guadal-
canal the hades of the Solomon Islands.
M. A., p. 260.
malapau'a'a U., adj., strong: papau, paula'a.
malau 1. an island; malau mou, an islet.
Malau 2. a bay west of Cape Zelee, Malaita.
3. Port Adam. 4. 'Olu Malau, Three
Sisters Islets, south of Ulawa, called
also Malau ni I'e, the home of the
ghosts and uninhabited; the names of
the three islets are, West Sister Ali'ite,
Middle Sister Malau Lalo, East Sister
Malau Peine; on the side of Ali'ite
facing Ulawa is the rock called Hau ni
Keni, the women's rock, where the
female ghosts emerge from the sea as
they cross on their last journey. M. A., p.
257; maraaui Malau, the southeast wind.
malau 5. the fangs of dogs.
malelede adj., broken in pieces, lede.
maleledi v. tr., to rail at, to rebuke, ledi 1.
tnaleledi oraha'a mwaanie ngaini, to
rebuke a man for sin; ere maleledi, to
rail at; sae maleledi, rage,
maleledinge v. n., abuse.
malengolengo adj., reclining, falling to one
side, not upright.
nialeqeleqe U., weak.
maleqeleqenga v. n., weakness.
maleu U., uhi maleu, a month, April.
mali U., to be roasted; a Poro Wakio Mali, a
legendary person,
mali'a adj., cooked, roasted. Padas, Bor-
neo, malia, red.
mali'e S., lo'a mali'e, a month, April.
malikiliki U., adj., leaping; 'ura malikiliki, to
leap.
malimeli adj., sweet. Niue lango meli, bee;
humelie, sweet; Borneo manis.
malingi, mamalingi adj., spilt, lingi. v. tr.,to
overbalance, to lean; honu malingi, full
to the brim,
malingisi tr., to cause to spill.
mali si (ku) to be fitting, becoming; e malisiku,
it becomes me; nou ka'a malisi 'unue,
I am not worthy to tell it.
malo 1. black beads or bugles, sections of a
creeper, used with haa and huresoso in
the making of 'uri mwado, etc.: dark
glass beads introduced in trade are also
called malo; malo huri, beads cut off in
sections; malo ute, beads rubbed down
to size.
malo 2. asthma, to suffer from asthma; ilele
malo, to gasp for breath.
malopi adj., with jagged edges.
malo'u adj., bent, crooked, lo'u. Su'u Malo'u,
a bay on Big Malaita opposite Aio, a
bay at the north end of San Cristoval.
malu, malumalu, mamalu 1. v. i., to shade, to
overshadow, ha'amdlu. e malu haahe,
it is in shadow; saulehi melumelu, dusk,
malute (ku) shade, i Melutei Rara, under
the shade of the coral tree, a village on
Ugi; * melulana, under the rule of, used
of the overshadowing power of chiefs.
malu (ku) 2. n., i melune, under the rule of, seen
in proper names 'ou'ou i Melune.
maluha U., v. n., shade, used with poss. 3.
Mota malu, Maori maru.
malumu adj., soft, gentle; lae malumu, go
quietly; sae mdlumunge, v. n., long-
suffering. Mota malumlum, Viti
malumu.
mama'a vocative, father; a mama'a, of a par-
ticular person; a mama'a e 'unue, father
said so. 2. used as an affectionate
address by the father to the male child.
of. Polynesian lamaili (little father).
ma'amana, n., ro hii'i ma'amana, ro
ma'amana, U., vocative, father and son.
mamadali adj., running with sweat, madali.
ma'ema'eha mamadali, S., fever.
mamadu adj., gentle, harmless, madu.
mamae adj., fine, well ground; one mamae, fine
sand; sae mamae, meek. Wango
mamae, soft,
mamaeko'a adj., gingerly, gently, subdued,
meek, maemaeko'a.
mamaela'a adj., weak, prone to sickness.
mamaela'anga v. n., sickness,
mamahu'e n., a tree, used for house posts.
mama'ila'a adj., despisingly, used with poss. 3.
la'a 3. ere mama'ila'a, to speak de-
spisingly of.
mama'ingi U., v. i., to despise, to reject; to
attack, to be fierce (of a dog or a pig),
used with poss. 3; mama'ingi 'asi, to
reject,
mama'ingi'a U., adj., disparagingly.
mama'ingi'ala-(ku) gerund,
mama'iraa v. i., to work at, to labor earnestly
over,
mamakare v. i., a children's game of hide and
seek with an object held in the hands,
mamakine adj., abashed, ashamed, with poss. 3.
ha'amamakine. dan mamakine ada, put
them to shame,
mamakinanga n., ere mamakinanga, to
reproach. Gilbert Islands makina, to
fear.
mamakola v. i., to reject, to handle shamefully,
to be fierce, savage (of dogs and pigs),
used with poss. 3.
mamakolasi tr.
mamala n., wild taro.
Mamala Wii n., the Milky Way.
mamalidu'a U., adj., quiet, peaceable, doing
no harm,
mamalo, mamamalo v. i., to rest, ha'amamalo.
mamalonga v. n., rest, a resting-place,
mamaloha v. n., a resting-place. Wango
mamaro, Bugotu mamatho.
mamalute-(ku) v. n., shade, shadow, veranda.
i mamalutana nume, on the veranda.
malu.
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mamanuto'o v. i., to be at peace, free from
strife, i'o mamanuto'o. manu 2, lo'o.
mamango (ku) breath, mango 2. mamango
i sae, metaph., heart,
mamataku adj., fearful, dreadful, maa'u.
Polynesian malaku, fear,
mama'u adj., causing fear, fearful, ma'u.
lio mama'u, to look ugly; mama'u ni
mwane, a fearful lot of men, beyond
count.
mamau'a'a S., adj., smooth, with smooth
surface,
mama'udi v. i., to be cold (of the body).
mama'udinge v. n., cold. Borneo madud.
mamaurita'a adj., living, alive, mduri, ta'a 5.
mama'uru'e S., ma'uma'uru'a U., adj., sleepy.
ma'uru.
mama'uru'anga v. n., sleepiness.
mamaware adj., freed from, safe, in safety; i'o
mamaware, to be in safety,
mamenamena adj., broken to bits, menasi.
mami S. 1. v. i., to taste; mami ohonga ana,
taste and try it. Motu mami.
mami 2. pron. plural 1 excl. suffixed to noun;
nimemami, our hands,
mamu 1. v. i., to entice animals with scraps of
food, ha'amamu.
mamu'i tr., to throw scraps of food to entice
animals,
mamu 2. to be burnt in cooking (of food).
ha'amamu'i.
mana U., used of numerals over ten; awala
mana hai, fourteen; mana 'enite, what
unit over ten. Probably ma, n., na,
suffixed pronoun, cf. Arag ve, Espiritfi
Santo va, Santa Cruz wa. M. L.,
p. 232. Viti mani.
manata 1. v. i., to be taught, quiet (of animals) ,
broken in, tamed, harmless,
manatanga v. n., wisdom, nature, knowl-
edge. Motu manada, gentle; Wango
manata.
manata (ku) 2. v. n., nature, custom; tolai
sulie manatana, according to his nature;
manatana mu 'inoni, mu manatai 'inoni,
the nature of men. manatana e rako.
Florida manaha.
manata'a adj., tame, kind, ha'amanata'a.
ke'i ne'i manata'a diana, they shall
become well tamed,
manata'i, manate'i (Qaloto) v. tr., to know, to
be accustomed; nou ka'a manata' ic ike,
I do not know; mala hire manata'i deue,
as they were wont,
manata'ini, manate'ini tr., to know, to
have; 'omu ka'a manata'inie wa 'omit ke
leesie, ye neither know him nor have seen
him; atei e manata'inie, who knows, as
Spanish i quien sabe? I don't know;
'o manata'inie hoi niu? nou pu'o, have
you a coconut? I have not. Samoa
manalu, to think; Lau manata, Florida
manaha.
manawa v. i., to proclaim oneself the cause of
the death of another by magic. San
Cristoval manaiva, to breathe.
maneko, manemaneko v. i., to be gentle, harm-
less.
manekonga v. n., gentleness.
manekosi U., tr., hele manekosi, to handle
gently. Wango manigo.
mani adv., entirely, altogether: precedes verb;
mani ni'ilana sakanga e mani lac, the
complete giving of power is completely
given; ke mani dolosie satada, let him
ask all their names; mani wala, S., to
take counsel; mani dhutaka, U., all of us;
mani oaoanga ha'iliu, equality. Wango
mwani, article; Lau qaimani, altogether,
manikulu'e adj., glorious, resplendent, re-
nowned, ha'amanikulu'e, kuluhi.
manikuluha n., glory, renown, used with
poss. 3.
manikulu'anga n., glory, praise,
manini olo manini, to be of orderly behavior,
manire'i 1. v. tr., to clean up, to put in order.
2. partic, skilfully; hcle manire'i; i'o
manire'i, to live orderly.
manire'ini U., tr.
manire'inila-(ku) gerund,
manire'inge'ini tr., to work skilfully at.
manola adj., clear, pure, clean, ha'amanola.
manomanola'a, manomanoleta adj., unsul-
lied, refined,
manolanga v. n. Wango manora.
manu 1. a bird, insect, mami poo, the pig-
bird, with a cry like the grunt of a hog,
a bird of ill omen; hoi menu, an egg;
pipisi ana manu, tail feathers; ihui
menu, feather; manu koni,a. tame bird.
Sa'a ni menu, cf. ha'atfS&i. Mota
manu, Polynesian manu.
manu 2. v. i., to float; hdu menu, pumice stone;
hele manu sada, to hold level, upright;
manu odo, to be upright, level; waaro-
waaro e manu 'a'a mdi ilengi, the moon
floated clear in the sky.
manule'i U., partic, raised up on high.
Samoa, Maori manu, to float.
mangi-(na, ni) 'unu mengini, to tell everything
out; kire ka'a lio mdngini, they saw
none of it. Wango mangina, at all.
mangite (ku) a relic of the dead, an amulet,
hair, bone, etc. cf. kulu.
mangitana the dead body,
mango 1. v. i., to be finished, completed; the
adverb 'oto may be added : with dhuta has
the sense of all. ha'amango. e mango
'oto, quite finished; mango 'oto, that fin-
ished, thereupon; melu mango 'oto mdi, we
are all here; sae mango, sae mangonga,
ha'asaemango, mental satisfaction; dhn-
tamere'i mango, both of us; ahutamolu
mango, all of you; mango te'ete'e, finished
for good and all.
mangomango adv., completely, follows
verb,
mango, mamango S., mangomango U. 2. to
breathe; mango asa, to gasp; mango
pdine, to sigh; mango toli, to faint, be
insensible; Hi mango, to draw in the
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mango, mamango 2 (continued).
breath; lole mango, to hold the breath;
to'o mango, to have breath,
mango (ku) 3. breath, chest; mangoku, my
life; mangoi ola, breath; mangona e suu,
his breath has gone, he is dead ; mangona
ue ana, he is still alive; mangona e
puido'o dliho'i, his breath returned.
mangoa'ini v. tr., to be satisfied with;
mango 1.
mangomango (ku) n., breath, chest.
mangoni adv., rich, fat; wasu mangoni, to emit
a rich savor.
mangulungulu adj., resounding.
mao, maomao 1. v. i., to dance; moo hidehide.
to dance to the clapping of hands; mao
pe'e dhui, to dance holding a dancing-
club; 'arasi mao, to lead the chorus in a
dance; maani mao, to watch the dance;
ohoa mao, to practise the dance; sulu
mao, to sing dancing-songs.
maonga v. n., dancing; puulie maonga, to
tread the dance,
maoli tr., maoli mao, to join in the dance.
maolila-(ku) gerund. Lau mao, Wango
mao.
mao 2. halo mao, a pump drill; a piece of hard
palm wood is tipped with a flake of
flint which is bound tightly on, two
strings hang from the other end and are
made fast to a short stick; these strings
are then twisted around the palm wood
and the drill revolves as the strings
unwind and rewind by pushing down
the short stick.
ma'ohi, mama'ohi S., v. tr., to await, to expect.
ohi 1. ma'ohi raqasi, to await,
ma'ohinge v. n., expectation; ma'ohinge
susuto'o, hope (late use).
ma'ohila-(ku) gerund.
ma'o'i 1. adj., broken in two. 2. n., a landslip.
'o'i'o'i.
ma'o'i'o'i altogether broken. Florida
magoti.
maomaopu'e S., adj., well grown, fatted; pdsu
maomaopu'e, in full leaf.
maoneone U., adj., sore smitten.
maopaopa adj., distinct, showing up sepa-
rately (of trees in a landscape), opa.
mapipi adj., receding (of water); wai e mapipi
'ohe 'oto ta'inie kolune mwakana, whether
the water had receded off the face of
the earth.
mapo 1. n., a locust.
Mapo 2. Roasi Bay, Malaita.
mapusu U., adj., stinking, rotten.
maputaputa U., adj., bruised.
maqe n., Tahiti chestnut (Bocoa, Inocarpus
edulis). Mota mwake, Tahiti mape.
mara 1. * mora nume, the front of the house,
platform at front door, courtyard.
mara S., mala U. 2. mara halisi, the northeast
wind. Possibly Mota maran, light.
Mara 3. (Tolo) the island of Malaita. Sa'a
Mwala; Mara masiki; Florida Mala.
maraa-(ku) 1. n., lone, unaided; ineu maraaku.
maraa-(ku) (continued).
I by myself; ola maraana, nothing like
it, superexcellent. 2. U., of one's own
accord; e hd'iarea maraana, he pushed
himself forward.
maraa'imuni v. i., to do a thing secretly.
mumuni.
maraau the southeast trade wind blowing from
south-southeast to east-northeast during
the months from May to November.
aau. maraau wei hata, south-southeast
wind, a strong wind with cloudy days
but no rain; maraau i Malau, southeast
wind, from the direction of 'Olu Malau;
maraau i qaro, south-by-east wind;
maraau 'upu'upu, east wind, blows over
the middle ('upu'upu) of Ulawa;
maraau wei qini, east-by- north wind,
brings rain; maraau ro one, east-north-
east wind. Maori marangai, east wind.
mara halisi northeast wind, fine weather with
masses of cumulus clouds; mara halisi
i malawa, north-by-east wind.
mara'i heutaa U., v. i., to droop (of flowers).
Maramara 'O'orou U., the name of a canoe
in a story.
maramarape'a adj., secure, serene, prosperous.
maramarawai lo'a maramarawai, name of a
month.
maranga 1 . maranga i maa, eyebrow.
maranga-(na, ni) 2. hele marangana, take from
amongst.
maraohu (ao diphthong) a large food-bowl.
maraohu'e S., maraohu'a U., adj., stale, not
fresh, brackish, water which tastes of the
bamboo water-carrier. Wango mara-
ohua.
marapute'i adj., fallen headlong, rdpu.
marara v. i., to be diffident, hesitating, to
flinch; hele marara, to act with diffi-
dence. Mota maragai, to tremble;
Motu hemarai, to be coy.
marare'a adj., white and glistening, re'a.
Mota maran, light (lux).
marariro'a adj., sumptuous, bright.
marawa U., to be blackish, purplish, in color;
marawa ni deni, daybreak; aau marawa,
the nuts getting purple in color before
ripening; a month, July. Mota mar as.
marea n., a small fresh- water fish.
mareho S. (a Wango word), a mareho, So-and
so. hereho.
mari'iri'i adj., broken into slivers. NiuS
malipilipi.
marou v. n., to be thirsty. Mota marou,
Marshall Islands maru.
maruda U., adj., tender, of flesh meat.
masa to be shy, ashamed, respectful: used with
poss. 3. ma'amasa'a, ha'amasa. e masa
aku, he was shy of me; masa mwaani, to
be shy of doing; masa suke, to be
ashamed to beg.
masanga v. n., shame, confusion.
masi, ma'imesi S. 1. to commit adultery; mast
huni, to commit adultery with; hanua
ni masi, U., an adulterous place.
masinge v. n., adultery.
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masi, ma'imesi 1 (continued).
masilana gerund., her fornication.
masi 2. U., article, a, a piece: used also in
diminutive and depreciatory sense;
nga and mwai may precede, masi
kaleku, my child; nga masi taha, what
(thing); mwai mesi sae, hearts; iditidu
mesi 'ei, jumped about on the firewood.
Wango: cf. si in hasi; hasi ei, a tree;
hasi noni, a man; Lau si a.
masi 3. dwarfs, pygmies: probably the autoch-
thons, credited with being stupid.
San Cristoval masi.
masiki (Tolo word). Mara Masiki, Little
Malaita. Mota rig, small; Motu
maragi.
mata 1. U., club (generic term); tahola'i mata,
S., to wave the club in the air. Wango
mata, Viti manda, Wedau mada.
mata 2. U., to be rotting away; nga hudi e mata
'asi'a, the bananas were rotting un-
picked.
mata'i to have an attack of malarial fever;
nokomata'i, I have malaria; mata'i holo-
holo, intermittent fever. Mota masag.
mataka Qaloto form for mataqa, clear.
matakara adj., unraveled, come undone.
takara.
matakarasi tr., to unravel.
matamata soot.
matanga adj., forked, branched, tanga. Lau
matanga, between, in the midst of.
mataqa adj., clear, open, plain, mataka,
ha'amataqasi.
mataqanga v. n., clear light, open space.
mataqasi S., mataqali U., v. tr., to enlighten.
Samoa matala, Maori malar a.
mataraha flotsam, drift coconuts, tar a 1.
matasi 1. adj., with the point broken off.
matasi 2. n., a small fish.
matawa n., the open sea. taw a. i matawa,
the east; mora halisi i matawa, north-by-
east wind; hui ni matawa, the giant taro;
mwai matawa qaroqaro, U., natives of
Santa Cruz; mu matawa 'uhi'uhi, S.,
foreigners with guns. San Cristoval
matawa; Maori tawha, open; Omba
wawa, the open sea; Niue tawana, open;
Araga wawana, open sea; Mota wawana,
wide and flat; Malagasy fafana.
matola-(ku) the midst of, between, midway;
i matolana i Uki na i Ulawa, half way
between Ugi and Ulawa; i matolai 'inoni,
among men. Wango madora.
Matou a Poro Matou ni Wala, a ghost in Ulawa
folklore.
mau 1. to emerge, to debouch, to lead (of a
path) ; ko mau i ola, leads to such-and-
such a place.
ma'u, ma'ume'u S. 2. v. i., to fear, to be afraid.
maa'u, ha'amd'u.
ma'unge v. n., fear; ere Idle ana ma'unge, to
talk confusedly from fear; saeda e
qa'ilulu eni me'unge, their hearts were
dismayed through fear,
ma'ute'ini tr.
ma'ute'i v. i., to fear; noko ma'ute'i rara-
mau, ma'ume'u (continued).
ngana, I am afraid of it. Wango
mamau, Malay mataut, Maori mataku.
maua U. 1. v. i., to dye, to stain. 2. n., a dye:
the dyes in use are obtained from the
bark of the casuarina (sdlu) and the o'a
(?Bischoffia javanica) and kikiri.
mauana n., man and wife, parents: used with
ro, ro ha'i, ro mauana, U., ro ha'i
mauana, S., man and wife; ro ha'i
mauana ineu, S., my parents.
mauli, maumeuli left-handed, awkward; a
Mduli, a proper name; hele mauli, to
do awkwardly. Florida mauli, Maori
maui, Viti mawi, Motu lauri, Nguna
mauri.
maumau'a'a, maumau'ala U., mamau'a'a S.,
adj., smooth.
maumauri'a U., adj., alive, mauri.
ma'uma'uru'a U., adj., sleepy, ma'uru.
ma'ume'ule S., frightened, fearful, ma'u.
maumeuli (ku) left, lefthanded, awkward.
mauli. i meumeuli, on the left; nime
i meumeuliku, my left hand,
maumeuli'e adj., awkward.
maumeuri'e adj., living, alive, mauri. huru-
huru maumeuri'e to be living.
ma'ume'uta-(ku) terrible, to'o ma'ume'utana,
terrifying, ma'u.
mau'o S., to be offended, ha'amdu'o.
mauri, maumeuri 1. to live, to be alive, to
recover health, ha'auri. 'asi meuri,
weather side of an island; lalamoa mauri,
a captive; tola mauri, to capture, used
with poss. 3.
maurihe v. n., life, soul: used with poss. 3.
mdurihaaku, my soul, my life; a 'aei
meurihe, source of life; raaraa ani
meurihe, the light of life,
mauringe v. n., life (abstract).
maurisi tr., to survive, to escape from.
mauri 2. v. i., to be delivered of a child; e mauri
ana mwela, she was delivered of a child.
Java urip, life; Mota maur, Malay
murip, Ponape maur. Lau mori, to live
may be connected with Sa'a moli true
(wala'imoli) and with Maioriori, Chat-
ham Islanders, Maori, New Zealander,
rather than with mauri. cf. moli.
maurihaa'i S., life, soul. Florida maurihali.
ma'uru U. (dialectic), to sleep; ma'uru ahu,
sound asleep, Fagani mauru, Mota
maturu.
ma'usu U., bush, forest; i la'ona ma'usu, in the
bush; e ma'usu 'oto, it is all overgrown.
mauta'a adj., firm, hard, exclam., hold tight.
ha'amauta'a. hoi meuta'a, a ripe areca
nut, hard; 'usu meuta'a, to affirm.
mauweline n., with ro: ro mauweline, uncle and
nephew, uweli.
mawa, mamawa 1. to blow strong, to be a gale;
mawa ta'a, to be exposed to the air (of
a sore),
mawaha U. v. n., tempest, gale. Wango
mawa, wind.
mawa 2. a tree, strong smelling when chopped
and causing vomiting.
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mawa 3. v. i., to shout.
mawataa, mawaha S., mawanga U., a
shout, a loud cry; sungie mawataa, to
lift up a shout,
mawasidengi S., mawasideni U., a storm of
wind; mawasidengi e taharara'a, a storm
swept down.
mea(ku) 1. n., a tongue, the blade of a paddle;
meaka'elu to'ola ka'elu, our tongues are
our own; e rara mea, it burnt the tongue,
hot (of a rebuke),
meameaha S., meameata U., used with
genitive i, ni; mu meameahai dunge,
tongues of fire; meameatani ola, U., a
huge thing.
meali v. tr., to lick.
mealila-(ku) gerund. 2. v. i., to be fierce
(of fire) ; dunge ko mea, the fire is fervent.
Mota gara-mweai, tongue; Maisin me.
medo to be damp, wet. ha'amedo. Motu
medu, rain,
me'esu, me'eme'esu S., bush, forest, ma'usu,
U. dalo ni me'esu, the paule tree; ola
ni me'esu, an uncultivated thing,
menu n., a fish caught near the rocks; honi
mehu, U., one such fish.
me'i S., article, a, one: nga and mu may be
prefixed; also used in a diminutive or
depreciatory sense, masi, U. nga me'i
ola, a thing; me'i wala, a word; mu me'i
wala; a me'i wala, the Word; kele me'i
ola, a little thing; me'i mwakana, dust;
me'i keni reu, a handmaid; i'emi mu
me'i 'inoni, we humble folk,
meimeile'ini v. tr., e tale'i meimeile'ini, he was
in destitution,
melaha, melamelaha n., fierce flame; mu
melahai dunge, flames of fire. Mota
mera, red glow; Maori miramira, red
heat,
melu 1. pers. pron., plural 2, excl., we: more
restricted in meaning than ki'e. 2. pers.
pron., plural 2, excl.: suffixed to nouns,
our: suffixed to verbs and prepositions
as object, us. lu.
melu 3. n., a tree, the quandong (Eleocarpus
sp.).
melumelu sdulehi melumelu, dusk,
melumelu'a'a adj., bluish, blackish, purplish;
malu, shade. Sesake meluna tasi,
depths of the sea.
melumelu'e S., adj., glorious,
meme n., a ball of masticated food; hou meme,
chewed areca nut with betel leaf and
lime,
memela'ini v. tr., to masticate. Gilbert
Islands mama, to masticate a ball of
food for an infant; Viti mama, to chew;
Niue mama, a mouthful,
memelu'a'a as melumelu'a'a.
memepusu S., a tree (Ficus sp.). mdimepusu.
memeso v. tr., to break into powder, pili
memesoa.
mena to turn color (of leaves of deciduous
trees); 'alite ko mena, the 'alite is
turning red. Mota mena, ripe,
menanga'ini v. tr., to do a thing perfectly.
menasi v. tr., to break into pieces, ddu menasi,
kite menasi, mamenamena, ha'amena-
mena.
mengo a shellfish (Oliva sp.).
mere, mere'i pers. pron., dual 1, excl., we two:
used as subject or as object of verbs
and prepositions; mere'i is used also (a)
following 'emere'i or i'emere'i as subject,
and (b) suffixed to nouns, dhulamere'i.
mero to be white in color; uhune e lai mero, his
hair is white.
meru'e S. as mere, used as subject of verb.
mi 1. ('Ahi'a, U.), as 'ami 1.
mi 2. article, used only in the phrase mi sala,
a piece of any cloth.
mi 3. verb suffix, inu inumi.
mimi 1. to make water, urine. 2. the bladder.
Mota meme, to urinate; Polynesian
mimi.
mimisi v. tr., to spurtle on (of juice, etc.);
e mimisie maaku, it squirted in my face.
mimisi maa 1. a tree (Exccecaria sp.). 2. the
mantis, walking-stick insect, which
spurts out a liquid when touched. Viti
mimi mata, Mota memes mala.
minga-(na, ni) S., as hikana; 'o ngdu mingana,
did you eat of it?
miu pron., plural 2, suffixed to noun.
mo plural article used with nouns beginning
with the letter o; mo ola, mo one, also
colloquially mo 'inoni; huni lu'ue mo
ola ineu, to remove my goods.
moa S., v. i., to vomit.
moana v. n., its vomit,
moata'ini tr.
mode to be listless, to faint; saeku e mode, I
am listless.
moka to wax old, to be fusty (of bags, etc.).
moke, momoke 1. a hand net used in openings
(ta'ataha) of the shore reef. 2. to use a
hand net; moke ana pusu 'esi, to net
whales; i sarona moke amu, in your
sight, lit., opposite your net; uselie
moke, to make a net; hu'o ni moke, a
casting net.
mola 1. v. i., to heal (of a wound or sore).
mola 2. v. i., to fail, to miss; used with poss. 3.
ha'amola.
molahi tr., e molahie 'oto, it failed.
mola 3. a numeral, 10,000, used properly of
yams, molai uhi; followed by genitive
i, S., ni, U.; denotes also a countless
number; may be used for counting men.
hu'e kire konie mola, a concubine; walu
mola ni ola, all things.
molata-(na) n., molalana nga ola, innumer-
able things. Florida mola, a great
number.
mola 4. adv., merely, only; followed by genitive
i. lac molai rako, go gently; nga
ta'ata'a ini mola, only one person;
e ta'ewau mola, e ta'e mola wau, it makes
no difference; 'oto mola, 'oto tnolana, S.,
'oto molani, U., 'oto mola 'ie, S., 'oto
mola inihou, U., all mean just now.
mola 5. 'ano mola, good ground.
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mola'a adj., free, without price; tale'i inu
mola'a, just drink without price.
mole v. tr., to stain, to daub with pigments; n.,
pigments, paint; salo molemole, red clouds.
moli 1. n., wild orange, hotohotomolita'a.
Mota mwol, Viti moli.
moli 2. Su'u Moli, a boat harbor at the north-
west corner of Ulawa.
moli 3. wala'itnoli, true, i. e., to speak true.
Niue moli, true.
molu pers. pron., plural 2, you; used as subject
or as object of verb or preposition; more
restricted in meaning than 'omu; molu
is also used (a) following 'omolu or
i'omolu as subject, (b) suffixed to a
noun, dhutamolu.
momo v. i., to squeeze, to press on each side;
tnomo lalamoa, a flat armlet of tridacna
shell, so called from its being used to
squeeze men to death,
momo'i tr., to bring side by side.
momo 2. rubbish, sweepings. Motu momo.
momoke moke.
momoru adj., small, little.
monaki cuttlefish; hole ni monaki, the bone
of the cuttlefish.
mone adv., follows the verb, na may be added;
gives clearness, explains lae mone, go!
kolu mone, let us be gone; qongiku e to'o
mone 'olo, my time is even now come;
i'oe ni monena, it is you indeed.
mono U., to live apart; koro 'a mono 'olo
i Kalona, they two live apart in Kalona.
moro, moro'i 1. pers. pron., dual 2, you two:
used as subject or as object of verb or
preposition: used in addressing a mar-
ried woman, or a woman with a child,
or a chief, or even a party: moro is also
used (a) following i'omoro as subject,
(b) suffixed to a noun; moro taria paro
i'ola i 'esi ka'el'e laelae, you launch
away the canoe into the sea, let us go.
moro-(ku) 2. n., buttock.
moru'e S., pers. pron., dual 2, you two; used
as subject or following 'omoru'e.
morumoru 1. U., small, little, momoru. 2.
broken in pieces, qa'a morumoru. Lau
morumoru.
mota n., a mortar for pounding areca nut; used
by toothless persons.
motaa, motaahi S., v. tr., to cause agony to.
ha'amotaahi, hulemotaa.
motaahinge v. n., agony.
motaahila-(ku) gerund.
mou, moumou 1. v. L, to be broken, rara
moumou. hdu moumou, an isolated
rock; e to'o mou, it has ceased; sae sa'a
maholo wa ke mou, thought shall not
be parted and shall not cease; malau
mou, an islet; e mou ue ana, still in
desuetude,
mousi, moute'ini tr., to break (of a rope,
etc.). ha'amousi. radu moumousie mu
'i'eli, they broke the rope; adoma'i mousi,
U., to decide, to dare.
mouta-(na, ni) e to'o moulana, it has ceased.
mousila-(ku) gerund.
mou, moumou 1 (continued).
moute'i, moumoute'i partic, one, only.
mwela moute'i, only child; ta'ata'a ola
moumoute'i, one thing only; ne'isae
moute'i, S., to determine, to dare. Mota
mot, Polynesian motu.
mou 2. U. (dialectic), forest, bush, i mou, oha
ni mou. ma'usu. Mota mwot.
mouholo v. i., to break across, holo. saeku
e mouholo, I have no spirit left.
mouqeli S., to get ready, to prepare, to be
ready; used with suffixed pronouns ku,
mu, nii, da instead of au, etc. ; e mouqe-
line, it is prepared.
moutoli v. i., to cease, to be ended.
mu 1. pron., sing. 1, suffixed to noun: thine;
nimemu, thy hand.
mu 2. plural article, the: mui is used with nga
in nga mui ta'a, what things; nga mui
tola, paths.
mudi 1. midrib of leaf of coconut, etc.; the
suffixed pronoun na may be added.
mudine; mudii niu, mudii sa'o, midrib
of coconut, of sago; maai mudi, a gorge
made of sago midrib or of tortoise shell
for catching flying-fish, the bait being
the flesh of the claws of the coconut
crab (Birgus latro, dsusu).
mudi 2. shear legs, maai mudi S., hou mudi U.
mudimudi 1. U., a bird, yellow honey-sucker.
mudimudi 2. U., mwimwidi S., to drip;
mudimudi ura, to drip.
muini eta muini, some; hahira diana ikire nga
muini lo'u ka'a diana, on the good and
the bad; muini e mwa'i, the rich people;
muini e i'o mwakule, those who have
no ties; muini liuta'ana a mwane He e
qao'i ne, more than those which this
man has done, ini 1.
mumu 1. U., mumua qangoqango, to decorate a
nose ornament with porpoise teeth.
mumu 2. to close in on; 'ala mumu, to close in
like jaws,
mumu'i tr., to place adjoining, close
together.
mumu 3. mumulou, wild men, traditional.
M. A., p. 355.
mumuni 1. v. tr., to hide, to conceal. 2. to be
hidden. Motu lahuni, Mota tavun, San
Cristoval ahuni, Mao. nunumi. amuni.
muna'i, mune'i U., adv., used in conditional
sentences: subjunctive; kira 'a mune'i
lae, were they to go.
muni U. 1. (aw) prep, dative, for, to; e qa'ike
munia nga maenga, not unto death;
munia nga laha, what for.
muni U. 2. adv., in order that: used as optative
with verbal particle 'e; used with ana, if.
muni 'e lae mat, let him come; muni 'e
(mun'e) lae, gently; muni ne'e loosia,
ta'ane na'a 'unua, if I see him I shall
tell it; muni nge'ia 'e lae mai, if he come;
ana muni kir'e 'unua, if they say it;
muni 'ua, why, what for; nau 'unua uri
muni ne'e mae 'oto, I thought I was done
for; tau muni, to endeavor. Mota
mun, Sa'a huni.
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muno n., caterpillar, chrysalis.
musi-(ku) 1. U., finger or toe nail, mwisi, S.
2. operculum, met., a piece; musii elili,
operculum of Turbo petholatus.
MW
mwa, mwamwa 1. prefix of condition as ma 1.
mwamwanoto, mwahiohio.
mwa 2. U., plural article, used before words
beginning with a vowel or with h;
tnwai.
mwa 3. prefix to nouns expressing relationship,
mu mwa'asine, ro mwa'adine.
mwa 4. U., exclamation of surprise.
mwaa 1. n., a snake; mwaa dili sato, a snake
observed as an omen; saro ni mwaa,
zigzag pattern in inlaying; mwaa
nuenuala, glistening, brilliant, snake.
Mota mwata. In M. A., p. 221, mati e
sato should be mwaa dili sato.
mwaa 2. n., a disease, lupus, mwaa e hure
ana, he was eaten of worms.
mwaa 3. lemi mwaa, U., full moon; oku mwaa,
October.
mwa'a 4. v. i., to be extinct (of fire or lamp).
mwa'asi tr., to extinguish.
mwaadalo to be innocent, meek.
mwa'adine n., with ro, ro mwa'adine, two first
cousins, 'adi.
mwaadule earthworm.
mwaamwaa worm, maggot; mwaamwaa puri,
trepang, beche-de-mer; mwaamwaa ni
ngali, U., woodlouse. Wango mwaa-
mwaa.
mwaamwaala adj., infested with worms.
mwaani (au) prep., from, out of, since: the
pron. sing. 3 is suffixed as anticipatory
object; used in comparison of the
adjective, mwaani ta'a, from what;
'ulu mwaani, to overlook; dau toli
mwaani, to submit to, to be subject to;
fola mwaani, to desert a ship; e la 'otoi
'aela mwaani nonola, it is worse than
yesterday; mwaanie mu tata'alanga,
from evils; mwaanie maenga, from
death; e p'aine mwaanie, bigger than he;
maleledi oraha'a mwaanie ngaini, to
rebuke a man for sin; ore mwaani, to be
left out. Wango bani, Epi dent.
mwa'asine n., brethren; a mwa'asine, the
brother; mu mwa'asine, the brethren; ro
mwa'asina, U., two sisters-in-law. 'asi 2.
mwada, mwa'amwada S., mwadamwada U. 1.
to beat out seeds, to thresh; 'uri mwada,
to tramp out seeds.
mwadamwada'i U., tr.
mwada 2. U., to lift.
mwadamwadamu v. i., to masticate, to grind
the teeth (of pig).
mwadau, mwamwadau to be easy, possible,
soft, pliable; ana ke ola mwamwadau, if
possible; mu le'u e mwadau, places easy
to traverse,
mwadausi tr., to be easy for any one.
ha'amwadausi. e ka'a mwadausieu ni lae,
not easy for me to go. Wango mwadau.
mwadi (na) the old yam from which the new
has grown; mwadi ni uhi. mwadine, its
old yam.
mwado U., ground, soil, 'u'umwado. i mwado,
on the ground; mwado huu, the earth;
uruuru mwado, anklet of shell money,
lit., gather dirt; mwado mwakita'a, mud;
wahawaha ni mwado, dust; mwado w'dru,
red earth. Florida meto; Espiritu
Santo metu, dirty; Mota maeto; San
Cristoval mato, ground. M. L., p. 57.
mwadola adj., covered with earth, dirty.
Mwado'a a village on the west side of Ulawa;
Su'u i Teluhia, its boat harbor; 'Ei'ei, its
spring.
mwae 1. S., n., person, fellow, man; demon-
strative na may be added; ta'a 6 may be
used in conjunction; mwaena, hey, youl
mu mwaena, you men! a mwaena. So-
and-so, such a one; me'i mwae, mwei
mwaena, mwaena, mu mwae, all used in
exclamations; mwae ta'a, poor fellow;
mu mwae ta'a, poor chaps; poo ke ne'i
lalamoa ko 'olisie 'olo a mwaena, the pig
is the victim in place of the man.
Nggao, Ysabel mae; Bugotu mae, mas-
culine article.
mw'ae, mwa'emwa'e 2. to be willing, to be
diligent, to assent, to rejoice, ha'imwa-
'eta'i, ilenimwa'e. mwa'e haaki, said
of those who clap their hands as an
accompaniment to dances; kire mwa'e
tolea, they consented to carry it.
mwa'emwa'enga v. n., willingness.
mwa'esi tr., to assent to.
mwa'esilana gerund. Wango mwae.
mwaelo used with numeral ro; ro mwaelo ana,
his two wives.
mwa'elu adj., crooked, bent. Wango mwaeru.
mwa'emwa'eta (na, ni) n., rejoicing; ke sulu
i mwa'emwa'etani, sing for joy over.
mwaera adj., prolific, abundant, increasing.
mwaero, mwaeroero adj., soft, pliable.
mwahi to be crooked, bent.
mwahiohio adj., swayed, bent by the wind.
hiohio.
mwai 1. U., plural article: when used before a
vowel or h, mwa is used ; in certain words
the vowels coalesce, e. g., mwauhi, yams.
Used of reciprocal relationship; Wango
mwani; Lau mwai.
mwai 2. U., mwei S., used with adj. tata'ala
or ta'a to express an endearing or com-
miserative sense.
mwa'i 3. n., a hand-bag. a bag slung over the
shoulder, haa i mwe'i, earnest money,
money given as earnest for the buying
of a wife; mwela ni mwe'i, a bought
child; ha'u mwe'i, to plait a bag. 4. the
fiber used in weaving a mwa'i. 5. v. i.,
to be rich, to have bags of money;
tnuini e mwa'i, the rich.
mwaidi n., cockroach; the small indigenous
variety, the larger imported one.
mwaihana n., used with numeral ro; ro mwai'
hana, two brothers-in-law.
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mwaihei U., interrogative plural, who, what
people,
mwaiki v. n., to stand on tiptoe, to reach out to.
mwa'ile cycas (Cycas circinalis). Mota mwele.
mwaimwei S., to be small, ha'amw&imwei'e.
e mwaimwei 'aela, it is very small;
helehele mwaimwei, seventh and eighth
days of the moon; lo'a wai mweimwei,
February,
mwaimweiha v. n., used with poss. 3;
mw&imweihaana, when small, a small
size,
mwaimweisi tr., to be too small for. Tolo
maimai.
mwaka 1. v. i., to despise; used with poss. 3.
mwakata'ini tr., to despise, to make naught
of.
mwakata'inila-(ku) gerund. Wango.
mwagitaini.
mwaka 2. green, unripe, not full grown; uhi
mwaka, January.
mwakana S., n., ground, earth, me'i mwakana.
mwakana loho, dust; mwakana wai,
moist ground; ngangai mwakana, dust;
dangona mwakana, trees of the field;
puulie mwakana, to tread the earth,
mwakano S., n., ground; * mwakano, on- the
ground; kolune mwakano, the surface of
the earth; wai e lama haahi ue kolune
mwakano, the water covered still the
face of the earth; wai e mapipi 'ohe 'oto
tainie kolune mwakano, whether the
water had receded off the face of the
earth,
mwakano'a covered with earth, dirty.
Probably connected with 'ano, earth.
Lau gano, Mota tano, earth,
mwakatereha'ini tr., to flout, to put to scorn.
mwakatereha'inila-(ku) gerund.
mwaketo U., adj., crooked, bent.
mwakita'a U., adj., clayey; mwado mwakila'a,
mud.
mwako 1. v. i., to pierce, to prick.
mwakoli tr. ; ona e mwakolie 'aeku, the spike
of the ona has got into my foot.
mwakolila-(ku) gerund,
mwako 2. v. tr., to set open; nou mwakoa maa,
I set a door open,
mwakomwako'a U., adj., prickly.
mwakule S., adj., with no tie3, unattached,
bare; follows the verb; muini e i'o
mwakule, they have no ties.
mwakuku adj., loose, slack.
mwala 1. n., people; nga mwala, a people, nation;
mwala ineu, my people; mwala 'urei
tei ni 'ie; mwala ko ku'ie, people mocked
him.
Mwala 2. Malaita; called also in Lau Mala and
in Tolo Mara,
mwalamwala'a adj., ashamed.
mwali to foregather at a harbor waiting to
embark. Viti melo.
mwalo 1. n., a sunken rock, a reef; mwalo
suhu kao, a rock that pierces the bottom.
Mota mwalo.
mwalo 2. maalimwalo, a platform, a staging.
mwamwadilita U., adj., without blemish.
mwamwadoleta i'o mwamwadolela, patient.
mwamwakaula'a adj., of medium lightness
cf. mwamwate.
mwamwaki S., wantonly; horo mwamwaki, to
kill wantonly,
mwamwakinge v. n., wantonness.
mwamwako'a S., adj., prickly, dango mwa-
mwako'a.
mwamwanoto adj., quiet.
mwamwanga S., a few; used with ini 2.
mwamwangaini odd ones, some here and
there.
mwamwasu U., wala'anga mwamwasu, up-
braiding words.
mwamwasu'i S., partic, of none effect, in vain;
kire ko mwamwasu'i eni hungun'ge, they
become unfruitful.
mwamwate S., to be of light weight, ha'amwa-
mwate'a. Viti mamada, light; Niue
mama.
mwamwatekola n., dust, flue, rubbish.
mwana 1. v. i., to cover, to feign, to pretend.
mwana haahi, to make pretence,
mwananga v. n., mwananga haahilana, a
cloaking.
mwanamwana n., a covering, hatchway
closure, deck.
mwana 2. S., used to express the numerals
above ten (pe'i 2); used also with units
to express the tens, mana U., awala
mwana 'enite 'oto, how many more than
ten; awala mwana rue, ten and two,
twelve; totola mwana hai, 440. Viti
mani.
mwanamwana'a adj., decorated.
mwane 1. n., a male, man, boy; added to proper
names and to certain other words to
denote sex distinction, nga mwane, a
man; mu mwane, the males; mwane, mu
mwane, ro mwane, all used as exclama-
tions; mwane poo, mwane 'usu, barrow
pig, dog; a mwane kenturion, the cen-
turion; mwane ineu, my dear fellow;
mwane ana a ola, such-and-such a fellow;
mwane ana a Uqe, the man called Uqe;
mama'u ni mwane, a fearful lot of men,
beyond count; hota ni mwane, all the
boys who are eligible for ha'amalaohu;
ile mwane, ini mwane, male; mwane
kurekure, a witch doctor; haka lude
mwane, a vessel in the labor trade;
mwane maa'i ineu, my dear fellow; uri
qa'une nge mwane, I mean that the head
is the male; sau mwane, to commit
murder; sou mwanenga, murder. 2.
used to denote sex. ola mwane, male;
mwane kaule, male frigate-bird; e lai
mwane diana, fine, beautiful. 3. belong-
ing to males, holy, ola ni mwane; nume
ni mwane, church; kara ni mwane,
yam pudding (hinanga) used in sacri-
fices. Gilbert Islands mane, Florida
mane, Malay mon, omani, manesh.
mwane 4. adv., lest, mwane da na kolu
mae, lest we die; mwane e 'ue, why
not; mwane 'o ro'urohute'inie ngaralaku,
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mwane 4 (continued).
'o opaopaa Li'oa mwaani'emi, take not
the Spirit from us.
m wan em wane 1. male (of trees), not producing
fruit; dango mwanemwane, a staminate
tree. 2. (ku) n., testicles.
Mwanipue a village at Sa'a, site of the present
mission school,
mwanole garfish, caught by trolling from a
rock or by means of a line at the tail of
a kite (sa'o ni 'aholo) flown from a canoe,
the bait is spiderweb (lawa) or a piece
of tow. lilie'i, to cast for garfish; hike,
ten garfish. Fagani mwarore.
mwanganga U., a few. mwamwanga, S.
mwanganga ni He, a few persons,
mwaohe adj., pliable,
mwaolaola adj., shaky, rickety, not firm.
mwaolaolanga n., sedition.
mwaopu n., egg; hoi mwaopu ni kue, the egg
of a fowl,
mwaora to run (of vines),
mwaoroha'i partic, bent, bowed, stooping.
San Cristoval mwaoro.
Mwarada a village on the west coast of Ulawa;
Waingile, a rocky promontory there,
mwaramwara (na) n., a stalk, a twig.
mwarau adj., thin,
m ware 'a U. 1. adj., in good health; sapeku e
qd'i mware'a, I am not feeling well.
2. lively, animated (of speech); mwai
keni e'asi qale wala'awala'a mware'a,
what drawling women,
mwarete U., hou mwaretei qd'u, skull,
mwari to be ailing, noko mweri. ha'amwdri.
mwari taha, U., to recover from wounds,
mwarita'a U., a wounded person. Wango
mari, a wound.
mwarite coir, fiber of coconut; mwaritei niu,
sennit; mwaritei haa, a strand of shell
money,
mwarohi U., adj., easy, possible; 'ura mwarohi,
to be possible,
mwasi, mwa'imwesi S., mwasimwasi U., to
laugh; mwasi mwaani, to laugh at a
person,
mwasinge v. n. laughter,
mwasie'ini to laugh at, to laugh to scorn.
ha'amwdsie'ini.
mwasuhurete U., a chink, a crack, mwa 1.
suhu.
mwau S., n., a boy, lad, nga mwau; kele mwau
ineu, my little boy; mwaune, vocative,
boy.
mwaumwe S., to be naked,
mwaumweule adj., foolish,
mwa'uu adj., disorderly; sae mwa'uu, mutiny,
rebellion,
mwei S., mwai U., used with tata'ala or ta'a in
commiseration, of males, as kei is of
women; mwei ta'a alaha, dear lord (of
persons in authority).
mwela n., child, nga mwela, mu mwela; ta'ata'a
mwela moute'i, an only child; mwela ni
mwe'i, a bought child; mwela ni nume,
a son of the house; hdu ni mwela awara,
day after full moon; kele mwela. little
mwela (continued).
child; nga mwela e lodo, a child is con-
ceived, 'omu ke mala mwela kdu, become
as children; e mduri ana mwela, to be
delivered of a child; tangoni mwela, all
the children,
mwemwela plural. Motu mero, memero.
mweta foliage plant (Coleus sp.) .
mwidimwidi S., mudimudi U., to drip.
mwine to be thin (of liquids).
mwirimwiri skirts, fringes.
mwisi (ku) U., musi S., finger-nail, toe-nail.
Savo karakara bisi, Mota pisui, fingers;
Nifilole bisi nime.
mwomwona to be rich, fat (of viands). Samoa
momona.
Mwouta a village on the east coast of Ulawa;
its landing-place is Su'u i Die'i.
In certain words there is a change of n to I;
Sa'a ddnume middle, Ulawa daluma. cf. also
ni and li genitives. M. L., p. 212.
na 1. copulative, and; with uri thus, na uri I
mean, that is. used in explanations.
na taa, U., but.
na 2. U., pers. pron., used with the verbal
particles 'a, 'anai. na'a lae 'oto, I am
going; na'a nai lae, I shall go; ngena'asi
tduri, then said I.
na 3. used in numeration, mu poo na, mu menu
na, pigs, birds, e hane niu na, he
climbed for coconuts and — ; e hali pua
na, he broke off areca nuts and — . Used
in phrases: ha' ike na, oh no; su'uri na,
not so; ko urine ta'ane na, even suppos-
ing it were so.
na 4. verbal suffix; ara arand, qao qaond, hi'u
hi'une, lo'u lo'une.
na 5. demonstrative suffix, follows noun and
adverb, that, there, these, those; may
be joined to preceding word; mwaend,
you fellow; a porond, the person; urine,
urinena, thus; ile'une, there, that place;
muini liuta'ana a mwane 'ie e qao'i ne,
more than those which this man has
done; ana e tahanie maamu ne, in that
he opened your eyes; nge ke 'ue kd'u ne,
how then will it be. At times equiva-
lent to the and that, me'i oland, the
thing; hdnue mdine, this land; lalai
heune, row of teeth. Malay ne.
na 6. pron., sing. 3 suffixed to noun, equivalent
of genitive, nime, hand; nimand, his
hand; » reune wdi, by the side of the
water; he'une salo, stars of heaven;
dangond mwakana, trees of the field;
hirune 'ahe, troublesome waves. Mela-
nesia na passim, Malay nga, Malagasy
ny.
na' 7. noun ending, used with nouns which
express relationship; ro hd'i malahune,
ro hd'i nikana, mu he'i tnaamana. Maori
na (taina), NiuS na (hoana), Viti na
(tamana).
na 8. stem of ndkue, nana, etc., with a general
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notion of appertaining, possessing. Mota
no 1, Florida ni.
na'a, na'asi U., pers. pron., and verbal particle
with illative; I, I am, I thereupon.
muni ne'e loosia, ta'ane na'a 'unua, if I
see him I shall tell it; nge na'asi tauri,
then said I.
naanaa for ngaangaa, eat, used to children,
nada, nada'elu poss. 2, plural 3; for them.
nil 8.
nahi U., knife (English),
naho surf, wave; hai naho, a wave; e ro hai naho,
two waves; mu he'i naho, waves; awaa-
watana naho, roar of surf; papa naho, a
breaching fish; qa'awa'ali naho, a
breaker,
naho'a S., nahola U., rough sea on the coast;
e nahola, it is rough. Mota nawo, sa
water.
nahunehu U., 'ai nehunehu, a rod, a stick.
na'i verbal suffix used intransitively, loo
loona'i. Mota nag.
naihi S., nahi U., knife (English).
na'ini transitive suffix, loo loona'ini.
naka, naka'elu poss. 2, dual 1, incl.: for us
two. n& 8.
nakara'i poss. 2, dual 1, incl.: for us two. nS 8.
nako v. i., to strengthen; nakolana mu suuraa'i,
strengthening the corners.
naku, nakuneku U., to sit; the form neku is
employed without a preceding i or u.
neku k&'u, be seated. Used in Sa'a to
signify session at a feast; mwala ko neku,
the people seat themselves.
nakuma v. n., U., na'unekume S., a seat,
nakusi determ., to occupy a place.
ha'andkusi. Wango nagu.
naku'e S., naku 'a U., poss. 2, sing. 1, for me.
naku'i poss. 2, sing. 1, for me (of many things),
nala'i, nanala'i U., to rub in the hands, as
leaves. Wango nora.
namami poss. 2, plural 1, excl.: for us.
name U., v. i., to taste; name ahonga, to taste
and try.
nameli tr. Mota nam, Wango namo,
Florida nami, Sulu anam, Malay nanam-
iwei, Maori tami, to smack lips,
namelu poss. 2, plural 1, excl.: for us.
namere'i poss. 2, dual 1, excl. : for us two.
namo 1. a landlocked harbor; i Qa'una Namo,
North Cape, Ulawa.
Namo 2. an inlet of Port Adam, Malaita.
Samoa namo, a place in the lagoon
abounding in fish; Gilbert Islands namo,
a harbor; Mota namwo, lagoon in reef.
Namona i Su'u Namona, i Namona. the open-
ing in the reef at Sa'a.
namu'e S., namu'a U., poss. 2, sing. 2: for thee,
namu'i as namu'e, but used of many things
for one person,
nana poss. 2, sing. 3: for him, her, it; e lio hunie
huni hu'e nana, he chose her for his wife.
nanako S., to be sticky, to stick, lalako, U.
nanakumae to be gentle, harmless, naku,
maenoto.
nanama to be powerful.
nanama (continued).
nanamanga v. n., power; nanamanga
para'itana mu li'oa, power over the
spirits.
nanama'ini tr., to put power into, ha'ana-
nama'ini. Mota mana, an invisible
spiritual force or influence; Polynesian
mana id. (metathetic).
nanamu to travel fast, to be swift.
nanau to be taught, to be wise, ha'ananau.
sae nanau, S., to be wise of heart; sae
nanaunge, wisdom. Florida naunau,
Wango ha'ananaua, Mota vatanau, to
learn, to teach.
nanauhi v. tr., to approach, draw up to,
draw near, go up to. Wango nanau.
nani poss. 2, plural 3, neuter: for them (things) ;
nani ralo, for the elders; asu nani
'inoni, of work not faithfully done.
nanoa'i U., to accustom; ha'ananoa'i.
nano'i U., to produce pain (of an arrow, omo).
nanga 1. the barb of an arrow. 2. the fin of a
fish, hoi nanga.
nangali'a U., flashing (of lightning).
nangaliro'a U., flashing (of lightning), cf.
rangariro'a, S.
nao 1. numeral, a hundred (of yams), nga nao
ni uhi.
na'o, na'ona'o (ku) 2. front, before; i na'oku
(face, time) before me; na'ona dara,
forehead; na'ona i'ola, the bow of a
canoe; hapa ni na'o, first quarter of the
moon; holai na'o, in former times; to'o
na'o, front teeth; mu na'ona'o i mae,
armies; e korasie mu na'ona'o i mae, he
put to flight the ranks of the enemy.
na'o 3. v. L, to precede, to guide, to lead.
e hola'i na'o 'oto wau, he went away
first; a ola e na'oku 'oto, So-and-so
preceded me; 'o na'o naka'elu, lead us
on; na'o talana, lead the way for him.
na'o 4. with locative i; ina'o of old, 'oto ina'o,
holai na'o, formerly.
na'o 5. to approach, to steer, to go toward.
na'o susuhire, draw toward them; na'o
susu ana, to make straight on toward;
na'o uri, steer this way; na'o hao, keep
her away,
na'ohi tr., to steer.
na'ohila-(ku) gerund.
na'ola'ini tr., to do first, ha'ana'ola'ini.
Mota nagoi, face; Santa Cruz nao,
mouth.
na'o (ku) 6. a widow, na'ona a ola. So-and-
so's widow. Mota naro.
na'onga a deserted place, i na'onga, at the
old garden or deserted village; le'unge
e na'onga 'oto, the place is quite deserted.
nate a worm found in the beach sand and used
as bait for sea bream (i'e ni sane);
hai nate, to scratch up sand looking for
the worms.
nau 1. U., pers. pron., sing. 1. I.
nau 2. a fruit tree. Mota natu.
na'unekume S., n., a seat. naku.
ne 1. pers. pron., sing. 1. I. used with verbal
particles ke, ke'i, S., and 'e, U.. with all
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ne 1 (continued).
of which it coalesces as with illative si.
kd'u, neke leesie, please let me see it;
nekesi lae si'iri, I shall go to-day; nge
nesi teuri, thereupon I said; ne'e lae
kd'u, let me go; nau 'unua uri muni
ne'e mae 'oto, I thought I was done for;
na nest ne'i 'amamu 'oto, and I shall be
your father; noko he'i lae lo'u met na
nest leesi'o lo'u, I shall come back and
shall see thee again.
ne 2. demonstrative, cf. nd 4.
ne'e 1. S., contraction for ne'ie; ne'e kd'u, wait
a bit, stay.
ne'e 2. U., pers. pron., sing 1, ne and verbal
particle 'e. e qale ola ne'e adea, I saw
nothing; muni ne'e loosia, ta'ane na'a
'unua, if I see him I shall tell it.
ne'ene'e U., v., to whine.
ne'i, ne'ine'i S. 1. v. tr., to place, to put, to
appoint, ne'i koni, to lay up in store,
to make provision; ne'i siwe, to appoint
a sum as blood money. 2. to become,
to turn into, to be: ko ne'ie 'oto i'oe, if
it be thou; poo ko ne'i lalamoa ko 'olisie
'oto a mwaena, the pig becomes the
victim instead of the person; na nesi ne'i
'amamu 'oto, and I shall be your father.
ne'isae S., v. i., to think, to call to remem-
brance; ne'isae, exclamation, like any-
thing! ne'isae 'asi, to forgive; ne'isae
lete, to be set in intention; ne'isae
moute'i, to determine, to dare; ne'isae
su'ete'e, to be anxious about; ne'isae
talihe, to reach in thought; ne'isae
to'ote'e, to be anxious.
ne'isaenga v. n., thought, remembrance.
nekesi cf. ne 1 .
nemo S., nimo U. 1. n., rain, ha'anemo. hoi
nemo, a rain squall; nemo raaraa, S.
nimo raaraa, U., drizzling rain, sun and
rain. 2. v. i., to rain, nenemo.
nemo si tr., to rain upon.
nena S., demonstrative; a ola nena, that thing.
nengenenge'a adj., glistening white.
nerenere n., a sea-bird, the kittiwake; nerenere
ni iqe, kittiwake of the lagoon.
nesi pers. pron, sing. 1 ; ne with illative si.
ni 1. genitive, of; sape ni 'inoni, men's bodies;
rato ni mwane, elderly male, (a)
expressive of purpose: ini ni ha'aurilana
'oto, a person to be saved; kire hala ni lae,
they attempted to go; e dau ni ere, he
made to speak; e ka'a mwadausieu ni
lae, not easy for me to go; tala ni liu,
path to travel; hinou ni 'a'a'o, hook for
fishing; walo ni pa'asahu, a hook for
pa'asahu. (b) expressive of condition,
lae ni ramo, go in might; ngdu ni pole,
eat to satiety; lae ni oraha'a, to go very
fast; lae 'oto ni mae, go like everything.
May be rendered by with or in: rongo
ni 'elinge, to hear with the ear; ere ni sae,
to say with the heart; na ni leesie
palonga aku, and saw (in seeing) my
works, (c) used after tala'ae, U.,
tala'ae ni lae, begin to go. (d) added
ni 1 (continued).
to verbal suffix, a'ini, ha'ini, etc., transi-
tive force. Mota nia, with; Florida ni;
Fate ni. cf. genitive li 1.
ni 2. interrogative, (a) used to call attention,
ni mwaena? I say, you. (b) in the
sense of is that so. (c) added for
emphasis to atei, ilei, S., ihei, U., nga
taa, S., nga laha, U.: nga taa ni 'oko
ngarase, what are you crying for;
mwala 'urei lei ni 'ie, whence are these
people? Viti li.
ni 3. demonstrative attached for emphasis to
nouns in Ulawa, to pronouns, adverbs
to si'iri and uri 2; may be reduplicated.
ngeni nou lae, and so I went; ngaini ni
eni usie, ngaini ni eni hohoro, one to his
merchandise, another to his trading;
a poroni. So-and-so; a laani. So-and-so;
inge'i ni e qaoa, he it is who did it;
ienini, this. Wango ni.
ni 4. a detachable prefix to pronouns, niiiou,
niparo, niwau, U. mu 'inoni mangoi
ola mola ni kire, S., men are but breath;
'oto to'ohuu ni ngeena, it is so in truth;
'omu ka'a to'oto'olamiu ike ni 'omu, ye
are not your own. Santa Cruz ni (in
ninge) ; Florida ni.
ni 5. suff. pron., plural 3, neut. i talani.
ni 6. verbal suffix, sdu sduni.
ni'e n., a sleeping-mat made of coconut leaf;
ha'u ni'e, to plait a coconut leaf into a
sleeping-mat.
Nielaha'u Cape Zdlee, the southeast cape of
Malaita; 'ahe hirune i Nielaha'u, its
tide-rip.
nihisi v. tr., to refrain; noko nihisie nitneku, I
refrain my hand.
nihisila-(ku) gerund.
niho (ku) n., tooth, cf. alo'i, 'amwada,
'anguru. nihoi i'e, porpoise-teeth cur-
rency; ngdngddi niho, to gnash the
teeth; e rdpu ngurusie nihona, knocked
his teeth out; e sisie nihona, he bared
his teeth in a grin.
nihou U., demonstrative pron., this, here:
pronounced sometimes niheu.
ni'i, ni'ini'i 1. v. tr., to give, to present, with
poss. 1, to feed ni'i ana. ni'i nime
haahi, to lay hands on; ni'i 'ae la'o i'ola,
to board a canoe; ni'i suu, ni'i toto, to
make a free gift,
ni'inge v. n., a gift, a giving, grace (late
use); e honu eni ni'inge, full of grace.
ni'ila-(ku) gerund, mani ni'ilana sakanga
e mani lae, the complete giving of power
is completely given.
ni'i 2. ni'i losi, to squeeze, to wring out water.
nike (ku) mother, aunt; for the vocative teitei
is generally used; with the personal
article a nike mother, i. e„ our mother
in speaking of a particular person.
nikei ola, S., nikeni ola, U., a big thing,
lit., a mother thing; nikana, S., nikend,
U., ro hd'i nikana, ro hd'i nikend, wife
and child, mother and child; ro hd'i
nikana ineu, my wife and child.
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nima U., nume S., house; nima indu, my house;
maana nima, U., door; outeni nima, a
row of houses; sa'osa'oha'i'a ani nima,
an upper story in a house, a doubled
house.
nime, ninime S.. nima, nimanima U. (ku), 1.
hand, arm, foreleg of animals, nimana
mu 'inoni, men's hands (collective
sense), nimanimada nga tnwa 'inoni, U.;
talana mu ninimei 'inoni, talana nimana
mu 'inoni, men's handiwork; to'o ro
nime, with just one's two hands, i. e.,
unarmed; e lokunaa nime, he clenched
the fist; loloma'ini nime, to dip the
hands; nime i meumeuliku, my left hand;
nihisie nimeku, refrain my hand; ni'i
nime haahi, to lay hands on; ngaungeu
nime, armlet; penatana nime, the palm;
suusuune nime, elbow; taalengasie nime-
mu, open your hand out flat; ngau i
nimana nga keni, to live with a woman,
lit., to eat from the hand of a woman.
nime S., nima U. 2. food bowl; nime sarasara,
a large bowl for feasts; 'alo nime, to set
out bowls of food at a feast; kolune nime,
the outside of a bowl; la'ona nime, in the
bowl.
nimo U., nemo S., rain, hoi nimo. ha'ahimo,
nimonimo.
nimoli tr., to rain on.
nine ha'anine, S., to accustom oneself, to be
accustomed to.
nini-(na, ni) U., n., kernel; ninina, its kernel,
its seed; nini hakis, an axe; nini uhi, a
yam; nini hana, a hana tuber.
niniho n., a hornet; niniho alaha, a large kind
of hornet.
niniko'a adj., trembling, wincing, shivering
from cold or fright.
ninginingi a small bat.
niparo U., demonstrative pron., that, these,
there; follows the noun.
nisi, ninisi v. tr., to divide, to be the boundary;
ko nisi 'oto ile'u, this is the boundary;
nisi hue, to pull taro for eating.
nisite (na) v. n., boundary, limit; nisitana
lue, high-water mark.
nisila-(ku) gerund. Florida ngiti.
nite S., nita U., ha'anite, ha'anita how often;
'enite, 'enitana, how many. Mota visa,
Motu nida, Florida ngiha, Niue fiha.
niu the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), its nut
nga hoi niu; nga niu, mu niu, coconut
trees; niu tangalau, a heavily laden
coconut tree; 'ahe i niu tangalau, a tide-
rip between Ulawa and Sa'a; niu tesi,
a variety of nut with thin skin; niu
weru, a short-stemmed coconut with
yellowish fronds and reddish-skinned
fruit; hauheui i niu, U., nga haihei niu,
S., a log of coconut wood; nga koru-
korui niu, a chip of coconut meat; niu
kokolu, a hard-fleshed coconut; luluhui
niu, a coconut frond; mudii niu, midrib
of the leaflet; mwaritei niu, sennit; pota
niu, to crack a nut; qela ni niu, 1,000
nuts; sdukai niu, to grate coconut; udi
niu (continued).
ni niu, 100,000 nut3; niu madeli, a fully
ripe nut; 'oni, coconut milk; teu, half
coconut shell ; opu, the early stage of the
nut when the shell has not hardened;
poupou, a green nut; hoi qito, a sprouting
nut; tdui helu, 10,000 nuts; suhuli, to
make an opening in a green nut; taho
ta'a, to put a nut with the corpse in a
canoe; uhu, to husk nuts; 'ulu'ulu, a
dry nut; 'unu, the flower spathe. Poly-
nesian niu.
niu ni taoha a palm (Nipa fruticans).
niu'e, niuniu'e adj., tasting of coconuts (as
swine flesh).
niule adj., possessing coconuts; hanue e niule,
a place abounding in coconuts.
niui (ku) n., a nest. Florida niku, Mota nigiu.
niweu U., demonstrative pron., that, those,
there; follows the noun.
no S., pers. pron., sing. 1, used with verbal
particle ko. noko I.
no'i, no'ino'i U., v. tr., to put, to place; no'i
ka'u, wait a while, stay. 2. to become,
to be; e no'i 'aela 'oto, it has become no
good.
no'ila-(ku) gerund. Viti noi, to dwell in.
no'iteu U., v. L, to delay, cf. ddu 2.
noko 1. v. i., to guard, to keep watch over,
noko haahi.
nokomi tr. 1 . to guard . 2 . U. , to turn away,
to avert; nokomi maa, to turn the eyes
away.
noko 2. cf. no.
noma S., n., a spear, generic term; noma adiedi,
a spear with grass plaiting on it.
nono v. i., to place the face against, to kiss, to
sniff; nono wasu, to smell.
nononga v. n.
nono'i S., nonohi U., tr.
nono'ila- S., nonohila- U. (ku) gerund.
Florida nonginongi.
nono 'asi n., gnat, sandfly.
nono isuli n., a strong-smelling herb.
nonola yesterday, the locative i may precede.
nonola nga rodo, the night before last;
nonola wau, the day before yesterday;
nonola 'oto wau, three days ago; e la
'otoi 'aela mwaani nonola, it is worse
than yesterday. Mota nora, Florida
nola.
nonoro'a S., adj., red. noro.
nonowasu v. i., to sniff at, to smell; used with
suffixed pronouns ku, mu, nd; e nono-
wdsune, he smelled him.
nonowasuli tr., to track by smelling, to get
the scent of.
nonganonga U., n., nonganonga tano, a ripple.
no 'one adv., even, also: follows the word
qualified; to'olamu no' one ada, thine
they are.
noonoo (na, ni) n., tips of shoots of creepers.
nooruhaana i nooruhaana, relying on, because
of. cf. noru.
noro, nonoro'a to be red.
noru, no'unoru S., norunoru U., v. i., to trust,
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noru, no'unoru (continued).
of one's hope; noru hono, to be wind-
bound (of a sailing party),
noruhe'ini tr.
noruhe'i v. i., nou sa'a noruhe'i pele, I shall
not be confounded.
i noruha v. n., used with poss. 3; relying on,
because of. Florida noru.
coruto'o used with poss. 3; to trust, to rely
on. to'o.
noruto'onga trust.
noto v. i., to cease, to desist, to be quiet.
mwanvwanoto, tnaenoto. noto nguu, to
cease speaking; noto 'araiva, to die
suddenly; noto 'arawanga, sudden death.
Wango ngoto.
nou S., pers. pron., sing. 1; used as subject of
verb.
nue, nunue v. i., to anoint; rumu nue maa, eye
ointment.
nuenuala adj., glistening, brilliant; mwaa
nuenuala, a glistening snake.
nuku, nunuku v. i., to kink, to have corruga-
tions in, to shrivel, wrinkle; nuku dara,
to wrinkle the forehead; nuku maa, to
wrinkle, to screw up, the face,
nukumi tr., to crease, to fold.
nukunukula U., adj.. shriveled up.
nume S., nima U., n., a house; nume ineu, my
house; nume ni mwane, church; i numaa
ola, at So-and-so's house; nume qala,
name of a cicada (empty house), its
presence taken as a sign of death, a bad
omen; hai nume, in the house; huli
nume, house site, plat; huui lume, a
collection of houses, village; iduidu
nume, to go from house to house, to
gad about; koluhaana nume, roof of a
house; maai nume, door; mar a nume, in
front of the house, courtyard; mai i
nume, within the house; i mamalutana
nume, on the veranda; mwela ni nume,
child of the house; pipisine nume, eaves
of the house; mu poopootana nume,
foundations of the house; pungui nume,
a group of houses; riridine nume, eaves
of the house; ko ru'u i nume, goes back
into the house; ko sisilihie mu nume,
goes into houses; talaa nume, a besom;
to'utohu nume, to build a house; poo ni
nume, domesticated pig; wai nume, in
the house. Mota imwa, San Cristoval
rumwa, Wedau numa, Malay luma.
nunu 1. v. i., to quake (of ground), to be
unstable, loose (of a post). 2. v., and
n., earthquake, nga nunu e nunu, there
was an earthquake. Wango nunu,
Maori rum.
nunu 3. (ku) n., shadow (of persons), reflection,
likeness, life, soul. M. A., p. 252; ko
tola 'aliho'i ana nunune, recovers its
soul; talo nunu, to photograph; nunu
e tola, there was an earthquake.
1 nunuha used with poss. 3; because of,
owing to. Florida nunu, Malo nunu,
Bougainville Straits nono, Wango nunu.
nunu 4. nunuli, to sting (of the stinging trees)
nunula'o and apune wa'i.
nunu'e pulu nunu'e, to'o nunu'e, spotted,
specked. Wango nunu, dust,
nunuhe'i S., v. i., nunuhe'i qe'u, to enter, to
be entangled in.
nunula'o n., stinging-nettle tree, with large
leaves, often planted as a fence, nunu 4.
nunuli to sting, nunu 4.
nunulu v. i., to wither (of trees, etc.). Mota
nun, to shed leaves.
nunurete 1. v. i., to be feeble, to tremble from
weakness, nunu 1, rete. 2. n., trem-
bling, fear,
nusi U.. tahanga awa nusi, a measure, just on
a fathom.
nuto 1. n., a squid, caught by spearing with
a hair comb (arapa) fastened on a rod.
nuto, nutonuto 2. 'o'o nuto, to bow the head.
NG
The palatal nasal and has the sound of ng
in singer.
nga 1. article, demonstrative, a, the; used in
the singular number only; in Sa'a as a
rule nga is not used of parts of the body,
but in Ulawa it is freely used; nouns in
the singular may be used without nga
except when there is a sense of any or a.
nga taa, S., nga taha, U., what; ngaini,
S., ngaile, U., some one; nga' eta, S.,
ngaite, U., another, a certain; ngaihei,
U., who.
nga 2. noun ending, added to verbs, adjectives
and other nouns: mae, to die; maenga,
death; mamaela'a, weak; mamaela'anga,
weakness; ngangadi niho, to gnash the
teeth; ngangadi nihonga, gnashing of
the teeth. Maori nga.
nga a, ngaangaa v. tr., to eat; naanaa, used to
children; e ngaa 'oto, did he eat it; melu
ka'a ola ni ngaa, we have no food, lit.,
thing of eating.
ngaangaa 1. v. i., to spread (of ulcers). 2. v. i.,
to crack with a loud noise (of trees about
to fall).
ngadi 1. n., flint; me'i ngedi, S., m&singedi, U.,
a flint; hau ngedi, flint rock; kiln ni
ngedi, a hole in which flints are found.
2. an axe; ngadi weuwe, a stone axe
(grandfather's axe). Motu nadi, stone;
Florida nagi. Guppy "Solomon Is-
lands," p. 77.
ngadi, nga'ingedi 3. v. i., to be firm; suesuelaa
e ngadi, the foundation is firm; hele
ng&'ingedi, to hold fast. Wango nasi.
ngado (na, ni) i ngadona 'aena, before him, at
his feet.
ngae (ku) 1. suli qeri ngae, suli qeri i ngaena,
backbone. 2. lio i ngaei maa, S., lio
i ngaena maa, TJ., to look askance at,
to envy; lio i ngae maanga, n., envy.
nga'eta S., ngaite U., some, one, another, a;
'eta, ite. nga'eta po'o ni nime, the other
hand ; ana nga'eta dinge, on another day.
nga'i verb suffix used intransitively: usu usu-
nge'i. ng&'ini.
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ngaihei U., Interrog. pron., who: plural
mwaihci. ngaihei e lae m&i, who came
here; kira mwaihei, who are they.
ngaile U., article, one, a: tie. ta'ana ngaile,
every one; 'etana ngaile, the first; wala'a
wa'ewa'e ana ngaile, to speak excessively
to one.
ngaini 1. S., article, one, a. ta'eta'ena ngaini,
every one; iteitana ngaini ka'a lae mai,
no one came; 'etana ngaini, the first
one; e ka'a iteitana ngaini, there is not
any one; ngaini sa'a liu ha'ahireru'e,
none shall pass in front of them (and
overcome them); maleledi oraha'a
mwaanie ngaini, to rebuke a man for sin.
nga'ini 2. verb suffix of transitive force, hit
hiinge'ini. Mota ngai.
nga'ingedi to be strong, to be firm, ng&di,
ha'ang&'ingedi.
cgaite U., article; ngaile holoholo, a different
thing; ngaite laa, another person.
ngali 1. n., canarium nut; ngali maa, smoked
nuts stowed in a tangi. cf. repo. ngali
maelo, the month of August, the time
of ripe nuts; karoa ngali, to pick the
nuts; kokopa, buttress flanges on the
lower trunk of the tree; koukou, kernel
of the nut; qa'akora, the outer skin of
the nut. Mota ngai, Solomons ngali.
ngali, ngalingeli U. 2. v. tr., to shake, to dis-
turb, to move about restlessly, to move
one's position.
ngalute S., mu ngelulei ola, all and sundry
things.
nganite S., ngenita U., time when, with loca-
tive *', inganite, when, at what time;
used of future or past time. Florida
ngiha, Mota ngaisa, Lau angila.
nganga a crumb, used with genitive i, S., ni,
U.; crumbs, shavings, dust, small pieces.
mu ngangai ngeulaa, crumbs of food;
ngangai mwakana, dust of the earth;
mwai ngangani 'ei, chips of wood.
ngangadi, ngangangadi v. tr., to creak, to
grate, to grind the teeth; ngangadi niho,
to grind the teeth, ngangadi nihonga,
v. n.
ngangau to spread (of ulcers), to blaze (of fire);
maa ngangau, blear-eyed from smoke of
cooking fires.
ngara, ngarangara v. i., to cry, to buzz, of
mosquito; ngara 'i'ile'i, to cry aloud;
ngara li'eli'a'a, to give an uncertain
note; ngara loulou, to resound; ngara
mango ta'a, U., to sob; ngara tahela'i
ana, to call upon him with weeping;
ngara uloulo, to weep bitterly; ngara
welewele'a, to have a solid sound,
ngaraha U., v. n., cry.
ngaranga v. n., weeping,
ngarata v. n., sound ; ngaratai 'ehuri, sound
of the conch,
ngarasi tr., to cry for, to cry on account of.
ngarala-(ku) gerund, mwane 'o ro'uro-
hute'inie ngara'aku, hold not thy peace
ngarala (continued).
at my tears. Florida ngarahai to cry
out.
ngasi 1. v. i., to be tough (of food)* Lau
ngasi, hard.
ngasi, nga'ingesi S., ngasingasi U. 2. to chew,
to roll about in the mouth. Wango
ngasi.
ngau, ngaungeu 1. v. tr., to eat; with poss. 3,
ng&u ana, to eat of; ngau hikena, ngau
hikeni, to partake of; ngau i nimana
nga keni, to live with a woman, lit., to
eat from the hand of a woman; ngau
tapaika, to smoke tobacco; ngau maa'i,
a sacrificial feast, ngau maa'inge; ngau
'inoninge, cannibalism; ngau ni pole,
to eat to satiety; ngau qe'u suu, to gorge,
lit., to eat till the head drops; ngau
saedami, to eat to repletion; ngau
teketeke, nga mala eke, to drop crumbs
while eating; 'o'a sare ngau ihei, what
will you eat; ta'ata'a maai ngeu, one
meal; maai, S. (maani, U.), ngeu, the
evening star, lit., meal watcher; kire
ng&u maetana a ola, they eat the death
feast of So-and-so; maelona e ng&u
diana, when ripe it eats well; 'o ngau
mingana, did you eat of it; olo ngau, to
fast, to abstain from food,
ngauhe S., v. n., a feast; ng&uha, U., a feast,
food.
ngauhe- (ku) gerund.; ng&uhana e paipeine,
he is a great eater; ng&uhana e 'aela, he
overeats; supungie ng&uhana, to offer
food to.
ngaulaa v. n., food, things to eat, me'i
ngeulaa, mu ngeulaa; mu ngangai
ngeulaa, crumbs of food,
ngaunge v. n., an eating, a meal; taataa
maai ngeunge, one meal.
ngaula-(ku) gerund.; ng&ulana e diana, it
is good to eat. Wango ngau; Mota
ngau, to chew; Motu gauai, Maori ngau.
ngau 2. vocative, used of children of each sex:
ng&u, ladl 'alai ngeu, U., you boys; ro
ng&u, you two children.
ngaungeu nime armlet made of haa, huresoso,
malo.
nge pers. pron., sing. 3, he, that; 1. used before
proper names: ngea A woo, that man
Awao. 'olo ngea Dora esi teuri, then said
Dora. 2. a shortened form of inge'ie:
'amamu nge itei, where is that father of
yours; ngeatei, ngea ola, whom do you
mean? 3. added for explanation: uri
qa'une nge mwane, I mean that the male
is the head; so nge, well then; nge, nga
taa ni, hey! what's that? ngeni 'olo
ngeena, yes, that's it; ngeni nou lae,
that is why, thereupon, I went; mwai
keni ana wala'anga ngeni, what women
for talking; ohe nge e urine, possibly
that is so; nge laenga kesi lae, then the
journey will take place; nge ke 'ue k&'u
ne, how then will it be?
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ngeena demonstrative pron., that: follows noun
or pronoun; inge'i ngeena, that is he; nga
ola taa ngeena, what is that thing? nge.
nge'i pers. pron., sing. 3, he, she, it: a shortened
form of nge'ie; used as subject followed
by e. nge'i 'oto e 'unue, it was he who
said it; nge'i nou ka'a lae, that is why
I did not go.
nge'ie S., nge'ia U., pers. pron., sing. 3, he, she,
it: used as subject followed by e; three
forms of the pronoun may be used
together for emphasis: inge'ie nge'i
e 'unue, it was he who said it; in Sa'a
the final e becomes a before the personal
article a and a long vowel results, nge'ie
ni, that is it; nge'ia i Arona, nge'ia
'ulehu, it is at Arona, the 'ulehu, I mean;
nge'ia a ola e 'unua, he, So-and-so, said
it. Mota neia.
ngeitei S. 1. interrog. pron., what: used pre-
ceding noun, ngeitei 'inoni, what man?
ngeitei li'oa, what spirit? 2. ngeitei ue
ena, that is just it, just so.
ngengede-(na,ni) ngengedena, its end. Wango
ngengede.
ngeni cf. nge.
ngenita U., used with locative i as nganite,
q. v.
ngerengereta adj., of a checked pattern.
ngero v. L, to chew, to nibble (of rats, etc.).
ngero'i tr., 'asuhe e ngero' ie, the rat gnawed
it.
ngeu cf. ng&u.
ngi][verb suffix of transitive force, raa raangi.
ngidu (ku) U. 1. the lip (of persons); by
metonymy in Sa'a the mouth, tero
ngidu, to pout the lip. 2. ngidu 'upu,
ngingidu 'upu, to hate; ngidu 'upunge.
hatred. Mota ngusui, Florida gidu,
Viti ngusu, Motu udu, Sa'a ngudu.
ngingidu'e the native bee, honey. Florida
midua.
ngingite 'ala ngingite, to clench the teeth.
ngisu, ngingisu S., ngisungisu U., to spit; hoi
ngisu, spittle, lungs; 'ono ngisu, to water
at the mouth; sae ngisu, the lungs,
ngisunge v. n., spitting,
ngisuhi tr., to spit, to spit on; e ngisuhie
'apu, he spat blood,
ngisuhe'ini tr., to spit on. M. L., p. 91,
Maisin kasufe.
ngisu 'ate U., to be thirsty; ngisu 'atenga, n.,
thirst.
ngo'a adj., blunt, with the point broken off;
nga ngoongoo ni salo e ngo'a, the tip of
the cloud was broken off.
ngoli v. tr., to destroy a man's property after
his death, huni ngolie to'oto'olana.
M. A., p. 263. su'e ngoli, to fall back-
ward and break the neck,
ngolite v. n., a destruction of property:
wrongly spelt in M. L., p. 263.
ngolila-fku) gerund. Florida boli.
ngoongoo (na, ni) U., end: with locative *,■
ngoongoona, its end, skirts; paro i
ngoongoo, at the edge; * ngoongoo ana
ngoongoo (continued).
walumalau, S., at the world's end;
i ngoongoo ana Kahua, Cape Keibeck,
San Cristoval. Fagani ngo, lip; Santa
Cruz ngo, nose. cf. M. L., p. 84.
ngoongoodo S., end; ngoongoodo ana maholo,
end of the time.
ngora (na, ni) 1. a point of land, a cape, ngo-
rana hanue. Mota ngaregi, point of
land. 2. lip. cf. ngidu; d'au (tau, U.)
ngora 'upu, to hate, lit., swollen lip;
ngora 'upunge, n., hatred.
ngora, ngongora 3. to snore, to grunt, snort;
ngora i lue (ku), to growl. Mota
ngora, Maori ngorongoro.
ngorangora 1. an isthmus, a cape.
Ngorangora 2. the village at the northeast end
of Ulawa; Wai ni Tehulu, its lagoon;
'Ele Maosi, its landing* place.
ngori v. tr., to quench; ngoria Li'oa, to quench
the Spirit.
Ngorieru an 'akalo ni matawa armed with gar-
fish, seen off Qa'ulo. M. A., p. 259.
ngudu S., lip. cf. ngidu, U. lio qeru ngudu,
to grudge, to hate; qa'u ngudu, the
blackfish. Mota ngusui, lip; Poly-
nesian ihu. M. L., p. 85.
ngulu to resound; mwangulungulu, resounding.
nguru, ngunguru, ngungunguru S., nguru-
nguruU., 1. to growl or roar (of animals),
to mumble or groan (of persons),
nguruhi tr., to growl at (of dogs). Maori
nguru, to grunt; Bugotu nguunguru, to
growl; Niue ngungulu.
nguru 2. pola nguru, U., name of a month,
September,
ngurusi v. tr., to knock out some (of things
in a row), 'anguru. e r&Pu ngurusie
nihona, knocked his teeth out, said of
a young child when the teeth of his
elder brother fall out.
nguu v. i., to answer, to make response,
nguuhi tr.
nguuhila-(ku) gerund. Wango nguuhi;
Samoa ngu, to growl.
'0 1. exclamation of dissent.
'o 2. pers. pron., sing. 2, thou; used as subject
of verb either by itself or following i'oe;
suffixed to verbs and prepositions as
object. Florida o.
oa 1. v. i., to share in, to be fulfilled, to come
to pass, to be fitting, to suit, to be
suited to, to permeate, ha'aoa'i, ha'ioa.
melu oa 'oto ana, we share in it; mu
maholo e oa 'oto, the time is fulfilled;
e oa ana, it is suited to it; tolo oaoa, to
permeate.
oala-(ku) opposite to, over against, corre-
sponding to, concerning; papanguru-
nguru oalana, mutterings concerning.
oaoanga v. n., a sharing in; mani oaoanga
M'iliu, equality,
oangi tr., to follow suit, ha'ioangi.
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oa (ku) 2. a pair, fellow; oaku, my fellow, my
mate; oa ni ola, a pair of things; oa ni
Puli, two cowries. Samoa oa, a pair.
Oa 3. the two islands at the south end of San
Cristoval; Oa Raha, Santa Anna, Oa
Riki, Santa Catalina. Spelt wrongly
as Owa.
o'a 4. a tree, the bark used for purposes of
staining; the red juice is extracted by
pounding and squeezing and is mixed
with charcoal,
o'a'i v. tr., to stain with o'a. Samoa 'o'a,
Bischoffia javanica; 'o'a'i, to dye with
its stain.
'o'a 5. to settle (of birds), to squat on the
haunches. Samoa to'a, to settle; Mota
toga, Niue tokai.
'o'a 6. U., 'o 2, thou, 'a 7, verbal particle.
'O'au an island in the Mara Masiki Channel.
oda'i wd'i oda'i, to quarrel.
odo, odoodo 1. to be straight, to go forward.
ha'aodo, ha'iodo'i, tamwaodo. e odo 'oto
ta'au, he went straight on; mdnu odo,
to be level, upright; e odo, that's right
(Mwouta, U., use); sulu odoodo, to go
straight.
odoodonga v. n., straightness, uprightness.
odoha v. n., used with poss. 3. odohaana
nte'i 'ano mola, in good ground; mu
odohaana wala, words to the point;
odohaana mu ola, correct, exact things;
odohaana i ola, opposite to, off, such-
and-such a place; 'uri odohaana tola,
walk straight along the path.
odo (na, ni) 2. odona maa, a gate opening
directly opposite a person; nga odoni
kana, a song sung straight through; nga
odoni heu, a row of stones; odoni sae,
moral uprightness.
odo'i v. tr., to meet, to come across, lio odo'i,
to find; hule odo'i, to arrive and find;
taha odo'i, to come upon.
odonga U., dau odonga, to make trial of.
odota'i partic, just, fair, righteous; sulu
odota'i, to act righteously.
odota'inge v. n., justice, righteousness.
o'e, o'eo'e U., to be crazy, delirious.
'oha betel leaf (Piper betle), both leaves and
catkins are eaten, 'oha ni me'esu
(ma'usu, mou, U.), a wild variety; pute
ni 'oha, a packet of betel leaf; sili 'oha,
to get betel from the bush; hu'usi, to
pluck leaves of betel.
oha'i to be capsized; melu oha'i 'oto, we are
capsized,
oha'ini tr., to cause to capsize.
ohe 1. v. tr., to drive away.
'one 2. adv., perhaps, possibly, most likely;
or it may be used at the beginning of a
sentence, of supposititious cases, wa
'ohe, unless; so 'ohe, perhaps; w'di e
mapipi 'ohe 'oto ta'inie kolune mwakano,
whether the water had receded off the
face of the earth.
ohera v. i., to race, to compete, ha'iohe.
'ohi 1. (au) v., after, for, to fetch; lae ka'u
'ohi'i, please go bring it; tau 'ohi, U., to
'ohi 1 (continued).
seek; tola 'ohi, to search for. Florida
gohi, varigohi; Maori ohia, to long after,
•ohi 2. U., ha'i'ohi, to be doubtful about, to ask
questions,
'ohi'a U., adv., perhaps, most likely,
ohisi perineal bandage, T bandage of pandanus
leaf worn by men.
oho v. i., to fight, to strive with, to attempt.
ohoa hurunge, to race; ohoa mao, to
practice the dance.
ohotaa v. n., a battle.
ohongi tr., to make trial of, to practice.
ha'iohonginge. Wango ohongi; Niu€
oho, to rush at.
ohonga U., n., lae ohonga, to go tentatively;
mala ohonga, to tempt; mala ohonganga
(double n. ending), temptation, trial;
m&mi ohonga ana, taste and try it.
ohu 1. v. i., to be boiling, to boil (of water).
ha'aohu.
ohu 2. various, different; e ohu 'oto adaru'i, U.,
there is a difference between the two;
ohu 'inoni ohu sae, many men of many
minds.
ohusi v. tr., to differentiate, to distribute.
ha'aohusi. Florida ovu ni tinoni, a
crowd of men.
'ohu 3. n., sugar cane; 'ohu nunu. M. A., p.
21. Mota tou, Motu tohu, Florida tovu.
oi 1. exclamation, aha.
'o'i 2. v. tr., to break, ma'o'i. 'o'i ri'iri'i, to
break in pieces; hele 'o'i'o'i, to break;
tale'i 'o'i'o'i, to trouble oneself.
'o'i'o'i n., mu 'o'i'o'i, sections of roof for
thatching. Florida goti.
oka 1. U., to eat areca nut along with betel
leaves and lime,
oka 2. to eat food raw. Viti ndroka, Niue ota,
Maori ota.
oka, okaoka 3. v. i., to destroy gardens (of
pigs) ; poo okaoka, a mischievous pig.
oke, okeoke 1. v. tr., to draw, to drag.
okenga v. n.
okeni tr. Wango oge.
'oke 2. 'o, thou; ke, verbal particle, cf. 'o'a 6.
oko 1. a band, a creeper used in tying.
oko 2. a tree (Acacia sp.); tarasi oko, a cuckoo,
oko, okooko 3. black (earth) pigment used for
the teeth, the idea being that the gums
are hardened thereby.
'oko 4. 'o, thou : ko, verbal particle, cf. 'oke, 'o'a 6.
okooko a basket, a receptacle; okooko ni pasa,
basket containing bonito hooks,
okolu okolu tewa, eleventh and twelfth day of
the moon,
oku 1. n., a marine annelid, palolo (Eunice
viridis, the epitokal segments), oku e
hirusia maana, said of the migratory
plover, cf. karikeri'ala. 2. names of
certain months: oku lade, September;
oku mwaa, October; oku denu, Novem-
ber; oku peine, December. 3. summer
time, as distinguished from aau, winter.
4. names of certain days of the month:
qa'i oku, toohuungei oku, S., second and
third days after full moon.
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oku 5. the end-walls of the house; oku i tnaa,
wall in front; oku i puri, wall behind;
haulioku, end purlins of the house.
oku 6. swollen stomach.
ola n., thing; the noun ending may be added;
with the personal article a ola, the person
So-and-so, such a one; ro ola, man and
wife, and as vocative, you two married
folk; in phrase ko ola, if it be so. a ola ko
mae, So-and-so is sick; a ola ko mae 'oto,
So-and-so is dead; a kele ola, young So-
and-so; komuna a ola, So-and-so's fam-
ily; keni ana a ola, such-and-such a
woman; kira a ola, whom do you mean;
saai ola, to know things, to be wise; ola a
Elija e na'o 'oto mat, how that verily
Elijah came before; kele me'i ola, a little
thing; e ka'a olaike, there is nothing at
all; hele ola, to act; hou ola, a thing of a
round shape; mu ola hu'ihu'i, dangers,
difficulties; iho'oi ola, a bundle; raw
lehui ola, worn-out things; lede ola,
mischievous; nou 'ure m'di i ola, I am
from such-and-such a place; mangoi ola,
breath; meameatani ola, a huge thing;
molatana nga ola, innumerable things;
ana ke ola mwanvwadau, if possible;
ola ni mwane, a sacred thing; me'i olana,
the thing; nikei (nikeni) ola, a big thing;
oa ni ola, a pair; odohaana mu ola, cor-
rect, exact things; odohaana i ola, oppo-
site to, off, such-and-such a place; mu
qa'atai ola, shreds; si'ohaa'i ola, to be in
a poor way; ta'ela'i i ola, beginning from ;
mu le'itesi ola, flesh; mu tale'i ola mola,
inferior things, nga ola, pooh ! absurd ! nga
ola taa, what? nou ka'a to'oana nga ola, I
have nothing.
olanga, ere ni hedi olanga, to take an oath;
lauhi olanga, succor; lede olanga, mis-
chief; lude olanga, carrying cargo; saai
olanga, wisdom, knowledge; tari olanga,
riches.
ole v. tr., to scrape with a shell, to get the skin
off yams, etc.
'oli v. i., to return, to relapse, ha'i'oli. melu
'oli 'oto, we have returned; mu ola
'oli'oli, changes; 'oli ana, to succeed to
a thing, to inherit.
'olinge v. n., return, h&'ihe'i'olinge, v. n.,
bounty.
'olisi tr. to change, to alter; 'olisi to'ohaa,
to exchange money, to buy; poo ke ne'i
lalamoa ko 'olisie 'oto a mwaena, the pig
is the victim in place of the man.
'olisila-(ku) gerund.
'olite-(ku) n., used as preposition, in place
of. noko lae 'olitana, I come in his
place.
'oli 'oli te v. n., heir; a 'oli'olile, the heir.
Wango ori, Mota kel.
'olie'i v. i., to return, to turn back, to go home;
kira'elu 'a ta'e h&'i 'olie'i, they embark
on their return journey.
'olie'inga U., v. n., return.
olo, oloolo 1. v. La to swim.
oloolonga v. n., swimming.
olo, oloolo 1 (continued).
olohi tr., to swim for and get.
oloha'ini to swim with, holding. Florida
olo, Wango oro.
olo 2. v. i., olo ngdu, to abstain from food; olo
ngaunge, fasting; olo ana hi'olo, to be
faint from fasting; olo manini, to be of
orderly behavior.
'olo, 'olo'olo 3. v. tr., to cut the ends off; 'olo
qa'u, to cut hair; 'olo kou'e ihune, to cut
the hair off the whole head,
'olo'i tr., to sever the shoots of; nga 'oka
na kira 'olo'ia 'oto, the betel plants from
which they cut off the shoots. Mota
goro 2.
Oloha a village on the west coast of Little
Malaita, its landing-place Ha'au; the
language of Oloha is Tolo, the speech
of the people of the Mara Masiki Chan-
nel; it was known to Bishop Patteson,
who made a small sketch of its grammar.
'olo'olo v. i., to reel, to stagger; dsu 'olo'olo, to
be loose, unstable.
'olo'oloa'i v. i., to stagger about. Mota
gologolo, Malagasy horohoro.
oloolonga U., n., a company, a party.
olopa'i U., n., a yam with fruit on the vine.
'olu 1. numeral, three; 'olune, third, third time;
ha'a'olu, three times. Mota tol, Poly-
nesian tolu.
'olu 2. S., dialectic for molu.
omi v. tr., to suck, to smoke tobacco.
ominge v. n., sucking, smoking. Maori
momi.
omo n., arrow; nanga, the barb of an arrow;
to'onga'i omo, to draw an arrow.
'omolu pers. pron., plural 2: you; used as sub-
ject, or attached to verb or preposition
as object; more restricted in meaning
than 'omu.
'omu pers. pron., plural 2: you; used as sub-
ject, or attached to verb or preposition
as object; used following the longer
form i'omu,
'omoro, 'omoro'i, 'omoru'e S., pers. pron.,
dual 2; used as subject, or attached to
verb or preposition as object.
ona 1. fresh-water limpets with poisonous
spines; ona e mwakolieu, the shellfish
spiked my foot.
ona 2. a deep-sea fish.
onanala adj., lumpy (of taumanga, taro pud-
ding), rough (of a road).
one n., sand, beach; one mamae, fine sand; one
piruu, S., one qiruu, U., black sand, such
as is found on the beaches at San Cris*
toval; apau one, the lee side of an island;
'asi dodo hule i one, deep water right
in to shore; awalosi i one, the north-
northeast wind; idumia one, TJ., count-
less; maraau ro one, the east-northeast
wind; kira 'asi usuli one, they went
then along the beach; e urihana nga
one, like the sands, of countless num-
bers; 'u'ui one, a grain of sand.
one'a S., onela U., adj., sandy. Mota one,
Maori one.
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'oni 1. to remain, to be settled; 'oni huu 'oto
ana, dwell therein forever.
'oni 2. v. i., to repeat, to go over again (of
words); ko 'oni ana ta'ata'a nte'i wala
ngeena, repeated the same words. San
Cristoval onioni, a tale.
'oni 3. coconut milk strained from the scraped
flesh of the nut mixed with a little water,
extracted by squeezing and used in the
cooking of various vegetables; when
without coconut milk the yam mash is
known as helehele. tola, to curdle, pii
'oni, to make coconut milk; 'oni wei
(a) coconut milk boiled thin into oil;
(b) a dish of pounded yam mash with
coconut oil.
'onime'i 1. v. i., to pack, to stow; 'onime'i koni,
to store up. 2. partic, well, cleverly;
hele 'onime'i, to do cleverly,
'onime'ini tr., hele 'onime'inie, to do it
well; to stow. Wango orimaini.
'oni'oni adv., always.
'onioninge v. n., a tale oft repeated, folklore.
'onisae S., v. i., to change the mind, to repent,
'onisaenga v. n., repentance.
'oniteu v. i., to delay.
ono 1. numeral, six; onona, sixth, the sixth
time; ha'aono, six times.
'ono, 'ono'ono 2. v. i., to swallow, konokono.
'ono ngisu, to water at the mouth ; 'owo
pola, to swallow whole; hoi 'ono'ono, a
pill; hau 'ono'ono, stones to swallow in
ordeal. M. A., p. 212.
'onomi tr.
'onomila-(ku) gerund,
'onoma'ini tr. Florida sononti, Mota nolo,
to swallow; Maori korokoro, throat;
Motu hadonoa.
'ono'onoma n., gullet, hahani 'ono'onoma, a
measure, a yard.
onu holo onu, to divide and cut short.
onu'e adj., S., cut off short; 'o holo onu'e
qongiku hao.
'ongo n., mangrove. Florida tongo, Viti
ndongo.
'o'o 1. exclamation, of dissent.
'o'o 2. n., a wooden drum; the inside is hol-
lowed out {karu) through a narrow slit
on the side, the drum when played is set
upon the stem of a tree fern as a pedes-
tal, the drumstick is a piece of sago-
palm frond, the part of the drum hit is
the center portion just above the open-
ing. When a feast (houla) is being pre-
pared the drums are kept in a house
made for the purpose. Drumming is
kept up constantly till the feast is over.
Drums are beaten after a murder, kire
horo. para ni 'o'o, a set of drums; ri'i,
small, treble: laha 'o'o, tenor or middle
size; toli, bass; ikiikingi 'o'o, sulu 'o'o, to
beat the drums. Wango oo.Bugotu koko.
'o'o, 'o'o'o 3. to stay, to remain behind, to be;
'o'o ni lehinge, to be in flight. Lau too,
Nguna toko.
'o'o 4. adv., utterly, quite, e mae 'o'o, he is
quite dead; ha' ike 'oto 'o'o, never at all.
'o'oha'ini, 'o'ohi v. tr., to draw near to.
ooho 1. v. i., to take down; ooho 'asi, to destroy,
to break up (of a house); ooho toli, to
descend, to fall headlong,
ooho'i tr., to take to pieces (of a house),
oohosi tr., to take down, to detach. Wango
ohosi.
ooho 2. v. i., to desist from, to cease.
'O'olo'u an island in Mara Masiki Channel.
'o'omae U., to'oni 'o'omae, mourning attire.
'o'oni U., v. i., to sink, ha'a'o'oni.
'o'onuto, 'o'onutonuto to incline the head, to
bow. nuto 2.
'o'orou U., Maramara 'O'orou, the name of a
canoe in a story.
ooru 1. to blow (of winds). 2. n., the wind,
oorw ko ooru, the wind blows; ooru
pe'ipesi, to blow strong.
ooruhi tr., to blow on (of the wind).
'o'oru'e S., adj., short. U., poru.
opa, opaopa 1. to divide, to separate, to dis-
tinguish, to take away from, maopaopa.
susu opa, ornamental ridge covering;
mwane 'o opaopaa Li'oa mwaani'emi,
take not the Spirit from us; opa h'd'iliu,
to be at variance; opa hiteli, to cut up
an animal; opa sae, to be at variance;
didi opa olanga, discrimination, par-
tiality.
opasaelaku gerund., my transgression.
opanga v. n., division.
opa 2. v. tr., to adopt children.
'opa U., 3. for '03a, stomach.
opo, to heat up food once cooked, ha'aopo.
opu 1. green coconut in its early stage with,
little flesh and with the shell still soft.
2. the heart.
opuopu uhi opuopu, U., the name of a month,
February.
'oqa (kn) belly, bowels, stomach, 'aqa. M. L.,
p. 55. Florida toba, Mota toqai.
'oqa'oqa U., a bay, indentation of the coast.
ora 1. oven, altar; or a ni uunu, the altar of
burnt offering; i epine ora, beside the
altar.
ora 2. U., ashes; ahuora, dusty.
ora 3. U., to flame, to burn brightly, ha'aora.
Wango ora.
ora 4. a boar pig.
ora 5. ora lulu, to belch.
oraa v. i., to flow.
oraha'a 1. adj., excessive, hele ni oraha'a, to
do too much; lae ni oraha'a, to go very
fast. 2. v. i., to sin, to contravene the
public standards of morality. 3. n.,
sin, ntu oraha'a, ddu oraha'a; maleledi
oraha'a mwaanie ngaini, to rebuke a man
for sin; sae 'asilana oraha'a, forgiveness
of sins.
oraha'ala adj., sinful; a oraha'ala, the sinner,
oraha'anga n., sin. Wango oraoraa.
oraora 1 . a holy person, one in touch with the
ghosts.
oraora 2. refuse, dung. cf. ora 2.
ore 1. v. L, to remain behind, to be omitted;
v. tr., to leave, ha'iore. ore tnwaani,
to be left out; ruana ke'i orea, the other
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ore 1 (continued.)
shall t>2 left; kire ngdu orea, they did
not eat it all.
creore n. with genitive i, ni, oreorei ola, an
empty case, a shell.
oreta (ku) v. n., an end. e 'unu oreta ana
mu ivala, he spoke and finished the
words; kesi oreta ana uunu 'asilana,
whose end is burning; oretana mu 'inoni,
the rest of the men.
oretalana ana i oretalana, finally.
oretanga v. n., the finish, final end. Motu
ore, orena, remnant.
ore 2. used with genitive i, ni; almost, nearly,
just failing to. melu orei lae, we nearly
went.
ore S., ura U., 3. fresh-water prawn, ore ni ivei.
ore S., 4. crayfish, ore ni 'esi. Mota ura, Maori
koura.
ore 5. ha'iore, to scold, to quarrel.
orea to chatter (of th° bird wist), wisi ko orea.
M. A., p. 220.
ori, oriori v. tr., to peel; ori uhi, to peel yams;
yams are peeled with a shell held
between the thumb and index finger,
the motion being away from the body
and not toward it as with Europeans.
Viti ori, to cut; Fate ori, Motu oria.
oro, orooro v. i., to bend down, to stoop, to
lean over; oro i 'ano, to stoop to the
ground,
oroha'i, oroma'i v. i., to bend down, to
stoop, to slant, mwaoroha'i.
oropa (ku) U., ulcer; oropaku, the ulcer on my
body.
orooro n., the beetle that bores the yams.
orooro'a adj., eaten by yam beetles.
oru n., grasshopper, locust.
osa S. 1. (ku) ulcer; uweli osa, cerumen, wax
in the ear. 2. to be rotten.
osanga v. n., corruption.
osani karekare U., cliff.
osi 1. to cut, to score.
osi 2. nimeku e osi, my arm has gone to sleep,
pins-and-needles feeling.
'osi 3. 'o, thou; si, illative.
osiosi to be lukewarm, wawai osiosi.
osiosita'a adj., striped, streaked.
'o si'u'e exclamation of assent, yes; used in
response to a negative question where
English calls for no. 'uri ngaini ka'a
'unue? 'o si'u'e, did no one speak? yes
(scilicet, no one did speak).
ote n., open bush- land just above the beach.
'oto 1. adv., follows the verb; is used to denote
the preterite; expresses finality; ex-
presses emphasis; the demonstrative
na or ni may be added ; used to connect
the narrative and to show consecutive
action, then, thereupon; marks cessa-
tion of action; used to denote a few, of
things just beginning or a few things
left, kire lae mango 'oto, they all went;
melu ke'i tola 'oto, are we to begin to
carry? ineu 'oto, it is I; inge'ie 'oto itei,
where is he? nou sa'a lae 'oto, I shall not
go; ngaini 'oto ka'a qaoa nga le'u, no
'oto 1 (continued).
one at all did anything; 'omu sa'a lio
odo'ieu 'oto lo'u, ye shall not see me
again; 'oto 'ure mai, up till now; ngaini
'oto atnelu, one of us; wa 'oto amolu, or
one of you; mwaanie 'oto me'i olana,
from that very thing; e honu eni ni'inge
na 'oto ani wala'imolinge, full of grace
and truth; to'olaka'elu 'oto, our own
property; mala 'oto nou ka'a helesie ike,
as though I had never done it; 'oto
inganite, when? 'oto wai na'ona, right
before his face; 'oto i qe'une, right on his
head; 'oto ina'o, formerly; 'oto qani, of
old; 'oto di, S., 'oto huu, U., forever; 'oto
waite, long ago; 'oto ihei, laa, where to,
lad? 'oto mola, 'oto molana, at this
present, now; nga liwe 'otona, it was a
cave; 'oto nou si teuri, then said I; kire
si rohu, ka'a s'aunie 'oto, they then ceased
and left off beating him; kire ka'a hala-
hata'inie 'oto, they no longer accom-
panied him; e ro 'ata ini 'oto, just a few
as yet; e la'a kele le'u 'oto, only a little
piece left; ko nisi 'oto ile'u, this is the
boundary; e no'i 'aela 'oto, it has become
bad; nonola 'oto wau, three days ago;
e ngaa 'oto, did he eat it? 'oni huu 'oto
ana, to be settled; ha' ike 'oto 'o'o, never
at all; e pele 'oto, it is of no avail; ini ni
ha'aurilana 'oto, a person to be saved;
ko ne'ie 'oto i'oe, if it be thou; na nesi
ne'i 'amamu 'oto, and I shall be your
father; e holai na'o 'oto wau, he led
the way first; a ola e na'oku 'oto. So-
and-so preceded me; na'a lae 'oto, I am
going; e la 'otoi 'aela mwaani nonola, it
is worse than yesterday; koro 'a mono
'oto i Kalona, they two live apart in
Kalona; e molahie 'oto, it failed; e
ma'usu 'oto, it is all overgrown; wai e
mapipi 'ohe 'oto ta'inie kolune mwakano,
whether the water had receded off the
face of the earth; e mango 'oto, it is
quite finished; mango 'oto, thereupon;
melu mango 'oto mai, we are all here;
'ure 'oto mai i ' aehotalana, from the
beginning up to now; e lae 'oto ni mae,
he went like everything; e 'a'aila'a 'oto
mae ana, he is very strong; 'oto 'ie, now;
'oto mola 'ienini, just now; 'oto inihou,
just now; ke'i 'ue 'oto, how shall it be
done? 'oto kire kosi 'unue, then they
said it; poo ke ne'i lalamoa ko 'olisie 'oto
a mwaena, the pig is the victim in
place of the man; awala 'oto huu, U., a
full ten; wai e huuhuu 'oto, water gushed
forth; 'oto wai lalo, in the inside; noko
lapata'i ulo 'oto, I lament with crying;
le'une nou daa 'oto, I did that already;
likimaana 'oto, certainly. Wango oto,
oto hu, forever; Vaturanga noho; Maori
noho, to sit.
oto 2. (ku) cooked food taken on a journey.
mu oto. otona laeha, food for a journey.
Lau oso, Samoa oso, Viti odho, Maori o,
'oto di used of indefinite space of time, past or
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'oto di (continued).
future, forever, from of old. 'oto di 'oto
di, forever and ever.
'oto 'ie S., 'oto inihou U., adv., now; 'oto mola
'ie (Henini), just now, this minute.
'otomi v. tr., to spear, to pierce with a spear.
'oto 'o'o adv., for all time, ta'ata'a ola 'oto 'o'o,
one and only one.
ou 1 . pine ni ou, Nicobar pigeon; ground-pigeon.
'o'u 2. the sandy land just above the beach.
'O'u 3. the site of a former village south of
Su'uholo, Ulawa. Wango gohu.
'ou'ou n., champion, chief, great person. In
M. A., p. 49, Ro ute'i seu 'ou'ou, are
said to be brothers of Qa'ulo paine,
whereas they were only two warriors, ro
ramo mola. Mota wowut.
oute U., outeni nima, a group of houses.
paa S., n., bait, me'i paa.
paalahe v. tr., to praise, to bless, to apostro-
phize an island as in ha'addhi; paalahe'o,
lucky you, blessed are you.
paalahenga v. n., praise, blessing.
paalahela-(ku) gerund.
paalahea with personal article, a paalahea,
So-and-so.
paale'o n., breadfruit, 'apani paale'o, nauti-
lus shell cut in triangular pieces for
inlaying. San Cristoval qareo.
pa'asahu n., a small fish caught among the
shore rocks; hinou ni pa'asahu, a hook
for pa'asahu.
pa'e n., yam poles; v. tr., to pole yams.
pa'elana gerund.; pa'elana hohola, poling
up a yam garden.
pa'ewa 1. n., a shark, e lapi ana pa'ewa,
changed into a shark. 2. alaala pa'ewa,
a croton with leaves like a shark's fin.
3. pa'ewa ko 'ala tola, S., the last two
days of the moon. Mota pagoa, shark;
New Guinea paowa, Mailu baea, Florida
bagea, Gilbert Islands bakoa.
pai, paipei U., v. tr., to drive, to chase. Wango
bat.
painaa U., dialectic for qainaa.
paine S., paina U., big, loud, to grow big.
ha'apaine. e paina 'asi'a, needlessly
big; helehele paine, ninth and tenth days
of the moon; kei ta'a paine, poor lady;
lo'a wdi peine, March; mala paine, to
give oneself airs; mango paine, to sigh;
e paine mwaanie, bigger; ngauhana t
pdipeine, he is a great eater, lit., his
eating is big;
painanga v. n., bigness, size,
painesi v. tr., to be too big for.
painaha used with poss. 3; pdinahaana, its
full size, adolescence. The root appears
to be pai on comparison with pdipei-
lesu'a, U-, big; and na is probably a
verbal suffix. Alite baila, Lau baita,
Ceram maina. M. L., p. 80.
paipeilesu'a U., very large, paina, lasu.
paipeina'a adj., very big.
pa'ipesi S., pasipesi U., strong, firm; hele
P&'ipesi, to grasp firmly; ooru pe'ipesi,
to blow strong.
pala to be light in color; niu pala, a coconut
with light-colored leaves; poo pala, a
white pig.
palapala 1. an omen, sign; palapala ana haka,
a sign of the ship (Southern Cross)
coming, the particular palapala in this
case is a shower of rain.
palapala 2. U., palapala ni i'e, a nose-ornament
of shell cut to represent the frigate-bird
(Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 254).
palapala 3. to be gray in color, whitish; qduku
e palapala, my hair is gray.
Palaule an inlet west of Cape Zelee in the bay
known as 'Olu Su'u, the other two inden-
tations being Apauone and Hulihuli.
pale 1. v. tr., to preserve, to keep, to main-
tain; palea hatanga, to keep fellowship.
pale 2. U., Ngorangora dialect for qale, nega-
tive particle.
pale 3. U., v., to chirp, of crickets.
pali S., Pali kao, a drop left in the bottom,
dregs. Florida bali, part; Lau bali,
side.
palili v. i., to turn aside. Lau/aK.
palingite v. tr., to set; e palingitaa maana, he
set his face.
palo, palopalo v. tr., to do, to act officially, to
worship; e palo honotaka, our mediator,
palonga v. n., act, worship; a palonga, the
officiant; na ni leesie palonga aku, and
saw my works; mu palonga rorodo'a,
works of darkness.
palola-(ku) gerund, palolana mu 'akalo,
worship of the ghosts.
palopalo 'a n., time, season.
palupelu 1. the handle of a paddle, pdlupeht
ni hote. 2. U., the buttress flange of a
tree.
palupelu 3. sae ni pelupelu, red hot.
pani 1. U., v. tr., to drive away, ha'ipdni.
panile'ini tr., to drag, to draw aside, to
cause to drift out of the course.
panile'inila-(ku) gerund.
pani 2. U., n., the side walls of a house; qa'uli
peni, purlin.
panitora v. tr., to eject, to drive out.
panga v. i., to wonder; used with poss. 3. huni
'omu kesi panga ani, that ye may marvel
thereat,
pangara'ini U., pangata'ini S., tr.
pangara'inila-(ku) , pangata'inila-(ku)
gerund.
pangupangu raha U., big, huge.
panguu to be dumb. nguu. Mao. hangu, ngu.
pao v. tr., to make plaited armlets of haa, etc.
paonga S., battlefield. U., qaonga.
papa v. i., to break by a sharp blow; papa hdu,
to break stones by dashing one against
the other; papa naho, a fish that leaps
into the air dashing apart the water.
papali tr., to break by dashing down,
papata'ini tr., to break in pieces.
papata'inila-(ku) gerund. Maori papa,
Motu papa, to burst.
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papaku'a U., adj., foolish, demented.
papali (ku) n., cheek; 'aena papali, jaw. Lau
bali, side (of position); Viti mbalu,
cheek; Maori paparinga, Wango baba,
Bougainville Straits papala.
papangurunguru to murmur, to grumble,
mutter; papangurunguru oalana, mut«
terings concerning, nguru.
papau U., to be firm, hard, malapau'a'a.
para, parapara v. i., to fence, to guard; noko
Para, I am making a fence; para hono-
taka, defend us; para ahu'i, to protect
with a fence; dere unu ana para, between
the pickets of the fence; maai para, S.,
maana para, U., a gate,
para'i tr., to defend, to protect.
para'ila-(ku) gerund, ko 'ure para'ilana
walumalau, defends the earth. Wango
bora; Mota pala, set across; Espiritu
Santo pala, fence.
para n., para ni 'o'o, a set of drums.
para'i ki'iki'i U., paw, of dog.
para'imaa hat, sunshade of plaited coconut
leaf worn when fishing.
para'i nima U., knuckle.
para'ita 1. U., the inclosure outside the men's
house (toohi) planted with dili and make;
areca skins are thrown into it for safety
to insure their not being used in witch-
craft.
para'ita-(ku) 2. n., a para'iteku, my defender.
nanamanga para'itana tnu li'oa, power
over the spirits.
parakoko U., suli parakoko, rib of the body.
parangasi v. tr., to maintain one's innocence
when accused, to make pretence, to
bluff, to defy, ngasi.
parapara S., n., side, loins; used with poss. 3;
parapara aku, my loins. Mota para-
para, beside, sidewise.
parasi (au) U. 1. prep., against, around, in the
way of. ha'aparasi. dau parasi, U.,
to hinder. 2. v. tr., to protect, to
fence, to inclose. Wango parasi.
par'ie cf. paro He, this side.
parikota U., to be separated, divided, disturbed
in mind. Florida bali, side.
paro adv., beyond; paro He (contracts to par'ie),
this side; paro i la'ona, on the inside,
Paro uri, over there; niparo, iniparo,
U., that; e dangi paro, as soon as it was
day; 'o du'una paro, move it on a little;
moro taria paro i'ola i 'esi, you launch
the canoe into the sea; po'o paro,
beyond; qa'u paro, beyond. Florida
Pari, Sesake palo, Mota kalo, San
Cristoval baro.
pasa U., 1. paa S., n., bait for fish, mdsi pasa.
M. A., p. 316.
pasa 2. bonito hook for trolling, usually made
of the clam ('tme) with a tortoise-shell
barb (imaa). okooko ni pasa, basket
containing pasa.
pasi n., a bow. cf. kalu, lohe. ilolo ni pesi, a
bowstring, to string a bow; taku ana
pdsi, to grasp a bow. Gilolo pusi.
Amboyna husul, apusa, Mota us.
pasie'ili to be stiff (of the body).
pasihi n., a small fish.
pasipesi U.. pS'ipesi S., strong, firm.
pasu 1. ha'apasu, v. i., to threaten the life of.
pasu 2. to sprout; pasu maomaopu'e, in full
leaf. San Cristoval basu.
pau 1. to jam, to be stuck, papau.
pau 2. pausi, S., paungi, U., to be master over.
rakapau.
pa'u 3. a corpse inclosed in the image of a
swordfish (Hi) carved in wood and kept
in the house. M. A., p. 261.
paula'a U., adj., firm, hard, papau.
paule n., a tree which grows on the hills, also
known as dalo ni tne'esu, dalo of the
forest, makes good masts for boats.
pa'uwa'ata n., a two-handed crescentic club
from San Cristoval, "head-splitter."
Guppy, "Solomon Islands," p. 74.
pawa hau pawa, soapstone.
peapea (ku) n., footmark, sole of foot, U.,
example. Ta'a Pea, a female ghost who
causes yams to fructify. Malay pea, foot.
pee, peepee 1. v. i., to drive away; pee poo, to
drive swine out of gardens.
peesi tr. Wango beesi, Maori pel.
pe'e 2. contraction of pe'ie with him, with it,
withal, and.
pei 1. U., n., a mortar for braying areca nut.
pe'i 2., S., v. tr., to assist, to help; used in the
sense of and; the equivalent of mwana of
units above ten; pe'ie often contracts
to pe'e; not a preposition of relationship
as stated in M. L., p. 151. e i'o pe'i
suke, he sat and begged; rdpu lakoma'i
Pe'i po'upo'u, to crucify; i'o pe'i rae,
the mourning before burial; saeda ka'a
tararuru pe'ie, their hearts were not
whole with him.
pe'ini tr., to be associated with; pe'inie,
moreover, and; ta'e pe'inie, but, never-
theless. Wango bei, Fagani fagi, fagini,
Qaloto ha'ini, Lau fai, faini, Mota vag 2.
peinuhl U., to go secretly. Wango binihu,
secret.
pele v. i., by mischance, by mistake, in error,
of no avail; e pele 'oto, it is of no avail,
it is all up; nou deu pele, I did wrong;
nou ere pele, I spoke inadvertently;
kali pele, to capsize in rounding a cape;
nou sa'a noruhe'i pele, I shall not be
confounded.
pelenga v. n., dau pelenga, error, mistake,
pelenga'ini tr., dau pelenga'inie nga le'u, to
do a thing in error.
pele'i adv., precedes verb: by mischance; ko
pele'i tarohia governor, if it come by
chance to the governor's ears.
peli, pelipeli v. tr., to steal, to rob, to steal
from a person, to kidnap, to recruit
labor without paying a commission
(holite) to the relatives of the person
recruited; e pelieu, he stole from me;
lude peli, to steal labor recruits,
pelinge S., v. n., theft,
peliha U.. v. n., theft.
pelila-(ku) gerund. Mota palu.
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penapena n., a roller; v. i., to roll out taro
puddings,
penasi v. tr., to roll out, to flatten out.
penata (ku) n., sole of foot, palm of hand,
penatana 'ae, penatana nime. Florida
pera ni lima, Mota tawerai, Ambrym
vera, Malekula feran, hand; Malagasy
tanana, hand. M. L. p. 75.
pepe n., butterfly, moth; pepe alaha, a large
butterfly; pepe ni weieu, a butterfly
(Ornithoptera cassandra); pepe i eueu,
a butterfly. Solomon Islands bebe,
Polynesian pepe.
pepela'ini TJ., v. tr., to cause to drift.
peta U., n., house post. Mota pete.
peto U., qeto S., to be feeble, weak, cowardly.
pe'u n., tarantula, masi pe'u, U.; called ramo
champion from its watchfulness and
from the difficulty of hitting or spearing
it.
pe'ule n., a bird, the curlew.
pewa'ali v. tr., to rend. wa'a. kite pewa'ali,
to cleave.
pie 1. hau pie, a precipitous wall of rock, a
cascade.
pi'e 2. a palm whose laths are used as cross-
pieces for platforms. 3. a digging-stick
made of pi'e.
pi'e (na, ni) 3. a sucker of a tree; pi'ei hudi,
banana sucker.
piho ha'apiho, U., v. tr., to divide into two
parts.
pii 1. to cook with hot stones, stone boiling.
M. A., p. 316. pi'i 'oni, to make coco-
nut oil in a wooden bowl (nime).
piinge v. n., yam soup; ilu piinga, U., to
sup yam soup,
piingi tr.
pii 2. v. i., to strain the milk from scraped
coconut (hero) with the net (unu) of the
coconut leaf.
pii 3. ute pii, torrential rain.
pile 1. the young areca nut in its earliest edible
stage.
pile (na) 2. the roe of fish. Motu bela, spawn.
pili, pilipili v. i., to press, ha'anipili, S. pili
memeso, to break into powder; piliroro'i,
to press down tight; pili tele, to oppress,
to tread down,
piliha U., v. n., distress.
pilingi tr.
pilila-(ku) gerund. Wango biringi.
pilomo to be dented, to have a gapped edge,
to be pitted.
pine S., pina U., the name of several large birds;
pine awa, the hornbill, so called from
the rushing sound (awa) of its wings
in flight; pine ni 'esi, the booby; pine
ni ou, the Nicobar pigeon (Geophilus
nicobaricus) . Florida bina.
piola adj., thick.
pipisi 1 (n'i, ni). the eaves of a house, pipisine
nume. 2. pipisi ana m'anu, tail feathers
of a bird.
pipisu n., a bird, the shiny starling (Callornis
metallica), building in colonies.
piru 1. v. i., to close upon; e piru keli eku, sur-
piru (continued).
rounds me. 2. n., an ornamental collar
made of dogs' teeth strung on cords
with intervening sections of shell
money (haa). 3. v. tr., to make such
a collar; e pirue mu 'usu ineu, he made
my dogs' teeth into a collar.
pirupiru U., a sacred grove, altar. San Cris-
toval birubiru.
piruu S., qiruu U., black, grey, of sand as on
San Cristoval, one piruu.
pito S., qito U., v. i., to grow.
poe 1. poe rare, to plait a mat out of green
coconut leaves (rare) .
poe 2. U., Poe hui, to pull wild taro, hui ni
matawa. Mota koe.
poe 3. to cram.
poe 4. poe aro, a nose-stick of bamboo or shell.
poe 5. U., poe i'a, a poisonous fish.
po'e 6. to sprout.
po'e 7. ha'apo'e, n., yam or taro mash.
poepoe to sigh, to heave a sigh, to gasp.
poi 1. S., adv., up, hither; lae kd'u poi, come
up. here; hane poi ile'u, climb up, come
up, here to me; 'omu ke ha'ahu'o poi,
be here early in the morning; po'o poi,
up here. Wango poi, hither.
poi 2. to be concerned about; used with poss. 3.
pola, polapola v. i., to jump, to assault, to
attack; pola likiliki, to leap; pola
mwaani, to desert a ship; pola nguru, a
month, September; pola tala, U., to
fail; 'ono pola, to gulp, to swallow whole,
polahi tr., to leap on, pounce on, to assault.
ha'apolahi, ha'ipolanga.
polahila-(ku) gerund.
polaha'i ha'apolaha'i, v. tr., to cast away, to
disregard.
polahiroa to meddle in.
polahiwasa to gad about, to be a busybody.
polale n., a bird, swamp-hen (Porphyrio sp.),
destructive to gardens.
polali lolo polali, red ant, sugar ant.
pole S., qole U., ma'ahu pole, v. i., to dream,
v. tr., to dream of; ma'ahu polenga, n.,
a dream, dreaming.
pole, polepole 2. U., polepolei sesu, smoke.
polo poloi haa, a strand of shell money, 'apolo.
polopolo U., wart.
pona 1 . a fountain, spring of water. Niue puna.
pona 2. ha'apona, to interrupt with questions.
pono, ponopono, popono v. i., to close, to mend,
to be closed, stuffed up; simouke ineu
e popono, my pipe is stuffed up; sisi
pono, to be closed over (of a sore);
to' oni pono maa, patched clothes;
e popono papau i purida, closed up
tightly behind them.
ponosi tr., to stop up, to close, to dam;
d&u ponosi, to put the lid on; hele
ponosie wawana, keep his mouth shut.
ponosila-(ku) gerund, ha'aponosi. Mota
wono, Florida pono.
ponopono n., lid, stopper, cork of bottle
(late use).
pongaponga to be loose, to fit badly.
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pongi, pongipongi, qongi U., 1. v. tr., to promise;
n., a promise,
ponginge S., pongipongite S., pongiha U.,
v. n., a promise.
pongila-(ku) gerund.
pongi (ku), qongi U. 2., n., a time, season;
pongiku, my appointed time; * pongine,
in its day. Mota qong.
poo 1. n., a pig, boar, barrow: any kind of
quadruped; poo ha'aholo, a sheeted pig;
poo mae, a dead pig, given as the people's
portion (tolinge) at a feast; poo mduri,
a live pig; poo noro, the planet Mars.
M. A., p. 349. poo pala, a white pig;
poo pulu, a black pig; poo okaoka, a mis-
chievous pig; poo e sude, the pig rooted;
poo tori, an ear-marked pig; daudau
Poo, uunu poo saana mu'akalo to sacrifice
pigs to the ghosts; haka ni poo, herd
of swine; hunu poo, to cut up a pig;
kele poo, a little pig, shoat; ko'u-
kohui poo, a piece of pork; kakdli munia
nga poo, met., for a human victim;
manu poo, a bird observed as an omen,
called pig-bird from its note; poo ke
ne'i lalamoa ko 'olisie 'oto a mwaena,
the pig is the victim in place of the man;
wasi ni poo, a wild pig; upeta, a hog-
wallow. Mota qoe.
poo (ku) 2. n., navel.
poo 3. to prop; hau ni poo, a prop, a log to
prop with.
poota, poopoota (na) v. n., a foundation,
mu poopootana nume.
poor.gi tr., to prop up, to support with
props; poongiei kao, prop it underneath.
poongila-(ku) gerund.
po'o 4. side (of position) po'o hao, S., farther
west; po'oi lengi, U., south; po'o mai,
S., po'o me'i, U., hither, on this side;
Po'o paro, beyond; po'o poi, S., up here;
po'o puri, at the rear, after, during one's
absence; po'o i sinaha, outside; po'o
wau, on the far side; i welita po'o wan,
three days hence.
po'o 5. n., a part, piece; po'o ni le'u, partly;
nga po'o ni le'u, a piece; nga' eta po'o ni
ninime, ni papali, the other hand, the
other cheek. Wango bo.
po'o, po'opo'o 6. to care, to be concerned about;
used with poss. 3.
po'o 7. po'o hiteli, to cause to burst.
po'o 8. po'o lulu, to fill the mouth with food.
poola adj., possessing pigs, hanue e poola.
poona a village, a section of a village gathered
around a chief's house, Ulawa, Qaloto.
poonga'ini U., v. tr., to carry, to act as porter,
poonga'i v. i.
poonga'inila-(ku) gerund.
poopoo n., a shrine.
po'opo'oli'ili'i to be wayward, perverse; lae
po'opo'oli'ili'i, hele po'opo'oli'ili'i, to
act perversely. /*'* 2.
poopoota (na, ni) n., foundation. poo3. qooqoota.
po'osu'a'a concerned about, po'o 5. non
ka'a po'osu'a'a ike ana, I am not con-
cerned about it.
po'ote'e to concern oneself about; used with
poss. 3. ka'a po'ote'e ada, ko 'anomire
mola, cared not for them, just buried
them, of the undistinguished dead.
M. A., p. 263.
popo, poponga 1. to be tight, close-fitting;
tolanga e poponga, a burden awkward
to carry.
popo (ku) 2. buttock; popo ni honu, the tail-
piece of shell on the back of the hawk-
bill turtle, much prized at Santa Cruz
and used to make nose-rings.
popo 3. popo ana, the white (of egg).
popo 4. v. tr., to carve; kira 'asi 'unua 'e popoa
hoi i'a hau, they said he was to carve
a fish in stone.
popolo'u, popopolo'u v. i., to be afraid.
popolo'unge v. n., fear, fright.
popopo'a adj., square-shaped.
poposane'a adj., riddled with borings of the
white ants (sane).
pore n., an armlet plaited of grass.
poro 1. male, husband, person; a porona, S.,
a poroni, U., the person So-and-so; in
the folklore the men's names generally
begin with poro, a Poro hanua raha, a
ghost, Mr. Big-land; a Poro matou ni
wala, a ghost; Poro wauru i 'esi, a
legendary person, Mr. Fall-into-the-sea.
a porona ko malamala Sa'a, So-and-so
speaks Sa'a; poro ni haka, white man,
lit., man of the ship; poro ha'alu, a
bridegroom; poro repo, poro Paine, used
of important persons; poro kaule, male
frigate-bird; to'o poro, to have a hus-
band, to be married; to'o poronga,
marriage.
poro 2. poroi rare, a small mat plaited from
green coconut leaves used as a dustpan
or for holding rubbish.
poru U., to be short, little in stature, 'o'oru'e.
poso to be matted, tangled (of hair), curly.
qa'une e poso.
posiki to rebound, to ricochet.
pota, potapota v. i., to break by knocking one
thing against another; pota niu, to
crack a coconut.
potali tr.
potalila-(na, ni) gerund. Mota wota 3,
Florida pota, Mao. pota.
potaa U., rubbish heap, refuse, dung.
pote 1. v. i., to be replete with food, to have
had sufficient to eat; ngau ni pole, to
eat to satiety.
potenga v. n., repletion; potenga ni sape,
bodily repletion; potenga haahi, plenty
to eat.
pote 2. used of phases of the moon; hara pote,
S., saro pote, U., the day before full
moon.
pote 3. n., a louse; uruurti pole, uruuru qe'u, to
clean the hair of lice. Wango bote,
Nengone ote.
pote S., (ku) qote U., 4. buttock; hi'uhi'u pote,
a bird, wagtail.
potepote U., a pimple.
potoi U., a firestick, mdsi potoi.
PURA
pou 1. a block of wood, a log, hat pon. pou
ni 'ei, U. Maori pou, Samoa pou, post.
pou 2. v. i., to become hard, firm in consist-
ency, to set, to congeal (of liquids), to
heal over (of sores), to be solid (of
waves); susu pou, to run high without
breaking (of waves).
pouhiru'e adj., raging sea; sasa'ae e pouhiru'e,
a raging sea is stirred up.
poulolo U., n., the cross-beams of a house.
poupou 1. a green coconut. Wango poupou,
fruit, poupou kua, hen's egg.
poupou (ku) 2. U., poupou ni 'ae'ae, poupou
ni uli, heel. Wango poupou.
po'upo'u 3. crossed sticks, a cross; rdpu
lakoma'i pe'i po'upo'u, to crucify.
po'uru'uru S., qo'uru'uru U., v. i., to kneel
down, to stoop, to bend down, 'uru'uru.
po'uru'urunge v. n. Wango bouru.
pue S., pua U., areca nut, hoi pue, hou pua;
hungutani pua, a bunch of nuts;
tnaholota ni pua, a piece of areca; mahiri,
to be intoxicated from eating areca;
hou meme, the quid of areca, betel and
lime; hoi meuta'a, a hard ripe areca nut;
mota, S., pei, U., a mortar for pounding
areca nut; oka, ddmu, to chew areca;
pile, a young nut just edible. Borneo
bua, fruit; pue is probably connected
with hue 1. M. L., p. 71.
pule 1. n., a young girl; a pulena, the girl;
pulena, vocative, you girl; kele pule ineu,
my little girl.
pule 2. to be dropsical; 'ae pule, dropsical
swelling of the leg. Mota pura.
puli 1. a cowrie shell; puli 'ehi'e, orange cowrie;
oa ni puli, a pair of cowries; talai puli, a
string of cowries for the forehead.
Samoa, Niue pule, Viti mbuli.
puli 2. v. i., to crowd, to throng, ha'apuli-
puli ahu'i, to throng round; ruru puli,
U., to gather in a crowd,
pulitaa U., v. n., a crowd, a throng, a mob,
a company.
pulo 1. v. i., to turn back, to return, ha'apulo.
melu pulo i ola, we only reached such-
and-such a place; pulo sa'asala ana,
came short of it. failed to reach;
la'ipulopulo, to come short of.
pulosi tr., to turn about, to turn over, to
twist. Wango buro, Florida pulo.
pulo 2. n., a bowstring, pulo ni pesi.
puloki (English bullock) susu ni puloki, cow's
milk.
pulongo S., v. i., to forget, to be forgetful,
pulongosi tr.
pulongota'ini tr., Qaloto. Wango buron-
gosi.
pulopulo lo'o pulopulo, specked.
pulu 1. to be black; pulu nunu'e, stained; h'du
pulu, volcanic rock; kuka pulu, a mud
crab; poo pulu, a black pig; rodohono
pupulu, pitch dark.
pulu 2. gall, used in witchcraft to cause sleep
to enemies; dere pulu haahi, to throw
gall over them.
pulu 3. pitch, gum, native cement; a nut, saie
(Parinarium laurinum) is scraped on
rough coral rock and darkened in color
by a mixture of charcoal (lo'ilohi) and
the juice of o'a, the cement hardens
almost immediately; pulu maai seu,
circular pieces of shell used in inlaying;
soo pulu, to gather cement nuts,
pulu'i v. tr., to calk with native cement.
Mota pulu, Polynesian pulu.
Pululaha a district on Little Malaita at the
west entrance to Mara Masiki Channel.
pulupulu n., a firefly; it is regarded as the soul
of a dead person and is killed when it
comes into a house, maaku e takara
pulupulu, my eyes saw stars. Wango
buruburu.
pulupulu'e adj., black; natives as distinguished
from white people, mwala pulupulu'e.
punipuni v. i., to smear the face with juice of
areca nut when chewing, to smear the
body with lime, to decorate the body
with strong-smelling herbs. San Cris-
toyal bunt, Maori pani, to paint.
pungu 1. to be deaf; a pungu, the deaf person.
Wango bungu.
pungu 2. a bunch; pungui aleale, a bunch of
dyed aleale tied on a comb for decora-
tion or hung on the bows of a canoe;
pungui nume, a cluster of houses; au
pungu, a large strong bamboo,
pupungu v. i., to cluster in a bunch, cf.
hunsu. Florida punguti, to cluster
round.
pu'o 1. to be ignorant, to be heathen (late use),
to have none; 'o manata'inie hoi niu?
nou pu'o, have you a coconut? I have
not; tola mala pu'o, to behave like a
heathen,
pu'onga v. n., ignorance, heathenism,
pu'ota'i v. i., to forget; noko pu'ota'i ulo
'oto, I forget to cry.
pu'ota'ini tr., to be ignorant of. not to have;
moro ko Pu'ota'inie erenga ha'iliu, you
do not know one another's speech.
pu'o 2. v. i., to return, to come back, ha'apu'o.
pu'o, pu'opu'o 3. v. i., to revolve, to turn round ;
h'au pu'opu'o, a grindstone.
pu'osi, pu'opu'osi tr.
pupu 1. to rest assured; saeku e pupu 'oto ana,
I rest assured of it; pupu to'o, to rely;
used with poss. 3, to rely on.
pupu 2. ta'ipupu'e, tangled.
pupu 3. U., hoi pupu, the Southern Cross con-
stellation.
pupulu pulu 1; rodohono pupulu, pitch dark;
'ala pupulu haahi, to surround in a
dense body,
pupulue'i v. tr., to darken the mind, to
vex; e pupulue'ie saena, his mind was
disturbed.
pupungula U., adj., marked with a rash.
pupupu to be whole, intact, safe, i'o pupupu.
Wango bubu, Florida mabubu.
pupupu'e adj., whole, entire; hele pupupu'e,
keep intact.
pupute S., puputa U., a bundle, a sheaf.
pura U., pule S., to be drr.psical.
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purapura U., si'o purapura, irregularly.
puri (ku) back of, behind the back, the stern.
ha'ipuri. e ro ini esi Puri mei, at the
last came two persons; ape puri, to be
last, in the rear; 'ato puri, to turn the
back on; mwaamwaa puri, trepang,
beche-de-mer; oku i puri, back wall of
house; po'o puri, in the rear, after; su'e
puri, to fall backward and break the
neck; susu puri, last born, youngest
child; toli puri, to turn the back on, to
leave; purine, after that: used with
locative i, behind, at the back of, after,
at last; Purina lua, U., nape of neck;
i purine maholo, after the time when;
i purimu, in your absence; i purine
m acta, after the death feast; qa'i Purina,
behind, in the rear; ini (laa) i puri, the
youngest; isipuri, to be last. Motu
muri, Maori muri.
Purihaha a village on the hill at Sa'a.
purimwane n., the last born, youngest son.
puri ni 'iola 1. the lee side of an island, lit., the
stern of a canoe.
Puri ni 'Iola 2. a district on the west side of
Little Malaita.
puru to be close, thick, frequent, hd'ipurunga,
'apurunge. tnaenga kosi puru, deaths
are frequent; puru hero, a dish of
pounded taro with grated coconut
(hero) on top, a Qaloto dish esteemed
poor cookery. Florida buru, the Plei-
ades; burungi, to crowd.
purupuru'a'a adj., frequent; lae purupuru'a'a,
to go frequently.
pusu 1. v. i., to spurt out, to squirt; pusu 'est,
a whale.
pusue'ini, pusule'ini, pusuli tr., to splash
a person, to spurtle on. Florida puhu,
Mota pupus.
pusu 2. n., a latrine, mdpusu.
puta maputaputa, U., bruised.
pute S., puta U., a bundle, a sheaf; pute ni 'oka,
a packet of betel leaf.
puu 1. v. i., to tread, to stamp, to rest, to stand
firm, to rely on.
puuli tr., to pounce on, of birds, to strike
with the talons; puulie maonga, to tread
the dance; puuli 1 mwakana, to tread
the earth. Wango buuri.
puu 2. n., mason bee, wasp.
pu'u 3. mangrove borer.
puuhara to stand firm, to get a footing, hala-
hala.
puulisi 'uri puulisi, to tread under foot.
puupuulisi poo a prickly shrub.
puuto'o, puupuuto'o to rely; used with poss. 3,
to rely on. mangona e puuto'o dliho'i,
his breath returned.
The sound represented by Q is that of pw;
there is an interchange of q and p in certain
words, which, however, is not critical of
dialectic difference between Sa'a and Ulawa,
qeto, S., peto, U., pongi, S., qongi, U., qale, U.,
Pale, Ulawa-Ngorangora.
qa'a, qa'aqa'a 1. v. i., to break, to crack, to
be cracked; 'iola e qa'a 'oto, the canoe
is wrecked; qa'a morumoru, broken to
pieces,
qa'asi tr., S., ddu may be prefixed, ddu
qa'asi, to break; tere qa'asi, to peck and
break.
qa'asilana gerund., the breaking of it.
qa'ali tr., U., tau may be prefixed.
ha'aqa'ali.
qa'ata'ini tr., to break to one's detriment;
e 'olu 'iola e qa'ata'inieu, three times I
suffered shipwreck,
qa'ata v. n., with genitive i; mu qa'atai ola,
shreds.
qa'a 2. to rise (of the heavenly bodies); waaro-
waaro e qa'a 'oto, the moon has risen;
mai ana waarowaaro e qa'a, ebb tide
at moonrise; madala e qa'a, the day star
is risen; qa'aqa'a uweha, U., a phase of
the moon,
qa'ali tr., sato e qa'alie hanue, the sun has
risen on the earth.
qa'ala-(na) gerund; qa'alana sato, east,
qa'ahita U., n., a slab; qa'ahita ni 'ei, a slab of
wood,
qa'ahulu'e adj., ruffled (of the surface of the
sea), having goose flesh. Mota ului,
hair; Maori hum.
qa'akora (na) the outer skin of the canarium nut.
qa'alinge n., echo, 'alinge.
qa'aqa (ku) n., grandmother or grandchild;
the personal article a may be employed,
a qa'aqa; ro hii'i qa'aqana, grandmother
and grandchild, the two between whom
subsists the relation qa'aqa.
qa'aqa'a with genitive li; qa'aqa'ali ndho, a
wave, a breaker,
qaaqi'a U., adj., stale or brackish (of water);
tono qaaqi'a, to taste brackish,
qaaqi'a'a U., adj., mawkish.
qa'aqito v. i., to sprout, to spring up (of plants).
pito.
qa'arakau U., v. i., to break with a loud noise,
as a bamboo bursting or a gun firing,
qa'arete n., a blister, hou qa' arete, U.
qa'arongo, qa'aqa'arongo v. i., to hearken, to
listen, to pay attention,
qa'arongonga v. n., listening.
qa'arongoisuli 1. v. tr., to listen to, to pay
attention to. 2. n., a listener, a dis-
ciple; ini qa'arongoisuli e ka'a liuta'ana
ini ha'ausuli, the disciple is not above
his master,
qa'asuulana n., the brink, cliff.
qa'ateru n., a snail; qa'ateru a '*'**, a very large
snail,
qaeqae (ku) n., armpit. San Cristoval qaeqae.
qa'i 1 . v. tr., to lever, to prize. 2. to stir round,
qa'i 3. U., negative particle used of indefinite
time, a short form of qa'ike. sapeku
e qd'i mware'a, I am not in good health;
nou qe'i sore, I am unwilling. Wango
qai, Florida bei.
qa'i 4. U., to be club-footed.
qa'i 5. sane qa'i, a termite of a brownish color
used as burly for the sea-bream.
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qS'l ao U., a large hermit crab, ao 2.
qa'i oku second day after full moon.
qa'ike U., negative adverb, used also as nega-
tive particle; probably composed of
q&'i 3 and ke 1. wa qa'ike, or else,
otherwise; lehuna qa'ike, not that; nau
qa'ike loosia, I did not see it; e qa'ike
munia nga maenga, not unto death.
qa'ileni S., the seventeenth day of the moon.
cf. q&'i oku, the sixteenth.
qa'ilulu v. L, to be dismayed, q&'i 2. saeda
e qa'ilulu eni me'unge, their hearts were
dismayed through fear.
qainaa garden ground near the beach, used for
planting hana. pdinaa.
qaito (na) n., a twist made out of a leaf, gener-
ally a leaf of wild ginger (aro), used as
a stopper for bamboo water-carriers, a
cork.
qake U., negative particle, used of present or
past time, qa'ike.
qala v. i., to be empty, to be void of people.
ha'aqala. hanue e qala, there is no one
in the village; nume qala, a cicada which
presages death, lit., empty house.
qalasi tr., to be left without friends, to be
alone; e qalasire, there is no one with
them. Nguna maso qalo, wilderness;
Wango qara, empty.
qalaqala mere, empty; for naught, U. lae mola
qalaqala, to go for nothing, ineffectually;
moola qalaqala, things empty, valueless.
qale (Ulawa, Su'uholo dialect) negative par-
ticle, pale, qake. e qale ola ne'e adea,
I saw nothing; mwai keni e'asi qale
wala'awala'a mware'a, what drawling
women.
qali, qaliqeli 1. to deceive, to be mistaken; nou
qeliqelieu, I was mistaken.
qali 2. U., qali ka'o, a drop left in the bottom.
pali.
qali 3. qali ioulou, canoe-shaped drawings used
in ornamenting la'o, etc. toutou.
qaloqalo (ku) the right hand; with locative *,
* qaloqalo, on the right hand (late use) ;
position is shewn by hao, ta'au, paro,
lengi, 'ano, etc. ana rao 'iola i qaloqalo,
on the right side of the ship.
Qaloto the hill district above Sa'a. M. A.,
p. 50.
qala dede qalu, an arrow.
qala v. i., to be with child; qalu huni, to conceive
by a person.
qalusu (ku) nose, beak of a bird; qalusu 'upu'e,
S., a wood-pigeon with large wattles on
the beak (Carpophaga rufigula) ; au susu
qelusu, a bamboo nose-stick. Fagani
burusu, Wango qarisu, Mota ?ngusui,
lip. M. L. p. 85.
qaaa 1. n., a pandanus with large leaves which
are split down to make mats. 2. n., a
sail; lilt qana, to jibe; hau lili qana, a
boom. Wango qana.
qani adv., long ago; precedes the verb; 'oto
q&ni, formerly; melu qeni lae 'oto mai,
we came here a long time ago. Fagani
qani, already; Florida dania.
qanio, qaniqenio U., v. i., to play, to have a
game,
qanionga v. n., a game, play.
qanu n., a snare, gin; v. tr., to snare.
qango 1. n., mucus, 'uru qango, S., 'usu qango,
U., to wipe the nose.
qango (na, ni) 2. tops of taro used for planting,
qangoi hui.
qango 3. U., qangoi sa'o, a measure, from finger
tips to wrist.
qango 4. marrow, qango laloi suli.
qangoqango n., a nose-stick, an ornament of
clam shell stuck in the nostril, bored at
the outer end and decorated with por-
poise teeth. (One is shown in The
Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 246.) mumua
qangoqango, U., to apply the teeth
decoration.
qao, qaoqao S., 1. v. tr., to do, to do to a person;
to lay hands on a person, to appoint, to
ordain (late use); to worship, to prac-
tice religion, mu ola kire ko qao 'emi
eni, the things they do to us; muini
liicta'ana a mwane 'ie e qao'i ne, more
than those which this man has done;
qao olanga, n., worship, prayers.
qao, qaohi 2. tr., to cover, to overlay.
qaoha n., ridgepole; suli 'ei i qaoha, a ridge-
pole; susu qaoha, to sew sago leaves for
a ridge covering.
qaoha'i v. L, to be capsized, to capsize; melu
qaoha'i 'oto, we are capsized,
qaoha 'ini tr., to overturn, to overlay, to
lay on top; qaoha' inie ka'u haahie, lay
it over it.
qaohi n., a bird, the white-breasted fish-hawk.
qaola'i S., qaola'i walanga, v. n., deceit, lying.
qaona v. tr., to lay hands on officially, to
appoint, to ordain (late use),
qaonanga v. n., qaonanga ani nime, the
laying on of hands, qao.
qaonga U., battlefield, cf. paonga.
qao ola v. i., to do officially, to do sacrifice, to
worship, to pray; a qaoqao ola, the
officer, the officiant; qao olanga, v. n.,
worship, prayer.
qaqa 1. v. L, to lay eggs. 2. female (of animals),
used to show sex as opposed to mwane,
male; 'usu qaqa, a bitch, slut; poo qaqa,
a sow.
qaqahe U., v. i., to walk about; keni qaqahe, S.,
a harlot. Wango qaqahe uwa, sole of
the foot.
qaqahinu U., to have glandular swellings under
the arms.
qaqaitengili U., v. i., to be abandoned, left
desolate of inhabitants.
Qaqalaha the middle boat-harbor of the three
between Roasi Bay and Port Adam,
Little Malaita.
qaqasu (na) knot on a tree, knot in bamboo.
qara v. i., to be old, to be past child-bearing
(of women).
qarero S., to play, to have games,
qareronga v. n., play, sport.
qari 1. n., a small frog.
qari 2. suli qeri i ngaena, backbone.
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qaro 1. v. tr., to catch in a noose, to lasso, to
hitch; met., to kill, qaro haahi, to put
a hitch on; qaro pa'ewa mala mwai
matawa, to catch sharks in a noose like
the Santa Cruz people, M. A., p. 294.
nga madala mere 'ana'i qaroa adaru'a,
when the day star rises we shall hitch it
up for them, i. e„ to kill. 2. n., a noose,
a hitch, maai qaro. maraau i qaro,
south-by-east wind. Maori koro. 3.
qaro haa, an armlet made of haa, hure-
soso and malo strung in a pattern.
qaroqaro mwai matawa qaroqaro, the Ulawa
name for Santa Cruz men.
qasaora S., n., dust, ashes, ora U.
qasile S., to run (of mucus in the nose, of water
in the eyes).
qaso armlet plaited of dyed cane or grass; qaso
ni Kela, an armlet of dyed grass from
the western Solomons received through
Guadalcanar (Kela) ; ha'u qaso, to weave
an armlet; use qaso, to plait an armlet;
lii qaso, to make an armlet of shell
money.
qasu, qa'uqesu v. tr., to tie up, to bind, a
qa'uqesu 'inoni, a policeman.
qate n., a large frog.
qa'u (ku) 1. the head, top, chief; hou qa'u, U.,
skull; qa'u 'apula, U., a wounded person,
lit., bloody head; qa'une hau, the rocks
on shore as seen from sea; qd'usi henue,
the head of the community, the person
whose duty it is to approach the ances-
tral ghosts; qa'ui i'e, four porpoise
teeth; qa'uli 'inoni, the name of a cer-
tain spear; qa'une e lumwe, with long
hair; qd'ulimaa, door lintel; i Qa'una
Namo, the north cape of Ulawa; qa'u
ngudu, blackfish; qd'uku e palapala, my
hair is gray; qa'u ni sawalo, four flying-
fox teeth; qa'u teroliu, the second finger;
qa'u ni tolinge, the chief portion at a
feast; qd'uni uru, a phase of the moon;
qa'ui 'usu, four dogs' teeth, a unit in
counting; qa'u ni wala pe'i, to consult
with; ihui qe'u, hair of the head;
Kikiri qe'u, a ghost; maelaa ni qe'u,
meningitis; 'olo i qe'une, right on the
head; rd'iqe'u, the top of a house post;
ruuqe'u, a stump; e leile'inie qa'une, he
moves his head from side to side; to'o
qa'u, to carry on the head; uwe qa'u, to
lift the head; hou mwaretei qa'u, the
skull; * qe'una 'apa'apana, on his
shoulder.
qa'u 2. used as adverb of direction; qa'u mci,
hither; qa'u wau, U., qa'u paro, qa'u
niparo, U., over there, beyond; qa'u
hao, S., qa'u toli, S., going north or west;
qa'u ta'au, S., qd'i (qa'u i) lengi, U.,
going south or east; qd'i 'ano, U., west;
qd'i purina, U., behind him; qd'i pari,
U., in the rear; to'oha'i qe'u ana, to be
entangled in. Mota qatui, Niue patu,
chief.
qa'u 3. v. i., to smoke (of fire); dunge ko qe'u,
the fire smokes; qa'uli dunge, smoke;
qd'uli dunge ana, its smoke.
qa'ula-(na, ni), gerund., qd'ulana'its smoke.
qa'u 4. garden ground on the hills immediately
above the beach, the yams grown there
are tough and are mainly scraped to
make kara.
Qa'uli 'Inoni a village of Little Malaita at the
head of the Walo'a'a River.
Qa'ulimwaa the west entrance into Mara
Masiki Channel.
qa'ulipeni U., the top of the side-wall of a
house, purlin.
Qaulipesi, Qa'ulipoo names of two sections of
the village (poona) at Mwado'a.
Qa'ulo Bauro, name of the east end of San
Cristoval, Alosi the west.
Qa'ulopaine (in M. A., p. 48, wrongly spelled
Pau-ulo) the ancestor eleven generations
back of Sinehanue-'ou'ou of Sa'a, who
died in 1900 and whose son Halutala is
now chief at Sa'a. The genealogy is
as follows: Qa'ulopaine begat Taheri-
'usu-'ou'ou, who begat 'Ou'ou i Kela,
who begat Sinehanue paine, who begat
Dorahanue paine, who begat Wate-
herohero. Wateherohero had only
daughters and bought (adopted) Dora
maesingedi, who begat Wate'ou'ou,
who begat Sinehanue-'ou'ou, who begat
Dora hoeniseu, who was the father of
Sinehanue-'ou'ou. Wate'ou'ou also
begat Halumwane, who begat Wate-
'ou'ou, who begat Halukeni (female),
who is now living. Wate'ou'ou also
adopted Irokalani, who in recent times
was the head of the heathen party.
Wateherohero had a daughter Halutoro,
whose son was Walakulu, who begat
Soiolo, who begat Halutoro (female),
who married Taheri'usu; their adopted
daughter was Uqeho'i, whose daughter
Halutoro is living. Dora maesingedi
also begat Lapaite'e, who begat Dora-
wewe, who begat a daughter Wate-
'ou'ou keni, now married to P. Marita-
lalo of Ulawa. For Dorawewe see
M. A., p. 50; the young chief referred
to in the note is Sinehanue-'ou'ou.
qii'ulunge'ini S., v. tr., lio qa'ulunge'ini, to see
indistinctly,
qa'ulunge'i partic, indistinct, of irregular
outline.
qa'unge n., a generation. Lau gwounge.
qa'ungudu blackfish.
qa'uqe'ute fierce black smoke, qa'u 3.
qa'uroro a knot in a line or rope, hou qa'uroro,
U. Motu qatua, a knot.
qa'u suu ngdu qa'u suu, to gorge, to eat till
the head drops.
ngdu qe'u suunge n., gluttony.
qa'uto'u v. i., to incline the head, to bow, to
duck the head. Wango qoutou.
qa'uulunge 1. v. i., to pillow; used with poss. 3;
qd'uulunge ana, to make a pillow of.
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qa'uulunge (continued).
2. n., a pillow, usually a piece of wood.
3. n., a headland in a yam garden,
qa'ulunge'ini v. tr., to support as a pillow.
qe'i du qe'i, a bamboo with close joints.
qela 1 . a thousand, of coconuts, qela ni niu.
qela 2. v. i., to place alongside, to lay parallel.
U., v. tr., to place upon,
qelaa'ini tr.
qeli 1. to be raveled.
qeli qeliqeli 2. v. tr., to deceive, cheat; kie ko
tale'i qeliqeliki'e mola, we merely deceive
ourselves, qali 1.
qelo, qeloqelo v. tr., to betray.
qelola-(ku) gerund. Florida pero.
qelu, qeluqelu 1. to roll, to cause to turn over.
tataqeluqelu. 2. to accuse, to put the
blame on, to charge with immorality;
qelu wala ilengine ngaini, to accuse
anyone; qelu ola, to accuse; qelu olanga,
accusation,
qelusi tr.
qelusila-(ku) gerund. Mota wil, Malay,
Dyak, Tagalog giling, Viti wiri.
qera to be in flood, to be in abundance, gener-
ally of flood waters; kone e qera, much
flood waters; lue qera, spring tide,
qeraqeraha v. n., used with poss. 3; qera-
qeraha ana mu 'inoni, exceeding many
people.
qeru U., n., lip; qeru 'upu, to hate, lit., swollen
lip, stuck out lip; Ho qeru 'upu, lio qeru
ngudu, to grudge, to hate,
qeruqeru U., n., lip.
qesa'a S., adj., wet, damp.
qeto to be feeble, weak, cowardly.
qetola-(na, ni) U., gerund.; qetolana dangi, a
wind decreased in force, gone down,
qetoha S., v. n., used with poss. 3; qeto-
haana dangi, a wind decreased in force.
qetonga v. n., weakness, cowardice,
qetosi tr., to be unable to do through weak-
ness. Florida beto, still, calm.
qe'u 1. to be foolish, ha'aqe'u.
qe'unge v. n., foolishness; wai ni qe'unge,
strong drink (late use). Wango qeu,
Mota qure.
qe'u 2. to be deaf and dumb; a qe'u, the deaf
mute; qe'u ereere, dumb.
qe'u 3. nunuhe'i qe'u, to enter, to be entangled
in. qa'u 1.
qe'uqe'u'a'a adj., foolish, silly.
qe'uqe'u'a'anga v. n., foolishness; wai ni
qe'uqe'u'a'anga, strong drink.
qi'e S., qi'a U., to be in good health, to be fat,
chubby; qi'e aliho'i, to recover soundness
of health. Nguna qia, well, good;
Mota wia, good; New Guinea, bie.
qi'eqi'ala adj., fat, whole, healthy,
qiiqii S., n., mud, slush.
qiiqii'e adj., muddy, slushy.
qilo'a adj., springy, pliable,
qini'a U., adj., wet, damp, ha'aqini. maraau
wei qini, east-by-north wind (brings
rain). Lau givini.
qire n., a stalk of bamboo, nga qire, qirei eu.
qiruu U., piruu, S., one qirau, black sand.
qisi v. i., to spurt, to splash.
qisihi U., qisili S., tr., to splash a person.
Samoa pisi, Motu pisili.
qito S., pito U., to sprout, to shoot, to begin to
grow; hohola e qito, the yams have
sprouted. 2. n., a growing coconut,
hoi qito. 3. n., a sprout; qilona, its
sprout. Wango qito.
qole U., pole S., to dream, ma'ahu qole. nau
ma'ahu qolea, I dreamed it; ma'ahu
qolenga, v. n., a dream. Mota qore,
Florida maturu bole, to dream.
qongi, qongiqongi U., pongi S. 1. v. tr., to
promise, rodi qongi, to plight troth.
qongi (ku) S. 2. n., a season, time, i qongina
a ola, in So-and-so's day; ana qongine,
in its season; hauliqongi, one day of a
series; 'o holo onu'e qongiku hao, thou
hast cut short my time; qongi ko sisiho
'oto, the time is at hand; e hute talahie
qongine, born out of due time, pongi 2.
qooqoota S., foundation, poopoota. qooqoota
ani nume, foundations of the house.
qote (ku). U., pote S., n., buttock.
qo'uru'uru U., po'uru'uru S., to kneel,
qo'uru'urunga v. n., kneeling.
ra 1. suffixed pron., plural 3, used of persons
only; attached as object to verbs and
prepositions; in Sa'a when ra is used of
a body of people or a company, and i or
u precedes, the a of ra does not change
into e, hahird diana, on the good.
Mota ra 2.
ra' 2. forms part of rdru'e, raru'i, ra'elu, etc.
raa, raaraa 1. v. i., to shine brightly, ha'araa.
nemo raaraa, S., sun and rain, a sun
shower.
raahi tr., to scorch (of the sun).
raangi tr., to shine on, to give light to, to
enlighten. 2. n., the sun's light,
radiance, bright light; dunge ni raa, a
burning-glass; suuhai raa, drought.
Wango raraha, Florida raraha, Maori ra,
the sun.
raa 3. the name of a month, January.
Raa 4. a rock near Arona, southeast cape of
Ulawa. cf. hau maelo.
raapea a needle made of the midrib of the sago
leaf {mudi sa'o).
raaraa n., sunlight, radiance, brilliancy; raaraa
ani meurihe, the light of life.
ra'aranga-(ku) n., 1. the light of the sun, light;
ra'arangaku, my light, met., glory;
ra'arangana sato, light of the sun.
2. ma'ute'i ra'arangana, to be in awe of
it. ranga, cf. rara.
ra'aranga 3. because of, on account of; used
with poss. 3.
ra'aranga'a adj., lightened by the rays of the
sun; used of dazzling light,
ra'arara U., adj., nimo ra'arara, sun and rain.
rara.
raata'i partic, regularly, frequently; 'emi ka'a
are'o raata'i, we do not call upon thee
regularly.
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rade n., a reed, maai rade. Florida ade.
radu 1. v. i., to break up; radu mo'umo'usie tnu
'i'eli, break the ropes in pieces.
radu 2. U., v. tr., huru raduau, to run stretching
out the body.
rae 1. n., a corpse; used in Sa'a with poss. 3;
rae ana a ola, the corpse of So-and-so;
in Ulawa with suffixed pronoun na,
raena, his corpse. In M. A., p. 260, the
spelling is wrongly given as ra'e. kulu
rae, to bury at sea; lango rae, a blue-
bottle fly; i'o pe'i rae, S., the mourning
before burial. M. A., pp. 261, 262.
ra'e 2. n., a palm used for making spears; ra'e
ni lolo, a spear with grass plaiting, made
on Big Malaita near Waisisi.
ra'elu suff. pron., plural 3; attached to verbs
and prepositions as object.
ra'era'e carefully, thoroughly.
raha adj., big; not in common use. laha.
Oa Raha, Santa Anna Island at south
end of San Cristoval; pangupangu raha,
U., big, huge; a Poro Hanua Raha, U.,
name of a ghost, Mr. Big-land. Florida
haba, Borneo raya.
raharaha 'apu raharaha, an issue of blood.
rahe v. i., to be weary from work, to work hard,
to work to no effect,
rahenga v. n., hard work, weariness of body.
San Cristoval rafe.
rahito'u v. i., to be downcast (of eyes), to'u.
raho n., layers of thatch made of sago leaf
sewn on bamboo laths with walewale;
siki raho, a beetle, held upside down
against a strip of sa'o leaf,
rahoraho (ku) IL, and Qaloto, n., sides, ribs
(of persons). Wango ragaraga.
rai 1 . contraction of rau i.
rai 2. to clear undergrowth with intent to make
a garden,
raingi tr.
raite'ini tr., to clear the undergrowth away
from a thing,
ra'i 3. v. tr., to adopt a child, to keep a tame
animal, to keep a turtle in a bowl, to
nourish; honu kira ra'ia, the turtle they
kept; a Warahunuka ra'i i'a, a legendary
person.
ra'inge v. n., an orphan, an adopted child.
ra'ila-(ku) gerund.
r8'i 4. r&'i seu, a platform on the beach used in
connection with bonito (sou).
ra'i 5. verbal suffix used intransitively.
taherd'i, taraure'i.
ra'iqe'u n., the top of a pillar or house post
cut into a hollow to hold the ridgepole,
raimaa to cut and disfigure the face in
mourning,
ra'ini verbal suffix used transitively, tarau-
re'ini.
ra'irehi to be under the lee, sheltered; i'o
rd'irehi, to stay sheltered. Florida
rahi, hidden,
ra'irehi'e adj., sheltered,
ra'isinge n. weapons, tackle, mu re'isinge.
raka U., v. i., excessive, dunga e raha, too
big a fire; mwoi keni ana dunga rakanga,
raka (continued).
women who make too big fires; e paina
raka, excessively big; uwe raka, to break
with a loud noise. Wango rakahi,
excessive.
rakahi v. tr., to cause to melt (of fire), to heat
and soften.
rakapau v. i., to defend, to protect; used with
poss. 3 and with preposition haahi.
P'du 2.
rakerake U., n., a rib of the body.
raki v. i., to catch with tongs,
rakisi tr.
ireki n., tongs.
rako 1. v. i., to give a sensation to; used with
poss. 3. e rako diana, it causes a
pleasant sensation, it is pleasant; rako
'aela, rako ta'a, to be unpleasant, irk-
some; e rako 'aela aku, it goes against
my grain; rako 'aelanga, n., trouble,
feeling of unpleasantness.
rako 2. v. i., to be quiet, gentle, docile, easily
entreated, ha'arako. manatana e rako,
he is gentle in disposition; dau rako, to
keep quiet; toli rako, to be patient,
enduring.
rakonga v. n., gentleness; sae rakonga,
gentleness, docility of temper; toli
rakonga, patience.
rako 3. adv., gently, lae molai rako, go gently.
rakoma'i S., partic, longitudinally.
rakoma'ini S., lakoma'ini U., to place longi-
tudinally upon, to affix; lupu rako-
ma'ini, to nail upon, to crucify.
rakoma'i U., v. tr., wala'a rakoma'ia ta'ane
tolaha, to make advances in word.
raku n., a canoe holding four men, 'iola raku.
rakuhe (na) n., fat, caul fat; rakuhana poo, lard.
rama, ramarama n., flotsam, floating matter
collected in a tide-rip.
Ramarama the village in the south end of Port
Adam, Malaita.
rame n., the edible catkins of the male su'e tree.
ramo 1. v. i., to be strong, to be renowned in
fighting, to be a champion; ramo suusuu,
to be strong forever. 2. n., a champion,
a fighting man; ko lae ni ramo, goes in
his might.
ramonga v. n., strength of body, prowess;
dau ramonga ana ngaini, to treat any
one with violence,
ramoha S., v. n., strength; used with poss. 3
ana. ramohaana ddngi, a gale.
ramola-(na) gerund., used in Ulawa as
ramoha.
ramo'i tr., to force, to apply violence to.
ramoramo'a adj., mightily; dau ramo-
ramo'a, to force, to compel, to do
violence; used with poss. 3.
ramoramo'anga n., asu ramoramo'anga,
mighty work.
ranga v. i., to rise (of the moon), ra'aranga 1.
ranga'a adj., risen; waarowaaro e ranga'a,
the moon is up.
rangariro'a S., adj., sparkling, cf. nangaliro'a.
rangasi ha'arangasi, v. tr., to blow out, to
distend.
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rango 1. v. i., to be withered, dry, ripe (of
yams when the vine withers). 2. n.,
mwai rango ni 'ei, dead trees; the mark
of a garden, the larger trees were not
felled but were killed by fire,
rarango n., S., a dead bough, a spike, a
horn (late use).
rangorango U., as rarango. Wango rango-
rango.
rao 1. (na, ni) n., side (of things); ana rao 'tola
i qaloqalo, on the right side of the ship;
i raona wai, U., by the side of the stream.
rao, rarao 2. v. i., to be stuck, to cling to; used
\vithposs3. ha'ararao. nimekue rarao
'oto ana, my hand clung fast to it. i'o
rarao, to be fast, stuck tight, firm.
raohi tr., to cling to, to adhere.
raoha'ini tr., to place in conjunction with,
to attach.
raoha'i partic, in conjunction with, joined to.
rao 3. exclam., 'ohe rao, used of matters of
uncertainty when unwilling to commit
oneself to a positive statement; rao kire
sa'a sili 'oto, they certainly shall not
enter. The demonstrative na is added
in questioning, raona, is it not so?
hat raona, S., hat raoni, U., expresses
disapprobation; well I never.
raomae, raraomae S., to act craftily.
raomaenga v. n., craftiness, wiles.
raori'i n., a virgin, male or female; keni raori'i,
a virgin; maholo ni raori'i, time of
virginity.
rape kiukiu rape, a wagtail, hi'uhi'u kape.
rape'i, raperape'i U., to stake, to prop, to
strengthen,
rape'ita (ku) n., a prop, a being strength-
ened; rape'itana, to strengthen it.
cf. sape'i.
raporapo n., cross sticks, generally of waowao
on a platform (take).
rapu, ra'urepu S., rapurapu U., v. i., to strike,
to hit, to tattoo, rapu kaule, to tattoo
the frigate-bird on the cheek; rapu
lakoma'i pe'i po'upo'u, to crucify; e rapu
ngurusie nihona, knocked his teeth out.
rapusi tr.
rapute'ini tr., to collide with; e rdpute'inie
totohota, he laid the measure along,
rapute'i partic. qa'une e rapute'i i 'ano,
his head bumped on the ground;
e rapute'i salo molemole, a red sky.
rapusila-(ku) gerund. Florida labu, Bou-
gainville Straits lapu.
Rapuanate a legendary hero of the Three
Sisters Islands; his thigh bone is cur-
rently reported to be in some place on
Malau Paina.
raqa U., v. i., to be deceitful, kururaqa.
siho raqa ana, to exaggerate,
raqatanga v. n. (double noun ending),
deceit.
raqasi S., temporarily; i'o raqasi, to sojourn;
ma'ohi raqasi, to await.
raqaraqa'a U., temporarily.
rara, ra'arara 1. v. i., to be hot, pungent (of
condiments) ; with preposition haahi, to
rara 1 (continued).
be zealous, to guard, to exercise super-
vision over, to be jealous; used with
poss. 3, to be greedy, to look after one's
own ends. hS'irara. e rara mea, it
burnt the tongue, met., it was unpleas-
ant, it was hot (of words of rebuke);
sato e rara mea, the sun shone with
scorching heat; meaku e rara, my tongue
is parched; me'i sae e rara, earnestness;
rara haahie lolata inge'ie, guards his
house; e rara ana, he looks after his
own; i sapena i Ulawa e rara, apos-
trophe addressed to Ulawa. cf. ha'addhi.
Wango rara, Viti rara, powerful.
rara 2. v. L, to be shriveled up, withered, ripe,
parched (of trees and gardens); rara
moumou, ripe and falling to pieces;
m&i rara, dead low water at spring tides.
rara 3. of days of the moon; rara talau, S.,
twenty-first and twenty-second days.
rara 4. the coral tree (Erythrina indica) ; winter,
the time of flowering of this tree; *
Melutei Rara, name of a village on
Ugi (lit., in the shade of the coral tree).
rara 5. takarara, come undone.
rarada U. 1. v. L, to come to land, to ground;
hoi i'a e lae mat i rarada i saini one, the
fish came and grounded on the beach.
rarada 2. sae rarada, indignation.
rarada 3. ha'ararada, v. tr., to broil, to fry
(late use).
raradi'e S., ere raradi'e, correction.
raradu v. i., to stretch the arms.
rarahi 1. v. tr., to importune, to urge, with
dau, S., t'au, U., e tan rarahira.
rarahi 2. du rarahi, the third finger.
rara'i 1. U., v., to be rippled, of the surface of
the sea.
rara'i 2. U., to be beautiful.
raramaa v. i., to reprove openly, to be insolent,
wilful, barefaced; ere raramaa, insolent
speech,
raramaanga v. n., open rebuke, insolence;
raramaanga ana i'onga tata'ala, rebuke
for lasciviousness; i'o raramaanga, las-
civiousness. Wango raramaa.
raramea v. i., to be hot, scorching; sato e rara-
mea, the sun is burning hot.
raranga n., the spine of the sea-urchin.
raranga'a adj., open, exposed to the sun, of
situation.
rarangana noko me'ute'i rarangana, I am afraid
of it.
rarango cf. rango.
rarangi, rararangi 1. v. i., to warm oneself at a
fire; e 'ure'ure ko rarangi, he stood
warming himself. Mota rara 2, Poly-
nesian rara.
rarangi 2. v. tr., to be close to, to surround.
rarapuupuu frequently, often.
Rararo Cape Hartig, Little Malaita, west of
Cape Zelee.
rarasi 1. v. i., to be shriveled, withering,
palsied. 2. U., a phase of the moon, the
last quarter.
rarata n., a skull.
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rare 1. a sleeping- mat plaited of coconut leaves;
hd'u rare, poe rare, to plait such a mat.
2. v. tr., to singe a pig with dry coconut
leaves; an ordeal wherein the accused
standing on a platform is singed with
dry coconut leaf. M. A., p. 212.
rareta'ini, ra'erareta'ini v. tr., to tend, to care
for, to do chores,
rareta'i v. tr. hd'irareta'i.
rareta'inila-(ku) gerund.
raro 1. S., adv., precedes the verb, used of con-
secutive action; then, consequent upon,
constantly, ko raro ma'ohie kd'u, they
are still awaiting it.
raro 2. U., tnwai lehu raro, open places, glades.
raro 3. raro suue'i, to turn a bag inside out.
raroni v. tr., to hurt, to do harm to; e sa'a
raronie auhenue inge'ie, he will do no
evil to his neighbor.
raru'e S., raru'i U., pers. pron., dual. 3, suffixed
to verbs and prepositions as object.
rata a bamboo water-carrier; te'i rata, to fill a
bamboo with water. San Cristoval
rata.
ratawaari U., half and half, neither one thing
nor the other.
rate ta'atakai rate, takalakai rate, down (of
nestlings) .
rato 1. v. i., to be full grown, of full age. 2. n.,
a full-grown person, an elder; mu rato
ni mwane, old men; mu rato ni keni, old
women; nani rato, for the elders.
ratonga v. n., full growth.
rau 1. n., a leaf used as a wrapper for food to
be cooked; mwarau, thin; 'apai reu, a
leaf; mu 'apai reu ana mu dango, the
leaves of the trees; a Lulu reu, a proper
name (lit., folder of leaves). Mota
nau, Polynesian rau.
rau 2. S. (na, ni), bank, side, of things; with
locative i beside, ro raui wei, the two
banks of the stream; i reune wdi, beside
the stream. Wango rau, Florida lau.
r8u 3. n., a plank; used with genitive i. rdureu.
rdi hapa, a thwart; rdi dango, S., rdi 'ei,
U., a plank; rdi hisi, a stake.
r5u 4. v. tr., to scrape up, to gather up with
the hand. Mota rau.
rau 5. v. i., to heal over (of a wound). 6. n., a
scab over a wound, a scar.
rBu 7. v. i., to adhere, to abide; rau mehu, to
abide.
raungi tr., to adhere to, to abide in.
rauhe'ini tr., to be constantly in a place,
rausi tr., to adhere to and spoil; e ka'a me'i
ola ke rdusie, pure, undented,
rauhe'i v. i., to frequent; e tale'i reuhe'i 'oto
ana, he frequented it.
r3u 8. v. i., to be humble, lowly; me'i keni reu
a lowly woman.
raute'i partic, humble, i'o rdute'i.
rau 9. raui helu, 10,000 coconuts, cf. 'apai niu.
Rauehu the pinnacle rock at the east entrance
to Mara Masiki Channel.
rauka n., trigger of a gun (English lock).
ra'urepu 1. jellyfish, Portuguese man-o'-war.
rdpu. 2. a whip.
raururu to abide constantly, rau 7. Wedau
rau numa, to cohabit.
re cf. rd 1.
re'a adj., white, rere'a, marare'a, rere,
huhurere'a. Viti rea, albino.
reke v. L, to jump, to leap, ha'areke, ha'arekehi.
reko esculent hibiscus.
renga'a adj., glistening.
reoreo the chambered nautilus, hoi reoreo;
pieces of the shell cut in various patterns
are used for inlaying, reoreo alaha, a
large variety of nautilus; kola reoreo,
kala kite, kala 'apani pa'aleo, to cut
nautilus shell for inlaying; toli reoreo, to
inlay with nautilus.
repa, rerepa v. i., to be elliptical in shape, said
of the shinbone, which is often distorted,
owing to rheumatism,
reparepata'a U., rounded in shape.
repi n., a harlot, ha'arepi. Florida rebi.
repo 1. v. i., to be ripe, full grown; aau kosi
repo, the nuts are just ripening; aau e
repo kosi holaa, when the nuts are ripe
the weather is calm. 2. a fully grown
person, repo ni mwane, an adult man;
repo ni keni, an adult woman; poro repo,
used of a person in authority.
reponga v. n., full age.
repoha v. n., used with poss. 3: repohaana,
ripeness, old age.
'ai repo a tree used to make pestles for
pounding yams and taro.
repo 3. v. tr., to suspend, to hang up (of things).
rere 1. v. tr., to sharpen by rubbing, ha'arere.
rere hdu, to sharpen an axe; rere hdunge,
axe-sharpening.
rere'a adj., white, clean, sharpened; prob-
ably connected with rere. cf. re'a,
M. L., p. 97, re'are'a does not appear;
in Viti rea albino the final o is probably
adjectival.
rere 2. quicksands; * rere, the beach at A'ulu.
saisai rere, a shoal, bank, at sea.
rere'a adj., clean, white, ha'arere' a.
rerede 1. v. tr., to slip, to slide. 2. U., a land-
slip.
rereha (na) U., rerehana wdieu, a school of
bonito.
rerepata'a S., adj., rounded in shape.
rerepono v. i„ to be thick, closely matted, of
bush. pono.
rereqeluqelu U-, v. i., to be laid low, recum-
bent, qelu.
rete rete hdu, to gnash, to grind the teeth; rete
hdunge, gnashing of teeth, nunurete.
reu cf. rau.
ri U., li S., verbal suffix, ha'atauri.
ride U., ride ni 'inoni, a dwarf.
rienga hd'irienga, v. n., a contest.
rihu'e n., a cliff. Wango rihua.
rihunge'ini v. tr., to pray to (a Wango word
introduced in early days),
rihunge'inge v. n., prayer. Florida liu-
livuti.
ri'i the treble drum in the para ni 'o'o.
riirii 1. n., locust, cicada, its shrilling is taken
as a bad omen.
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ri'iri'i (ku) 2. S., n., finger. 3. ri'iri'i ni 'inoni
(a) a dwarf, (b) a great number of men.
4. 'o'i ri'iri'i, v. tr., to break in pieces;
'oke 'o'i ri'iri'ire, thou shalt break them
in pieces. Vaturanga ririki, Florida
nggiringgiri, Makura wiri-kikin, hand.
rike, rikerike S., v. i., to rejoice, ritke U.
rikanga v. n., sae rikanga, rejoicings of
heart. Viti rika, to jump.
riki 1. adj., small; Oa Riki, Little Oa Island.
riki U. 2. liki S., riki huna, to loosen the bands
holding a canoe, to take up anchor.
Ripoo, Ripu, Rupoo S., a village on the west
coast of Ulawa: Maadi'a, its landing-
place.
riridi (na) eaves of house; riridine nume, i riri-
dine, under the eaves.
ririholo U., a gap in the hills, a pass.
riro ha'ariro, v. tr., to entice with food.
ro numeral, two; used only in composition;
used also in exclamation of a large num-
ber; forms part of the pers. pron. moro,
koro. e ro ola, two things; e ro 'ata,
only two things; e ro ini, two things; ro
ola, vocative, you two, of husband and
wife; ro ntwane, you two, exclamation of
surprise or vocative; ro mwane, the two
pointers of the Southern Cross, M. A.,
p. 349; ro 'inoni, you two, of husband
and wife; ro 'inoni ineu, my parents; ro
ha'i ma'amana, ro ma'amana, father and
son; maraau ro one, east-northeast wind.
roa n., black-lip pearl shell used as a coconut
scraper; it forms part of a man's ordi-
nary baggage.
roaroa windmill made of coconut leaf, a child's
plaything. Hedley, Funafuti Exped., p.
3°4.
rodi v. tr., to confirm, to make firm, to grip;
hele rodi, to grip, to hold tight; rodi
qongi, to plight troth.
rodo 1. n., night, ha'arodo, ha'irodo. i rodo,
at night, by night; laelae i rodo, to go
till nightfall; nga rodo, last night; si'iri
i rodo, tonight. 2. v., redup., rorodo;
e rodo 'oto, it is night; nga rodo e rodo,
the night fell; ha'irodo e rodo, last night;
maa rodo, to be blind. 3. to forget;
sae rorodo, U., v. tr., to forget.
rodosi v. tr., to be benighted, e rodosi'emelu.
rodoma'ini S., rodoha'ini tr., to be benighted.
rodoma'i, rodoha'i partic, till nightfall; lae
rodoma'i, go till nightfall. Florida
rorodo, blind; Omba dodo, cloud; mata-
dodo, blind; Malo, N. H., bong dodo,
night; Wango rodo, night.
rodo 4. S., the name of a month, 'asi rodo,
February,
rodohono 1. v. i., to become dark, to be pitch
dark. hono. e rodohono pupulu, mid-
night, pitch dark; saeku e rodohono, I
lost consciousness. 2. n., darkness, of
day or night; me'i rodohono.
rohu, ro'urohu v. i., to be silent, to cease
speaking; toll rohu, to cease speaking,
rohute'ini tr., to ignore, to hold one's
peace at; mwane 'o ro'tirohule'inie ngar-
alaku, hold not thy peace at my tears.
roka, 'aroka adj., open, set open wide.
rokasi v. tr., to open, to open out, to unfold.
rokasila-(na) gerund.
rokata'i partic, open, unfolded.
roma 1. an oyster shell found in Mara Masiki
Channel, the red part at the base is
employed in the making of shell money
(Jhaa).
roma 2. v. i., to poison fish with Barringtonia,
etc.
rongo, rorongo S., rongorongo U., v. tr., to
hear, to listen, to hear tidings of.
ha'arongo, qa'arongo. ka'a rongo lele-
ngani, not hearing clearly; e rongo 'oto
mola ana walana, listened to his word;
nou rongoa, I heard it; rongo 'aela, U., to
make a din, to chatter and disturb;
rongo keni, to inquire about a girl as a
wife for a boy, to betroth; rongo
keninge, v. n. i'ota'i rongo keninga, to
set about a betrothal; rongo ni 'elinge,
to hear with the ear; rongo odoodo, U.,
with poss. 3., to hear tidings of; rongo
isuli, to be obedient to; qa'arongoisuli.
rongonga v. n., hearing.
rongola-(ku) gerund. Mota rongo, to
apprehend; Maori rongo, to hear; Lau
ro, to hear.
rongorongo U. 1. n., a measure, from the finger-
tips to the right ear. U. 2. n., nga rongo-
rongo ni ola, a multitude of things.
ro'o U., ro'o rua, to wind a fishing-line on a
board.
rorahi v. tr., to hasten a person unduly, to be
too soon for. rorora.
rorahila-(ku) gerund.
rori 1. v. tr., to ram, to load a gun. 2. n., a
ramrod.
rori 3. v. tr., to take the pith from laths of
palm wood, rori pi'e.
rori, ro'irori 4. v. i., to babble, to prattle.
kirori, hirori, 'irori.
roro 1. v. L, to be tied tightly, to incur a debt,
to render oneself liable; roro mae, to
strangle; roro to'oni, a belt to hold up
clothes.
roro'i tr., to tie tightly, to draw tight, to
brace, to hold tight; pili roro'i, to press
down tight,
roroa'i tr., to have incurred a debt, to
involve oneself, to be placed in invid-
ious case, ha'aroroa'i.
roro (ku) 2. bosom, the belly of a snake; i rorona
Abraham, on Abraham's bosom,
roroma'i roroma'i sae, used with poss. 3 and
locative i; i roroma'i sae ana, on his
bosom. Mota rorot, to carry on the
bosom.
roro 3. roro waaro, to be diffused (of coloring
matter in water), waaro.
roro'a 1. adj., set on edge (of teeth).
roro'a 2. adj., liable, at fault, ha'aroro'a'i.
e sa'a roro'a, there will be no fault; all
right; muel roro'a, we implicated our-
selves,
roro'anga n., debt, fault.
roro'a 3. adv., precedes verb, nou sa'a roroa'
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roro'a 3 (continued).
lae, I shall certainly not go; ana 'olo 'emi
ka'a roro'a hd'italea 'amu, unless we
seek it of thee.
rorodara n., a fillet, band around the head,
crown (late use) . dara.
rorodo 1. to be lowering (of clouds). 2. n., a
black cloud; hele rorodo, to keep off the
clouds by magic, to provide fine weather.
3. U., sae rorodo, to forget.
rorodo'a 1. belonging to darkness, cloudy; mu
palonga rorodo'a, deeds of darkness.
2. U., a dark cloud, masi rorodo'a.
roroho hdu roroho, a stone axe. Wango roroho.
rorora hastily, in a hurry, rorahi. lae rorora,
to go in a hurry; kire tola rorora ana
tahinge, they fled precipitately.
rotani U., v. tr., to rub in the hands.
rotanila-(na) gerund.
rotarota'i U., v., to shuffle the feet.
roto 1. to cut into lengths (of wood) ; roro dango,
to cut up firewood. 2. n., a piece, a
part; nga roto, a part, partly.
roto'i tr.
roto 3. walo roto, the match-box bean, Queens-
land bean.
rotoa'ini tr., to rub out seed with the hands.
Wango roto.
rou 1. v. i., to hum native songs, singing in a
monotone. Mota raw.
rou 2. a large leaf (Heliconium sp.), used to
wrap up for food for cooking; do rou, to
gather leaves for use in cooking. Viti
rourou, taro leaves cooked.
ru variant of ro, two; cf. proper names, Rupoo,
Ru'apu; added to personal pronouns,
dual, kireru'e, 'omoru'e, raru'i. lu; ru
poo 'emi ngeu, we had two pigs to eat.
ruana second, the second time, anew; 'oto
ruana 'est teuri, then the second time
he said; ruana ke'i orea, the other shall
be left.
rue S., rua U., numeral, two; used with 'e, 'e rue;
reduplicated ruerue. 'ala ruerue, two-
edged. Mota nirua, Motu rua, Poly-
nesian rua.
ruerua'a adj., doubting, sae ruerua'a, doubt-
ful mind; sae ruerua'anga, doubt,
double-mindedness; saeku e ruerua'a
suu'i'omu, I am in doubt concerning you.
ruke, rukeruke v. i., to be joyful; more com-
mon in Ulawa. rike,
rukenga U., rukanga S., v. n., joy, glee.
rumu (na, ni) n., oil, grease; rumu ni su, oint-
ment; rumunue maa, eye salve. Wango
rumu, Viti lumu, oil.
rumu'e S.. rumu'a U., adj., oily, greasy.
ruru, rururu to gather together, to collect, to
enroll, ha'aruru, ha'iruru. ruru dunge,
to build a fire, to gather the sticks
together; ruru puli, ruru ha'apuli, U., to
throng; ruru wala, to make an agreement.
rurunge v. n., a gathering together.
ruruhi tr., to throng, to press upon,
ruruhe'ini tr., to gather together,
rurute'i partic, gathered together. Wango
ruru, Maori ruru, to draw together.
ruru 2. U., ruru kore, landslip, avalanche.
ruru'e S., ruru'e hule, a phase of the moon.
ruruha U., n., a company, ruru. Wango
ruruha.
ru'u v. i., to draw back, to retire; ko ru'u i
nume, retires into the house,
ru'usi v. L, to shrink, to shrivel, to con-
tract, to slough. Lau ruu, enter;
Wedau ruui, enter; Florida rugu, Mota
luk, to bend; Viti luku, to clench the
hand.
ruuqe'u U., uruqe'u S., a stump, ruuqe'u ni 'ei.
saa- (ku) 1. S., noun used as preposition; at the
house of, with, to (of motion to), to
(of offering or sacrifice to) ; in the singu-
lar used in third person only, in other
persons singular sie- is used; the locative
i may be prefixed, lae ka'u saana, go
to him, go to his house; inge'ie saada'elu,
he is at home; uunu ola saana mu 'akalo,
offer burnt offerings to the ghosts; loho
i saana, flew to him; mdurihe e rdu
saana nume 'ie, salvation has come to
this house.
sa'a 2. S., negative particle used of future time,
also as dehortative; sa'a balanced by
wa is used as the negative correlatives
neither-nor; probably sa'a is compound-
ed of sa and 'a 4. cf. ka'a. nou sa'a
lae, I shall not go; 'o sa'a lae, you shall
not go; hole sa'a kole wa nga me'i ola
'erete'a ke'i i'o i sapeka, the paddles
must not rattle nor anything of light
color be about our bodies; ngaini sa'a
liu ha'ahireru'e, none shall pass in front
of them; sae sa'a makolo wa ke mou,
thoughts shall not be parted and shall
not cease. Espiritu Santo sa, negative
particle; Bugotu sa; Viti sa, future
particle.
Sa'a 3. the last village on the southeast coast
of Little Malaita three miles from Cape,
Zelee. i Sa'a ni menu, cf. ha'addhi.
M. A., p. 48.
saai, saasaai S., v. tr., to know, to read, saai
bukanga, reading; saai ola, to know
things, to be wise; saai olanga, wisdom;
saai 'ulu, to repeat by heart; atei ke saai
suuheni, who can enumerate? le'u nou
saaie nou saaie, what I know I know;
lio saai, to perceive; 'oke saaiaa mwane
waune, say that person's name.
saanau n., a young unmarried man, a youth, a
widower,
saanauha (ku) youth; in sing. 3 the poss 3
ana is used: saanauhaana, its youth, his
youth, youthfulness.
sa'asala to be clear, without support, not
touching the ground, sala 3. pulo
sa'asala, to turn back before reaching.
sada S. 1. v. i., to be fitting, proportionate to;
used with poss. 3. U., dada, ha'asada,
ha'isada. e sada amelu, fit for them;
sada pe'ini, equal, equivalent to. 2. level.
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sada (continued).
flat, mu le'u e lai sada, flat places; ape
sada, to be level; kele rnanu sada, to hold
level, upright. Wango taisada.
sadanga S., v. n., fitting, proportionate, e
sadanga ana.
sae (ku) 1. n., heart, mind, chest, liver: mwai
mesi sae, hearts, cf. lodosae, ne'isae,
'onisae. sae esoeso, to have indigna-
tion; sae hanalinge, covetousness; sae
hau, hard heart (late use) ; sae hiru'a, a
mind engaged; sae huu, sae huunge,
grief; sae maleledi, rage; sae malumunge,
long suffering; sae marnae, meek; sae
mango, mental satisfaction; sae nvwa'uu,
mutiny, rebellion; sae nanau, wise of
heart; sae nanaunge, wisdom; sae ngisu,
lungs; ohu 'inoni ohu sae, many men,
many minds; sae ni pelupelu, red hot;
sae rakonga, gentleness; me'i sae e rara,
earnestness; sae rarada, indignation;
sae rikanga, rejoicing of heart; sae rorodo,
to forget; sae ruerua'a, doubt; sae susu,
confident; sae taha, happy; sae tata'ala
hunt, to be evilly disposed toward; sae
to'o, to desire; saeku e hu'ite'i, my heart
is undone; saeku e lae haahe,~l over-
looked it; saeku e liki, I am nervous;
saeku e mode, I am listless; saeku e
mo'uholo, I have no spirit left; saeku
'oto ana, I love it; saeku e rodohono, I
lost consciousness; saeku e ta'ela'i, I am
excited; saeku e totongo, I have heart-
burn; mu ola saemu eni deuleni, thy
will; 'unu tahanie saemu, lay bare your
mind; ta'e hu'a saena e diana, there's a
goodhearted woman; hoi saeka, in our
hearts; hata'ai sae talani, to be careful
to; mamango i sae, metaph., the heart;
odoni sae, moral righteousness; opa sae,
to be at variance; i roroma'i sae ana,
on his bosom.
sae 2. S., v. tr., to talk about, kire saea wala.
sae 3. U., v. tr., to know, to read, as saai. lio
sae, to perceive; lio sae lo'o, to favor.
sae 'aela to begrudge, to bear malice.
sae 'aelasi tr.
sae 'aelanga v. n., malice, spite.
sae 'asi v. tr., to put out of one's mind, to
forgive, to neglect.
sae 'asilana oraha'a forgiveness of sins.
saedami U., satisfied, enough, to repletion;
hele saedami, to have enough; ngdu
saedami, to gorge, to eat to repletion.
saediana S., saediena U. 1. to rejoice, to be of
good mind toward, ha'asaediena. 2.
to love, used with poss. 3.
saediananga n., goodness.
saedienanga n., love.
sae haahi S., to be sparing, parsimonious, to
grudge.
sae hanali, saesaehanali v. tr., to covet.
saehanalinge v. n., covetousness.
saehanalila-(na) gerund,
saehanenga n., covetousness, hanenganisae.
saehuu to grieve, to be sad.
saehuunge n., grief.
saemango ha'asaemango, v. tr., to comfort, to
settle the mind.
saenanau S., to be well instructed, wise.
saenanaunge n., wisdom; sa'a hule'itana ike
saenanaunge, never coming to wisdom.
saeni 1. v. tr., to grudge, to keep back, to
withhold, to spare. 2. U., to prize, to
think much of.
sa'esape'a adj., in peace, in safety, sape.
saetaha to have a clear mind about, at ease in
mind; saeku e taha, my mind is clear
about it.
saeto'o to wish, to want, to like; used with
poss. 3.
saeto'oa'i v. tr., to want, to covet,
saeto'oa'ilana coveting it.
sae unuhi v. tr., to bear a grudge against, to
be spiteful to.
sae unuhinge v. n., grudge, spite.
saewasu, saesaewasu v. It, to be angry, to sulk;
ko saewasu he'iliu, angry with one
another; saewasu ha'isusu, continued
anger, grudge,
saewasunge v. n., anger,
saewasuli tr., to be angry with a person,
saewasulana his wrath.
sahali 1. v. tr., to put layers of leaves under
anything for its protection, as at the
bottom of an oven. 2. to hire, as a
canoe; metaphor, of lining it with
money. Fagani tafari.
saho n., native-grown tobacco.
sahu 1. U., lime, a lime gourd; hoi sehu, U., a
lime gourd; hoi sehu hoto, lime gourd;
e hotohoto ana lo'u hoi sehu, to rattle the
spatula in the gourd; uunu sahu, to
burn lime. 2. a death charm (toli
loosi) prepared with lime and placed
in a path. Motu ahu, lime; Wango ahu.
sahuru to be mildewed, mouldy.
saie S., a tree (Parinarium laurinum) ; the nut
(hoi seie) is used for cementing canoes,
etc., the kernel is grated on coral stone
and plastered on the joint of the wood,
a stain composed of the bark of o'a and
charcoal (lo'ilohi) is then spread over
the saie.
sailo n., a crab.
saini 1. U., v. tr., to put on, to draw down, as a
shell ring on the arm; saini mwado, to
throw dust over anyone.
saini 2. saini one, with locative i, on the beach;
hoi i'a e lae mai i rarada i saini one, the
fish came and grounded upon the beach.
sa'iri hd'isa'iri, v. tr., to quarrel.
saisai rere a bank, a shoal, at sea.
saisemu U., a creeper cut into lengths and the
bark peeled off and dried; when dry it
is cut into strips and twisted into
fishing-lines, the twisting is done on
the thigh with a to-and-fro movement
of the hands, beginning with the palm
flat and ending with the palm turned
toward the body; the i is inserted for
euphony, cf. i 5, samu.
saisesu U. 1. n., a waterspout. 2. n., a gale of
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saisesu U. 3. v. i., to smoke (of fire), redup. of
sasu, i 5. dunga e saisesu, the fire smokes.
saka 1. v. i., to be strong, to be powerful.
M. A., p. 192. 2. v. i., to be hot (of
condiments),
sakanga v. n., strength, power; dau sakanga
ana, to pin one's faith to, to make a lot
of; mdni ni'ilana sakanga, the complete
giving of power.
sakahi v. tr., to strengthen, to enable.
Aneityum cap, hot, fire; Motu kakakaka,
red; Maori kaka, red hot.
sakasaka'a adj., firmly, vigorously, success-
fully; dau sakasaka'a, to do actively;
hele sakasaka'a ana, do it with vigor.
sala 1. the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia
papyrifera). 2. cloth made from the
bast of that tree. 3. European cloth.
maai sala, a piece of bast cloth; mi sala,
a piece of any cloth. Viti sala, a
wrapper.
sala, sa'asala S., sasala U., 4. desolate, unin-
habited, wilderness; hdnue sala, desert.
sale v. tr., to clear ground for a yam garden,
salenga v. n., a clearing for a garden. Mota
sara, open space, court.
salema'i, sasalema'i U., v. i., to be wise,
salema'inga v. n., wisdom.
salinga'ini U., sangile'i S., to unload a canoe.
salo 1. n., sky, heavens, clouds, charcoal draw-
ings on canoes at bow and stern repre-
senting clouds; mu salo, the heavens;
i salo, in the clouds, salo ko kokohono,
the sky is lowering; salo molemole, red
clouds; * hahana salo, under the sky;
mu he'une salo, the stars of heaven;
kohukohu la'ona salo, far-off clouds;
nga ngoongoo ni salo e ngo'a, the tip of
the cloud was broken off; e rdpute'i
salo molemole, a red sky; tone ta'i salo,
up in the sky. Wango aro.
salo 2. v. i., to beckon, to invite with signs;
salo haahi, to make a sign to a person:
in beckoning with the hand the palm is
held down.
salohi tr., salohi lue, a crab, lit., beckon
the tide (Gelasimus sp.). Mota alovag,
Gilbert Islands alofi, Wango arohi,
Samoa lalo, Motu he-kalo.
salu, sa'uselu 1. S., v. i., to be painful, to hurt.
sapesdlu. 'aeku ko selu, my leg hurts me.
salunge v. n., pain.
salu 2. the ironwood (Casuarina equisetifolia).
kokoi selu, casuarina needles; bodies
when exposed for burial (aori) are
covered with these needles; from the
scraped bark of the tree a stain is made,
this is the coloring matter seen on
fishing-lines from Santa Cruz.
sama v. i., to correspond to, to come in proper
order, to be abreast of; sama diana, to
correspond exactly, to be in keeping
with; ro 'iola ko sama, the two canoes
keep abreast of one another,
samanga'ini tr., to lay in order, to arrange.
cf. dama.
■amo to stutter. Viti sami, to Usd.
samu 1. n., a creeper, the bark is used for
fishing-lines, s'a'isemu. 2. v. i., to
fish for deep-sea fish; hinou ni semu,
the hook.
sane the white ant; hoi sane, its nest; sane 'ala,
the destructive white ant, capable of
giving a sharp bite ('ala); sane qa'i, an
ant of a brownish color used as burly
for sea-bream (i'e ni sane). Samoa
ane, Mota gan.
sane'a adj., eaten by white ants. Samoa
anea.
sangile'ini S., salinga'ini U., to unload a canoe.
sangoni v. tr., to nourish, to adopt a child.
Lau sango.
sa'o n., the sago palm (Sagus sp.); sa'o ni
'aholo, a kite made of sago-palm leaves
for fishing for mwanole with a cobweb
lure (lawa). M. A., p. 318. dau sa'o,
to get sago leaves for thatching; kokoi
sa'o, a frond of the sago palm; lokotai
sa'o, a bundle of sago leaves; lololo ni
sa'o, swamp in which sago grows; mudii
sa'o, midrib of the leaf; qangoi sa'o, a
measure, a hand's breadth; tdhi sa'o, to
cut sago leaves; tdri sa'o, to split the
sides of leaves to make arrows (topa) ;
use sa'o, to stitch leaves for thatch;
raapea, the midrib used as a needle;
wede, to take out the midrib before
sewing thatch. Borneo sago.
sa'oni v. tr., to catch mwanole with the kite;
'oto e sa'onia mwanole, then he caught
garfish. Mota sao 2, Polynesian hao.
sa'oha'ini v. tr., to double, to place in tiers, to
fit a thing on.
sa'oha'i partic, sa'oha'i ro ola, double, in
two tiers.
sa'olu egg of bird, hoi sa'olu ni menu. Mota
toliu, Florida tolu.
sa'osa'oha'i'a U., adj., double, in tiers; sa'osa-
'oha'i'a ani nima, an upper story in a
house, a doubled house.
saosaola 1. adj., yellow, turmeric. 2. n., a
tree with yellow pods which curve in a
circle and are worn as ornaments in
the ear.
sape (ku) 1. n., the body, trunk, mass, figure,
color, appearance; sape ni 'inoni, men's
bodies; sape we'o, to be bodily tired;
sapeku e ka'alawa, I am listless; sapeku
e qa'i mware'a, I am not in good health;
noko hiie sapeku, I am well, lit., I per-
ceive my body; potenga ni sape, bodily
repletion; e to'o sape, to have the shape,
the appearance, of. 2. used in apos-
trophizing the various islands with the
locative *': * sapena i Sa'a ni menu, cf.
ha'addhi. Wango abe. 3. n., duty,
belonging to, part: le'u i sapeku, S., my
duty; holoholo i sapeku, U., my duty.
Florida sape, place, bed.
sape 4. sapelaku. sa'esape'a.
sape'i, sasape'i S., v. tr., to add to, to increase
in number, cf. rape'i.
sape'ita-(na) v. n., sape'itana, the increase
of it, its being increased.
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sapelaku to be safe, unharmed, Idku.
sapelakunge n., safety, being unharmed,
uncircumcision (late use).
sapemawa to be free from harm, unhurt, mawa.
sapemawanga n.
sapesalu S., to be in pain, sape hi'ito'o, U.
sapesalunge n., pain.
sapo, sasapo v. i., to chew,
sapoli tr.
sapolila-(ku) gerund.
sara U., nima sara, a large food-bowl used at
feasts, the contents of which are assigned
as the portion of particular persons.
sarasara 'iola sarasara, a canoe kept for bonito
fishing, adorned with inlay of nautilus
shell.
sare v. i., to wish, to want; nou qe'i sare, U.,
I am unwilling; nou sare lae, I wish to
go; 'o'a sare ngau ihei, what will you eat?
sare'i S., v. i., to be unwilling; nou sere'i, I
won't,
sare'ini tr., to reject.
sare to'o to wish, to desire; may be used with
poss. 3. e sare to'o ana, he wants it;
e sare to'o ehu, he wants a jews-harp;
e sare to'o eku, he wants me for his wife.
saro 1. v. i., to face, to turn oneself; saro mdi,
turn this way; e saro wau, he faced
about. Mao. aro, front.
saro (ku) 2. over against, reposing on: with
locative i. i sarona Abraham, on
Abraham's bosom; i sarona moke amu,
in your sight, lit., opposite your net.
saroha v. n., used with poss. 3, ana. i
sarohaana, over against, opposite to;
i sarohaana wai, on the face of the
waters; sarohaana li'oa, under the care
of the spirit. Mota sarova, meeting.
saro 3. saro ni mwaa, zigzag pattern in inlaying
made by putting triangular pieces of
nautilus shell face to face, the end of
each piece in the center of the one
opposite, cf. first and second patterns
in Guppy "Solomon Islands," p. 138.
saro 4. S., adv., used of consecutive motion,
precedes the verb; thereupon, ko ngeu
mango kesi saro 'unue, when he has
eaten he will say it; kire sa'a ngau wa
ke inu na kire ka'a saro saunie 'oto, they
will not eat or drink till they have killed
him.
saro pote U., a phase of the moon, day before
full moon.
saroha with locative i: i saroha, in the roof
between the layers of thatch.
saru'e adj., used as noun, a charm, incantation,
mu seru'e. M. A., p. 192. e walangia
ani seru'a, he muttered magic over it.
saru'i v. tr., to use a charm on, to make
magic; ddmulaa kire saru'e, areca nut
which they had used magic on.
sasa 1. v. i., to fence with logs against pigs.
sasa 2. sasa hetela, thin, lean.
sasa'ae to be disturbed, stirred up; karohure
e sasa'ae i ka'ona 'asi, the depths were
troubled; sasa'ae e pouhiru'e, a raging
sea is stirred up.
sasaha (ku) n., thigh, lap. Borneo paha, thigh.
sasa hetela U., to subside (of swellings on the
body).
sasala U., for sa'asala and sola 4.
sasali U., v. tr., to strain with the net (www) of
the coconut leaf.
sasangota'a adj., light colored, fair, light
hair.
sasapou a log placed on top of the fence in front
of the canoe house (taoha), a common
place for sitting.
sasara (ku) a limb, member of the body, branch
of a tree; mu sasarai sape, the limbs of
the body. San Cristoval rara, branch;
Malay dahan.
sasate (ku) jaw, chin, beard. Wango talete.
sasu, sa'usesu S., saisesu U., 1. v. L, to smoke
(of fire). 2. n., smoke; sasu ana wai,
steam; sasu alipono, dense smoke.
Mota asu, Niue ahu.
sasu 3. toli sesu, to cast unripe fruit (of trees).
sasu'ala adj., smoky; e sdsu'ala, it is smok-
ing.
sasue'i v. tr., said of smoke impeding one's
vision; dunge e sdsue'ieu, the smoke of
the fire got into my eyes; e sdsue'ie
maaku, the smoke got into my eyes.
sata (,ku) 1. n., a name; satana alei, what (who)
is his name; ke mani dolosie satada, let
him ask all their names; to'ohuunge'i
satana, his real name.
sata 2. huui sata, the heel.
sataa'i v. tr., to chafe, to rub.
sate sale unu, to overlap, sasate.
sato sun, sunshine, fine weather, ha'asato.
e sato 'oto, it is fine weather; sato 'oto i
apau, the sun declines; sato e qa'alie
hanue, the sun has risen on the earth;
sato e rara mea, the sun was scorching;
apai sato, afternoon; 'iro ni sato,
drought; mwaa dili sato, a snake ob-
served as an omen; qa'alana sato, the
east; ra'arangana sato, the light of the
sun; suulana sato, the going down of the
sun. Florida aho, Lau saso, Maori
aho, Mota loa. M. L., p. 93.
satoa'i v. tr., to expose to the sun's rays, to
dry in the sun, to air, to be exposed to
the sun.
sau, sauseu 1. v. i., to kill, to pound taro, to
ram, to blow strong (of wind); sau
mwane, to commit murder, sau mwa-
nenga, n., murder,
sauni tr., to kill, to beat, to thrash, to hurt,
to punish, ha'asauni, hd'iseuni. saune
hunt ke mae, pound it so that it be well
mashed; 'aeku ko seunieu, my foot hurts
me.
saunila-(ku) gerund.
sau 2. S., n., a bonito, hoi seu. Ro ute'i seu,
a proper name, M. A., p. 49; mu seu
ko laka, the bonito play in schools; r'a'i
seu, a platform on the beach used in
connection with bonito fishing; pulu
maai seu, circular shell inlaid.
sau 3. v. i., to darn, to mend holes in; sau maa
ana mu 'ape, to mend the meshes of the
nets.
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saukai 1. v. i., to grate coconut on a scraper,
sdukai niu. 2. n., a coconut scraper,
made of a tree trunk with two branches
for legs and the butt resting on the
ground; a piece of clam shell with ser-
rated edge is lashed to the upper end
of the trunk; a man sits astride the
sdukai holding a half coconut (leu), rubs
the meat over the clam shell, and the
grated nut falls into a bowl (nime)
placed below. M. A., p. 338. Florida
taukai.
siiulehi n., evening, dusk, from about 4 o'clock
on; e siiulehi 'oto, it is dusk; i seulehi, in
the evening; sdulehi melumelu, dusk.
Florida nulavi, Mota ravrav, Motu
adorahi, Wango suurahi.
saumaata-(na, da) U., n., used as verb, to know;
nau qa'ike saumaatana, I don't know it.
Sau mwa'elu the landing-place in the rocks
opposite Mwado'a, Ulawa.
saunge'ini v. tr., to put the handle on an axe.
sa'usemu S. cf. sdmu.
sa'usesu S., n., a whirlwind, waterspout, a
squall of wind. sdsu.
sawa n., a fish, mullet, found in the lake at
Korea and in the lagoon at 'Olu Malau.
melu lai tola sawa i Malau, we went to
get mullet at the Three Sisters.
sawalo n., the flying fox, a tooth of the flying
fox used as money, qa'u ni sawalo,
four flying-fox teeth, a unit in counting.
sawaoli'e S., adj., darkened, black with clouds.
sawaru, sasawaru v. L, to whisper.
sawarunge v. n., a whisper, whispering.
sawarunge'ini tr., to whisper anything.
sawarunge'inila-(na) gerund.
sese v. i., to fence, to protect; used with prep.
ahu'i.
seu cf. sdu.
si 1. illative; then, thereupon; used with the
verbal particle ko as kosi, or without it.
'oto kire kosi teuri, thereupon they said;
'oke lae tndi 'osi teuri, when you come
here say this; nge nesi 'unue, then said
I; mu rato e ngdu na kire si mae, the
fathers ate and are dead. 2. adv., first,
first time, just, only; noko si lae tndi 'ie,
this is my first time here; nou si kele
hele tnola, I only just touched it; maholo
nou si lae wau, when I first went.
si 3. U. dehortative; don't, 'o si ta'ata'a, laa,
don't, I say. Lau si, negative particle.
si 4. genitive; in certain phrases, tawa-
sipua. tangisi hudi, a hand of bananas;
qd'usi henue, the head of the community.
si 5. verbal suffix; mae, to die; maesi, to die of.
sie-(ku) 1. n., used as preposition; at the house
of, with, to (motion toward), to (offering
or sacrifice to) ; used in Sa'a only in the
first and second singular, for the rest
saa is used; in Ulawa used in all persons;
the locative i may be prefixed, ro 'u'u
maana siena a Ta'a Pea, his two eye-
balls to Ta'a Pea (a curse) ; * siedaelu, in
their house, at their home. Nengone
se, with; Sesake se, si, here; there.
si'e U. 2. negative particle, used of future time,
also dehortative. 'o si'e lae, do not go.
Savo sika, sia, prohibitive; Vaturanga
jika.
sihana S., with locative i, out of doors, oustide.
sinaha.
siho, sisiho 1. v. i., to descend, to disembark,
to land, ha'asiko. siho hou, to de-
scend; siho i one, to land on the beach.
siho toli.
siho 2. to be at hand, to befall, to happen;
qongi ko sisiho 'oto, the time is at hand,
siholi tr., to course through (of disease),
to assault; e siholie sapeku, it went all
through my body,
sihola'i partic, passed through. Mota siwo.
siho 3. v. i., to relate, to tell a tale; used with
poss. 3. siho 'aela ana, to spread evil
reports of; siho 'aelalamami, gerund.,
our evil report; siho raqa ana, U., to
exaggerate,
sihosihonga v. n., a tale, gossip,
sihoa'i partic, mu sihoa'i wala, mere words,
just a tale,
siholi siholi wei, south wind, gentle breeze with
fair weather,
sihopulu ha'asihopulu, a stone sinker for a fish-
line,
sii 1. v. L, to break wind. Viti dhi. 2. to fly
(of sparks), to flare (of fire); mu sii
dunge, sparks,
si'iri to-day, now; ni demonstrative may be
suffixed and locative * prefixed, i si'iri,
i si'irini, to-day; si'iri 'ie, in this day;
haidinge si'iri, today; nekesi lae si'iri,
let me go to-day; si'iri i rodo, to-night.
si k are n., a variety of yam.
sike 1. v. tr., to reject; 'asi 3 may be added.
sike hu'e to divorce a woman; sike
hu'anga, n., divorce; sika 'asi, to reject.
Florida sika.
sike 2. n., a thorn; sikei hana, thorn on top of
the tuber of the spiny yam. Viti sika,
needle.
sikera'ini v. tr., to reject, to condemn,
sikeri 1. v. tr., to plait. 2. n., a rope plaited
flat, a wick (late use).
siki 1. v. i., to come loose, to become detached;
mei 'epu e siki ana, his seed,
sikihi tr., to undo, to untie, to detach, to
take off. ha'asikihi. e'a sikihia qd'una
uhi, she takes off the heads of yams;
hono sikihi, to shut off by itself; susu
sikihi, to cast off, to reject,
sikite v. n., mu sikitei ola, flakes, chips.
Wango sigi, Florida siki, Viti singi, to
move.
sikile'ini tr., to detach, to set free, to loose,
sikile'i partic, detached; v. i., to rebound,
sikite 'ini tr., to detach,
siki 2. v. i., to tap, to touch with the fingers.
siki raho, a beetle which is caught and
held upside down on a piece of thatch
(raho) which it raps (siki).
sikihi tr., to infect, to carry contagion to
person after person.
sikili tr., to twang with the fingers; to
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siki 2 (continued).
spurtle on; sikili maa, a tree (Excoe-
caria sp.) found in estuaries, which
when cut squirts out a juice dangerous
to the eyes.
sikoa a bird, the black mynah. kikoa.
sili, sisili 1. v. i., to enter; rao kire sa'a sili 'olo,
they certainly shall not enter. 2. to
go into the bush after; sili 'oha, to get
betel from the bush.
silinge v. n., an entry.
silihi tr., to enter, to go into; ko sisilihie mu
nume, enters into houses,
silihe'ini tr., to sheathe, to insert. Samoa
sili, to lodge in; Wango siri, to enter;
Nguna sili, to be under; Mota sir, to
draw along; Florida sili; Fate sili.
siliihi v. i., to patch a thatched roof with sago
leaves.
silitaha U., v. i., to emerge, ha'asilitaha.
sime U., sume S., sandfly.
simouke S., pipe (English smoke).
simwe v. tr., to flay, to skin.
sina U., sea-urchin.
sinaa v. i., sinaa uhi, to clean the roots off
newly dug yams,
inaha used with locative i: i sinaha, out of
doors, sihana. nga hale e koru hula
i sinaha, the shed was full right to the
door; po'o i sinaha, outside.
sinata U., n., a tabu mark.
sinei rara, dusk.
sineli, sisineli 1. v. tr., to lighten, to give light
to; v. i., to shine, hoi he'u e sisineli
mei, the star has shone out. 2. moon-
light; i sineli, by moonlight,
sineliha v. n., used with poss. 3, ana; sine-
lihaana, its light. Lau sinali, moon;
Florida hinari.
sinola specific numeral, 1,000 (of yams).
inolai uhi.
singo n., a littoral tree (Tournefortia argen-
tifolia) much frequented by a butterfly
(Euplcea sp.) which becomes intoxi-
cated and falls to the ground.
si'o 1. v. i., to collect, to gather, si'o aopa, to
separate, to refine; si'o honosi, to inter-
rupt with questions; si'o koni, to col-
lect; si'o liliheu, to collect stones for a
wall; si'o maani, to gather together,
si'ohi tr.
si'ohila-(ku) gerund. Wango sio.
si'o 2. v. i., to track; si'o isuli, to follow the
footsteps of, to require reparation for,
si'o kali, to spy; si'o purapura, U.,
irregularly.
si'o 3. v. i., to practice magic; si'o ku'isi, to do
harm to.
si'onga v. n., magic.
si'ohi tr., to bewitch. San Cristoval siofi.
si'ohaa 1. v. i., to be in evil plight, to be desti-
tute. 2. n. (ku), si'ohaaku e tata'ala, I
am in evil plight,
si'ohaanga v. n., destitution,
si'ohaa'i tr. si'ohaa'i maela, to be in
danger; si'ohaa'i ola, to be in a poor way.
Lau sikofa.
I si'okoni v. tr., to collect, to harvest,
si'okoninge v. n., harvest.
si'ola exclamation of assent, cf. si'u'e.
sipe v. i., to prick, to let pus out of a sore,
sipengi tr.
sipengila-(na) gerund. Mota sipe, to take
out; Florida sipa.
siri n., a parrot, siri alaha, Lorius chloro-
cercus; siri 'u'u, a lory that hangs head
downward.
siriu U., n., a cockle, cf. henu. wwai keni
ana karo siriunga, what women for
collecting cockles.
sisi 1. v. tr., to grin like a dog, to bare the
teeth; e sisie nihona, he bared his teeth
in a grin,
sisi 2. sisi pono, to be closed over (of a sore),
sisile n., a shellfish.
sisimidi S., mudimudi U., a bird, the yellow
honey eater.
sisinge-(ku) S., noun used as preposition; in
the way of, preventing, e hono sisi-
ngana, shut him in; e i'o sisingeku,
stood in front of me; ho'asi sisingana
li'oa, to swear by a spirit; e ho'asi sisi-
ngemu, bound you with an oath,
sisinge'i partic, used as adverb; over against,
in front of. hai dango e i'o sisinge'i, a
tree stood in the way; ho'asi sisinge'i,
to clear with an oath; hono sisinge'i, to
shut out.
si siri sisiri hapa, a bird, swallow.
si'u'e S., si'u'a U., exclamation of assent.
si'u'e 'oto, 'o si'u'e, ta'ane si'u'e, cer-
tainly, verily,
siute gun, rifle (English shoot), ko'uko'uha
ana siute, report of a gun.
siwe 1. numeral, nine.
siwana ninth, for the ninth time. Lau
siqa, Florida hiua, Viti dhiva, Tonga
hiva, Indonesia sio.
siwe 2. blood-money, haa ni siwe. ne'i siwe,
to put out a sum as blood-money; tola
siwe, to kill and earn the blood-money,
so exclamation, to call attention; so nge, well
then; so 'ohe, perhaps.
soasoa native arrowroot, grows on the beaches.
soda v. i., to encounter, to fall into danger;
used with poss. 3. e soda ana hu'o, he
fell into the net. Florida sodo, to meet;
Viti sola, to meet,
soe U., soe ledi, to question,
soi, soisoi 1. v. tr., to call, to summon, soi
ha'ada'inge, S., soi ha'ata'inge, U.,
church, ecclesia.
soinge v. n., a calling; tote soinge, to raise
aery,
soi 2. U., v. tr., to ask, to question; soi heri, to
question; e soia ada, he asked them
about it.
soi 3. v. i., to demand; soi totonga, soi hirita'a.
to demand a fine,
soinga'ini tr., to call, to summon,
songo n., white shell discs tied as ornament on
the knee or round the wrist.
so'o v. i., to find, to pick up, to collect; so'o
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so'o (continued).
dango, S., so'o 'ai, U., to pick up fire-
wood ; so'o tele, to build a stone fence,
so'ohi tr.
so'ohila-(ku) gerund. Fl. sodo, collect.
su v. tr., to anoint; laqi ni su, coconut-oil
ointment; rumu ni su, ointment, salve.
suhi tr., to plaster the hair with lime,
suhinge v. n., anointing.
suhila-(ku) gerund.
su'a U. 1. v. i., to move backward, to retire,
to retreat. Wango sua.
su'a U. 2. su'ai honu, a summerset.
sualaa U., a foundation, suesuelaa. a Poro
Sualaa Hanua, a legendary person,
Mr. Foundation-of-the-Earth.
sude v. tr., to root up the earth (of pigs), poo
e sude. Mota sula, Wango sua.
su'e S., su'a U. 1. a tree planted in the villages,
the leaves and the catkins (rame) and
berries are edible, the bark is used in
Santa Cruz for making fish-lines.
su'e, su'esu'e 2. v. i., to encounter, to meet;
used with poss. 3. kire su'a ana, they
met him.
su'ehi tr., to encounter difficulty, to have
hard work, to paddle against wind or
tide, 'ato 'ae su'ahia, to leap and
encounter; kire ko su'ehire, they lord
it over them.
su'ela'i partie., ke'i su'ela'i mola haahie
qd'une, will recoil on his own head.
hd'isu'esu'e, po'osu'a'a. Nguna sua,
Wango sua, Lau suasua, encounter.
su'e 3. S., used with locative *; i su'e, out of
doors, outside, external.
su'e 4. S., n., a spear.
su'e S., su'a U. 5. v. i., to move backward, to
retreat, to retire; su'e puri, to go back;
su'e ngoli, to fall backward and break
one's neck.
su'esu'e S., su'a U., su'esu'e ni honu, a
summerset.
suesuelaa S., sualaa U., n., a foundation.
su'esu'ela'i partie, mae su'esu'ela'i, to die of
hunger, to starve.
su'ete'e S., su'ate'e U., ne'isae su'ete'e,
adoma'i su'ate'e, to be anxious about.
suhi, su'isuhi S., suhisuhi U., v. tr., to shave
the head or face; suhi kou, to shave the
head clean,
suhinge v. n., shaving.
suhila-(ku) gerund.
suhu 1. a bung, plug, bung-hole. 2. v. i., to
fall through a thing; e 'uri suhu, his
foot went through; mwalo suhu kao, a
rock that pierces the bottom,
suhuli tr., to make an opening in a green
coconut, to take the plug out of a ca-
noe.
su'isuli (ku) S., n., a bone. suli.
su'isungi v. tr., to broil on a fire. Mota tun-
su'isungi'e S., n., a hill.
suke, susuke S., suka, sukasuka U., to ask
for, to beg, to borrow, to ask permis-
sion; suka hdrite'i, U., to question; suka
hdrite'inga, questioning; suke lalana.
suke (continued).
to ask on his behalf; masa suke, to be
ashamed to beg; e i'o pe'i suke, sat and
begged,
sukanga v. n.
suku (na) the vent of a fish. Viti buku, tail,
sulaapoe U., v. tr., to cause to lodge,
sulahita U., to be firm, rigid,
sule S., sula U., v. tr., to roast on the embers.
ko sulaa mu uhi, roasts yams,
sulanga v. n., a roasting, yams roasted in
the coals, ngau sulanga, the food eaten
at a betrothal consisting of roasted yams.
suli (au) 1. prep., after, according to; not used
as dative as stated in M. L., p. 151.
suli heidinge, daily; lae mai sulieu, come
after me; tolai suli wala, to obey com-
mands. Mota sur.
suli, su'isuli S., susuli U. 2. n., a bone; suli
qeri ngae, suli qeri i ngaena, the back-
bone; suli tolai luana, his shoulder-blade;
laloi suli, within the bones; mu lalawai',
ola ana suli, the marrow of the bonesa
qango laloi suli, the marrow. Motg,
suriu, Florida huli, Borneo tulan
Niue hui.
suli 3. suli 'ei, wall-plate of a house; suli 'ei i
qaoha, ridgepole.
suli 4. suli hata, forty dogs' teeth, a sum of
money considered equivalent to ten
fathom strings of shell money (haa
tahanga) .
suliteru a bone needle.
sulu 1. v. i., to lift, to carry up canoes to land,
to start on a sea journey, to launch a
canoe; sulu haa, to collect money; sulu
la' a ana, to lift it up; sulu 'epu, to adopt
a child; sulu 'epunge, n., adoption; sulu
walanga, gossip; mu tale'i sulu walanga,
mere gossip: sulu walanga ta'etate, bab-
bling words,
suluha U., v. n., a landing.
sulu'i tr.
sulu'ila-(ku) gerund. Wango suru.
sulu, susulu 2. to sing, to make music; sulu 'ato,
a song sung as an ordeal; sulu 'atonga,
ordeal singing; sulu daudau, U., to
make songs on; sulu kananga, singing
of songs; sulu mao, to sing in company
with men dancing; sulu 'o'o, to beat
drums. Mota sur, to sing.
suluhe (ku) n., song; suluheku, my song.
sulu'i tr., to sing a song.
sulula-(ku) gerund.; sululana, its being
sung,
sulu, susulu 3. v. tr., to follow, to do according
to; sulu isuli, to obey, to walk according
to; sulu odoodo, to go straight; sulu
odola'i, to act righteously.
sulu 4. with poss. 3 ana, to please, sulu i
lohona, lohomu, pleasing in his sight,
thy sight.
sulu (na, ni) 5. liquid, water, madamada sulu,
October. Nguna sulu, Mota sur mata,
tears.
sulu'e adj., with liquid, watery, containing
too much water.
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suluheu 1 . the stone walls of taoha.
Suluheu 2. the artificial islets off the coast of
Malaita. Lau sulufou.
suluta'e U., v. i., to rise up, arise.
suluta'enga v. n., a rising up. resurrection.
Wango surulae.
sume S., sime U., n., a sandfly. Alite sumi,
mosquito; New Guinea kimu, simunika,
sumoniku.
sunge sunge luuluu, elkhorn fern.
sungi S., v. tr., sungie mawataa, lift up a shout.
Florida sungi.
supi n., a short club, diamond-shaped, with a
broad face and a rib down the center.
Wango subi, Bugotu supa.
supu v. tr., to compose (of songs), supu kana.
supungi S., v. tr., to offer, to intreat; supungie
ngauhana, to offer food to.
supu'upu (na) S., v. tr., to build.
suraa'i, susuraa'i S., v. tr., to revenge, to
retaliate, to repay injuries; mwane 'o
susuraa'ie tnu oraha'a i'emi huni'emi,
deal not with us after our sins.
suru 1. v. tr., to suspect, to have suspicions
about.
suru, susuru 2. v. L, to plane, to scrape with
a flint or shell or glass,
surumi tr.
susu (ku) 1. n., breast, paps, dugs of animals,
milk; susu ni puloki, susu ni keu, cow's
milk; tori susu, to wear over the left
shoulder as a bandolier. Mota sus,
Wedau susu, Maori u.
susu, sususu 2. v. i., to suck the breast, to
have children at the breast, ha'asusu.
susu puri, to be the last born; a susu
puri, the youngest child.
susu 3. v. i., to prick, to pierce, to impale, to
sew. susu 'asi, to take out (of a thorn) ;
susu 'elinge, an ear-stick; susu hara, to
lean firmly on a staff; susu kumara, to
plant sweet- potato vines; susu opa,
ornamental ridge covering; susu qaoha,
to sew sago leaves for a ridge covering;
&u susu qelusu, a nose-stick; susu sikihi,
U., to cast out, to reject,
susu'i tr.
susu'ite v. n., a seam, sewing, an awl;
ta'ala'a maai su'isu'ite, one seam.
Mota sis, sus, to pierce: susur, to sew;
Samoa tui, Viti tutui, Niue tui, Motu
turi.
susu 4. v. i., to be solid, whole, unbroken, to
heal up, to close over. ha'asusu,
ha'isusu. susu eliho'i, to be filled up
(of rounded shape), restored whole;
susu harehare, to cram; susu hono, to
heal over (of an ulcer); susu honosi, to
close in on; susu pou, to rear up without
breaking (of waves); 'ae susu, swollen
leg; hdu susu, an immovable rock;
i'o susu, to continue in one stay; lue
susu, throat stuffed up, voice gone; sae
susu, to be confident; sae susunge, n.,
confidence, to be of firm mind toward,
to reject; saemu e wana ke susu ha'ahire,
be stern towards them in thy wrath.
susu 5. v. L, to approach; na'o susu ana, to
make straight on toward,
susuhi tr., to approach; na'o susuhire, draw
toward thein.
susu 6. ha'asusu, to gossip, to tell tales about.
susu 7. susu 'ano, to choose ground for a yam
garden.
susua'ili S., susua'ili huni, to suggest to a
person, to urge.
susu'e adj., throughout; susu'e atowaa, all the
day long; susu'e ddngi, every day, in
the daytime.
susue'ini tr., to stretch out, to hold out in the
hand,
susue'i partic, stretched out; susue'i ki'i,
U., to stretch out the hand. Mota sis,
to point.
susuhaa'i v. tr., to plant a yam garden.
susuhara to lean firmly, to rest upon.
susuhono v. L, 'ulu susuhono, stone blind.
susuimi v. i. , to have roots, to be rooted, imi imi.
susu'ite n., a seam, an awl, a pricker.
susule'ini v. tr., to affirm, to maintain.
susule'i partic, firmly, fixedly, forever.
asu susule'i, to work unremittingly;
loli susule'i, to endure firmly, to be
steadfast.
susuli (au) 1. prep., in succession to. suli 1.
hele susuli, to inherit. 2. v. i., to follow
along; melu susuli uwo, we kept along
the ridge; a Poro Susuli Uwo, a legend-
ary person, Mr. Follow-the-Ridge.
susuli 3. U., n., a bone.
susumaa a projection from the ridge of a
house, a pinnacle.
susungi 1. v. tr., to approach, to draw near to.
susungi 2. U., v. tr., to cook on embers, to
broil, su'isungi. Wango susungi.
susuru'u a pent-house, a lean-to.
sususu 1. taumanga sususu, taro pudding not
cut up into squares ^but left whole.
susu 4.
sususu 2. a disease of the lower limbs accom-
panied by swelling.
susuto'o v. i., to be firm, assured in mind, i'o
susuto'o. ina'ohi susuto'o, ha'itotori
susuto'o, to hope (late use).
suu 1. v. i., to sink, to go down, to dive, to
dip (of the sun), to die out, to become
extinct; suu dehi, to dive for pearl shell;
suu leuhi, to dive for turbo shell;
ai suu, U., to die out, to perish, to
cease; hanue e suu, the village is unin-
habited; m&i ana waaroivaaro e suu, ebb
when the moon sets; mangona e suu,
his breath has gone, he is dead; ng&u
qe'u suu, to gorge, lit., to eat until the
head drops; uununge suu, burnt offering,
suuhi tr., to dive for.
suuhilana gerund,
suulana sato the going down of the sun;
with locative *', the West,
suue'ini tr., to go down and leave (of the
sun),
suuhe (ni) v. n., atei ke saai suuheni, who
can enumerate. Wango suu, Florida
hu, Mota sus.
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suu 2. suu taa, to appear above the horizon;
suu lai lengi, to rise up; idemu ke suu
i halena, the lime spatula shall pierce
his gums.
suu 3. to revenge, to repay; suu olanga, n.,
revenge; ni'i suu, to make a free gift
expecting no return; ni'i suunge, v. n.
suula-(ku) gerund., horo suulana, to kill
in revenge for; e sa'a harihunie lo'u
suulana. Wango suu.
suu 4. suu leku, a certain kind of arrow.
suu 5. harbor, bay, landing-place, awalosi
i su'u, the west wind; t su'u namona,
the opening in the reef at Sa'a; i Laloi
Su'u, Mara Masiki Channel; 'Olu Su'u,
the three inlets, a name for a number of
inlets.
su'ule-(ni) mu su'uleni 'est, the paths of
the sea. San Cristoval sugu.
su'u 6. S., v. i., to move position; su'u weu,
su'u met, i'o su'u iveu, dau su'u weu.
dudu. h&'isu'u.
suue'i v. tr., raro suue'i, to turn inside out
(of a bag).
suuha U., suuhai raa, drought.
suuhe'ini v. tr., to destroy, to kill out. horo
suuhe'ini.
Su'uheu Lopo Suuheu, a gorge above
Su'uholo.
Su'uholo a village on the east coast of Ulawa;
its landing-place is i Su'u ntaea.
su'ule'i U., to bulge, to project.
suu'i (2u), suusuu'i (au) prep., around, about.
dau suu'i, to intreat, to importune, to
compel; i'o suu'i, to be present with;
maahu suu'i, to guard at night; tola suu'i,
to importune; 'tire suu'i, to attend on,
to serve; saeku e ruerua'a suu'iomu, I
am in doubt concerning you. Wango
suustiui.
Su'u Moli a boat harbor at the northwest
corner of Ulawa.
Su'u Peine a harbor on the west coast of Little
Malaita; su'u peina, U., a boat harbor
at Su'uholo.
suuraa'i, suure, suurei, suusuure (na) S.,
foundation, corner.
su'uri dehortative; don't; used also in sup-
posititious cases, su'uri na, not so;
'oke su'uri lae, do not go; huni 'oke
su'uri 'unue ha'alae diana, had you not
mentioned it it were well; ta'e walo 'ie
ke su'uri, save for these bonds; ke su'uri
urine, God forbid.
Su'urodo the Mara Masiki Channel, cf.
Laloi Su'u
suusuu (ku) 1. elbow, corner, angle; h&u suusuui
karo, corner stone; suusuu nime, elbow;
&ni suusuu, V., a cubit. Mota susiu.
suusuu 2. hele suusuu ana, to do in succession,
continuously; ramo suusuu, to be strong
forever.
suute 1. v. tr., to wind a fishing-line. 2. (n3,
ni) n., a place on a fishing-rod for wind-
ing the line.
■uwa U., v. i., to back, retire, to draw back.
tft 1. U., to speak; t&uri, t'Auritaha, of reported
speech, to speak thus.
ta 2. noun suffix; viae, maet'd; waa'i, waa'ite.
ta 3. adj., prefix of condition; tahiruhriu,
lahisuhisu. tata 1. Mota ta, Maori ta.
taa 1. noun suffix; horo, horotaa; puli, pulitaa.
taa, taataa 2. U., daa S., to give, to take; to
receive, to do. taa ka'u, let me see,
wait a bit. Wango haa, Niue ta.
taa 2. S., interrogative pron.; a shortened form
of taha; what? why? nga mui taa, what
things? horana nga taa, what for? mala
nga laa, like I don't know what; nga taa,
what? nga taa ni 'o ere urini, why did
you say this?
ta'a, ta'ata'a 3 S., n., numeral, one; ta'a ta'e,
a one-man canoe; ta'ata'a mwane, one
person; 'enile dial ta'ata'a, how many
things? only one; ta'ata'a ola 'oto 'o'o,
one and only one; nga ta'ata'a ini mola,
only one person; e ta'ata'a mwane, one
and the same person; ta'ata'a ini, one
person at a time, h'duta'a'i, once.
Niue taha, Bugotu sa, San Cristoval
la'a'i, Polynesian tahi.
ta'a 4. S., contraction of taha, adj., out. isi
ta'a, to come out; au ta'a, to debouch;
ulu ta'a, to emerge; ere ta'anga, plain
speech; kali ta'a, to emerge; lou ta'a,
to come forth; suu ta'a, to appear above
the horizon; e hure'i ta'a ana hau, to
gush forth from the rock ; mawa ta'a, to be
exposed to the air (of a sore.) Lau tafa.
ta'a 5. adj., suffix; rerepata'a, osiosita'a.
ta'a 6. adj., bad; used in commiserating.
tata'ala. mwae ta'a, poor fellow; mu
mwae ta'a, poor fellows; rako ta'a,
unpleasant, irksome; kei ta'a, poor
dear (of women); kei ta'a paine, dear
lady; loo ta'a, to be immodest, to offend
against propriety; mwei ta'a aloha, dear
lord. Lau taa, Mota tatas, Wango ta'a,
Malay jahat.
ta'a 7. U., adversative, but; commonly na ta'a;
probably ta'a 3.
ta'ahu U., v. i., to pull up weeds in a garden.
Wango tagu.
taalenga face upward; eno taalenga, to lie on
one's back.
taalengasi v. tr., to lay flat, to lay face
upward; taalengasie nimemu, open your
hand out flat.
taalengasila-(ku) gerund. Samoa talianga,
to lie on one's back.
taalu n., shoal water, a coral patch; i Taalu, a
patch of shoal water off the east coast
of Ulawa. Kalitaalu, a proper name;
tonohaana a Kalitaalu, his drinking-
place at Lenga, Ulawa: he was one of
the legendary people of 'Olu Malau.
ta'ana, ta'ata'ana U., pron., every, each; ta'ana
nga 'inoni, each man; ta'ana ngaile,
every one. Florida tatana.
ta'ane 1. adv., certainly, indeed; follows the
verb, ineu ta'ane, yes, me: I am here
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ia'ane 1 (continued).
indeed; ta'ane si'u'e, certainly; neke'i
lae ta'ane, I am surely going. 2. in
Ulawa used in conditional affirmation,
as ha'alaa, S. muni ne'e loosia, ta'ane
na'a 'unua, if I see him I shall tell it;
ko urine ta'ane na, S., even supposing
it were so.
Ta'a Pea a female ghost who makes yams
fruitful; her name was given in Ripoo,
Ulawa, to a natural formation in flint.
This was placed in the yam gardens.
ta'asi, taata'asi v. tr., to throw away, to
remove, taa l;asi3. Wango taari.
taataa 1. v. i., to defecate. Samoa tat a, to
have the bowels relaxed.
ta'ata'a 2. S., numeral, one, a. ta'ala'a me'i
lo'u'e, one verse; ta'ata'a maai ngeu, one
meal; ta'ata'a mwela moute'i, only child;
ta'ata'a ola moumoute'i, one thing only.
ta'ataha n., an opening in the shore reef, a
chasm, taha 1. ukui ta'ataha, a break
in the reef, a canoe passage. Maori
tawha, chasm.
ta'ataka ta'atakai rate, takalakai rale, U., the
down of nestlings.
ta'atala n., a line, a row; ta'alalai niu, a row
of coconut trees; uku ni ta'atala, a row,
a line.
ta'atara 1. successive; mu wala ta'atara, tradi-
tion; 'unu ta'atara, to relate in order.
ta'atara 2. ta'atara wdi, the dragon-fly (Libel-
lula sp.) . tarasi.
ta'atarau mu wala ta'atarau, gossip, tarau.
taate'i S., v. i., to be at a loss, to be ignorant,
to be unwise.
taate'inge v. n., fault, ignorance,
taate'inge'ini v. tr., to deny, to repudiate.
taate'inge'inila-(ku) gerund. Florida tale.
taatewe S., to be at fault.
taatewenga v. n., a fault.
ta'au S., adv., of place, demonstrative ne may
be added; onward, further, east, south.
apai loa ta'au, the heavens above; e odo
'oto ta'au, he went right on; po'o ta'au,
farther east; qd'u ta'au, go east or south.
ta'e 1. U., numeral, one; Sa'a prefers ta'a but
has to'ota'e. ta'a ta'e, one-man canoe;
ta'e hu'a saena e diena, there's a good-
hearted woman; to'ota'e ola, to'ota'e ini,
one here and there; e ta'e ro ola, only
two; nga ta'e, exclamation. Probably
metathetic upon 'eta.
ta'e 2. adv. of direction, up, inland; when used
with locative » contracts from ta'e i to
ta'i. ta'i Sa'a, up at Sa'a; ta'i lengi, up
above, in the sky; 'ure ta'i tolona hdnue,
from out of the hills. Mota sage,
Motu dae, Maori ake.
ta'e 3. v. i., to rise up, to stand.
ta'e 4. v. tr., to raise up. ta'e 'akalo, to raise
a ghost. M. A., p. 219. Lau take, to
stand.
ta'e 5. v. i., to embark; kiraelu 'a ta'e hS'i
'olie'i, they embark on their return
journey; ta'e ilengine horse, to ride; ta'e
ha'aholo, to be astride; ta'a ta'e, one-
ta'e 5 (continued).
man canoe; ta'e hai, four-man canoe;
ta'e 'olu, three-man canoe. Ta'e 'Olu,
Belt of Orion
ta'eli tr., to embark, to get into a canoe.
ha'ata'eli.
ta'elila-(na, ni) gerund.
ta'e 6. S., adversative, but, probably ta'e 1.
ta'e walo 'ie ke su'uri, save for these
bonds; ta'e pe'inie, nevertheless. Araga
take.
ta'ela'i 1. v. i., to set out, to arise, to start.
ta'e 2. ta'ela'i i ola, beginning from.
2. to be excited; saeku e ta'ela'i, I am
excited,
ta'ela'mi tr., to cause to arise.
ta'ena, ta'eta'ena S., pron., each, every, ta'e 1.
ta'ena nga 'inoni, every man. Motu
taina, some.
ta'ero v. i., to dribble (of spittle) ; wawe ko ta'ero
ana, he dribbled at the mouth.
ta'etate v. i., to chatter; sulu walanga la' elate,
■ 'tis naught but idle chatter.
ta'ewau wantonly, carelessly, any how. e
ta'ewau mola, e ta'e mola wau, it's all
one, it makes no difference; ta'ewau mu
'inoni, S., the common people.
taha, ta'ataha 1. to be open, to have a channel,
to emerge; taha maa, to open the door;
kire taha maa 'oto nge melu lae, we left
as they were opening their doors (at
daylight); taha ana nga 'inoni, to pay
a visit to a person; taha odo'i, to come
upon, to find; taha 'o'o, the tenor drum
in the para ni 'o'o, the first notes are
struck on it; mw'dri taha, to recover from
wounds; sae taha, happy; sae tahanga,
happiness; saeku e taha, my mind is
clear about it; 'unu ta'ataha, to pro-
nounce aloud; wdi e taha, the river
mouth is open, navigable,
tahani S., tr., to open, to be a pioneer; ana
e tahanie maamu ne, in that he opened
your eyes; 'unu tahanie saemu, lay bare
your mind, (b) to emerge, to go
through; tahanie 'asi, get through the
surf, (c) aha tahani, tola tahani, to
warn.
tahangi U., tr., lahangia hdlisi, to eat the
first fruits of the harvest; tahangia w&pu,
to be the first to clear a piece of thick
bush and thereby acquire a right over
the land: prov., to be a pioneer.
ha'aisita'anga'ini, ha'aisitahanga'ini,
San Cristoval tafa, Lau tafa, Tanna
lafa, outside; Maori tawha.
taha 2. interrogative pron., what, more com-
mon in Ulawa; nga taha, what? inge'ia
taha 'oto, U., that is it, just so; nga mdsi
taha, what thing? munia nga taha, what
for? 'osi hele hinoli'a taha ine, how well
you have done it. Mota sava, Maori
aha. M. L., p. 133.
taha'ira'a adv., clearly, plainly; ere taka'ira'a,
to speak distinctly.
tahalaa n., an opening in a reef, a way out.
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tahanga n., a fathom; v. tr., to measure a
fathom, tahanga awa nusi, U., a meas-
ure, just a fathom long; haa tahanga,
a sum of money, ten strings each a
fathom long, the sum equivalent to
40 dogs' teeth (suit hata).
tahanga 'ini v. tr., to set wide open, ha'aisila-
hanga'ini, ha'aisita'anga'ini.
taharara'a mawasidengi e taharara'a, a storm
swept down.
tahaunutara through, from one side to the
other; used with poss. 3. unu 3.
tahe 1. n., a platform; ha'u take, to make a
platform; tahe ni malaohu, a platform
on which ceremonies are conducted in
connection with malaohu, a boy's catch-
ing his first bonito.
tahe 2. v. i., to be abundant; hohola e tahe, the
garden produced abundantly.
tahe 3. to flow, to be in motion (of water) . 'ahe.
luelue e tahe, the flood came. Poly-
nesian tahe, to flow.
tahe 4. tahe 'upu'upu, to be halfway in a
journey.
tahe U. 5. tahe tongo, to sip.
tahela'ini, ta'etahela'ini v. tr., to lift up to
view, to exalt, to mount, to ascend,
tahela'i partic, up, upward; ngara tahela'i
ana, to call upon him with weeping.
tahera'i v. i., to thatch with layers of sago-
palm leaf (raho).
tahera'inge v. n., thatching,
tahera'ini tr.
taheri v. tr., to wear across the shoulder as a
bandolier, a Taheri 'Usu, a proper
name.
tahi, ta'itehi v. i., to flee; t&hi ke'u, be off, get
out of the way.
tahinge v. n., flight; 'o'o ni tehinge, to be in
flight; kire tola r or or a ana tahinge, they
fled precipitately,
tahisi tr., to escape from; tapo tahisi, to
grab and miss. Lau tafi.
tahi 2. to rend; tahi sa'o, to cut sago leaves.
tahikuhiku U., adj., tangled, raveled, hiku-
tahile'ini v. tr., to flee away and carry with one.
tahirohiro n., a large fish that swims round in
circles, hiro.
tahisuhisu, tatahisuhisu said of a canoe, to
run along on the top of a wave.
taho 1. to purchase a man, to buy a dependent.
2. to pay money to one who avenges a
death; ke'i taho nana mwala e horo'ia
mwaena, will make payments to the
people who killed So-and-so, M. A.,
p. 243. kire tahoa nana mwala e horo,
they paid up to the people who had
killed; tahoa lalamoa, to pay for a man
killed by violence, cf. dalo. 3. taho
ta'a, the ritual placing of a coconut in
a canoe containing a dead body, M. A.,
p. 136: taha, there should be taho.
taho 4. taho ta'a, used with poss. 3, to arrive at.
tahola'i v. L, to wave in the air as a sign of
triumph; tahola'i mata, to wave the club,
tahola'inl tr.
tahu awa tahu, U., to slip, to come loose (of
bands) .
tahu'i v. tr., to take to pieces. Florida tavuti,
to remove.
tahule S., n., a mosquito.
tahulu the black mussel employed in the manu-
facture of bonito hooks (le'i). Wai ni
Tehulu, the lagoon at Ngorangora,
Ulawa.
ta'i 1. prefix of condition, ta'iere. 2. contrac-
tion of ta'e i, up at; noko lai tti'i Sa'a, I
am going up to Sa'a; ta"i kule, shore,
beach, dry land, dinge ta'i hahona, the
day after. 3. participial ending: rapu,
rapute'i. 4. verb suffix used intransi-
tively: aite'i, ma'ute'i. Mota tag.
ta'iere adj., dizzy, faint; maaku e ta'iere, I am
giddy.
tai'esi neap tide. Maori tai, taia.
ta'ihikuhiku S., tangled, raveled.
ta'ini verbal suffix, used transitively, rapu,
rapute'ini; wai e mapipi 'ohe 'oto la'inie
kolune mwakano, whether the water ha*
receded off the face of the earth.
ta'ingelu S., ta'ingalu U., adv., all together,
ta'ingelute n., used as adv., all together.
ta'ipulo adj., reversed.
ta'ipulosi v. tr., to reverse.
ta'ipulopulo U., adj., to come short of.
ta'irara adj., to be earnest over, to use per-
suasion,
ta'iraranga n.
tMitei 1. U., v. tr., to close the eyes, e taiteia
maana.
ta'itei 2. v. i., to deny; used with poss. 3.
ta'iteli n., flowering hibiscus of many varieties.
ta'itelihe-(na) n., a border, tali 1. ta'iteli-
hana hanue, boundary of land.
ta'itelihite to be split, to have cracks in. tSli 1_
ta'itesi S., n., flesh meat; mu te'itesi ola, flesh.
taka, ta'ataka 1. v., to come into flower; taka
mala maimepusu, to flower like the
maimepusu. n., takai dango, a flower;.
ta'atakana, its flower. Wango taga, to
be in leaf.
taka 2. prefix of spontaneity, takaluhe. Mota.
tava, Maori taka, takahe; Malagasy tafa.
taka 3. taka 'irori, proverb of confusion of
voices.
takalo, ta'atakalo S., takatakalo U., to be lost,
astray, to go astray, ha'atakalo. nou
lae takalo, I am lost; liu takalo, to take
a wrong road.
takalonga v. n., an error,
takaloha'ini tr., to mislay. Maori ngaro,
Niue ngalo, lost.
takaluhe to be loosened, to come loose.
takara 1. to come unraveled, matakara. 2.
to abound, to prosper. 3. maaku e
takara Pulupulu, I saw stars,
takarasi tr., to unravel, to unwind, to
unlace,
takarara to come undone.
takararuru in a bunch, together, hele takaruru,
hold in a bunch; taka 2.
takarurume'ini tr.; hane takarurumt'inire, to-
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takarurume'ini (continued).
shoot a number at one shot. Mota
takar, to take between the fingers.
takihe-(ku) a relative, a member of the same
family; a takiheku, a kinsman of mine.
tako, tatako to bewail, to lament, ha'itako'i.
takonga U., takola S., v. n., lamentation,
takosi tr.
tako'i-(au) prep., toward (of persons and
things), of swearing by. ere ni ha'apu
tako'ie, swore by him.
tatako 'i v. tr., to approach a person.
melu tatako 'ie paro.
taku, ta'uteku v. i., to receive, to entertain;
used with poss. 3. taku ana pasi,
grasp a bow.
takuhi S., takusi U., tr.
takuhila-(ku) gerund,
t'akume'ini U., tr., to dun.
takume S., n., a yam with fruit on the vine.
takuruhi S., v. tr., to crowd.
tala 1. n., path, road, way; tola ineu, my path;
tola ni liu, path to travel; Tala Odo, the
main ridge of Little Malaita; harii tala,
S., hart ni tala, U., forks of the road;
i kerekerena tala, beside the path; maai
tala rue, street corner; nga jnui tala,
paths; 'uri odohaana tala, walk straight
along the path; walu tala ni Tolo, all
the villages of Tolo. Mota sala,
Florida hala, Maori ara.
tala 2. (ku) n., place, room, asu lalai nge'ulaa,
work for food; 'eli talana, dig his grave;
ha'itale talaku, make room for me; horo
i tala, to kill in revenge; horonga i talada,
revenge for them; fioli talaku, buy my
footing; le'u talaku, my place; lio tala,
beware; na'o talana, lead the way for
him; e lo'o talaku, room for me. Florida
talana, put it.
tala, ta'atala 3. n., a row, a string; talai heune,
a row of teeth; talai puli, a string of
white cowries; kulaa talai heune, to
loosen the teeth.
tala 4. to miss, to fail, diiu tala. hu'utala.
pa'ewa ko 'ala tala, the shark bites at
and misses (the last two days of the
moon); pola tala, U., to fail. Mao. hara.
talahi tr., e hute talahie qongine, born out
of due time. Wango tara, Viti dhala.
tala 5. v. tr., to sweep; talaa nume, a besom.
talaa a littoral tree of hard wood.
tala'ae v. i., to begin; used with genitive *, ni.
e tala'ai 'aela, e tala'aeni 'aela, it is
beginning to spoil; tala'ae ni lae, begin
to go.
tala'aeha-(na) U., n., the beginning of,
because of.
tala'ae (na) S., beginning from.
tala'aehota S., v. i., to begin, 'aehota.
talaahu'e v. tr., to guard, to protect, to catch
a ball. ahu.
tala'aela'a v. i., to frolic, to play.
talahi U., v. tr., to miss, hula talahi, U., to fail
to find a person at home; lio talahi, U.,
to look for in vain; ma'aru talahi, to go
like winking.
talahuli the place of; with poss. 3. tala 2.
i talahuli emu, in your right place; mu
le'u talahuliana, his wonted place.
tala'i v. tr., to entice, ha'atala'i. tala'i keri,
to catch octopus.
tala'ilisi continuously; huni polo lala'ilisi
huni'o, to worship Thee continuously.
talama'i v. i., to prepare for a feast, to collect
materials, talama'i wala, U., to act as
mediator,
talama'inge v. n.
talama'ini tr.
talani hataa'i sae talani, to be careful to. tala 2.
talau 1. U., to be alight (of fire), to blaze, to
spread (of ulcer), rara talau, twenty-
first and twenty-second days of the
moon. Florida talau, continually.
talau, tatalau 2. v. i., to walk along a log.
tatalauhe. San Cristoval tatarau.
tale (au) 1. U., prep., to, toward (of persona
and things); lae talea, go to him; tale i
ola, on the side of what you may call it.
Malo tele.
tale 2. v. i., to lack; melu tale ola, we lack
things.
talenga S., talengaha U. (double noun
ending), v. n., a shortage, famine.
tale 3. to miss, to look in vain for. ha'itale.
lio talea, S., to fail to see.
tale'i mere, inferior; mu tale'i ola, inferior
things, merely, wantonly; nou tale'i
lae mola, I just went for no reason; tale'i
teu, to act wantonly; tale'i teunge, wan-
ton mischief; tale'i 'o'i'o'i, to trouble
oneself; e tale'i meimeile'ini, he was in
destitution; tale'i inu mola'a, just drink
without price.
tali 1. v. i., to be bounded by, to end, to begin.
ta'itelihe. lai teli, up to, until. San
Cristoval tori, to reach; Florida taligu,
back, again; Niue tali, until, since.
tali 2. lama tali, to free a tree of creepers; t'dli
wale, to strip the skin of cane (wale).
talihe (ku) n., ere talihe, to defend oneself in
speech, to deny, ere (lado) taliheku, make
my defence; ne'isae talihe, to reach in
thought.
talihite cf. ta'itelihile.
talihuu 'ano talihuu, to sink out of sight, to
go down for good.
talili v. tr., to transgress, to work wickedness.
ha'ilelili.
talilinge v. n. Wango tariri.
talimaa v. i., to start, to come to an end;
talimaa ana malwlo 'ie, S., from now on;
talimaa 'oto nihou, U., up till now.
talisi U., v. i., to be awake, to wake up.
ha'atalisi.
talo 1. a shield made of wood.
talo 2. a tree whose bark is used for cerements.
talo 3. v. tr., to tithe; talo ahu, to amass;
e taloa huehuana dangona mwakana, he
gives tithes of the trees of the field; talo
lilisi, to offer a certain portion as a
sacrifice.
talo 4. U., talo wau i 'esi, to follow the coats
by sea.
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talo 5. talo nunu, to photograph,
talo 6. U., v. i., to spread (of news). S., taro.
taloha (na), tataloha (na) v. n., news,
taloha'ini tr., to spread news, to proclaim,
taloha 'i v. i. and partic. Wango taro,
Samoa lala.
talo 7. talo li'isi, at irregular intervals.
talo 8. talo ahu, a fighting company, a war
band, talo 1.
talohi v. tr., to guard against a blow, to ward
off, to shield,
talo'ili U., taro'iri S., a paddle-shaped club
with a long handle, used also as a shield.
Guppy, "Solomon Islands" p. 74.
taluhi 1. to draw out water, to draw at a well.
cf. ddnu. 2. U., Su'u i Teluhi'a, the
boat harbor at Mwado'a, Ulawa.
tamwa prefix of condition. Mota tanta.
tamwaodo v. i., to be clear, straightforward,
tanauhi ha'atanauhi, v. tr., to decoy a ghost or
animal by food,
tane S., adv., of place; tane mat, here; tane wan,
there; tane ta'i salo, up in the sky.
tanga (ku) n., the crotch of the legs, matanga.
Mota sanga, Sulu sanga, branch; Viti
sanga.
tangaa n., a span; v., to span with the hand.
Viti dhanga.
tangahulu numeral, ten: used only in counting;
tangahulu ana, tenth. Mota sangavul,
Florida hangavulu, Maori ngahuru,
Niue hongofulu.
tangalau 1. numeral, one hundred: used with
genitive i, ni. tangalai mwane, an
hundred men. San Cristoval tangarau.
tangalau 2. niu tangalau, a heavily laden coco-
nut. 'Ahe i Niu Tangalau, a tide-rip
between Ulawa and Sa'a.
tangatanga n., a forked stick, tanga.
tangi 1. a basket made of split cane to hold
canarium nuts for drying in the smoke
(ngali maa).
tangi 2. a hand of bananas, used with genitive
si, tangisi hudi. Mota tingiu.
tangi 3. to cleave, to rive, to split a log in two.
tango S., used with genitive ni; tangoni mwela,
all the children.
tao v. i., to be upset (of the stomach); 'ieku
e tao, I am sick at the stomach,
taoha n., men's club-house on the beach used
for stowing canoes. Wrongly spelt oha
in M. A., p. 174. hide e 'a' a haahia
taoha, the creeper had climbed all over
the club-house; niu ni taoha, a palm
(Nipa fruticans). Wango oha.
taotaoro n., a tree from San Cristoval planted
in the villages for shade,
tapa, ta'atapa 1. v. L, to cut with a blow, to
reap; tapa tekela'ini, to cut off and
destroy; nahi la'atapa korn, a sickle.
tapali tr., tapali hui, to cut off the stems
of taro. San Cristoval taba, Maori
tapa, tapahi.
tapa ta'atapa 2. tapa h&'i'olisi, to exchange
words, to converse.
tapa 3. prefix of condition, tapa'oli, iapausu.
Mota tava, Lau taba.
tapaa a tree of soft wood used for making food
bowls, the milk tree of North Queens-
land.
tapaika tobacco (English); ng'du tapaika, to
smoke tobacco.
tapala'a U., adj., abounding, ha'atapala'a.
Wango tabarasi.
tapaliu v. i., to pass by, to pass across, to cross.
tapa'oli v. i., to exchange, to ransom.
tapa'olite (ku) v. n., tapa'oliteku, in
exchange for me.
tapa'olisi tr.
tapa'olisila-(ku) gerund.
tapausu v. i., to pierce, to go right through;
used with poss. 3.
tapi U., v. tr., to chop, to cut down, 'aitepi.
San Cristoval tabi.
tapo v. i., to grab, to catch hold, to lay hands
on; tapo mae, to seize weapons; tapo
tahisi, to grab and miss,
tapoli tr.
tapolila-(ku) gerund.
taqaosi S., to happen to, to do harm to.
taqaruru U., bronze- wing dove, 'aqa 1.
tara 1. v. L, to drift at sea, to be set by currents.
malar aha.
tara 2. adj., prefix, tararuru.
tara 3. v. i., to skim, to pass over the surfaceo
ta'atara wai, to skim the water, dragon-fly.
tara'a adj., uunu tara'a huuilume, burn up the
village.
tara'asi continuously, straight on; lae lara'asi,
to go straight on.
tarakoni v. tr., to collect, to gather together.
tarapiu to be blistered (of hands or feet).
tararuru v. i., to be gathered together, to be
associated with, to be united with; hele
tararuru, take hold all together; saeda
ka'a tararuru pe'ie, their hearts were
not whole with him. Wango taruru.
tarasi v. tr., to skim along the surface of;
tarasie 'asi ana hote, feather the oar.
tarasi oko a bird, cuckoo.
tarasimwa'a adj., skinned, broken (of skin).
tarau, tatarau v. i., to go straight on, to con-
tinue; continuously, liu tarau, to go
straight ahead. Florida talau.
tarauhe'ini U., v. tr., to continue with, to
persevere in. talau. 2. to light a lamp.
taraure'i partic, continuously, continually;
to continue on, to go straight on.
taraure'ini U., v. tr., used as a preposition;
right on through, throughout.
tari, ta'iteri 1. v. tr., to gain, to obtain, tdri
olanga, U., tari'e olanga, S., riches.
tari 2. v. L, to stick fast in a tree or a noose.
Mota tali, a. rope; Maori tari, a noose.
tari 3. U., v. tr., to launch a canoe; moro tdria
Paro 'iola i 'esi, you two launch the
canoe into the sea.
tari 4. tari sa'o, to split the sides off sago-palm
leaves to make bird arrows (topd).
tarie'ini wala II., to commit fornication.
tarie'ini walanga v. n.
tariho v. tr., to watch for turtles coming up
to lay, tarihoa honu.
tariki U., to stride.
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taro, tataro S., talo U., to spread (of news), to
proclaim,
taroha, tataroha (na) v. n.. news; tarohana
e taro poi, the news has reached here,
tataroha'i'e adj., used as n., news,
tarohi tr., to come to one's ears.
taroha'ini tr., to proclaim.
tarohainila-(ku) gerund,
taro'iri S. cf. talo'ili, U.
taroisuli U., to add to.
tSsi 1. v. i., to slip, to slide, to glance off.
tasi 2. v. i., to strip off the outer skin; niu tesi,
a thin-skinned variety of coconut,
tata 1. adjectival prefix of condition, tata-
qeluqelu. Wango ta, Florida ta, Viti ta.
tata 2. v. i., to scatter, Shutata, tataa'ini.
tataa S., to fade away, to wither.
tataa'ini v. tr., to scatter, to sow broadcast, to
shake out, to unfurl; lataa'i 'asi, to
shake off; ere tataa'ini, to curse. Wango
adaraini.
tata'ala adj., bad. ta'a 6, la 4. ha'atata'ala.
raramanga ana i'onga tata'ala, rebuke
because of lasciviousness; si'ohaaku e
tata'ala, I am in evil plight,
tata'alanga n., evil; tnwaanie mu tata-
'alanga, from evil,
tata'alaha n., used with poss. 3. tata-
'alahaana mu i'e, the bad fish, lit., its
badness the fish,
tata'alasi with dau, kele, to do harm to;
horo tata'alasi, to kill without mercy,
tatahana S., adv., in a little while, almost;
tatahana 'oto muini ke'i helesie, some
almost did it.
tatahiohio to stagger about.
tatahiruhiru headlong.
tataipeipe v. i., to wallow, to roll about in a fit.
tataisuisu to run along atop a wave (of a canoe),
tataiteu S., lio tataiteu, to appear beautiful,
tataku S., to be effeminate; hele tataku, to be a
novice.
tatalau 1. as talau 2. 2. U., in succession; hele
tatalau, to do in succession; 'unu
tatalau ana, to rehearse in order,
tatahoradi U., adj., falling, of a meteor, tata 1.
tatalauhe v. n., a means of crossing over, a
bridge, a log over a stream.
tatale U., v. tr., to go through or carry (of the
sound of a conch); walana 'Shuri e
latalea walu tala i Tolo, the sound of the
conch went through all the villages in
Tolo.
Tatamwane a Tatamwane, a proper name, lit.,
scatter men.
tatanga n., used as v. i., to be scattered, dis-
persed,
tatangasi tr., to be scattered over; tata-
ngasie mu ote, scattered over the low-
lands.
tatanga'ini tr., to scatter, to disperse.
ha'atalanga'ini.
tatanga'i partic. h&'itatanga'i.
tatangalungalu U., to be excited,
tataqeluqelu headlong, head over heels.
ha'atataqelu.
tatara S., 'unu tatara, wala tatara, tradition.
tatara'a adj., straight, tara'a.
tataraaraa horonga tataraaraa, indiscriminate
slaughter.
tatarau 'unu latarau, gossip.
tatarisi U., the monitor lizard (Varanus
indicus).
tataro v. L, to stumble, ha'atataro. 'aeku
e tataro ana, my foot stumbled thereon.
tatate'ete'e v. i., to bump, to collide.
tatau U., v. i., to hurry, to hasten; kira'elu 'asi
taleu weu, they then scurried away.
tatawero'a S., adj., for naught, in vain,
unprofitably.
tatawisi, tatawisiwisi v. i., to run along on the
top of a wave, to speed along.
t3u U., dSu S. 1. v. i., to do, to act, to make, to
be about to do, to endeavor, e t&u ni
lae, he made to go; t&u muni, to en-
deavor; t&u ha'aro'i, to find; tau 'ei, to
break firewood; tau 'ae, to hurry; t&u
lakelake, to give oneself airs; t&u rarahi,
to urge, to incite; t&u rarahinga, impor-
tunity; tale'i teu, S., to act wantonly;
tale'i teunge, mischief; no'ileu, to delay;
'onileu, to delay; h&'iteu, to hasten.
tMu 2. v. i., 'ape e t&u, the net has fish enclosed
in it.
tau 3. t&u ta'a, to issue, to arrive at; used with
poss. 3. e t&u ta'a ana, it issued in;
raa tau ta'a mala sato, shine out like the
sun; t&u taha, M. A., p. 136. 'au 4.
tau 4. ha'alau, v. i., to be far off, distant.
tauhe S., n., a feast.
taule'ini v. tr., to get ready things for a journey,
to make preparations.
taule'i v. i.
taule'inge v. n., preparation.
tauma'i, taume'i U., conjunction, used in sup-
posititious cases; if, supposing that.
ana kira 'a taume'i lae, supposing that
they go.
taumanga n., a pudding made of pounded taro
and coconut milk (oni) cut up into little
squares; the taro is first roasted on the
coals, then pounded, then rolled fiat
and the coconut milk added, the squares
are then rolled in leaves and roasted;
t&umanga sususu, taro pudding not cut
into blocks but left whole.
taunge'ini, tauteunge'ini v. tr., to persecute.
taunge'inila-(ku) gerund.
tauri, tauritaha, taurini U. 1. v. i., to speak thus,
to do thus; used of reported speech.
nge na'asi t&uri, then said I.
tauri, tauteuri 2. v. tr., to sew, to stitch; t&uri
to' oni, to sew clothes; t&uri to'oninge,
v. n. t&urilana, gerund,
tauteurite v. n., a seam, a sewing; maai
teuteurite, a seam.
ta'utepunge n., slander.
tauteu S., adv., carelessly, wantonly, unguard-
edly, blasphemously. Wango tautau.
Tauto'o U., a Poro Tauto'o, a legendary person
belonging to Su'uholo and killed at San
Cristoval in a raid. His head is said to
have arrived back at Su'uho'o by
magic (s&ru'a) and to have been found
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Tauto'o (continued).
on the beach. A representation of him
cut in coral formed one of the sacred
things at Su'uholo.
tawa an opening in the shore reef, used in the
names of landing-places, maalitaua,
malawa. Tawaodo, Tawaideu, Tawa
ni Mae, Tawa ni 'Ehi'e; names of har-
bors. Mao. awa, channel.
Tawaine an inlet in 'Olu Su'u, west of Cape
Zelee.
Tawana a small pass just south of Roasi Bay,
Little Malaita.
tawari v. i., to strike out with the hands in
swimming.
Tawasipua U., a landing-place at 'Olu Malau.
tawau n., a shrine, a sanctuary. San Cristoval
tawao.
te S., to speak, to say, to do; used of reported
speech, tauri. e teuri, he said; e teuri
taa, what did he say. nge nesi teuri, then
said I; neke teurine ta'ane, I shall cer-
tainly do thus.
tea 1. v. i., to make speeches, to cry out in a
loud voice, to declaim. Lau tea, to
speak. 2. to bark, of a dog.
teangi tr., to bark at, to bay.
teanga'i U., v. i., to offer prayers to a ghost,
teanga'inga v. n., prayer, worship,
teanga'ini tr.
tee, teetee 1. v. i., to tick, to tap, to smite, to
hammer, to throb,
teeli tr., teeli pelo, to ring the bell.
te'e, te'ete'e 2. adv., for good, completely;
te'ete'e huu, for good, finally, forever,
abiding; mango te'ete'e, finished for good
and all.
te'ela'i partic, mango te'ela'i, quite finished.
Lau tee fuu.
te'e 3. Poo te'e, kire ka'a poo te'e ada, they did
not trouble about them; su'asu'ate'e,
to be anxious about. Lau tete, manata
tetea, to be anxious.
te'e 4. ha'ile'e, with whole skin, unpeeled.
te'ete'e 2.
te'ela'i v. i., to set; melu te'ela'i 'ae, our feet
stand; mala nga poo ko te'ela'i ana, even
if a beast come into contact with it.
te'ela'ini tr., ko susue'inie nimana te'ela'inie
ngidune, stretched out his hand and
touched his lips.
teetee 1. a sacred inclosure planted with dili
at the door of the dwelling-house or
toohi or an inclosure made round the
central pillar into which scraps of food
or fruit skins may be thrown without
fear of their being used for purposes of
witchcraft.
te'ete'e (ku) 2. n., skin, bark, husk, rind.
ha'ite'e. te'ete'ena sapeku, skin of my
body. 2. n., a marine shell. Santa
Cruz be.
tehe n., a bird, the chicken-hawk. San Cris-
toval lehe.
tei S. 1. n., the place where; with locative *,
itei. U., hei. itei ngeena, what place
is that? 'o 'ure itei, where are you from,
tei 1 (continued).
whence come you? 'oko lai tei, whither
are you going? hai tei, down where?
mwala 'urei tei ni 'ie, from whence are
these people. Mota vea, Maori hea.
te'i 2. to draw water; te'i wei, to draw water;
te'i weinge, a drawing of water; te'ie
rata, to fill the bamboo water-carrier;
nou te'ie i 'Ei'ei, I drew water from the
spring 'Ei'ei. Mota tav.
te'i 3. n., the bonito hook, made of tahulu or
hapa or roa or 'ime, used with a rod in
the bow of the canoe.
teile'ini v. tr., to wag, to move from side to side.
e leile'inie qa'une, he wags his head,
te'inge'ini v. tr., to proffer, to call attention
to, to point out.
teitei mother, aunt; used in the vocative; used
in affectionate address by a parent to
female child, cf. mama'a. a teitei,
mother, when speaking of a particular
person; teitei ineu, my dear mother.
Mota veve, Efate tete, Alite tetelia, Lau
te.
teke v. i., to fall, to drop to the ground.
ha'ateke. ngdu teketeke, to drop crumbs
of food when eating, to eat like a
cockatoo,
tekela'ini tr., used with preceding verb, as
dau, kite, tola, etc.; to knock, to sweep
and lose; hu'e tekela'ini, to uproot and
destroy; tapa tekela'ini, to cut off and
destroy,
tekela'i partic, fallen and lost, misplaced
and lost. Florida taga, Wango tegeraini.
tekuruhi S., v. tr., to close in on a person,
temweri U., hele temweri, to touch,
tengotengo v. i., to droop, to fall to one side,
to hang loose, ha'atengotengo.
teo v. i., to be humble, lowly, helpless; used
with poss. 3. muini e teo ada, the
humble; i'o ni teo, to be humble in
demeanor,
teqe n., a bamboo, hai teqe.
tere 1. v. i., to peck; tere qa'asi, to peck and
break,
tere 2. to flap; tere 'apa'apa, to flap the wings.
terehi teterehi, tr., to fan. tetere.
tereha'ini cf. mwakatereha'ini, to flout, to put
to scorn,
tero v. i., to hang down, to depend; to'oni e tero
i 'ano, robes hanging down to the
ground; tero ngidu, to pout the lip.
teroliu excessive, beyond what is fitting; qd'u
teroliu, the second finger.
teru cf. suliteru, needle,
tete 1. v. tr., to pull out the contents of a bag,
to rifle; tete 'asi, to empty out contents.
Florida tete, Mota sese.
tete 2. to give money, to make a subscription,
tete 3. to flutter; tete 'apa'apa.
tete 4. to be spilled; hena e tete 'uru'uru, the
lime is spilled. Fagani tete, loo.se.
tete 5. v. tr., to lead by the hand.
tete 6. a stone fence; so'o tete, to build a stone
fence; kumwesie tete, to take down a
stone wall.
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tete 7. S., pili tete, to oppress, to tread down.
tetela-(ku) gerund., with ku, mu, na, etc.,
pili tetelara, or pili telelada, oppress
them.
Tetele the ridge at the head of the river
Walo'a'a.
tetelenga U., a tabu,
tetere n., a fan.
tetewa'a S., adj., very long, very tall. tewa.
teu n., the half shell of a coconut, cf. saukai.
teuri, teurine, teuritaa. cf. le, nge nesi teuri, then
said I ; 'oto nge a Dora esi teuri, then Dora
said; 'otonousi teuri, then said I.
tewa to be long, tall; okolu tewa, twelfth day
of the moon,
tewanga v. n., length, height. Wango tewa.
tewatewa U., very tall, very long,
toha to rejoice.
toha'ini tr., to give oneself airs, to be proud,
to speak well of. ha'atohai'ni.
tohala'i partic, rejoicing in spirit.
tohala'inge v. n., rejoicing; i'o ni tohala'inge,
to be rejoicing; tolaha ni tohala'inge,
exultation,
tohe, ha'itohe to dispute. Wango tohe, to
deny, to reject,
toho, totoho S., tohotoho U., 1 . to measure with a
rod, to measure.
tohola-(ku) gerund.
totohota S., tohotohota U., v. n., a measure;
e rapute'inie totohota, he laid the measure
along. Mota towo.
toho 2. v. i., to quarrel, to scold,
tohu, to'utohu S., tohutohu U. 1. v. tr., to chop
down, to fell; tohu hiteli, to cleave
asunder, to rive.
tohula-(ku) gerund., ro maai tohulana, two
choppings.
tohule'ini tr., to chop down, to fell,
tohu 2. v. tr., to build a house; noko lo'ulohu
nume, I am housebuilding; noko tohue
nga nume, I am building a house.
tohula-(ku) gerund,
tohu (ku) S. 3. used to express initiative in
action, of one's own accord, ha'atohu.
tohuku, of my own accord; e i'o tohune,
he lived free, under no restrictions, his
own master; 'tire tohune, to desire,
tohule'ini 1. v. tr., to chop down, to fell. 2.
v. tr., to point at, to accuse.
to'i v. tr., to suspend, to hang up; likisi to'i, a
mouse.
to'inge v. n., something hung up. San
Cristoval toki.
toki U., v. tr., to hold fast, to grasp tightly.
tola, totola 1. v. i., to carry, ha'atola. tola
hi'e, to be heavy laden; tola siwe, to
kill and earn the blood-money; tola
mauri, with poss. 3, to carry captive; tola
hd'ileku, to carry in one piece; suli tolai
lue, shoulder-blade; ka tola aliho'i ana,
to recover. 2. tola keni, to marry; tola
keninge, marriage; tola rue, tola 'olu,
to have two, three, wives. 3. to be in
the doing, in the making, being carried
out. 4. to obey, to give attention to;
used with poss. 3. tolai suli, to obey;
tola (continued).
tolai suli wala, to obey orders; totola i 'ae,
to follow a master; tola koni, to receive;
tolai sulie manatana, according to his
nature. 5. to affect adversely; nunu e
tola, there was a famine; hi'olonga e tola,
there was a famine; e tola 'aela aku, it
was bad for me. 6. to set (of a current) ;
'ahe kosi tola, there is a strong current.
7. to act; tola mala pu'o, to behave like
a heathen; tola hu'o, to lay a snare; tola
lilisi, to walk about; tola lahani, to
proclaim; tola ahonga, with poss. 3, to
tempt; totola 'ohi, to search for; tola
suu'i, to importune; kire tola r or or a
ana tahinge, they fled away precipitately.
8. tola 'akalo, to exorcise spirits; tola
ha'area, U., to send out an odor on all
sides; e tola liuliu, it has become general.
9. to curdle (of coconut milk oni) .
tolanga v. n., a burden, a carrying; tolanga
e poponga, a load hard to carry.
tolala-(ku) gerund., carrying. Wango tor a.
tolaa'i v. tr., to entreat, to importune, to vex.
tola.
tolaha (ku) v. n., custom, way, manner,
example, kind, disposition; tolaha ni
tohala'inge, exultation.
tolaka a banana with the fruit bunch growing
erect, a plantain; hudi tolaka, a plan-
tain.
tolana S., tolani U., tolana'i, tolangani U.,
adv., immediately, forthwith; precedes
verb. Wango tora.
tole, totole v. tr., to fetch, to carry, to bring,
with directives m'di and wau; to affect,
to be the matter with; kire mwa'e tolea,
they consented to carry it; hi'olonga e
tolea hdnue, famine was over the land;
tole soinge, to raise a cry; tole mango, to
hold the breath. San Cristoval tore.
toli, to'itoli S., totoli U. 1. v. i., to sink, to go
to the bottom, ha'itoli. 2. to fish
with lines in deep sea; hinou ni toli, a
hook for deep-sea fishing; i'e ni toli,
deep-water fish; lai toli, to be going to
fish out at sea. 3. to shed leaves;
'apalolo e toli, the banyan has shed its
leaves; toli sesu, to cast unripe fruit.
4. expresses downward motion; siho
toli; lio toli mei, look down here; ooho
toli, to fall headlong; qa'u toli, to be
going north or west. 5. to lay a snare;
toli hune, to set a snare; toli loosi, toli
loosinge, a charm set in the path; toli
sehu, a death charm prepared with lime
and set in the path; toli uraa'inge, to
offer sacrifice; toli puri, used with poss.
3, to leave, to turn the back on; toli
'iola, with ana or i, to steer for, to lay
a canoe on a course; toli reoreo, to inlay
with nautilus shell. 6. of enduring
state; i'o toli, to be quiescent; toli
susule'i, to endure; toli maai, to allow;
dau toli huni, ddu toli mwaani, to be
subject to, to submit to; toli to'o,
to be patient; toli rako, patient; toli
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toll (continued).
rakonga, patience; toli rohu, to cease
speaking; mango toll, to faint; toli ereere,
to cease speaking; moutoli, to cease.
7. ere toli, to revile. 8. to refrain from
certain foods in mourning; toli ola, toli
uhi, toli ngeulaa. 9. the bass drum in
Para ni 'o'o. 10. toli 'epu, to fast, to
observe a tabu; hanua e toli 'epu
isulirii'elu, the village was fasting on
their account.
toliaa v. i., to leave off, to cease, to desist.
toli'asi v. tr., to yield, to renounce, to remit,
to grant, toli'asilana, gerund.
tolimaa S., a mark, sign, proof.
tolinge (ku) a portion, a share (of food at a
feast); qa'u ni tolinge, the chief portion
of food.
tolingi 1. v. tr., to assign a portion of food to
a person at a feast. 2. to permit, to
grant. 3. hele tolingi, to hold in sub-
jection. 4. to inlay with shell.
tolo (na) 1. a hill; the hill country, mu toloi
henue, the hill folk; 'ure ta'i tolona hanue,
from out of the hills; i Tolona Hanue,
a district of Little Malaita; mu Tolona
Hanue, the people of that district.
2. i Tolo, in strangers' country, Big
Malaita; mu Tolo, people of Su'u Rodo
or of Big Malaita; ra'e ni Tolo, a spear
covered with plaiting of colored grass.
3. to be a bushman, to be ignorant,
uncouth, nou tolo, nou tolona hanue.
4. the languages of Big Malaita, e mala
Tolo. Wango toro, hill; Maori toro-
puki, mound; Viti koro, heap of sand;
Mailu oro, hill; New Guinea lolo, tola,
kola; Florida tolo, to rise up. cf. totolo.
tolo 5. 'u'u tolo, a piece of bread.
Tolosi a district of Little Malaita above Mara
Masiki Channel,
tomwa, tomwatomwa v. i., to walk on tiptoe,
to limp.
tomwaso a shrub with large leaves which grows
in clearing; huui tomwaso, a thicket of
the shrub.
tono, totono U., v. i., to drink, to drown.
ha'atonohi, konokono. tono qaaqi'a, the
water tastes brackish; tonohaana a
Kalitaalu, Kalitaalu's drinking-place at
Lenga, Ulawa.
tononga v. n.
tonobi tr., to drink anything.
tonola-(ku) gerund.
tongo 1. v. i., to begin to rise, to turn (of tide);
e tongo 'oto, the tide has turned; 'esi kele
tongo, the tide is rising a little. 2. take
tongo, U., to sip.
tongolili v. i., to straggle, to be long drawn out,
one after another, irregular. Mota HI,
astray, fall away from,
too, tootoo 1. to be shallow (of the sea); mu
le'u e tootoo, shallows, shoals.
to'o, to'oto'o 2. to hit, to encounter, to succeed,
to have, to be rich, to heal up. ha'ato'o.
dau to'o, with poss. 3, to hit; sae to'o,
with poss. 3, to desire, to wish to have; I
to'o 2 (continued).
to'o eleelena, its tip, the top; to'ohaa, mu
to'ohaa, money; to'o hu'e, to have a
wife; to'o hu'anga, marriage (of a man);
e ka'a to'o kaona, bottomless; to'o
mango, to have breath; to'o ola, to'o
olanga, to have possessions, prosperity;
to'o poro, to have a husband; to'o
Poronga, marriage (of a woman); to'o
q&'u, to carry on the head; to'o sape, to
have the shape, the appearance of;
e to'o talaku, room for me; kire to'oana
keni mwala ko holie, they own the girl
who is being bought. 3. to be, to be
fixed, to set (of colors in dyeing); i'o
to'o, to be fixed; i'o konito'o, to remain,
to rest assured; e to'o mou, e to'o mou-
tana, to cease, to be broken off; toli
to'o, to be patient; ere to'o, to be correct
in statement; 'o ere to'o, verily; to'o
lelengana, not aroused from sleep; lio
to'o, to find; lio sae to'o, to favor; e to'o
i saena, it came into his mind; qongiku
e to'o mone 'oto, my time has come;
to'o md'ume'utana, terrifying; to'o
nunu'e, spotted, speckled; to'o pulo-
pulo, specked. 4. to be related to;
melu to'o ada, they are our relations.
5. to'o hili, with poss. 2, to'o hili nada,
they alone apart from others. San
Cristoval too.
to 'obi tr., to desire, to be set upon (of the
mind); saeku e to'ohie, my heart is set
upon it.
to'o 6. prefixed to numerals, at a time; to'o
ta'e ini, one at a time, singly; to'o ta'e
ola, objects singly; to'o ro ola, objects
by twos; to'o ro nime, with just one's
two hands, unarmed; to'o ta'e maholo,
sometimes; to'o 'enite 'oto, how many
altogether? Mota sogo, Samoa to'a.
to'o 7. 1,000 (of fish teeth), to'oani i'e. Lau
too, 1,000.
to'o 8. to desire, sareto'o.
to'oa'i 1. v. i., to be desirous; sae to'oa'i ola,
avarice.
to'oa'ila-(ku) gerund., sae to'oa'ilana,
coveting.
to'oa'i 2. ha'u to'oa'i he'iliu, wandering stars,
planets.
to'ohaa money, whether shell or teeth of dogs
or porpoises, mu to'ohaa. 'olisi to'ohaa,
to exchange money for goods, to buy.
to'oha'i to'oha'i qe'u ana, to be entangled in,
to be mixed up in.
toohe'o small hooks of shell (roa) used without
bait for catching sardines (asaunge);
the fishing is conducted from a stage
built out in the water (had) ; kola toohe'o,
to cut the hooks.
toohi men's club-house in the village; the
unmarried men sleep and eat there,
strangers are entertained in it and the
married men foregather there, cf.
Para'ita.
to'ohi'uhi'ula'a adj., spotted, variegated in
color.
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TOTONGA
o'ohuu 1. v. i., to be true, real; mu ola 'oto
to'ohuu, real true things; e to'ohuu 'oto,
it is a fact. 2. S., exclamation, truly.
to'ohuunge (ku) S., n., being true; to'ohuu-
ngemu, your very self; to'ohuungana
tne'i ola, the real thing.
to'ohuunge'i S. 1. adv., expresses certainty,
precedes the verb, nou to'ohuunge'i
lae, I surely went; nou ka'a to'ohuunge'i
leesie, I surely did not see it. 2. adj.,
real, to'ohuunge'i lemi, full moon;
to'ohuunge'i oku, third day after full
moon; to'ohuunge'i saiana, his real name.
to'ola-(ku), to'oto'ola-(ku) n., property;
to'olamu no'one ada, thine they are;
to'olana 'oto, his property; meaka'elu
to'ola ka'elu, our tongues are our own;
noko koni'o ana to'olaku, I endow thee
with my property; hunt ngolie to'oto-
'olana,to destroy his property after death.
to'oliu U., v. i., to exceed, exceedingly.
to'olupu U., with poss. 3, to hit, to come into
contact with. lupu.
to'oma'i v. i., to gaze at, to stare.
to'oma'ila-(ku) gerund.
to'oni 1. to clothe, to put on, to wear; to'oni
haahi sape, to clothe the body; -to'oni
ana mu to'oni, to clothe with clothes.
2. to pack, to stow. 3. n., clothes,
vestiture. hideli to'oni, to wash clothes
by pounding; mu lehu ni to'oni, worn-
out clothes, rags; to'oni pono maa,
patched clothes; to'oni 'o'omae, mourn-
ing clothes; roro to'oni, a clothes belt;
t'auri to'oni, to sew clothes, tduri
to'oninge, v. n. Mota sogon, Fagani
togoni, Florida kogoni.
to'oni 4. v. L, to plant taro, to'oni hui.
to'onunu'e adj., spotted, speckled.
toonga U., n., mark, seal, tabu mark.
to'onga'i to'onga'i omo, to draw an arrow on a
bow.
to'onga'ini v. tr., to dip, to insert.
to'ongi v. tr., to dip, to dye.
to'oqa'u with poss. 3, to carry on the head.
to'ora-(na, ni) U., laa e to'orana, a rich man.
to'ola.
to'ora'ini U., v. tr., to appease.
toorao S., toowao U., a pigeon with crest and
long tail (Turacaena crassirostris) which
cries in the morning and the evening.
to'orodo U., blue, black, dark in color, rodo.
to'osu'a U., with poss. 3, to stumble, to be
offended, ha'ato'osu'a.
to'ota'e one at a time; to'ota'e ola, one thing
here and there.
to'ote'e S., to be careful, anxious; ne'isae
to'ote'e, to be worried.
tootoo 1. a small shell hook used for whiffing
sardines.
to'oto'o 2. v. i., to be rich, to'o 2.
to'oto'oa'i S., mu to'oto'oa'i wala, real words,
fit and proper words.
topa 1. n., a bird arrow made from the midrib
of the sago-palm leaf. cf. tdri sa'o.
topa 2. v. tr., to cut into slices; topa uhi, to
slice yams for planting.
topo v. tr., to appoint, to assign; e topoa
hd'idinge, to appoint a day.
topo'i U., v. i., to omit, to fail to do; e lopo'i
'unua, to fail to say.
torangi v. tr., to urge on, to incite, hd'itorangi.
toretore U., ha'atoretore maa, to act stealthily,
tori 1. v. i., to cut the end off, to earmark pigs;
to circumcise (late use); tori poo, to
earmark pigs; Poo tori, an earmarked
pig. Maori tori.
tori 2. n., a stick with which to carry burdens,
a yoke; tori ineu e hata, my yoke is easy,
tori 3. v. tr., to wear over the left shoulder as
a bandolier,
toro 1. n., the daughter of a chief; toro i'emelu,
our chief's daughter; keni toro, the lady,
toro 2. v. tr., to exalt, cf. tolo.
torola-(ku) gerund.
toro 3. v. i., to thrust; toro wawa, to shoot out
the lips. Maori toro.
toro, totoro 4. to transfix with a spear,
toromi tr.
toromila-(ku) gerund.
Toro'a the hill at the head of the river Walo'a'a.
Torokou the village on the hill above Sa'a.
torokou'e, totorokou'e n., a hill, eminence, kou.
toteu v. i., to cackle (of fowls).
toto 1. v. tr., to pay a fine, to pay a fine to a
husband's relatives when his wife leaves
him; hu'ena hire totoa, they paid the
fine for the woman; toto epa hdnue, a
sacrifice on behalf of a sick person.
M. A., p. 137. toto 'akalo, to exorcise
a ghost; toto ahu'i, to pay a fine on
behalf of; ni'i toto, to make a free gift;
hele toto, to get for nothing,
totonga v. n., a fine, a ransom. Niue totongi.
toto 2. v. L, to be lacking; nga me'i ola e toto
'amiu, lacked ye anything?
toto 3. to dry up, to soak into; mu wei e toto
mango 'oto, the water has dried right
up; toto oaoa, to permeate; toto aropu,
S., to sip. Motu dodo, to subside;
Viti toto, to saturate.
toto 4. v. i., fitting, proper; maholo e toto, the
proper time.
toto 5. maa tolo, to expect, to await.
totori U., tr., maa totori, to await, h&'itotori.
totorila-(ku) gerund. Wango totori.
toto 6. prefix of condition, tototala, totoweru'e.
toto'ala adj., resinous, glutinous. Polynesian
toto, blood,
toto'atala S., adv., in vain, tala 2.
totohi 1. to sink into, be absorbed in, of liquids.
toto 3. 2. U., tr., to sip. cf. tolo aropu.
totohoa n., noise, sound.
totola specific numeral, 400, of dogs' teeth;
totola ni 'usu, 400 dogs' teeth; totola
mwana hai, 440 dogs' teeth.
totolo v. i., to cry aloud.
totolonga'ini tr., to cry to a person,
totolonga'i tr. Wango totoro.
totoniho n., a tree, its yellow berries are eaten
by pigeons,
totonga (na, ni) 1. n., resin, sap, glue, toto'ala*
Polynesian toto, blood,
totonga 2. a fine, ransom, toto 1.
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totonga'ala adj., resinous, gummy, toto'ala.
totongisu 1. v. i., to water at the mouth, ngisu.
2. U., to sip.
totongo v. i., to smart; saeku e totongo, I have
heartburn.
totopulu n., the black ground-lizard (Nanno-
scincus fuscus). pulu 1.
totoqini U., v. i., to soak into, to soak up. qini.
to tori U., v. tr., to expect, to await, cf. toto 5.
totoro 1. a fish spear, a goad. 2. the crest, the
comb, wattles, of birds, toro 2.
tototala adv., in vain, to no purpose, toto-
'ataiai 3.
totowa'e wasted, lost, toto 6.
totowa'enga n., waste, futility.
totoweru'e holaa totoweru'e, fiat calm.
tou 1. n., a bird, the bittern.
Tou 2. the name of a ghost at Sa'a, "the
pecker"; a piece of wood carved in
the likeness of the head and neck of
a bittern; it is reputed to have the
power of causing death; it is never
carelessly pointed at any one, but car-
ried over the shoulder with the beak
to the rear; when laid down the head
is faced away.
to'u 3. v. i., to be lame, to be crippled in the
feet, unable to bend the limbs.
to'u 4. qa'uto'u, to bow the head; rahito'u,
downcast; 'uruto'u, to bend the knee.
to'u 5. i to'ulana 'asi, on the surface of the sea.
toutou n., the prow of a canoe, tied with cane
to the hull; qali toutou, canoe-shaped
drawings cut on la'o.
ua U. cf. ue.
ualapoa U., v. i., to crack with a loud noise.
udi, udiudi v. L, to be rotting, wasting; udiudi
'asi'a, rotting away.
udi S., specific numeral, 100,000, of coconuts,
udi ni niu.
'udu, 'udu'udu to drip, ha'a'uduhi.
'udu'uduhe v. n., a drop, drippings;
'udu'uduha ana, droppings from. Flor-
ida tudu, Borneo tudo.
ue S., ua U. 1. adv., yet, as yet, still, to spare.
ha' ike ue, not yet; e lae ue, not returned
yet; e ro 'at a ini ue, as yet only two;
hire ue, some left; e mou ue ena, still in
desuetude; wdi e lama haahi ue kolune
mwakano, water still covered the face
of the earth; mangona ue ana, he is still
alive; ngeitei ue ena, that's just it;
Florida tua, already, again, in addition;
Mota tuai; possibly pronounced ue and
not 'ue to distinguish it from 'ue 4.
cf. hau 1.
ue S„ ua U. 2. of price in bargaining; ue ta'a,
for how much? uaana nga taa, for what?
ue holi, for sale.
ue S., ua U. 3. rattan cane; 'atoni ue, to dye
strips of cane; hikei ue, a roll of cane,
dyed red for plaiting into bracelets;
hinui ue, the bark of cane, dyed red;
ho'i ue, to roll dyed cane into bundles.
'ue S., 'ua U. 4. how, why; used with 'e 4.
'e 'ue, how; 'e 'ue 'otona, how is it; molu
'uara, what did you do to them; mwane
'e 'ue, why not; 'e 'ua ata, exclamation of
disapproval; ke 'ue 'oto, how shall it be
done; muni 'ua, why, what for; nge ke
'ue k'a'u ne, how shall it be.
'ue S., 'ua U. 5. of course; ana ngaini ka'a
ha'ara'i 'emelu 'e 'ue, why, because no
one has summoned us; ta'ata'a me'iolana
'e 'ue, why, it's just that very thing; nge
itei 'ue ena, that's just it. Lau uta,
Florida gua, Wango ua; Efate gua, how.
'u'e S., kuka U. 6. the mud crab.
uhi 1. tne'i uhi, S., houhi, U., a yam (Dioscorea
8p.); muuhi, mwauhi, plural, coa'escent
vowels; uhi ni kalona, upland yams,
of good quality; uhi leoleo, a variety
of yam; uhi maleu, April; uhi mwaka,
January, lit., yams unripe; uhi opuopu,
U., February, lit., yams rounded in
shape; uhi ni qe'u, yams from near the
beach, inferior in quality; kara uhi, to
grate yams; molai uhi, 10,000 yams;
mwadi ni uhi, the mother yam; nga
nao ni uhi, 100 yams; nini uhi, a yam;
olopa'i, U., a yam with fruit on the
vine; e'a sikihia qa'una uhi, she takes
off the heads of yams; sinaa uhi, to
clean the rootlets off yams newly dug;
sinolai uhi, 100 yams; sulaa mu uhi, to
roast yams; susuhaa'i, to plant a yam
garden; takume, a yam with fruit on
the vine; topa uhi, to slice yams for
planting; walona mu uhi, yam vines.
Florida uvi, Niue ufi, Mao. uhi.
uhi 2. warts on the hands.
'uhi, 'uhi'uhi 3. v. tr., to blow with the mouth,
to shoot with a gun, to buzz; mu
matawa 'uhi'uhi, white men: lit., men
of the sea who blow with their mouths,
owing to the idea that guns were blown
in order to discharge them,
'uhinge v. n.
'uhila-(ku) gerund.
'uhile'ini tr., to breathe on. Wango uhi,
Viti uvu, Mota pupus, vuv; Maori puhi,
Maisin vuvu.
uhu (ku) S., ihuU. \.hzxr;uhu wac.awig; uhune
e lai mero, his hair is white. Motu hui.
uhu 2. to husk coconuts,
uhu'i tr.
Uhu 3. the cape on Big Malaita northwest of
Pwaulimwaa, ngorangora i Uhu, the
lagoon shoreward is also called Uhu.
'u'i, 'u'i'u'i v. tr., to throw (of a spear, a
stone, etc.).
'u'inge v. n.
'u'ile'ini tr., mala e 'u'ile'inie nga hoi heu,
about a stone's throw. Florida tupi,
Mota vivir.
UW Ugi, an island off the east coast of San
Cristoval.
uku n., a row, a layer; ukui heu, a layer of
stones; uku ni la'ataha, a channel in
the reef, a chasm; uku ni la'atala, a
row, a line. Wango uku, a generation.
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'UPUTANA
'uku 2. ha'a'uku, to lower, to let down.
nlao harlot, keni ulao. 'aheulao, heulao,
ha'aulao. kale ni ulao, bastard,
ulapo U., v. i., used with poss. 3; to be ignorant
of.
Ulawa i sapena i Ulawa e rara, apostrophe
addressed to Ulawa. ha'adahi.
'ule-(ku) U., n., brother, sister. Florida kula.
'ulehu a fish (Oligorus gigas).
uleule S., ulaula U., n., sinew, tendon, vein ;
uleuleni 'ei, U., twigs. Maori uaua,
sinew.
uli 1. n., a tree (Spondias dulcis); hou uli, its
fruit. Mota us, ur; Oceanic uri.
uli 2. U., koukou ni uli, ankle; poupou ni uli,
heel.
uli 3. v. tr., to rub, to massage; ulie sapena ani
heu, to apply hot stones to the body as
a foment.
uli 4. uli 'ei, a wooden mortar for braying yams,
etc.
ulo, uloulo 1. to lament; ngara uloulo, to weep
bitterly; noko pu'ota'i ulo 'olo, I forgot
to cry; noko lapata'i ulo 'oto, I complain
with lamentation.
uloulonga v. n.
ulola-(ku) gerund., ulolada maitale, the cry
of the poor,
ulo 2. v. tr., to wrap up, to make a parcel of.
uloulo'ite (na) v. n., a wrapper, cover, husk,
chaff.
'ulu 1. to be blind, ha'a'ulu; a 'ulu, the blind
man; saai 'ulu, to recite by heart; hunie
esi hute 'ulu 'ie, that he should be born
blind thus; kakalo 'ulu'ulu, to grope
blindly with the hands; 'ulu susuhono,
stone blind.
'ulu 2. v. tr., to close the eyes; 'oke 'ulue maamu,
you close your eyes; 'ulu mwaani, 'ulu
haahi, to overlook. Wango kuru.
ulu 3. v. tr., to carry in the arms.
ulu 4. v. tr., to wade; ulu holo, to wade across;
ulu ta'a, to emerge.
'uluhe'ini tr., to wade and carry a person
across the water. Wango uru.
uluone a sandy tract above the beach.
ulunge 1. v. tr., to serve as a pillow; ulungaa
qa'u, to pillow the head; 'asi ko ulungaa
hanue, the sea under the earth; hele
ulunge, to uplift; ewe e ulungaa mauri-
haaku, the floods have covered my soul.
2. a pillow,
ulunge'ini tr., to serve as a pillow. Mota
ulunga.
ulunge'ini tr., to sell; ko ulunge' inie lo'oto'olana,
he sold his goods,
ulunge 'i v. i.
'ulu'ulu 1 . a full-grown coconut, hoi 'ulu'ulu, ntu
'ulu'ulu. kuru.
'ulu'ulu 2. U., 'ulu'ulu ni 'ei, twigs, leaves,
branches,
uluulu'a U., adj., leafy,
uma U., incisor teeth.
umu 1. U., native oven; a fire is made inside a
ring of stones level with floor of house.
Mota urn, Motu amu.
umu 2. to gather; umu i 'ae, to gather round
the feet of.
umu 3. v. i., to weed,
umu 4. umu kuru, to mutter,
unehi (nH) n., the scales of fish; v., to scale a
fish. The final hi was probably a
verbal suffix originally. Motu una,
unahi; Gilbert Islands ina; Samoa una,
unafi; Maori unahi.
'unu, 'unu'unu 1. v. tr., to say, to bid, to tell,
to assign, to suppose, to reckon, nou
'unue uri, I thought that; nau 'unua
uri muni ne'e mae 'oto, I thought I was
done for; nou hola'i 'unue, I first said
it; 'oto kire kosi 'unue, thereupon they
said it; topo'i 'unu, to neglect to say;
'unu lalaunge'i, to tell beforehand;
'unu lelengana, to speak clearly; 'unu
lete, to affirm; a mama'a e 'unue, father
said so; 'unu mengini, to tell everything
out; muni ne'e loosia, ta'ane na'a'unua,
if I see him I shall tell it; ana muni
kir'e 'unua, if they say it; e 'unu oreta
ana mu wala, he spoke and finished
his words; 'unu ta'atara, to relate in
order; 'unu ta'ataha, to pronounce
aloud; 'unu tahanie saemu, lay bare
your mind; 'unu latalau ana, to re-
hearse in order; 'unu latara, tradition;
'unu talarau, gossip.
'unula-(ku) gerund. Wango unu.
unu 2. n., the fibrous spathe of a coconut
frond used (sasali, U.) for straining
milk (oni) from grated coconut. Samoa
unu, to strain.
unu 3. sate unu, to overlap; dere unu, U., to
get in between; dere unu ana para,
between the pickets of the fence; 'u'i
dere unu, to pierce with a blow; taha-
unutara, through from one side to the
other,
unume'i partic, frequently, experienced; hele
unume'i ana, to do a thing in a masterly
fashion; sapesdlu unume'i, to suffer
many things.
u'o 1. n., the green lizard.
u'o 2. n., fishing-float for flying-fish. Mota
ulo, Maori pouto. M. A., p. 317.
upe U., n., a hole in a tree where water lodge*
in the rains,
upeta U., ipata S., a wallowing-place for swine,
upeta ni poo.
'upu, 'upu'upu 1. to swell; ngora 'upu, tau
ngora 'upu muni, to hate; ngidu 'upu,
to hate; qeru 'upu, lio qeru 'upu, to
grudge, to hate. 2. the center, middle.
take 'upu'upu, to be half way over in a
journey; 'upui lue, high tide; i'upu'upui
dango, among the trees; * 'upuderu'e,
midway between the two; maraau i
'upu'upu, the east wind. Maori tupu,
to grow; Viti tumbu,to swell; Motu lubu,
to swell; Mota tou, to grow.
'upu'e adj., used as n.; a swelling, a boil.
qalusu 'upu'e, a wood-pigeon,
'upuni adv., some time ago, long ago; precedes
the verb, melu 'upunilae, we went long ago.
'uputana with locative i; i 'uputana hanue, in
the center of the land.
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uqe, uqeuqe v. i., to complain, to have ill
feeling toward; ere uqe, to talk enviously;
ere uqanga, malicious talk,
uqanga v. n., envy.
uqesi tr. ha'iuqeuqeni. Wango tiqa.
ura U., 1. crayfish, prawn, ore 3. Mota ura,
Maori koura.
ura U., 2. ura maasilima, the second day of
the moon.
uraa'i S., v. i., to make an offering to 'akalo or
li'oa; uraa'i ola, uraa'i olanga, making
offerings; uraa'i saana tnu 'akalo.
uraa'inge v. n., an offering, a sacrifice;
toli uraa'inge, to offer sacrifice. San
Cristoval urai.
urate uratei ola, a piece, a crumb.
'ure S., 'ura U., 'ure'ure 1. v. i., to stand up.
ha'a'ure. 'ure honosi, to oppose; e
'ure'ure ko rarangi, he stood warming
himself; ko 'ure para'ilana walumalau,
defends the earth; 'ure suu'i, to attend
on, to serve. Mota tur, Viti tu, tura.
'ure 2. used of motion from and equivalent
to place whence, 'urei Sa'a, from
Sa'a; 'urei tei, where from, whence;
melu 'uraana, we are his offspring;
'omu ka'a 'ure ike ana pulitaa ineu, ye
are not of my flock; 'oto 'ure mai, up
till now, henceforth; nou 'ure ani 'eta
hanue, I am a stranger; 'ure lohune, to
desire; 'ure ta'i tolona hdnue, from out
of the hills; 'ure 'oto mai i 'aeholalana,
from the beginning up till now; 'oko
lae mai 'ure itei, where are you from,
whence come you; nou 'ure mdi i ola,
I am from such-and-such a place;
tnwala 'urei lei ni 'ie, from whence are
these people.
'ure 3. mwimwidi 'ure, S., mudimudi 'ura,
U., to drip.
'ure 4. to come into leaf; tnu 'ure'urei dango,
shoots of a tree ; 'ure'urena, its top shoots.
Urehi S., a local spirit. M. A., p. 124.
'ureipesi first fruits, betrothal money.
'urenga'ini v. tr., to accompany a person on
a journey, to set him on his way.
ha' a' urenga'ini,
'ureruru S., to be in accord, concord, ha'a'ure-
ruru.
uretohu (na) S., nou sa'a uretohune nga ola, I
shall not desire anything.
*uri, 'uri'uri 1. v. tr., to tread on, to pace, to
measure, to stamp on; 'urie maonga,
to tread the dance,
'uri'urite v. n., a pace, a foothold.
'urila-(ku) gerund. Florida luri.
uri 2. adv., thus; used also of reported speech;
na, ni, are added, e te urilaa, uri 'oke
lae, what did he say? that you were to
go? na uri, I mean, that is; nau 'unua
uri muni ne'e mae 'oto, I thought I was
done for; uri qa'une nge mwane, I mean
that the male is the head; uri ana, if,
that is (in explanation); ■paro uri, over
there; wa uri, of an objection advanced;
na'o uri, to go on this course; uri mala,
as if.
uri 3. ha'auri, v. tr., to save, to make alive.
mduri.
uriha-(mu, na, da) like, as if; urihana, like
him, just his way; e urihana nga one,
like the sands; urihada, their style.
urine S., urina U., urini U., adv., thus, ha'a-
urine, ha'aurini. ko urine, that being
so; ko urine la'ane na, even supposing
it were so; ke su'uri urine, God forbid.
urinena S., adv., therefore, thus, on that
account; isulie e urinena, wherefore.
uritaa S., uritaha U., interrog. adv., how, what
sort of. e te uritaa, what said he; He
uritaha, what one; e lae uritaa, how
did it go?
urou S., a wood-pigeon with large wattles
(Carpophaga rufigula). qalusu 'upu'e.
'uru 1. v. i., to collect, to wipe, 'uru sane, to
gather ants as burly for sea-bream;
'uru'uru mwado, an anklet of shell
money, etc., strung on a cord, lit.,
collect dirt; 'uru'uru pole, to clear the
head of lice; 'uru qango, to wipe off
mucus, to clear the nose; a Poro 'uru
matawa, the man who tours the sea,
a legendary ghost said to moke ana
pusu 'esi, catch whales in a hand net.
Mota surung, Mao. muru.
uru 2. q&'uni uru, U., a phase of the moon.
uru 3. white fleecy clouds; evening clouds
painted in wavy lines on the prow of a
canoe.
'uru 4. 'uru'uru (ku), knee.
'uruto'u to stoop, to bend the knee, to kneel.
San Cristoval ruru, Viti duru, Florida
tuturu, Samoa lull.
'uru'uru tele 'uru'uru, to spill, to dribble out,
as lime from a gourd. Fagani tele,
Mota sur-mata, tear; Tonga tulu; Borneo
turu, to drip; sulu, liquid.
use, useuse v. i., to plait, to weave; use qaso, to
plait armlets of dyed cane; use sa'o,
to stitch sago leaves on a reed for
thatch,
useli tr., uselie moke, to make a hand net.
uselie 'ae, to plait an anklet of dyed
cane (ue) on the leg.
usi, usiusi v. tr., to barter, to hold a market.
usinge v. n., bartering, marketing; herai
usinge, market-place,
usi'e adj., used as n., hera i usi'e, market-
place.
usu, usuusu 1. v. tr., to push, tapausu,
usutaha. molu usu, push; usu 'asi
mwakule ana, to reject him ignomin-
iously. 2. to write. 3. n., a writing,
a letter, mu usuusu; mu maai usuusu,
alphabetic characters,
usuusue'ini tr., to pole, to shove, to push,
to compel,
usue'ini tr., to send, to dispatch.
usunge'i v. i.. usunge'i 'asi, to dispatch.
hd'iusunge'i.
usunge'i nge v. n., a commandment,
ordinance,
usunge'ini tr., to send, dispatch.
usunge'inila-(ku) gerund.
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usu 4. U., one; kd'u mei nga usu, give me one;
usu indu, mine.
usu 5. S., usu 'ei, a firestick.
'usu, 'usu'usu 6. v. i., to rub. to daub, to
scrape, to wipe, to grate; 'usu kara,
to grate yams; 'usu hui, to grate taro.
7. ag rater; 'usuri, tr., to wipe. Wango
usu, Lau usu, Florida guduri.
'usu, 'usu'usu 8. v. L, to point, to accuse; to
point at the rainbow brings bad luck.
'usu henue, the first finger; 'usu meuta'o,
to affirm; 'usu ilengine ngaini, to accuse
any one; 'usu maa (ku), to accuse,
'usu'i tr., to point at; suisui, M. A., p. 192,
should be 'usu'usu'i.
'usu 9. n., a dog; 'usu qaqa, a slut; 'usu e kueu,
the dog barked at me. Mota kurut,
Maori kuri.
'usu 10. n., a dog tooth; the two teeth in the
upper jaw immediately behind the
canines are used as money. M. A.,
p. 325. qci'ui 'usu, 4 dogs' teeth;
totola ni 'usu, 400 dogs' teeth; piru ni
'usu, a necklace of dogs' teeth; e pirue
mu 'usu ineu, he made my dogs' teeth
into a necklace.
'usu 11. v. i., to fall down; in Sa'a not used of
persons, in which sense it is replaced
by domu. ha'a'usu, ha'a'usuli. Florida
kutu.
'usu 12. U., to wipe off mucus, 'usu qango. uru.
Mota surung,
'usule adj., possessing dogs.
usuli tr., to copy, to follow, to succeed to.
ha'ausuli. kira 'asi usuli one, they went
along the beach; e usulie 'amana, like
his father. San Cristoval, usuri, follow;
Malekula usuri, to go along the coast;
Mota usur, to pass on.
usutaha U., to emerge.
usuusu S. 1. usuusu ana, because of, through,
owing to. 2. handiwork; usuusuana
nitneku, my handiwork; usuusu ana
dhutana manalanga a God, all the powers
of the godhead.
utakora U., v. L, to burst.
ute 1. v. tr., to rub, to polish; malo ute, beads
rubbed down to size.
ute 2. ute pit, heavy rain. Lau uta, Viti udha,
Polynesian uha.
ute'i to gut fish, ro ute'i seu. M. A., p. 48.
ute'ini tr.
uto-(na) n., pith, core. Mota utoi; Maori uho,
heart of a tree; Motu udo, navel; Samoa
uso, pith, heart of a tree, umbilical
cord.
'u'u S., kuku U. 1. to hang down, to depend;
siri 'u'u, a lory that hangs upside
down.
'u'u (na) 2. a round object, a lump in pounded
food; 'u'u lolo, a piece of fish; 'u'ui one,
S., 'u'una one, U., a grain of sand; 'u'ui
he'u, S., 'u'u ni he'u, U., a star; 'u'ui
sehu, U., a lump in the lime of betel
chewing; 'u'ui maa, eyeball; ro 'u'u
maana siena a Ta'a Pea, his two eye-
balls to Ta'a Pea (an imprecation) ; 'u'u
u'u' (continued).
maai dehi, a pearl; 'u'u ni mae, heavy
rain. Florida pugu ni pari, dust;
Maori puku, knob.
'u'u-(na) 3. real; 'u'une hanue, the real land.
4. beginning, source, inge'i ni 'oto
'u'une, he is the source. Florida puku,
real,
'u'uhesi S., to stand firm.
'u'u'i-(na) n., tail of an animal. Viti mbui,
Maori hiku, Malo uine, Samoa i'u.
'u'ule n., a tree of hard wood. Florida gugula.
'u'ulou U., loulou S., to thunder.
'u'umwado U., dust.
uunu, uunuunu 1. v. tr., to burn in the fire,
to roast on the embers; used with saa,
sie, to sacrifice, uunu hena, uunu keu,
uunu s&hu, to burn lime; ora ni uunu,
altar of burnt offering; uunu poo saana
mu 'akalo, offer burnt offerings of pigs
to the ghosts, uunu roe. M. A.,
p. 263, to cremate a corpse. Only one
case known, that of Taramaesipue
is the one mentioned,
uununge v. n., burnt sacrifice; uununge
suu, whole burnt offering.
uunuhi tr.
uunuhila-(ku) gerund,
uunu 2. to raise cicatrices on the arms by
burning. Maori tunu, roast; Lamanak
(Borneo) tunu.
uunu 3. a large tree-lizard (Corucia zebrata).
uunuhi v. tr., to envy, to grudge, to vex, to
grieve; sae uunuhi, to bear a grudge, to
be spiteful to.
uunuhinge v. n.. a grudge, sae uunuhinge.
'u'usi 1. v. tr., to detach the betel vine from
the stem of a tree by pulling it all down.
hu'usi. 2. v. i., to slip off, to become
detached,
uwatohuna U., air, atmosphere,
uwe S., uwa U. 1. v. tr., to lift up; uwaa qd'u,
lift up the head; uwe 'alinge, to give ear
to, to prick up the ears; uwe 'alenga,
to look up. 2. to brandish a spear;
uwa ma'e, U., a measure, a yard and
three-quarters.
uwe 3. to inclose (of a net), uwe haahi. kire
ho uwaa 'oto la'eta'ena nga i'e, they
inclosed every kind of fish.
uwe 4. uwe dalo, to clear the throat,
uwe 5. U., uwe raka, to break with a loud noise,
uwe 6. uweli osa cerumen, wax in the ear.
uweha a fishing-rod; qa'aqa'a uweha, U., a
phase of the moon,
uweli (ku) U., weli S. 1. maternal uncle.
ha'iuweline, mauweline.
uweli 2. v. tr., to castrate,
uwerikahite tatters, rags, kakahite.
uwesi to curse, ha'iuwesi.
uwo 1. a ridge of hills; melu susuli uwo, we kept
along the ridge.
uwo-(na) 2. pith. uto. Niue" uho.
uwota v. i., to appear on the horizon; mu toloi
henue 'esi uwota, the hills appear on
the horizon. Mota wota.
uwola'ini tr., to rear up on high, to uplift.
uwo 1.
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W
wa adversative conjunction, or; used at the
end of sentence to express doubt or
ignorance; used with uri to denote an
objection raised; in correlation with the
negative particles ka'a and ka'a in the
sense of neither — nor. 'ohe ke'i lac
m&i wa, will he come do you think?
wa uri 'o 'untie, but you said; kire ka'a
manata'inie wa kire ke leesie, neither know
him nor have seen him; wa 'ohe, unless.
waa, waawaa 1. to be empty, hollow, to have
open doors, to have a hole in; lalona
e waawaa, nothing inside it, to be open
(of a door), to be desolate (of a place);
qalusune e waawaa, his nostril is pierced.
wa'a 2. to be split, to be cut into sections; to
split, wa'a uhi, to cut up yams for
planting; mu wa'a, sections of yams for
planting,
wa'ali tr.
wa'alila-(na) gerund. San Cristoval waa;
Maori mawawa cracked; Mota waka,
open.
wa'a 3. to be profaned.
wa'a 4. 'ahewa'a, to vanish, ha'awa'a.
wa'ahite v. i., to be cracked, to split (of
timber); n., a crack,
wa'ahiteli tr., to split, to divide.
wa'ahitelila-(ku) gerund.
waa'i, waawaa'i v. tr., to reward, to hire; waa'i
'tola, to hire a canoe,
waa'ite (ku) n., reward.
wa'ali'e adj., to be daybreak; n., daybreak,
dawn; i wa'ali'e, at dawn. Wango
waaria. wa'a 2.
wa'alinga U., to give attention, to turn the
ear to. 'alinga.
wa'araa to appear (of a vision) ; anoa e wa'araa
mai, an apparition came into view.
wa'arao a very strong creeper used in lashing
canoe planks; wire nails.
wa'arara U. 1. to be timid, nervous.
wa'arara 2. to be cold, chilly (of weather).
wa'arau'a U., cold (of the body).
wa'ariri S., to flash (of lightning); n., lightning.
mangali'a.
waaro around, about, of position; kari waaro,
to go a roundabout way; roro waaro, to
be diffused (of coloring matter in water) ;
maana e waaro, goggle-eyed.
waarowaaro 1. the moon. 2. a month. 3. a
biscuit, waarowaaro e ranga'a, the
moon is up; waarowaaro e qa'a 'olo, the
moon has risen; waarowaaro e manu
'a'a miii ilengi, the moon floated clear in
the sky; mai ana waarowaaro e qa'a, ebb
tide when the moon rises; mai ana
waarowaaro e suu, ebb tide when the
moon sets.
The names of the months in Sa'a
beginning from July, the harvest
season, are: ngali maelo, hure i lade;
aau; oku lade; oku mwaa; oku denu;
oku peine (cf. Viti mbalolo levu); raa;
'dsi rodo; lo'a wai ntweimwei; lo'a wai
waarowaaro 1 (continued.)
peine; lo'a mali'e; lo'a madala; hutohuto.
In Ulawa, beginning from August,
they are: ngali maelo; pola nguru;
madamada sulu; oku i lade; oku denu;
oku peina; uhi mwaka; uhi opuopu;
ha'asusu uhi; uhi repo; uhi maleu;
'elinga; aau marawa.
The phases of the moon in Sa'a are
designated: waarowaaro e ranga'a; hudi;
alanga'i roa; alanga'i i'ola ni tolo;
helehele mwdimwei; helehele Paine; okolu
iewa'a; hara pote; ruru'e hule; qa'ileni;
to'ohuunge'i lemi; rara talau (hulaaholaa,
full); pa'ewa ko 'ala tola; qd'i oku;
to'ohuunge'i oku.
In Ulawa they are: waarowaaro e
ranga'a; hika hato; 'ura maasilima;
rua 'apdla; dahi; alanga'i hapa; hapa
ni na'o; saro pole; hau ni lemi, lemi
mwaa (full); htiu ni tnwela awara;
ruana hau; qa'uni 'uru; danu oku;
demudemu totoria; qa'aqa'a uweha; rarasi.
waato n., a digging-stick used in making holes
for yam planting. Wango riwaalo.
waawaata 1. an opening, hole, aperture.
waawaata 2. U., waawaalani i'a, pieces of fish.
Maori wawala, small lumps.
wadi, wa'iwedi S., wadiwadi U., to whistle.
wadu-(na, ni) n., point, tip.
wa'e 1. to waste, wa'e 'ahe. 2. to do in vain,
to ruin oneself; used with poss. 3.
totowa'e. kire wa'e ada, they ruin
themselves.
wa'eta'ini tr., to waste.
wa'eta'i partic, wasted, put to no good use.
wa'eli tr., to do damage to; to pull up
growing coconuts that have rooted
themselves after falling from the tree.
wa'ewa'e U., adv., excessive, very, much;
follows the verb, wala'a wa'ewa'e ana
ngaile, to upbraid anyone excessively,
Wango waewae.
waha to be foggy, dim, to darken; n., fog.
vapor, mist, waha haahie maada, make
their eyes dim.
wahawaha U., wahawaha ni mwado, dust,
wahawaha'a adj., dim.
wai 1. water, me'i wei, mdsi wei. 2. fluid, urine.
3. bamboo water-carrier, nga wai;
coconut or bamboo water-bottle, glas3
bottle, hou wei. 4. tears, wai ni 'akalo;
wai hulahula, a spring, a fountain; wai
e huuhuu 'oto, water gushed forth; wai
ko kone, the river is in spate; wai ni
qe'unge, strong drink; wai e taha, the
river mouth is open; Wai ni Tehulu,
the Ngorangora lagoon, Ulawa; mu wei
e toto mango 'oto, the streams are all
dried up; ddu wei, to catch fish in low
water pools; hulaa ni wei, a spring, a
fountain; huuna wai, U., fountain head;
* kekena wai, beside the stream; kiln
ni wei, a well; koukou wei, to gargle
sweet water; lo'a wai mweimwei, Feb-
ruary; lo'a wai peine, March; Mamala
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wMi (continued).
Wai, the Milky Way; mwakana wai,
moist ground; wai wawai, cold water;
wai e tnahuro, the water is muddied. *
raona wai, i reune wai, beside the stream ;
ro raui wei, the two banks of the stream ;
sdsu ana wai, steam ; siholi wei, the south
wind; ta'atara wai, a dragon-fly; laluhi,
to draw water at a well; te'i wei, to draw
water. Lau qai, Polynesian wai. M.
L., p. 96, kuai should be qai.
wai 5. contracted form of wtiu i; wai nutne, in
the house; maraau wei hata, qini; wai
la'ona, within, inside; 'oto wai lalo, in the
heart; 'oto wai na'ona, right before his
face. Tanna wei, to fare into the house,
wa'i, wa'iwe'i 6. to drag, to pull, to draw, to
pain; wa'i haahie ana hu'o, to draw a
net about; wa'i oda'i, U., to quarrel,
to fight,
wa'ini tr.
wa'inge v. n., pain.
wa'inila-(ku) gerund,
wa'i 7. tetanus; huhu la'ola'o ana w&'i, to be
contorted with tetanus spasms,
waieu U., n., a bonito; honi weieu, one bonito;
rerehana w&ieu, a school of "bonito;
pepe ni weieu, a butterfly (Ornithoptera
cassandra). San Cristoval waiau.
Waili a creek in Mara Masiki Channel used
for the ordeals by swimming. M. A.,
p. 213.
Waingile a rocky promontory near Mwarada,
Ulawa.
wa'ini'ini S., with diligence; hele wa'ini'ini,
to do diligently.
wairo-(na) U., n., a brim,
waite S., 1. adv., of old, a long time ago, some
days ago; 'oto waite, long ago.
wa'ite S., walita U., 2. adv., the day before
yesterday; i we'ite, two days ago; wd'ite
wau, three days ago.
waiteu, waiweiteu v. i., to quarrel, ha'awaiteu.
waiteunge v. n.
waiwei 1 . to wave to and fro (of a fire-stick) ,
w&iwei dunge.
waiwei 2. to collect; waiwei to'o ro tne'i lo'ohaa,
collect the two pieces of money from
everyone,
waiwei'a'a adj., watery, with too much water,
thin (of soup),
wakala'i v. i., to appear above the horizon (of
a canoe coming into sight),
waki, wa'iweki v. i., to hang up in festoons
(of skulls hung up in taoha); used with
poss. 3. e wa'iweki ana, he hung it up
as a decoration,
wakio a bird, the gray osprey; a Poro Wakio
Mali, a legendary person.
wala (ku) 1. a word, speech, voice, language;
tne'i wala, S., hai wala, U., nga haiwala,
U., a word, the word; a tne'i Wala, S.,
the Word; walaku, my word, kite
saea wala, they talked about; qd'u ni
wala pe'i, to consult with; walana e lola,
his word is great; hatonga'i wala haahi,
to accuse; ko kokoho haahi wala, deceitful
wala (continued).
in speech; laeli wala, to make an oration;
laeli walanga, oratory, address; lalani
wala, to make an oration; lopo'i wala,
to feign; madou ni wala, a phrase; mani
wala, S., to take counsel; a Poro Matou
ni Wala, a ghost in folklore; mu odo-
haana wala, words to the point; qelu
wala ilengine ngaini, to accuse any one;
ruru wala, to make an agreement; mu
sihoa'i wala, mere words, just a tale;
sulu walanga, gossip; mu tale'i sulu
walanga, mere gossip; sulu walanga
ta'etate, babbling words; mu wala
ta'atara, tradition; mu wala la'alarau,
gossip; talama'i wala, to act as mediator;
tarie'ini wala, to commit fornication;
walana ahuri, the sound of the conch;
wala talara, tradition; lolai suit wala, to
obey commands; to'oto'oa'i wala, fit
and proper words. 2. v. i., to speak,
used with qualifying words; mani wala,
to consult, to take counsel; wala odoodo,
S., to speak in one's own defence, to deny ;
with poss. 3. 3. ddu wala, to be at
fault, to transgress; nou deu walaku,
I transgressed. Wango hara, mouth;
Mota valai, mouth; Tubetube, N. G.,
wala, word.
wala 4. v. i., to be scared, to be on the alert,
to have learned a lesson, kire wala 'oto.
wala'a, wala'awala'a U., adj., used as verb;
to speak, mwai keni e'asi qale wala'a-
wala'a mware'a, what drawling women;
wala'a wa'ewa'e ana ngaile, to upbraid
excessively any one.
wala'anga U., v. n., speech; wala'anga
mwamwasu, upbraiding words.
walanga v. n., words, speaking; 'i'ite'i walanga,
Btrife about words; qaola'i walanga,
deceit, lying.
wala'asi to speak.
walana (da, ni) n., speech, sound of.
walahalinge n., dispute, strife, h&li.
wala'imoli, to be true (lit., to speak true);
exclamation of assent, verily; hiiwala-
'imoli, to believe,
wala'imolinge n., truth. Niue moli, true;
Efate ta-moli, real man.
walamango prepared, ready; hele walamango,
to get ready, to perfect; i'o walamango,
to be ready.
walangi U., v. tr., to address with words; e
walangia ani seru'a, spoke an incanta-
tion over it.
walawala U. 1. adv., in excess, too much.
walawala 2. v. i., to have the tongue hanging out
by reason of the heat (of dogs), wana-
wana.
wale 1. au wale, a reed flute. 2. a thornless
cane, the bark used to sew the leaves
of thatch on to reeds or to fasten the
layers of thatch on to the bamboo
rafters; tali wale, to strip the bark of
the cane.
walenga'i to carry burdens; walenga'i heu, to
carry stones.
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wali a space of time, long ago. ha'awali. 'oto
'ure wali, from of old.
walita U., wM'ite S., day after tomorrow, with
locative i; i welita, two days hence;
i welita po'o wau, three days hence.
Florida valiha, Samoa alivu, Maori
kareha, Malay lusu.
walo 1. a creeper, rope, string, line, vine.
ha'iwalo. walona mu uhi, yam vines;
hahai walo, a thicket; nga walo e hikusie,
the creepers twined round it; walo
k&ukeu, a thorny creeper; walo ni
pa'asahu, a fishing-line for pa'asahu;
walo ni 'u'i, a sling; ta'e walo 'ie ke su'uri,
save for these bonds; walo roto, match-
box bean. 2. ten strings of shell money.
3. ten coconuts made into copra and
strung together in halves. Florida galo,
Wango waro, Motu varo.
walo 4. susu walo, an abscess; to suffer from
abscesses.
Walo'a'a the river that discharges into
Roasi Bay, Little Malaita; Tetele, the
ridge on which it rises; Toro'a, the hill
at its head.
walokaukeu a thorny creeper.
waloliu, walowaloliu to travel about, to make
excursions.
walopasa ten flying-fish.
walowalo walowaloi 'ehuri, the sound of the
conch shell.
walu numeral, eight; used also to express an
indefinite number, waluola, everything;
walu mola ni ola, all things; walu tala
ni Tolo, all the villages of Tolo.
waluta-(na, ni) walutana nga ola, S.,
waluteni ola, U., everything,
walune eighth, the eighth time. Lau qalu,
Florida alu, Viti walu.
walumalau the world, all the islands, malau.
ko 'ure para'ilana walumalau, defends
the earth.
wana, wanawana v. i., to sparkle, to shine, to
be incensed; saeku e la 'otoi wana, my
heart was hot. Lau qanga, lightning.
wanawana 1. v. i., to scrape and clean, to file;
wanawana hinou, to make shell hooks.
wanawana 2. S., same as walawala 2.
wanga U., to have fever, malaria,
wangaha n., an attack of malaria.
wangawanga S., to be bright, to sparkle.
wanawana.
wa'o, wao'wa'o U. 1. to catch fish, to go
afishing.
wa'o U. 2. a mast, hou wa'o.
wa'oni'a U., adj., damp, dew.
waowao 1. n., a shrub growing on the beach,
has white flowers, grows best on rocky
soil; the sticks are used as seat of plat-
forms.
waowao 2. (na, ni) tentacles, feelers.
waowaolu wild dog.
WHpu forest land which may be cleared for
gardens and thus becomes the property
of him who clears it. tahangie wapu,
to clear forest country, met., of difficult
work just started.
wara to be very large, kira wara.
Warahunuka a Warahunuka Rd'i I'a, a legend-
ary person.
waraihu, U. , ihu S. , hair, feathers. San Cristoval
waraihu.
warauku U., hair, feathers.
warawara'a adj., ere warawara'a, clamorous.
ware U. 1. v. tr., to destroy, to be mischievous,
to pull up self-rooting coconuts.
ware U. 2. adv., nearly, almost; precedes the
verb.
ware 3. warei heu, ware ni hdu, a short club
used in central Malaita on the west
coast; it is carried on the back, depending
from the neck; its stone head is lashed
to the haft with cane and the haft is
inlaid; this is the club mentioned by
the Spanish discoverers, see the Journal
of Gallego in Guppy's Solomon Islands,
p. 219; the port mentioned in the note
is probably Waisisi.
wariha (na, ni) S., 'unu weriheni, to tell clearly.
warihiteli v. tr., to burst open. kite.
waru 1. v. i., to be scorched, to burn, to get
burnt; mu nume e warn 'oto, the houses
are burned down; mwado wdru, U., red
earth; niu wdru, a coconut with short
stem, yellowish fronds, and reddish-
skinned nut; i'e waru, a fish of red
color caught in shore reef.
waruhi tr., to burn.
waruhila-(ku) gerund. Lau saru.
waru 2. v. i., wdru ta'a, to emerge, to show up
clear, to reach a place; tala ko weruta'a
i Sa'a, the path emerges at Sa'a; 'dpu
e wdruta'a ana qalusuku, blood gushed
from my nose. Lau qalu.
waruna U., adv., as if.
warupe U., to be stringy, of hana.
waruweru'a U., adj., red.
wasawasa'a adj., indistinct, blurred; lio
wasawasa'a, to see indistinctly.
wasi 1. v. i., to be wild, not tame; n., a wild
animal, ha'awdsi. wasi ni poo, U., a
wild pig; nga wasi, mu wesi, a wild pig
in contradistinction to nga poo ni nume,
the domesticated swine. Florida asi.
wasi, wa'iwesi 2. v. tr., to wash clothes, wasi
to'oninge (English wash).
wasi, wa'iwesi 3. wa'iwesi henue, to visit the
villages.
wasu, wa'uwesu 1. v. i., to smell, to smell of;
wdsu 'aela, to stink; nimeku e wasu i'e,
my hand smells of fish; wdsu mangoni,
to emit a rich savor; nonowdsu, to sniff
at, to smell,
wasuli tr., to smell too strong for.
wasulana its smell.
wasu 2. saewasu, to be angry, to sulk.
watamea U., to crackle (of fire), mea.
Wate a proper name very common on Little
Malaita.
wate, wa'ewate to distribute food at a feast
after making an oration,
watenga'ini tr.
watenga'i v. i. Wango wate, donate; Lau
lali qate, to make an oration
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WOWALA'A
wau 1. adverb of place, there; ne or ni may be
added; when followed by the locative i,
wau i contracts to wai. a mwane waune,
S., that person; wai nume, in the house;
i we' He wau, three days ago; * welita
poo w'du, three days hence; e holai na'o
'oto wau, he has gone on some time ago;
nonola wau, day before yesterday;
nonola 'oto wau, three days ago; talo wau
i 'est, to follow the coast by sea. Wango
wou, Lau go, Dobu wa.
wa'u 2. to be excessive (of pain, work, plague);
ko esu we'u, me'i esunge we'u, strenuous
work.
wauru U., to fall, to stumble and fall; a Poro
Wauru i 'Est, a legendary person,
Mr. Fall-at-Sea.
wauwe (ku) grandfather, grandchild; ngadi
weuwe, a stone axe (grandfather's axe) .
wauwana n., used with mu he'i; mu he'i
weuwana, grandfather and grandchild,
wauwananga n., mu he'i weuwananga, de-
scendants (double noun ending).
wauwau U., to dispute, to squabble.
wawa (ku) n., mouth; in Sa'a ngidu is used of
the mouth of persons, wawa ehoeho,
to boast; hele ponosie wawand, keep his
mouth shut; toro wawa, to shoot out
the lips. Mota vava, to speak; Maori
waha, mouth; Lau faga, Maisin kawa.
wawae to be empty; ola wawae mola, only ashell.
wawai to be cold; to be cool, of water, wai
wawai; sapeku e wawai, my body is cool;
e wawai osiosi, lukewarm,
wawainge v. n., moisture.
Wawake Manu a ghost of the open sea, 'akalo
ni matawa. M. A., p. 197. inge'i i
sapena rihue i Qe'ulo, hole sa'a kole wa
nga me'i ola erete'a ke i'o i sapeka, he is
near the cliffs at Qa'ulo; paddles must
not rattle nor anything white be on
our bodies.
wawala v. i., to carry, to act as porter.
wawanu'e adj., sharp (of edge).
wawe froth from the mouth, to slobber; wawe
ko ta'ero ana, the spittle dribbles down.
waweta'a adj., vexed, fashed, ha'awaweta'ai.
wede to take out the midrib of the sago leaf
before sewing the leaves for thatch.
wede'i tr.
weesi, weeweesi v. i., to fish, to catch a fish,
to get shellfish at low spring tides
weesi (continued).
(mat rare); noko lai weesi, I am going
fishing,
weesinge S., v. n., fish caught; ng&u
weesinge, to eat things caught (fish or
flesh), as a relish with vegetables,
weesingaha U., v. n., double noun ending;
as weesinge.
weewee S., a baby, infant, mu weewee. a Wee
contraction of a Dora weewee.
welewele a rod, a stick, maai welewele, S., hai
welewele, U.
welewele'a adj., ngara welewele' a, to have a
firm, solid sound; to ring solid,
weli (ku) S., uweli U., n., maternal uncle;
a weli, my uncle,
we'o, we'owe'o v. i., to be tired, ha'awe'o.
sape we'o, to be bodily tired,
we'onga v. n., weariness; sape we'onga,
physical weariness.
werewere small (of children), cf. weewee.
mwela werewere, an infant. Mota were,
. to make an inarticulate sound,
wete 1. v. i., to hit; e wete i sapeku, it struck my
body. 2. to reach; wete i ola, reach
such-and-such a place. Wango wete-
wete, firm,
weweu U., v. i., to squabble, ha'aweweu.
Maori wawau.
wili 1. v. tr., to give tribute, to contribute
money to a chief at a feast; haa ni wili,
tribute money; wili to'ohaa, wili to'oha-
anga, contributing money,
wilinge v. n., a giving of tribute.
wililana gerund.
wili 2. to string, to thread; wili dududu, to
string beads; wili haa, to string shell
money,
wili 3. to chip, to flake, to break off chips of
flint,
winiwini 1. v. tr., to handle shamefully, to
maltreat.
winiwinila-(ku) gerund,
winiwini U. 2. carefully; hele winiwini ana,
deal carefully with it.
wiro a steering-paddle, a rudder,
wisi a small gray bird, observed as an omen.
wisi ko orea, the wisi chatters. M. A.,
p. 221.
wowo (ku) the shinbone.
wouwou a wooden ear-plug,
wowala'a S., mwala e wowala'a, glorious.
INDEX.
a hai 4., masi, me'i, nga, ta'a 3., ta'ata'a, ta'e 1.
abandon lae mwaani, qaqaitengili, toli'asi.
abhor ha'ileledi, leledi.
abide naku, i'o, i'o konito'o, i'o susu, 'o'o 3.
able mwadausi, nanama, saka.
aboard la'o 'iola, ni'i 'ae ila'ona 'iola, ta'e ana
haka, ta'eli 'iola.
abode leu tala, leu talahuli.
abound ahurara, alielimui, hunge, takara,
tapala'a.
about ana, haahi, i maana, ra'arangana; kali.
above haho, i haho, i lengi; liuta'a, liutaha.
abraded aho, dalao.
abreast hora, i odoha, sama.
abroad kali, lilikeli.
abscess epa 1., likita'a, mwaa 2., oropa, osa,
qaqahinu, sususu, susu walo, 'upu'e.
absorb totohi, totoqini.
abundant 'a'a 3., lolo, mwaera, tahe 2.
abuse ere leledi, ere mama'ila'a, ere mama'ingi,
ha'asa'eri; «., maleledinge.
accident dau (tau) pele.
accompany ha'ipulonga'ini, haku, hata, 'uren-
ga'ini.
accomplish ha'aahu, ha'aoa'i, ha'ato'o.
according ha'idadanga ana, isuli. sada ana.
accumulate koni, si'okoni, tarakoni.
accurate diana, hahuroto, mangine, warihana.
accuse qelu, tohule'ini, 'usu 8, 'usu maa.
accustom ha'anina, husingi, manata'i, nanoa'i.
ache hi'ito'o, salu 1., wa'i.
acid ahaa.
acknowledge 'alama'ini.
across ha'aholo.
act arikosi, dada, dau, bele, qao, tau, taa 2.
active dau sakasaka'a.
add maai 1., pe'i, sape'i, taroisuli.
admire ane.
adopt koine, koni, opa, ni'i, sangoni, sulu'i.
adorn ha'alauni, launi.
adornments launi, launihe.
adrift ahesi, hatara, kone, tara; mataraha.
advance ara 2., dudu, nanauhi, 'o'ohi, susungi.
adversary maeloonga.
adult rato, repo.
adultery 'amo'amo, masi 1., tarie'iniwala.
adze dahe, v.; kaumota, hiiu.
afar 'aho'a, ha'atau.
affirm une lete.
affix lakoma'ini, rakoraa'ini.
afflicted ha'alete, ha'amotahi, si'ohaa.
affright ha'amamakine, ha'amausi.
afloat manumenu.
afoot liu i henue, liu i tala.
afraid maa'u, ma'ume'u, popolo'u, qa'ilulu.
afresh ha 8. 'i lo'u 5., alioh'i.
after huni, 'ohi, i puri, isuli, po'o puri, qii'i puri.
afternoon apau, apai sato.
afterwards mango ena, mango urina.
again aliho'i, lo'u 5.
against hatare, honosi, parasi, suli.
aged lasu, repo.
ago ina'o, 'oto, 'oto di.
agree loko, ruru wala, sama diena.
aground ape 1.
ague mata'i, wanga.
aid launi, maai 1., pe'i.
aim nana 2.
air maalau, mango, ooru, uwatohuna.
akin takihe-.
alarm ha'aasire'i, ha'aparasi.
alight 'o'a 5., puu.
alight adj., akau, eso.
alike ha'idadanga, ha'isada, sada.
alive mauri, maumeuri'e, mamaurita'a.
all ahuta-, hauni, mani, mango.
allot 'alali, ha'aado, ni'i, wate.
allow lio maai, maai 1., toli 'asi, tolimaai.
almost hini'i, kara'i.
aloft 'ala'a, 'alenga, la'a, ilengi, ta'e.
alone hale'ite, hali'itc, hahaiteli.
along i epine, i suli, suli.
aloof 'aho'a.
aloud ha'ada'i, ha'ata'i, ilengi, paine, toto-
longa'ini.
already 'oto, qani, 'upuni.
also lo'u 5.
alter hele aopa, hi'une, hi'usi, hu'isi.
altercate ere ha'isuru, ha'aere, waiteu, weuweu.
alternate ha'iolisi.
altogether ha'ahuu'ani, ha'ahuu'ei, hauni, mani,
mangomango, to'uhuungana, to'ohuu-
nge'i.
always 'oni'oni, suli he'idinge.
amidst i denume, i matola-.
amiss pele, tala 4., tototala.
among hike, i matola, i saa-, i sie-.
amulet mangite.
ancestor wauwe.
anchor hau ni hune, hunata.
and na, mana, pe'i, rnwana.
anew ha'alu 2., ha'olu, lo'u 5., ruana.
anger ha'iore, saewasu.
angle suusuu 1.
ankle koukou li 'ae,
anklet 'uru mwado.
annoy aite'ini, ha'asauni, kotaahi.
anoint nue, su.
another nga'eta, ngaite.
answer 'ala, 'alama'ini, 'alami.
ant duidui, hulihuli, lolo, sane.
antennae kakawe, waowao 2.
anticipate kokela'ini, rorahi.
anxious adoma'i su'asu'ate'e, ikule'i, ne'isae
to'ote'e.
any ngaile, ngaini, nga mwaile, nga muini,
ta'ana, ta'ena, iteitana.
apart 'aho'a, auhora, hoka, siki 1.
apiece ado, oa 1.
apparition anoa, haeta.
appear haata'i, haeta, manumenu, suu ta'a,
uwota.
appease ha'arako, to'ora'ini.
apply raoha'ini.
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APPOINT
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appoint ha'a'uresi, holosi, holota'ini, topo.
apportion 'alali, ha'ado, ni'i, opa, wate.
approach aori 2., duduhi, nanauhi, 'o'oha'ini,
'o'ohi, susuhi.
areca 'e'e, kuru, mauta'a, pile, pua.
arm nima, nimanima, nime, ninime.
armlet hato, kakamuni, kokome, ngaungeu
nime, pore, qaro haa.
armpit qaeqae.
around haahi, honota-, kali, kalikeli, parasi.
arrange koni, ne'i, samanga'ini, si'o koni.
arrive arapuu, hule 1.
arrow dede qalu, omo, oa 4., suulehu, topa 1.
as domana, mala 1., urihana, waruna.
ascend hane, haneta'a, tahela'i.
ashamed mamakine, masa.
ashes ora 2., qasaora.
aside 'e'eli, liu aopa, palili.
ask dolosi, ha'atohu, hari, soi, suke.
assault arisi, polahi, puuli, siholi.
assemble ahelidu, loko, ruru.
assent 'alama'ini, 'alaqa'u, mwa'emwa'e.
assert unu lete, usu meuta'a.
assign ha'aado, holosi 3.
assist maai, pe'i, pe'ini.
asthma malo.
astray 'e'eli, takalo.
astride ta'e odoodo, ta'e ha'aholo.
asunder makaka.
at hai 2., i 1., ta'i 2., wai 5.
at all ha'aisi, ike, 'oto 'o'o.
atonement hiri, tapa olisi, uraa'i.
attach raoha'ini, lakoma'ini, rakoma'ini.
attack mama'ingi, polahi.
attain hulaana, su'aana, tail taha, usu ta'a.
attempt dau adonga, dau ni, hala.
aunt nike, teitei.
avenge horo i tala, suu ola.
avoid peinuhi.
awake ha'alio, ha'atalisi, liolio, tiilisi.
away mwaani, wau.
awe maute'i ra'aranga-.
awhile ha'awali, ka'u 4.
awkward maumeuli'e.
axe hau 2., 'ile 4., ngadi.
babble ro'irori.
baby 'elekale, mwela werewere, weewee.
back kolu, puri; adv., aliho'i, 'oli, 'olie'i, ha'i'oli;
taalenga
backbone suli odo, suli qeri i ngae.
bad 'aela, tata'ala; kasu, mapusu, osa.
bag anga, mwa'i.
bait paa, pasa; 'alata'ini, v.
bake hahi, haali.
bale pute; v., danu.
baler idenu.
bald halai.
ball hou meme.
bamboo au, dana, qirei eu, rata.
banana hudi, piei hudi.
band walo.
bang kokohu, makulu; n., koukouhe.
bank 'akere, keke, rao.
barb, nanga.
bare mwakule, qala.
barefaced raramaa.
barely asa, asa'i, hini'i, ili 1., kara'i, orei 2.
bargain hohoro, 'olisi, usi.
bark te'ete'e n.; ku, leko'i.
barren amara, qala.
barter ha'aholi, hohoro, holi, usi.
bashful masa, mamasa'a.
bask ha'araa.
basket anga, ite, lu'alu'a, lu'e 3., mwa'i, tangi 1.
bat ninginingi, sawalo.
bathe loto.
battlefield paonga.
bawl arai, awara, kakau, tea.
be i'o, la 1., lae, 'o'o 3.
beach i kule, i one, one, qa'une hau.
beak qalusu, wawa.
bear anga'i, hele, karu, walenga'i; ha'ahute,
hungu.
beat daro, hide, horo, rapu, sauni; lili qana.
beating daro'ilana, maai repusilana.
beautiful hinoli'a, kohi, mwane diana, rara'i.
because ana 7., 'aehotalana, i tehulaana, i nunu-
haana, tala'aehana.
beckon 'ala qa'u, salohi.
become ne'i, no'i; malisi.
beetle manu, orooro'a.
before hola'i na'o, i na'o.
beforehand kokela'i, rorahi.
beg 'a'ada'ini, aitana'i ha'atohu.
beget 'aehota, ha'ahute.
begin 'aehota, tala'ae; adv. si 1.
beginning 'aehotalana, tala'aehana.
beguile ero, kae.
behave i'o, naku, 'o'o 3., tola.
behavior i'ola-, i'onga.
behind i puri.
bcUh ora lulu.
believe hiiwala'imoli.
belly 'aqa 2., i'e 3., 'oqa.
belong ana 3., to'oana, to'ola-.
below haha 1., i'ano, i haha, i oroha-, i ka'o.
belt lokoqaio, roro to'oni.
bend lolo 1., lo'u 4., lo'une, oroha'i, oroma'i;
n., 'alo'u, lo'u'e.
beneath i 'ano, i haha, i kao.
bent 'amaoro, malo'u, matou, mwahiohio,
mwaoroha'i.
beseech aitana'i, tola suu'i.
beset 'aqata'ini.
beside i epine, i keke, i raona, i reune, isuli.
besom korekore, tala 5.
betel oha, oha ni me'esu.
betray qelo.
betroth aharo, ngau ni sulanga, rongo keni.
between i matola.
beware lio tala.
bewilder lole, pangara'ini, pu'o.
bewitch si'ohi.
beyond li'ite, likite, 'oto wau, po'o wau, qa'u
ni paro, qa'u wau.
bid ha'atola, ha'iusunge'i, 'unu.
big paine, paipeina'a, pangupangu raha, loa 1.
bill qalusu.
bind hiri, hoo, qasu.
bird manu.
birth ha'ahutanga, hutela.
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CATCH
bit ahuhue'i ola, dodongo, 'ele, karikeri, kele
me'i, ko'ukohui poo, maapou, masi 2.,
me'i, musii 'elili, 'u'u tolo, waawaatani
i'a.
bite 'ala 3., sapo.
bitter ahaa.
black lo'ilohi'e, pulu, pulupulu'e, sawaoli'e.
bladder mimi.
blade maa 4.
blame 'i'ite 2., 'i'ite'ini.
blast esoesoha, mawaha.
blaze eso, ngangau, talau.
bliss dahi, da'idehi'e, ha'adahi, ha'adiana.
blind ha'a'ulu, 'ulu.
blister qa'arete, tarapiu.
block hau 3., hai 4., ape hono.
blood apu.
bloody apule, lili 'epule.
blossom taka.
blow mawa, ooru, 'uhi 3.; n. maai repusilana.
Wmc melumclu'a'a, pulupulu'e, to'orodo.
blunt kumu, ngo'a.
boar ora 4.
board hapa, rai dango, rai 'ei, rai hapa, raureu.
boast ere ani leu honu, ha'atoha'ini, wawa
ehoeho.
body sape.
boil ha'aohu, koo, ohu 1., pii; n., 'upu'e.
bond walo.
bone su'isuli, susuli.
boom hau lili qana.
border 'akerena, i keke, i ngoongoo, i raona,
i reune.
bore halo, hoto'i.
born hute.
borrow lihue'ini, suke.
bosom roro 2., roroma'i sae, saro.
both ahutana ro ola.
bottle hou 'atea, hou wei.
bottom kao.
bough sasara.
bound pola liliki, reke; ho'o.
boundary honohonota, nisita, ta'itelihana.
bow n., pasi; v., qa'utou, 'o'onuto.
bowels 'oqa, sae.
bowl nime 2., nime sarasara, maraohu; v., 'a'a 5.
bowstring ilolo, pulo 2.
6oy 'elemwane, mwane, mwau, mwela, mwela
mwane, mwemwela, plural,
boyhood haoraha-, mwaimweiha.
brace rape'i, roro'i; n., ro.
brackish 'asile, maraohu'e, qaaqi'a.
brain qango 3.
branch luluhu, sasara, 'ulu'ulu 2.
breadfruit pa'ale'o.
break aaro, 'ala 4., ha'alede, ha'amousi,
ha'aqa'ali, hali, hite, lede, makasi,
mousi, nisi, papali, papata'ini, pota,
qa'ali, qa'asi, radu.
breast susu, roroma'i sae.
breath mango 2., mangoi ola.
breathe mamango, mangomango 2., malo 2.,
poepoe.
breed ha'ahute.
bride hu'e ha'alu, keni ha'alu (ha'olu).
bridegroom poro ha'alu (ha'olu).
bridge tatalauhe, huruhuru.
bright marariro'a, raa, rere'a, wana, wanga-
wanga.
brilliant huhurere'a, marare'a, nuenuala, rara-
nga'a.
brim maa 4., wairona.
bring tola, tole.
brink qa'asulilana, i raona, i reune.
bristle n., uhu, waraihu, warauhu.
broad 'ahola, lalo'a.
broil susungi 2., su'isungi, uunu 1.
broken 'a'o'i, ma'o'i, mari'iri'i, langu holo,
madou 2., makaka, makaka'a.
brood v., aro 2.
broom korekore, tala 5.
brother 'asi-2., 'ule-.
brother-in-law 'asi-, ihe-, ro aihana, ro mwaihana.
brow dara, na'ona dara.
bruised hudihudi'e, maelupu'e, maputaputa.
brush kore, tala 5.
bubble hutohuto, ohu 1.
bud 'ure 4.
buffet hideli, lomosi.
build dau nime, tail nima, ha'auresi, tohu nime;
soo tete.
bulge suule'i.
bump lupunge'ini, taate'e, tatate'ete'e, to'o-
lupu.
bunch adai, hungu, hunguha, hunguta, huu.
bundle lokota, ihoo, putaputa, pute.
burden ludaa, ludanga.
burn eso, ha'amamu'i, mamu, raahi, talau,
uunu 1., waru.
burrow "eli. hai 5.
burst qa'a, utakora.
bury 'anomi, aori, 'eli tala, ha'itoli, ha'itoli-
nge'ini.
bush 'ai 1., dango, ma'usu, me'esu, mou, tolona
hanue.
busy hiru, hirunga'a.
busybody polahiwasa.
but ta'a 7., ta'e 6., ta'e pe'ini.
butterfly pepe.
buttock moro 3., popo 2., qote.
buy holi, holoholo 3., hohoro, usi.
by ana 2., ani 2., i keke, i raona, i reune, i saa,
i sie, i suli.
cackle tatarao, toteu.
call arai, awara, ha'ara'i, soi.
calm holaa.
can mwadausi.
cane 'ohu 3., ue 3., wale.
canoe 'iola, 'iola sara, lusuinume, ta'a ta'e,
ta'e hai, ta'e 'olu.
capsize 'akeu. kausi, oha'i, qaoha'ini.
careful ha'akeneta'i, ha'ikeneta'i, keneta'i,
kineta'i, raerae.
careless tauteu, ta'ewau.
cargo ludaa, ludanga.
carry anga'i, anga'ini, 'apala, hu'e 3., lude,
poonga'ini, tola, to'o qa'u, walenga'ini,
wawala.
carve adu, adumi, diu 2., didi.
cast 'a'a 5., 'asi 3., daro, dere, 'u'i, 'uile'ini,
sikera'ini.
castrate uweli.
catch kausi, talaahu'e, tapoli.
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caterpillar muno.
cave hahale, liwe.
caulk pulu'i.
cause, v., dau 1., ha'aola, tau; n., 'ae'aena,
'aehotalana, tala'aehana.
cease mou, moutoli, noto, rohu, toli ereere,
to'o mou tana, toli rohu, suu 1.
cement pulu 3.
centipede aliha, aluhe.
chafe harasi, rotoa'ini, sataa'i, uli 3.
chamber ahi, 'atohono.
champ kokolu, sapoli.
change alu, ha'alili, hi'usi, ho'itana, ho'ite'i,
hu'isi, hu'itana, hu'ite'i, lapi, lie 2.,
'oli, 'olisi.
channel ta'ataha, taha, tahalaa, ukui ta'ataha.
charcoal lo'ilohi.
charge ha'atolanga'ini, 'usu ilengi, 'usu maa;
rori.
charm «., mangite, sahu 2., si'onga; v., saru'i,
toli loosi, walangi.
chase pai 1., pani, pee 1.
chatter 'e'engo, diodioru, kotaa, orea, rongo
'aela.
cheat ero, kae.
cheek papali.
cheer ha'aape, ilenimwa'e, rike, ruke, sae dodo,
sae rukeruke.
chest duru, toitoi; mango 2., sae.
chew daweri, koikoi, kokolu, ngasi, ngero'i,
sapoli.
chief alaha, inemauri, rato.
child 'elekale, 'elekale werewere, kale, mwela,
mwela werewere, weewee.
child-bearing ha'ahute mwela, kale'a.
chin sasate.
chink waawaata.
chip dahe, didi, diu, tere, wili; «., masi 'ei.
ngangai dango, ngangani 'ei, sikitani
'ei, sikitei dango.
chipped 'apasu.
choose hili, 'ilisi, lio hilisi, lio huni.
chop huule'ini, kohu 2., tapa, tapi, tohu 1.
chorus ha'ioangi.
cinnamon madou.
circuit kali, kari waaro.
clam 'ime.
clap hide.
clasp ako.
clatter kole.
claw ki'iki'i.
clay 'ano mola, mwado waru.
clean rere'a; v., ha'arere'a.
cleanse hoda.
clear ahureha, dingadinga, hahuroto, haha'iteli,
langalanga'a, manola, mataqa, tam-
waodo; v., rai, sale.
cleave hite, hite pewa'ali, tangi, tohu 1., tohu
hiteli, wa'ali; hataa'ini, rauhe'i.
cleft ta'ataha, tahalaa.
clench lokune, rete hau.
clever saai ola, salema'i.
cliff haneta'anga, hanetahanga, osani karekare,
qa'asulilana.
climb hane, hane'i, hanenga'ini.
cling lalako, nanako, rauhe'ini.
clip olo 3.
close ahu'i 2., dau keli, ha'apuli, hohono, para
ahu'i, ponosi; mumu, adj., kara'ini,
puru, purupuru'a'a.
close-cut kou.
cloth mi sala, sala.
cloud mamala wai, rorodo, rorodo'a, salo,
uru3.
clouded kokohono, rorodo, rorodo'a.
club ahui 1., die, kiakia, mata, pa'uwa'ata,
supi, taroiri.
club-foot qa'i 4.
clump huu 1., lolo'a ni 'ei.
coarse wara.
coast v., hatale; «., hatale'a.
cobweb lawa.
cockatoo eke.
cockle hadonga, henu, mengo, hangoda.
cockroach mwaidi.
coconut niu; kokolu, madeli, opu, poupou 1.,
'ulu'ulu 1.
coil ere 2.
collect sio 1., sio koni, sio maani.
color sape.
comb arapa.
combine loko.
come dudu, hule, lae, susuhi, su'u 6.
come out au ta'a, mau, tau ta'a, usu taha.
command ha'atolanga'ini, usunge'ini.
common ta'ewau, tauteu.
compact sa'oha'ini.
companion dama, maila-, oa 2., pe'ile-.
company alidanga, alidangaha, herahonu,
pulitaa, koruhe, laeha.
compassion 'amasi, ha'i'amasi.
compensate hiri 2., toto 1.
complain uqe, ngara tahela'i.
compete ahu 1., mango 1., mangomango,
mouqeli.
conceal mumuni.
conceive 'aehota, lodo.
concerned poi 2., po'ote'e.
concerning ana, haahi, ra'arangana.
conch 'ahuri.
condition tolaha.
condemn 'i'i 1., lei.
conduct v., ha'apulonga'ini, na'o, tole, 'ure-
nga'ini; n., tolaha.
confess ha'ahou, unu tahanga'ini.
confident sae moute'i, sae susu.
confirm ha'asusu, ha'ato'o, rape'i.
confused lole, pu'o, qa'ulunge'i, wasawasa'a.
consent 'alama'ini, mwa'emwa'e.
conspicuous langa'a. langalanga'a.
constantly 'oni'oni, tarau, taraure'i.
consult mani wala, qa'u ni wala.
contend ha'itohe, ha'ipani'i, haukama.
continue konito'o, susu 4., suusuu, taraasi,
tarao, tarau, tarauhe'ini.
contort huhu laolao ana wa'i.
contract rarasi, ruusi.
contradict ere ha'itohe.
contribute tete, wili.
convey ha'apulonga'ini, tole, 'urenga'ini.
cook ha'ali'e, ha'aopo, hahi, koo, sule, susungi;
su'isungi, uunu.
cooked mali'a, madoo.
cool wa'arara, wa'arau'a.
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copy ha'amaani, ha'imaani, ha'amala, maani,
malamala 3.
coral hau haa, kau 2.
cord 'ali 3., i'eli, walo.
core nini, uto.
cork qaito.
corner suraa'i, suusuu.
corpse lalamoa, qa'u 'apula, rae.
correct ha'aodo, odo.
cough hu'u 5.
counsel loo'inge.
count idu 1.
country hanue.
courtyard 'amaa, lolata, mara nume.
covenant n„ ha'alunge, ha'iholota'inge; v.,
ha'alu.
cover v., aluhi, mwana 1., ponosi, qaoha'i; n.,
maa, ponopono.
covet sae hanali, sae to'oa'i ola.
covetous malalahu'e.
cower 'aqa 1.
cowry puli 1., puli 'ehi'e.
crab ao 2., 'ahe 3., kuka, qa'i ao, 'u'e 6.
crack kokohu, makulu, ngaangaa 2., qa'a 1.,
qa'arakau, ualapoa.
cracked lo'a 3., qa'a, wa'ahite.
crackle watamea, sii.
crafty raomaenga.
cram poe 3., susu harehare, to'oni 2.
crash makulu, ngara loulou.
crawfish ore ni 'esi, ura.
crawl 'ango 1., lidu.
creak awaleo, ngangadi.
crease hirori 1.
create ha'ahola.
creep ango, huto 2.
creeper walo.
cripple lilidu, to'u 3.
crocodile huasa.
crook ikeu, mudi 2., tangatanga.
crooked mwa'elu, mwahi, mwaketo.
crop v., 'ini 5.
cross v., holosi, la'oni, la'ongi, likisi, tapaliu,
ulu holo; adv., ha'aholo; «., ailipo'u,
po'upo'u.
crotch tanga.
croton alaala.
crouch adaoro, 'ahihi, 'aqa 1., hihi.
crow kokorako, tatarao.
crowd ha'apuli, ruungi, takuruhi; n., honulaa,
mwala, pulitaa.
crown halaitana, ho'odara, rorodara, 'ure'urena.
crumb ahuhu'e, nganga, urate.
crush hite menasi, pili.
crushed malelede, mamenamena, ma'o'i'o'i.
cry arai, awara, kakau, ngara, ulo.
cuckoo tarasioko.
cull hu'usi, 'ini.
cup kaokao.
cupboard duru.
cure kure 1.
curl ali, lolosi.
curse ere ha'ihonoa'i, hadi, isi, uwesi.
curve repa.
cuscus huto 1.
cut aha 2., hoa 1., huri, kala, kohu 2., lisi, nisi,
topa, tori 1.
cuttlefish monaki.
daily suli haudinga, suli he'idinge.
dam n., koho; v., ponosi.
damage mala masi, wa'eli, ware.
damp makina'a, qesa'a, qini'a, waoni'a.
dance mao 1.
danger maelaa, siohaa'i maelaa.
dare adoma'i mousi, ne'isae moute'i.
dark rodo, rodohono; rodoha'i, rodoma'i,
rorodo'a.
darken ha'arodo.
darkish marawa, maramarawa'a.
dash papata'ini, pola.
daub mole, 'usuri.
daughter 'elekeni, kele keni, pule, teitei.
daughter-in-law hungao-, keni.
dawn ha'ihora'i, mahu'ohu'o, wa'ali'e.
day atowa, dani, dangi, ha'idinge, haudinga.
daybreak marawani deni, mahu'ohu'o, wa'ali'e.
dazzle marare'a.
dead mae.
dea/pungu.
deal hohoro, holi; 'alali, ha'aado, ni'ini'i, wate.
dear diena, maa'i 2., madu.
dearth hi'olonga, talenga.
death maenga, maeta.
debt roro'a, roro'anga.
decay kasu, osa.
deceit eronga, kaenga, raomaenga.
deceive ero, kae, lopo'i, qali.
deck ma'emahe; n., mwanamwana.
declare ha'ahou, ha'ata'ini, hou 4., 'unu 1.
decorate ha'alauni, launi, mumu.
decoy ha'atanauhi, ha'amamu.
deep asa, dodo, kokoro, lade mae.
defecate he'a 1.
defend ere talihe, lau haahi, para'ite-, talohi,
'ure ahu'i, 'ura parasi.
deficient ore 1., tale.
defile ha'awa'a, lo'u 3., louhanga'a, maha.
defy parangasi, haukama.
degrees duuduu, raqaraqa'a.
delay ha'ahiru, ha'awali, hirusi, 'oniteu; n.,
hirunga'a.
delirious 'oe'oe.
deliver ha'i'a'auhi, ha'iteuhi, luhelolo.
dense pono, rerepono.
deny ere talihe, taate'inge'ini, ulapo, wala'a
odoodo.
descend siho, sihola'i, siho toli.
descendant wauwe.
desert n., hanue sala, hiinua sasala, maana'o,
na'onga; v., pola mwaani, tahi.
desire ha'ihuni, harihuni.
desist noto, rohu, toli 6., toliaa.
desolate i'o ni leu qala, maana'o, na'onga, sala
4., si'ohaa, waa 1.
despise adairi, hii'aela, mama'ila'a, mama'ingi,
mwaka 1.
destroy duuhe'ini, ngoli, suuhe'ini, ware.
detach sikile'ini.
device loo'inge, loona'inge.
dew ara 1., waoni'a.
diarrhea tao.
die ai suu, mae, suu 1 .
differ aopa.
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difficult asa.
diffident marara.
dig ahure, 'eli, 'elihe'i.
diligent ha'airara, mwa'emwa'e, rara 1.
dim wahawaha'a, wasawasa'a.
diminish kurawe, lueli, luengi.
din 'e'engo, kotaa, rongo 'aela.
dip ha'adodo, loloma'ini, suu 1., toongi; n„
aliholo, ririholo.
dirt 'ano, mwado, mwakana, mwakano, qiqi.
dirty mada'a, mwadola, rawakano'a, qiqi'e.
dish nima, nime.
disobey alalu, ha'itohe, lalawa, sare'i.
disorderly mwa'uu, teroliu.
disposition manata, manatanga.
dispute ha'aere, haore, ha'isuru, waiteu, wala-
hali, wauwau.
distant 'aho'a, ha'atau.
distinct maopaopa.
distinguish haha'iteli, hahiteli, ileli, lio saai,
opa.
distress ha'aletehinga, motaahinge, si'ohaanga;
v., motaahi, kotaahi, hasi kokosi.
distribute ha'aado, ha'aohusi, ni'i, wate.
disturb hurosi, ikule'i, iolaha, sasae; adj.,
mahuro.
dive suu 1.
diverge aliu, 'e'eli, liu aopa.
divide hiteli, opa, nisi.
divine dau dunge, dunga ni hau, hahuto'o,
ilala.
dizzy ta'iere.
do arikosi, da, dau, hele, palo, qao, ta, tau.
docile manata, rako.
dodge talohi.
dog 'usu 9.
door hohono, raaa.
dot pulu maai seu.
double lo'u 4., kalitei'a, saoha'ini.
doubt adoma'i ruarua'a, ne'isae ruerua'a, sae
ruerua'a.
dove heheoku, hiroiku, taqaruru.
down hao, hou, i'ano, qa'i 'ano, siho.
down n., ta'atakai rate.
drag oke, panile'ini, wa'i.
dragon-fly ta'atara wai.
draw oke; kere; taluhi.
dread niniko'a.
dream ma'ahu pole, ma'ahu qole.
dregs hero, pali kao.
drift hatara, kosola'ini, tara.
drill halo; «., halo, idu 3.
drink ilu, inu.
drip ha'auduhi, mudimudi 'ura, mwimwidi
'ure, 'udu; n., 'udu'uduhe.
drive pani, panitora, pee.
drizzle nemo ra'arara.
droop ahuhu, mara'i heutaa, tengotengo.
drop domu, ha'ausuli 1., teke, tete, toli, toli
sesu, 'usu 11.
dropsy pule, pura.
drought 'iro ni sato.
drown ha'adodo, ha'a'o'oni, ha'ainuhi, ha'ato-
nohi.
drowsy mamauru'e.
drum 'o'o 2., para ni 'o'o, ri'i, taha 'o'o, toli 9.;
v., 'iki 2.
drumstick kokoi sa'o.
dry adj., 'a'ate, 'ate'ate, rango, rara 2.; r.,
ha'alanga; ha'amaa, ha'araa, rarasi.
duck n., aranga.
duck v., ha'adodo, qa'uto'u.
dull kumu, rorodo'a.
dumb 'amumu, panguu, qe'u ereere.
dun 'a'ada'ini.
dung 'ae, oraora 2.
duration di, ha'awali, qani, wa'ite; n., maholo.
dusk saulehi melumelu.
dust mwakano loho, mwamwatekola, 'u'u-
mwado, wahawaha ni mwado.
dusty v., ahuora.
dwarf didi 1., ki'iki'i ni 'inoni, masi 3., ride ni
'inoni.
dwell naku, i'o, i'o ni deunge, 'o'o 3.
dwindle kumwe.
dye 'atoni, to'ongi.
dysentry 'apu.
each ta'ena, ta'ana, iteitana.
eagle hada.
ear 'alinge.
ear ornament au susu, eho, wouwou.
early ha'ahu'o, mahu'ohu'o
earnest n., ha'a i mwe'i; ha'irara.
earth 'ano, mwado, mwakana, mwakano.
earthquake nunu 1.
east i matawa, i qa'alana sato, ta'au, ta'e.
easy mwadau.
eat 'amadi, ngaa, ngangau, ngau, oka.
eaves pipisi, riridi.
ebb kumwe, mai 2.
echo qa'alinge.
eddy 'ahe hiru, ali lo'a.
edge api, keke, maa 4., rau 2., wairona.
eel hauho.
egg apota, hoi kue, hoi menu, mwaopu, saolu.
eject 'asi 3., dere, 'u'ile'ini.
elastic mwaeroero, mwaohe; n., walo lala'L
walo dududu.
elbow suusuu 1.
eloquent ere taha'iraa, saai ere.
elsewhere ana nga'eta le'u, ana ngaite lehu.
embark ni'i 'ae, ta'e 4., ta'eli 'iola.
ember lo'ilohi.
embrace ako'i, 'apala 4.
emerge au ta'a.
empty oreorei ola, qala, waawaa, wawae.
enable nanama'ini, sakaahi.
enclose dau keli, hono sisinge'i, para ahu'i, tau:
kali.
encounter dau to'o, ha'iodo'i, hii'isu'esu'e, soda.
encourage ha'aape sae, ha'amauta'a sae,
ha'asusu sae.
end ha'amangolana, ngoongoo, to'o moutana;
v., ha'amango, nisi, talimaa; ha'a'uresi.
endeavor dau ni, hala ni, tau muni.
endure i'o susu, i'o susule'i, toli sesu.
enemy maeloonga, 'apani mae.
energy v., ha'irara, hele winiwini; «., sakanga.
engaged hiru.
enlighten ha'amataqali, ha'amataqasi, raangi,
sineli.
enlightenment mataqanga ni sae.
enough adona. ha'idadanga, hunge, sada.
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enquire dolosi, soi, soi heri.
entangled 'aiwalo'a, ta'ipupu'e; v., hikusi, tari
2., to'oha'i qe'u.
enter sili.
entice ha'amamu, ha'ariro, ha'atanauhi,
mamu.
entire ha'ileku, laku, mangomango, pupupu.
entrails 'oqa.
entreat aitana'i, tolaa'i, tola suu'i.
envelope v., ahu'i, ulo; n., hulehule, uloulo-
'itana.
envy lio i kekeni maa, Ho i ngaei maa. sae
unuhi.
equal n„ dama; adv., ha'idadanga, sada.
err aopa, 'e'eli, pele, takalo.
error dau pelenga, takaloha.
establish ha'a'ure'si.
eternal huu 2., 'oto di.
even ha'idadanga, sada; noone.
evening saulehi.
ever huu 2., 'oni'oni, 'oto di, 'oto 'o'o.
every ahuta-, ta'ana, ta'ena.
everything ahutana mu ola, ta'ana nga ola,
ta'ena nga ola, walumolani ola, walu-
tana nga ola.
everywhere ahusie mu le'u.
evil 'aela, da'ita'a, tata'ala.
exact odohana, odohaana.
exalt tahela'ini, toro 2.
example 'ae, peapea, tolaha.
exceedingly] aopa, hi'ito'o, liu, Uuta'a, oraha'a,
t 1., to'oliu, wa'ewa'e, walawala.
excessive Jwa'u, hunge.
exchange ha'ilu'u, 'olisi.
excite 'akolu, ikule'i, iolaha, ta'ela'i, tatanga-
lungalu.
excrement 'ae, huui 'ae.
excuse ha'a'inoni, lopo'i ere, lopo'i kae, lopo'i
wala'a.
exhort ha'itorangi, torangi.
expect totori, maa toto. ma'ohi.
expire mango suu, toli'asi mango.
explain hatonga'ini, lado diena, 'unu taha-
nga'ini.
extend ahusi, lala'ini.
exult manawa, tahola'i mata.
eye maa; v., ha'akale, ha'amaesi 2.
eyelid hinuhinui maa, hiruhiru ana maa.
eyebrow maranga i maa.
face maa, na'o; v., na'o, saro.
fade ahuhu.
faggot iho'oi dango, iho'oi 'ei.
fail huutala, pele, mwamwasu'i, tala, tototala.
faint mango toli, olo ana hi'olo, ta'iere.
fair eke, erete'a, sasangota'a; odo.
faith hiiwala'imolinge.
fall 'aihu, 'auru, anguru, domu, lada, mara-
pute'i, rapute'i, teke, toli, 'usu 11.,
wa'uru.
false ero, ha'akae, ha'amenamena, kae, rao-
maenga.
falsehood eronga, kaenga.
fame houla-, taloha, taroha.
family komu.
famine hi'olonga, talenga, talengaha.
famish mae su'esu'ela'i.
famous hou keli, hou lilikeli, manikulu'e.
fan n., tetere; v., terehi.
far 'aho'a, ha'atau.
fast lauleu, lauleu'a, nanamu, tatawisiwisi;
mauta'a, papau, pa'ipesi, pasipasi; v.,
ha'ahili, ma'ahu mala 'iola, ma'ahu
qalawala, olo ngau, toli ola, toli ngeulaa.
fat mangoni, mwomwona, qi'e; n., rakuhe.
father 'ama-, ma'a, mama'a.
fathom tahanga.
fatigue rahe, we'o.
fault dau wala, roro'a.
favor lio maai, lio nanama'ini, lio sae to'o.
favorite kale madu, mwane diena, mwane
maa'i.
fear maa'u, ma'u, ma'u ra'aranga.
feast houlaa, ngauhe, tauhe.
feather ihu, waraihu.
feeble mamaela'a, peto, qeto, qake mware'a.
feed ha'angau, ni'i, sangoni.
feel hii.
feign lopo'i deu, lopo'i teu.
fellow dama, oa 2.
female keni, qaqa 2.
fence liliheu, para, sasa, suluheu, tete 6., v.,
para, sese, sio tete.
ferment hane 3.
fern dimwe, laqa, sunge luuluu.
fester oropa, osa.
festoon 'ama'ama, mahe, waki.
fetch lae 'ohi, 'ohi 1., tola, tole.
fever daohanga madoro, maenga mamadali,
madoronga, mata'i, wanga.
few mwamwanga, mwanganga.
fiber mwarite, saisemu, samu, su'e, walo.
fierce mama'ingi, mamakola, melaha.
fight ha'ihoro'i, ha'iseuni, oho, wa'i oda'i.
figure sape.
fill dede'i. ha'ahonu.
film ahoaho.
filth mada'anga.
fin nangananga.
final ha'amangolana.
find odo'i, ha'aro'i, soohi.
fine hiritaa; sato.
finger ki'iki'i, ri'iri'i; 1st, 'ini hite; 2nd, 'usu
henue; 3rd, qa'u teroliu; 4th, au rarahi;
5th, kau lomolomo.
finish ha'amango, mango 1.
fire dunge; liana 2.
firebrand potoi, usu 'ei.
firefly pulupulu.
firewood 'ai, dango.
firm halahala, mauta'a, nga'ingedi, papau,
sulahita, susu 4.; v., ha'amauta'a,
ha'asusu 1.
first 'etana, hola'i, holai na'o; v., ha'ana'ola'ini,
na'ola'ini.
first born hola'i hute, na'ohai kale, na'ohana kale.
first fruit ha'ana'o, horahora'apu'i.
first time aani, hola'i, si 2.
fish i'e 2.; v., 'aholo, 'a'o, daro 2., hunu 3.,
kalu, lilie'i, lou 2., ma'ae, moke, samu,
toli 2., wa'o, weesi.
fist lokunaa nime.
fit adj., ha'idadanga, hatonga, malisi, sada^
v., daraha'ini, sa'oha'ini.
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flake sikite; v., didi, wili.
flame esohaana dunge, meameahana dunge,
melahai dunge; v., eso, mea 2., ora 3.,
talau.
flank parapara, rahoraho.
flap hideli, lopalopa.
flare eso, sii 2.
flash nangali'a, nangariro'a.
flat dadada'a, hu'idada; ape dao, ape sada;
sada.
flatten ha'adada, ha'asada, penasi, taalengasi.
flatter apu'i, ha'arako.
flay simwe.
flea pote 3.
flee tahi.
flesh hasi'o, hinesu, ta'itesi.
fleshy hasi'ola.
flick kopi.
flinch marara, niniko'a.
fling 'asi 3., dere, 'u'i
float manu 2.; n., u'o.
flock 'alaa, haka 4., koruhe, korutaa, pulitaa.
flog daro, rapusi.
flood kone, luelue.
flotsam mataraha, ramarama.
flow 'ahe I., kone, lue 2., oraa, ramarama,
tahe 3.
flower taka 1.
fluid rumu, sulu 5., wai 1.
flutter loho, tere 'apa'apa, tete 'apa'apa.
fly n., lango, lango ni rae.
fly v., loho.
foam hutohuto.
fold lulungi, nukumi.
follow 'ahe isuli, lulu isuli, sulu isuli, susuli,
'usuli, totola i 'ae.
food ngauha, ngaulaa.
fool herohero, karu oe, papaku'a, qe'u 1.
foot 'a'ae, 'ae, peapea.
foothold 'uriurite.
footprint 'a'ae, peapea.
forbid ere 1., ere luu'i, ha'a'apu, hadi.
forefather wauwe-.
forefinger 'usu henue.
forehead dara, na'ona dara.
foreign haka 3., matawa.
forerun hurulaa, na'ona'o.
forest ma'usu, me'esu, mou 2.
forget pulongo, sae rorodo.
forgive ne'isae 'asi, sae 'asi.
fork matanga, tangatanga.
form lioha-, liota-, sape.
former holai na'o.
formerly hola'i, i na'o, 'oto di, 'oto qani, 'oto
waite, waite.
fornication 'ae'aeniolanga, tarie'i ni wala.
forsake lae mwaani, tahi mwaani, toli'asi.
forth kei ana, ta'a 4., taha 1., 'ure ana.
fortieth haine nga awala.
forty hai awala ha'ahuu.
forward ada wau, ata wau, odo, paro, ta'au,
taraasi, tarao, taraure'i.
foster sangoni.
foundation, poopoota, qooqoota.
fount hulaa, hulahula, huuna wai.
four hai 1.,
fourth haine.
fowl kue.
fragment ahuhu'ei ola, ngangai ola, maapou,
maholo.
free i'o tohu, mamaware, sapemawa; v.,
luhelolo, luhesi, toli'asi.
freely mola'a, ni'i suu, ni'i toto.
freight ludaa, ludanga.
frequent ha'ahunga'a, ha'ahunge, hungehunga'a,
purupuru'a'a, rarapuupuu.
fresh ha'alu, ha'olu.
friend ha'imalahu-, malahu-.
frighten ha'amalu, ha'amamakina, ha'ama'usi.
fringe mwirimwiri, ngoongoo.
from i 1., kei 2., mai 1., mwaani, 'ure.
frond akeake.
front maa, na'o.
froth hutohuto.
frown 'ala ngingita.
fruit hoi 1., huani 'ei, hue, huehuei dango;
v., hungu.
fuel 'Si, dango.
full-grown rato, repo.
fungus 'alinge 2.
furl lulungi.
further adv., tarao, taraasi, taraure'i.
gain tari 1.
Kail loka, pulu 2.
gapped makere, pilomo.
gape awanganga. kakahite.
garden hohola, lalo 4., qainaa, qa'u 4., kalona.
gargle koukou 2.
garland mahe.
gasp ilele malo, mango asa, poepoe.
gate maai para.
gather ahelidu, loko, ruru, s'io 1.
gaze aonga'i, lio hahuroto, maakahi, to'oma'i.
gentle mahuru, malumu, rako.
gently anene.
ghost 'akalo, esi, urehi.
giddy ta'iere.
gift ni'inge.
gills langasi-.
ginger aro 1., lie.
gird ho'o, roro'i.
girdle lokoqaio, roro to'oni.
girl 'ele keni, kele keni, keni, pule.
give da, ni'i, ta, toli'asi.
glad ilenimwa'e, sae diena, sae diana, sae rike,
sae ruke.
glance tasi.
glide nanamu.
glisten huhurere'a, marare'a, nuenuala.
globe hoi 1.
glorious manikulu'e.
glory manikulu'anga.
glue pulu 3., totonga 1.
glutinous toto'ala, totonga'ala.
gnaw kolu 4., ngero'i.
gnash ngangadi, rete hau.
go ha'iteu, la, lae, lau'ae, tau'ae.
go-between ha'a'ureruru, talama'i wala.
good diana, diena.
gourd hena, hena hoto, sahu.
graft lado.
grandchild qa'aqa, wauwe.
grant lua, ni'i, toli'asi.
grasp hele, tapo, toki.
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grass hahalisi, halisi.
grasshopper oru.
grater 'usu kara.
gratis mola'a, mwakule, qalaqala.
grave v., didi; n., kalinge, kilu, kiliqe'u, pa'u 3;
adj., maenoto.
gray erete'a, palapala.
gray hair qa'u palapala.
grease rakuhe, rumu.
greasy madali, rumu'e, rumula.
great paine, paipeina'a, paipeilesu'a, raka.
green arawa, araarawa'a, kohu; raarawa,
maramarawa' a.
grief sae huunge.
grin sisi niho.
grip puuhara, rodi, toki.
groan awasirahe, la'alapa, ngunguru.
groin tanga.
grope kakalo.
grove huu 1., lolo'a ni 'ei.
ground 'ano, hanue, mwado, mwakano.
grow paine, pasu, pito, po'e 6., qito.
growl ngora i lue.
grudge sae haahi, saeni, sae unuhi.
grumble papangurunguru, uqe.
grunt ngongora.
guard kakali, noko 1., rara 1.
guest awata'a.
guide na'ohi.
gullet konokono.
gully da'ideri'e.
gum hale 2.; pulu 3., saie.
gulp 'ono pola.
gush hure'i, pusu.
habit ha'anina. nanoa'i, manata 2.
hades hanue ni 'akalo; Malapa, 'Olu Malau,
hair ihu, uhu, waraihu.
hairy hulumota'a, poso.
half 'apa 1., 'apolo, po'o 4., ratawaari, teu.
ham 'apahee.
hammer tee 1.
hand nima, nime.
handful rau 4.
handiwork talana nime, usuusuana nime.
handle kakata, ki'iki'i; v., helesi.
handsome hinoli'a, kohi.
hang 'aroro, ha'akuku, kuku 1., li'o 2., repo 3.,
to'i, 'u'u 1.
hanker sae hanali.
happen taqaosi, tole, to'o.
happy dahi 4., sae rike, sae ruke.
harass ha'aahala'ini, kotaahi, sae ahala'i.
harbor su'u 5., lade 2., namo.
hard hiisipe'ule, mauta'a, nga'ingedi, ngasi,
papau.
hardly asa, asaasa'a.
harm dau hu'isi, ha'atata'alasi, mala masi,
raroni, si'o hu'isi.
harmless manata, maneko, nanakumae.
haste ha'iteu, lau'ae, koke, kokela'ini, rorahi,
rorora, tau'ae.
hat para'imaa.
hatchet hau 2., 'ile 4., masi ngedi, ngadi, nini
ngedi, hama.
hate lio qeru ngidu, ngidu 'upu, ngora 'upu, sae
tata'ala.
have akauri, akaurisi, manata'ini, to'o 2.
hawk arakau, kiito, qaohi, tehe, wakio.
haze laho'a, waha.
he inge'ie, nge'ie, nge'i, nge, e.
head qa'u, rarata.
headlong ladama'i, marapute'i, tataqeluqelu.
heal ha'auri, mola 1., susu 4., to'o 2.
heap koru; n., koruha, korute.
hear rongo, kawa'i.
hearken qa'arongo.
heart opu 2., sae.
heat madoronga.
heaven apai loa taa'u, i lengi, maalau, salo.
heavy hi'e.
heedless alunge'i.
heel huui sata, kolune 'ae, poupou ni 'ae'ae.
heir oliolite.
help lauhi, maai 1., pe'i 2.
helpless i'o ni teo, i'o ni leu qala.
helve halo 3.
hence keikei ilehu, mwaani ilehu, 'ure ile'u.
her inge'ie, nge'ie, nge'i, a 4.
herd haka 4.; v., kakali.
here 'ie 1., ilehu, ile'u, inihou.
hesitate 'i'iloha, marara.
hew adu, didi 2., diu 2., karu 4., tangi.
hibiscus leo, reko, ta'iteli.
hiccough ikule 2.
hide mumuni, peinuhi; n„ te'ete'e.
high tetewa'a, tewa, uwola'ini.
hill hoiliwo. houliwo, toloi henue, tolona hanue.
hillock hungehunga'a, kokoho'a, su'isungi'e.
torokou'e.
him inge'ie, nge'ie, nge'i, a 4.
hinder ape hono, ha'ahirusi, hirusi.
hinder adj., i puri.
hinder part i puri, kolu- 2.
hire sahali.
his inge'ie, ana, 'ana, to'oto'olana.
hit dau to'o, horo, kumu'i, sauni, to'o.
hitch maai qaro; v., qaro.
hither mai 1.
hoarse susu 4.
hoary palapala.
hoist hele 'ala'a, ha'a'uresi, sulu la'a, tahela'ini,
wa'i ilengi.
hold ako'i, hele, rao 2., tapo.
hole kalinge, kilu, kiliqe'u, maa, waawaata,
poposane'a, malamalau.
hollow karu'i, waawaa; n., da'ideri'e, upe.
holy 'apu, kookoo, maa'i, maea, ola ni mwane.
hook aroro, hinou, pasa, te'i, toohe'o, tootoo 1.
hop tomwa.
hope ha'itotori, susuto'o, ma'ohi susuto'o.
hospitable takuhi 'inoni, tola koni.
hot madoro, raka, sae ni pelupelu, wana; v.,
ha'adoro, ha'amadoro, ha'aopo, mea 2.
house hale, nima, nume, taoha, toohi.
household 'aeinume, auhenue, aungani nima.
hover aro 2., ha'adau.
how e 'ue.
how many nite.
howl ku 4., tea, ulo.
hug ako i lue.
hum rou.
humble masi 2., me'i; i'o ni teo, ra'u 8., raute'i.
hump-backed kosu.
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hundred 'alo, nao, tangalau.
hunger hi'olonga, mae su'asu'ala'i.
hunt ha'awasi.
hurry ha'iteu, koke, rorahi, rorora, tau'ae,
torangi.
hurt hi'ito'o, salu I., sauni, wa'i 7., wa'eli,
ware 1.
husband poro.
husk te'ete'e; v., tasi 2., uhu 2.
hut apaapa 2., hale.
/ ineu, nou, no, ne; inau, nau, na, ne.
idle akohe, ka'alawa, lalawa.
i/ana 7., mune'i, taume'i.
ignorant pu'o, ulapo.
ignore rohute'ini.
iguana ihei 3., tatarisi.
ill daoha, mae, mamaela'a. sape 'aela.
illness daohanga, maelaa, maenga.
image nunu 3.
imitate ha'amaani, ha'imaani, maani, usuli.
importune 'a'ada'ini, dau suu'i.
impudent raramaa.
in hai 2., i 1., ilalona, ila'ona. la'ona, wai 5.
indistinctly qa'ulunge'ini, wasawasa'a.
infect sikihi.
inferior ta'ewau, tauten, tale'i.
inhabit i'osi.
inherit hele huu, 'oli.
initiate ha'amalaohu, ha'ananau.
injure ha'atata'alasi, mala masi, wa'eli, ware.
inland i henue, ilengi, ta'e 2., ta'i henue, wai
henue.
inlay toli reoreo.
inlet 'aqa'aqa.
innocent mwadalo.
insect manu 1.
insert dereha'ini, deresi, silihe'ini.
inside i lalo; hai nume, wai nume.
insipid qaaqi'a.
interchange ha'ihe'i'oli.
interrupt ha'apona, sio honosi.
interval 'apolo, duuduu, holoholo, maholo.
intervene liu hono, talama'i wala.
intoxicated mahiri.
intricate ta'ipupu'e.
introduce silihe'ini.
involucre uloulo'ite.
involved tatahiruhiru.
inward hoi sae, i lalo, i sae, paro i sae, wai lalo,
wai sae.
iron hau 2.
irregular holoholo, talo li'isi, tangolili.
irritate 'a'ada'ini, ha'aahala'ini, kotaahi.
island malau, malau mou.
it inge'ie, e, a 4.
itch aramu, kakamu.
jab ladami, totoro, uhu'i.
jagged 'alopi, malopi.
jaw 'aena papali, sasate.
jealous heota'ini, rara haahi.
jeer ku 3.
jest ha'aero, koe.
join hataa'ini, lado 1.
joint ladoha; out of joint 'adiu, 'ahisu, duuna,
hisuhisu, li'i 2.
joke ha'aero, koe.
journey aratoto, 'at© 1., lai henue; n., laeha,
laenga.
joy ilenimwa'e, rikanga, rukenga, sae diananga.
judge 'i'i, leilei.
juice sulu, totonga 1.
jump pola, reke.
just ado, odo, odota'i; adv., aani, 'ele, kele, si 1.
keep keneta'ini, kineta'ini, koni.
kernel nini.
kick koma.
kidney hoi dango, hou 'ei, huesi dango.
kill ha'amaesi 1., horo, sauni.
kind sae diana, manata; tolaha.
kindred takihe-.
kinked hirori.
kiss nono, nono'i.
kite sa'o ni 'aholo.
knee 'uru'uru.
kneel po'uru'uru, qo'uru'uru.
knife nahi, naihi.
knob qaqasu, uhi 2.
knock hide, 'iki, papa.
knot qaqasu, qa'uroro; v., qaro.
know manata'ini, saai, sae, saumaatana.
ladder huruhuru.
lagoon haho 2., lama, namo.
lame to'u.
land n., hanue; v., sulu.
landing-place maalitawa, suluha.
landslip ma'o'i, rerede.
large loa 1., paine, paipeilesu'a, raka.
lash qaro, qasu, rapusi.
last alipuri, ha'amangolana, ha'ipuri, oreta.
late ha'ahiru, ha'ipuri.
latrine pusu 2.
laugh mwasi.
launch tiiri 3., oke 1., sulu 1.
lay ha'aqaha'ini, koni, no'i, qela 2.
layer saoha'i, saosaoha'i'a, uku.
law ha'atolanga.
lazy akohe, lalawa.
lead ha'alaelae, mau 1., na'ona'o.
leaf 'apa'apa 1.
leafy lumwe.
leak huhu 1., tete 'uru'uru.
lean 'akeu, hatara, nooru, malingi, malakeke,
malakeu, oroma'i, orooro.
leap pola, reke.
leave lae mwaani, toli'asi.
lee ra'irehi, purine hanue.
left maumeuli; ore.
leg 'a'ae, 'ae, 'ae'ae.
lend ni'i ha'awali, lihue'ini.
lengthen donga 2.
lest mwane 4.
let maai 1., toli'asi, tolimaai, toliaa.
level apedao, apesada, dadada'a, ha'idada,
ha'isada, hu'idada, manu odo, manu
sada.
lever apo 3., qa'i 1.
lick meali.
lid maa, ponopono.
lie 'aqa 1., eno.
lie ero, kae.
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life maurihe, mauringe.
lift hele langa'a, sulu 1., tahela'ini, totolo-
nga'ini.
light n., dani, dangi; v., ereha'ini, ha'aakauni,
koru dunge, tarauhe'ini; adv., mwala-
mwalaohe, mwamwate, mwamwa-
kaula'a.
lighten sineli 1.
lightning nangali'a, wa'ariri.
like ha'idadanga, domana, mala, sada, sadanga,
urihana, waruna.
like v., saeni, sae to'o.
liken alahuunge'ini, alahuute'ini, ha'amala.
limb sasara.
limp adj., akoako; v., tomwa.
line ta'atala, uku, walo; adi'o, samu.
linger ha'ahiru, no'iteu, 'oniteu.
lintel qa'une maa.
lip ngidu. ngora, qeruqeru.
liquid sulu 5., wai 1.; v., ewe; adj., waiwei'a'a.
listen qaarongo.
listless akohe, ka'alawa, mode.
little haora, mwaimwei.
live mauri; i'o, naku, 'o'o.
liver sae.
living 'amauri-.
load n., ludaa, ludanga; v., lude.
loathe lalawasi, sare'ini.
locust mapo 1.
lodge sulaapoe. tiiri 2.
lofty langilengi'e, tetewa'a, tewatewa.
log hai datigo, hai pou, hau 3., pou ni Vi.
loin karokaro, parapara, rahoraho.
lone maraa-, qaqaitengili.
long tewa.
look aonga'i. ha'iade'i. 'iro, lio 1.. loosi,
to'oma'i.
loom wakala'i.
loop maai qaro; v., qaro.
loose alo'i, anuenu. amwada, angire'i, asuesu,
asuoloolo, kulekule. luheta'i, ponga-
ponga; v., luhesi, siki, toli'asi. '
lop luhusi.
lopsided 'akeu, tnalakeke, malakeu.
lose 'ai'aa. ha'atakalo, takalo. tale, tekela'i,
talahi.
lot hahuto'o, ilala.
loud 'i'ile'i, paine.
louse pote 3.
love manata diana, sae paina.
low lai 'ano, wai 'ano.
lower v., ha'asiholi, ha'a'uku, oohosi; i 'ano,
i haha, i orohana.
lump 'u'u 2., onanala.
lungs sae ngisu.
mad herohero, 'oe'oe, qe'u 1.
madrepore hau haa, kau 2.
maggot mwaamwaa.
maiden 'ini'iniqaa, raori'i.
mainland hanue huu.
maimed ko'u 2., to'u 3.
maintain susule'ini, toli susule'i.
make da, dau 1., qao, ta, tau 1.
male mwane 1.
malice maapala, sae'aela, sae ngora'upu.
man 'inoni, mwane 1.
manifest ha'ata'ini, te'inge'ini.
manner tolaha-.
many ha'a 4., nite, ta'e 5., to'o 6.
mark ha'ara, hahuilala, tolimaa.
marriage feast aharota.
marrow lalawa 3.
marry tola keni, to'o poro.
marvel ane; n., anoa, anoaraa.
mash ahuqa'i, ha'apoe, kara 5.; v., sau 1.
mast hunu 2., wao.
master alaha, aunge-; v., pau 2.
masticate memela'ini, mwadamwadamu, sapoli.
mat ni'e, qana, rara; v., ha'u 7.
match ha'idadanga, sada; maai dunge.
mate dama-, oa 2.
matter aqalau; holoholo 1., ola, maholo.
mature mena, qi'e, repo.
mawkish qaaqi'a.
me inau, meu, aku 1., au.
mealy makahu.
measure tohotoho, 'uri 1.
mediator ha'a'ureruru, talama'i wala.
medicine wai ni maelaa.
meddle polahiroa.
meek mamaeko'a, mwaadalo, sae mamae.
meet ha'iodo'i, ha'isu'esu'e, odo'i, ruru.
melt 'alio 2., rakahi.
member sasara.
mend ponosi, sau maa.
merciful 'amasi, ha'i'amasi.
mere hale'ite, hali'ite, ili 1., mola 4., mwakule.
mesh maa, tau 2.
messenger ha'atola, hurulaa.
middle danume, 'upu'upu 2.
midrib mudi; wede sa'o.
midnight rodohono pupulu. upui rodo.
midst ma tola-.
mildew kauwa'a, sahuru.
mind adoma'ini, keneta'ini, kineta'ini, ne'isae;
«., sae.
mingle aroqa'i, qa'i, roro waaro.
mirror 'iro'iro.
mischief lede ola, malamala.
miserable ha'a'amasi, si'ohaa.
mislead ha'atakalo.
miss tala 4.
missing 'ai'aa, takalo, tekela'i.
mist laho'a, waha.
mistake dau pele, pele, takalo.
mix aroqa'i, qa'i.
mixed dodola.
moan la'alapa.
mock ku 3.
molest tiiunge'ini.
money haa 1.
month moon, waarowaaro.
moonlight sineli.
moreover ta'a 7., ta'e 6., ta'e pe'ini.
morning dani, dangi, wa'ali'e.
morrow dani ha'ahulee, dangi hoowa, haudinga
po'odanita'i, i deni, i dengi.
morsel ko'ukohu, masi 2., me'i.
mortar hohoto, pei 1., mota, uli 'ei.
mosquito sime, sume, tahule.
mossy lumu, lumu'e.
mote ngaangaa.
moth pepe.
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mother nike, teitei.
mould mwado, mwakano; sahuru, kauwa'a.
mountain hoiliwo, houliwo, toloi henue, tolona
hanue.
mourn ha'ahili, tako, toli ngeulaa.
mouth dawa, ngidu, wawa.
move adaada, ara, arana, dudu, duu, ha'itale 2.,
lae, ngali 2., nananui. su'u 6.
much hi'ito'o, liuta'a, paine, wa'ewa'e, wala-
wala.
mucus qango 1., uru (usu) qango.
mud lolongo, mwado, mwakita'a, qiqi.
muddy lolongo'a, qiqi'e.
multiply ha'ahunge, mwaera, mwaora.
multitude mwala, pulitaa, ruruha.
mumble ngunguru.
murder horo mwakule, horo ta'ewau, tale'i
horo.
murmur ha'itohe, papangurunguru, uqe.
muscles uleule.
my inau, ineu, aku 1., 'aku 2., nfiku'e, naku'i.
mysterious asa, anoa, anoaraa.
nail musi, misi; wa'arao.
naked mwakule, qalaqala.
name sata; a ola; v., ha'ara'ini, haora'ini.
namesake malahu-.
narrow koko. koko'ie'i, kokohisi.
nature manata 2.
nautilus reoreo.
navel poo 2.
neap ta'i 'esi.
near duduhi, du'u mei, kata'ini, su'u mei.
neck lue 1.
needle raapea, suliteru.
neglect 'aelulu, akoheta'ini.
neighbor auhenue.
nephew uweli, weli.
nest niui.
net 'ape 2., hu'o, kalu, moke.
nettle apune wai, nunula'o.
new ha'alu, ha'olu.
newcomer mahoo.
news tataloha, tataroha.
nibble ngero'i.
night ha'irodo, rodo.
nine siwe 1.
ninth siwana.
nip 'ini.
no ha'ike, qaake, qa'ike.
nod 'ala qa'u.
noise awaawatana, koukouhe; v., awa 2., uwe
raka, mangulungulu.
noisy 'e'engo, hata koula'a.
none ka'a, qale; ka'a iteitana, 'oto 'o'o.
noon 'upui atowa.
noose qanu, qaro.
nose qalusu.
nostril maana qalusu.
not ka'a, qa'ike, qa'i, qake, qale; sa'a, si'e.
notch ahasi, kere.
nothing ha'ike, qa'ike; ka'a ola, qale ola.
nourish ha'angau, sangoni.
novice mahoo, tataku.
now 'ie 1., inihou, nihou, hou; 'oto 'ie, 'oto
inihou.
numb 'ai 2., mae 1.
number idu 1.
nut hoi 1., 'aitepi, 'alite 1., 'e'e, niu, ngali, pue.
oar hofce.
oath ha'a'apunge, hoasinge.
obey 'ala 1., lulu isuli, tolai suli.
obsidian ngadi.
obstinate ha'itohe, hehesi.
obstruct ape hono, dau sisinge'i.
ocean 'asi matawa, matawa.
occupy launga'i.
occur to'o 2.
odd 'a'atasi.
of ni 1., i 2., li 1., si 4.
off ha'atau, horana, mwaani; i odohaana.
offend dau wala, ha'amau'o, ha'atataro; mau'o,
tataro.
offer ha'iare, supungi, teinge'ini, uraa'i.
offering uraa'inge.
often ha'ahunge, hungehunga'a, rarapuupuu.
oh ai 7., ai'aa 2., hai 3.
oil rumu, sulu.
ointment laqi ni suu, rumu ni nue maa.
old ina'o, lahu, lasu, moka, qara.
omen hahuto'o, palapala 1., manu poo, had a,
wisi.
omit dau haahi.
on ilengi, taraasi, tarau, taraure'i.
once hautaa'i, hauta'e.
one 'eta, hue 1., ngaile, ngaini, maa 7., ta'ata'a,
ta'e.
only hale'ite, hali'ite, hahaiteli.
onward tarau, taraure'i, susule'i.
open awangi, lakata'ini, mawa ta'a, suhu,
taha 1., wa'awa'a.
opening maa, wa'awa'ata, maalitawa, tahalaa.
operculum musi.
opinion sae.
opossum huto 1.
oppose haukama.
opposite i odohaana, sisinge'i.
oppress pili tete, tiiunge'ini.
or wa.
orate laelae ni wala, laeli wala, saai ere, tea.
oration laeli walanga.
orchid ito.
ordain ha'atolanga'ini, qao, qaona.
ordeal atoato, hau, dau dunga, dau heu.
order ha'atola; in order huni, ta'atara 1.
ordinary ta'ewau, tauteu; mola.
ordure 'ae 4., he'a 1.
ornament launihe.
orphan inemae, ra'inge.
osprey wakio.
our ka, ka'elu, iki'e, 'aka 2.
ours 'aka, 'aka'elu.
ourselves i'emi maraamami, iki'e maraaka.
out kei ana, mwaani, ta'a, taha 1., 'ura ana.
outlet maa, mau 1., usu taha.
outright 'o'o 4.
outsail talo li'isi.
outside kolu- 2., 'amaa, i su'e.
outstretched lala'i.
oven ha'ahite, laqitaa, ora 1., umu 1.
over haho, la'ongi, likite-, li'ite-, po'o paro,
po'o wau.
overcome a'aila'asi, hulesi.
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overflow honu makeato, kone, malingi.
overlap dama diu, madiu, sate unu, teroliu.
overlook lio haahi.
overmuch hi'ito'o, liuta'a.
overthrow hu'e 'asi, hu'e tekela'ini.
overturn kausi, qaoha'ini.
owe roro'a.
owl 'ahu'o.
own v., to'o 2.
oyster ile, roma.
Pardon ne'isae 'asi, sae 'asi.
Pare ori.
Parent ro ha'i mauana.
Parrot 'a'a 2., iloilo'a, kilekile 1., kirori. siri.
Parry talohi.
Part ft., 'apa 1., 'apolo, holoholo, maholo. po'o
5., roto; v., ha'apiho, hiteli, wa'ahiteli.
Partake ado, oa 1.
Particularize haha'itelinge'ini.
Partition 'atohono.
partner dama-, oa-.
Party alidanga, laeha, mae 5., pulitaa.
Pass li'isi, liu, mahoro, taro; *»., aliholo 1.,
ririholo.
Past liu, mango 1., waite 1.
Pastern popo.
Patch loamena, pono.
Path tala.
Paience toli rako.
Patrol v., kdli; n.. kakalihe.
Palttem nunu 3., ba'amalalana.
Pay hiri, holi, waai.
peace dailama, hanuelama.
Peaceable ha'amanola.
Peak toloi henue.
Pearl 'u'u maai dchi.
Pebble hoi heu, 'u'u 2.
Peck tere.
Peel ori.
Peep maakahi.
Peer aonga'i.
Pelt 'ato, u'i.
Peninsula ngorangora.
Penitent adoma'i oli, 'onisae.
People apolo'a, hanua, mwala.
perceive lio saai, lio sae.
Perch 'o'a 5.
perfect ahu 1., ha'aahu, manire'i, menanga'i.
Perfume haarana.
perhaps 'ohe, 'ohi'a.
Peril maelaa, maenga.
Perish ai suu, suu .1.
permanent ha'ahuu'e, huu 2.
Permit maai 1., toli'asi.
Persecute ba'aletehi, taunge'ini.
person ile, ini, 'inoni, laa.
perspire madara'a.
persuade ere ha'aola, ta'irara.
pervade roro waaro.
pet koni, ra'i.
photograph talo nunu.
pick hili, 'ini, karo 2., soohi.
piece 'apolo, le'u, maholo, musii 'elili, polo,
qa'u ulunga, roto, waawaata 2; makaka,
mamenamena, mari'iri'i; v., tahu'i.
pierce halo, mwakoli, toromi.
pig poo 1., wasi; ora 4., qaqa.
pigeon kolokolo, kurukuru, pine ni o'u, toorao,
uoru.
pile v., koru; koruha, korute.
pillar qa'u ulunge, ulunge.
pinch 'ini.
pioneer hola'i, tahangi.
pip lite.
pipe ipeipa, simouke.
pish akuu.
piss mimi.
pit kalinge, kilu.
pitch pulu 3., totonga 1.
pitchy totonga'ala.
pith uto.
pitted pilomo.
pity 'amasi.
place lehu, le'u.
plague liunge.
plain apedao, apesada; ha'ada'i, ha'ata'i,
mwakule.
plait i'eli, pao, sikeri, use.
plan 'alaa'ini.
plane didi 2., susuru.
plank hapa, rau 3., raureu.
plant hasi, susu'i, to'oni 4.; n., 'ai, dango.
platform ha'a 3., tahe 1.
play qani'o, qarero, tala'aela'a.
pleasant rako diana.
pledge haa i mwe'i.
Pleiades 'apurunge.
plentiful hunge, hungehunga'a, mwaera, mwa-
ora, takara.
pliable mwadau, mwaohe, mwaeroero.
plot toli loosi.
pluck do, hisu, 'ini, langu.
plug qaito, suhu; v., ponosi.
plump qi'e.
plunder lau 1.
plunge dio.
ply liu.
pocket mwa'i 3.
Point ngoongoo, wadu; v., teinge'ini, usu 8.
poison hunu 3.
poke toromi.
pole usue'ini.
polish ute.
pond iqe, lama 2.
pool lopo.
poor maitale.
Porpoise 'iri'o.
Port su'u 5.
possess akauri, to'o 2.
possible mwadau, 'ura mwarohi.
pounce polahi, puuli.
pound ha'amae, sau 1.
pour lingi, ute pii.
pout tero ngidu.
powder wahawaha.
power nanamanga, sakanga.
practise oho.
Praise ha'amanikulu'e.
prawn ore 3.
pray are, qao ola.
preach laeli wala, tea.
precipice hauheu'e, pie.
pregnant hi'e, qalu.
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premature kokela'i, rorora.
prepare akau, mwali, talama'ini, taule'ini.
present 'ie 1., 'ienini, inihou.
press momo, pili, roro.
pretence dau hahota, lopo'i, luqe'i.
pretty kohi, mwane diana, rara'i.
prevent ape hono, dau sisinge'i, hadi.
price holite.
prick mwakoli, sipengi, susu'i.
Prickle sike 2.
Prize apo 3.
proceed isi ta'a, 'ure 2., tau 3., usu taha.
proclaim ha'ahou, hou 4., talo 6., taro.
profane ha'awa'a, wa'a.
proffer ha'iare, teinge'ini.
promise ha'alu 1., ha'iholota'i, holota'i.
prop mudi 2., poo 3., tangatanga.
proper adona, ha'idadanga.
propitiate tapa'oli.
prosper takara.
prostrate ladama'i.
prostitute heulao, keni qaqahe, ulao.
protect lio ahu'i, rakapau, sese ahu'i, talaahu'e.
proud ale, toha'ini.
proverb alahuu.
provide ha'aakaurisi, ne'ikoni, talama'ini.
provoke ha'ahala'ini, ha'atala'i.
prow haku 2., na'o, toutou.
puddle ipata, upeta.
puff ha'arangasi, uhi 3.
pull aka 1., oke 1., wa'i 6.; hote.
pulp memeso'a.
pumice hau menu.
punch kumu.
punish ha'aletehi, ha'aloo'i, ha'ananau.
pupil qa'arongosuli.
pure manola, manomanola'a.
purge ha'amanola, laeli.
purlin suli 'ei.
purple melumelu'a'a.
pursue pee, ohe 1.
pus 'aqalao.
push usu 1.
put alu, koni, ne'i, no'i, to'oni.
quake asoso.
quarrel ha'isa'iri, ha'aweweu, halinge, waiteu.
quench kumuri, mwaasi.
question dolosi, ha'iohi, hari, ledi, soi.
quick ha'iteu, lau'ae, lauleu.
quicken ha'auri, lau'ae, tau'ae.
quiet malumu, mwamwadoleta, mwamwanoto,
noto, rako 2.
quite 'o'o, te'ela'i, to'ohuungana.
quiver «., pupute.
race ha'ipani'i, ohera.
raft aqaqoi sa'o.
rafter 'ato 2.
rage sae maleledi, saewasu.
rail v., ere maleledi; n., raporapo.
rain nemo, nimo.
rainbow huuraro.
raise hele 'ala'a, sulu la'a, tahela'ini.
rake kara 4.
ram rori 1., sauni.
ramrod rori 1.
rank damaa.
rap 'iki.
rasp n., usu kara; v., usu 4.
rat 'asuhe, likisi to'i.
rather 'ele, kele.
rattan ue 3.
rattle 'ikingi, kole.
rave herohero, o'e.
ravel qeli, ta'ipupu'e.
raw arawa.
ray hali 3.
razor apo 2.
reach arapuu, hule, tero.
read sae, saai.
ready akau, mouqeli.
real ha'ahuu'ana, huu 2., to'ohuungana.
really ha'ahuu'ei, to'ohuunge'i.
rear puri.
reap tapa, siokoni.
rebound pola, posiki.
recede aha 3., mapipi.
receive hele, taku.
reckon idu 1., 'unu 1.
recognize hahaitelinge'ini, lio saai.
recoil posiki.
recollect amasito'o.
reconcile ha'a'ureruru.
recover awaa, mauri.
red noro, waru, waruweru'a, awalaa'i 'epule.
redeem tapa 'oli.
reed rade.
reef haho 2., mwalo; lulungi.
reel 'olo'oloa'i.
reflect alusae, ne'isae; nunu 3.
refrain nihisi.
refresh ha'amango.
refuge le'u ni su'e puri ana, su'u 5.
refuse v., lalawa, sare'i, saeni.
refuse n„ alitehu, hero, mamatekola, oraora.
reject lalawasi, sike.
rejoice ilenimwa'e, rike, ruke.
relapse 'oh, toliaa.
relate lado, 'unu 1.
relish 'amadi.
remain i'o, naku, 'o'o 3.
remember alusae, amasito'o.
remnant oretai ola.
remove ha'isuu, sulu, ta'asi, ta'ela'i.
rend 'a'ari, haka 1.
renew ha'aha'alu, ha'aha'olu.
repair dau diana.
repeat ha'amaani, ha'imaani, 'oni.
repent adoma'i 'oli, 'onisae.
reply 'ala 1., ta 1., te.
report talo, taro.
reproach isi 1., keta.
reprove 'i'ite 2.
reserve adi.
resist haukama, 'ure honosi.
resolve sae susu.
resound mwakulu, ngara loulou.
respond 'ala 1., nguu.
rest mamalo; ore.
restrain hele haahi, nihisi.
result au ta'a.
retire duu'e, ru'u, su'e 5.
return aliho'i, ha'apu'o, 'oli, pu'o 2.
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SHELTER
reveal ha'ata'ini.
revenge suraa'i, suu ola.
reverse aliho'isi, alihu'isi, aliu, hi'usi, hu'isi,
liuliune, qaoha'ini.
revive ha'i meuri.
revolve hiro, pu'opu'o.
reward waaite.
rheumatism lili'e.
rib lusu.
rich mwa'i, toora-.
ridge uwo.
ridge-pole qaoha, suli 'ei i qaoha.
right odo, qaloqalo.
rigid halasi, sulahita.
rim keke, kerekere, wairo-.
rind te'ete'e.
ringworm huni 2., karu 3.
ripe maelo, rara 2.
rise ta'e, ta'ela'i, suu ta'a.
river wai peine.
road tala.
roar awa, mwakulu, ngunguru.
roas/ hahi, su'isungi, sule, susungi, uunu.
rob peli.
rock hau, hau mou.
rod 'ai nehunehu, hau welewele.
roe pile.
ro// 'akeu, malakeke, malakeu, tataqelu; ere 2.,
ho'i 3., penasi, qelusi; ereerea'ile,
ereereta'a; n., hike,
roo/ koluhe, qaoha, saroha.
room 'atohono, duru.
root imiimi; ine 1., sude.
rope 'ali, i'eli.
rot hou 3.. kasu, mapusu, osa, sane'a.
rough haule.
round ereerea'ile, ereereta'a, hotohotomolita'a;
ahu'i, haahi.
rouse ahala'i, ha'alio, Ho.
row hote, hotela'ini; «., ta'atala, uku.
rub nanala'i, rotoa'ini, usuri, ute.
rubbish alitehu, mamatekola, potaa.
rudder wiro.
ruin maana'o, na'onga; suuhe'ini, vva'eli, ware.
rule alaha haahi.
rump moro- 2.
run huru.
rush pola, nanamu, tatahiruhiru.
rust he'a, kauwa'a.
sack 'anga, mwa'i.
sacred maa'i, maea, mwane.
sad 'ala ngingite, rahito'u, sae huu.
safe laku, mamanuto'o, mamaware, pupupu.
sa'esape'a, sapelaku, sapemawa.
safeguard keneta'ini, kineta'ini.
sag makuku.
sago sa'o.
sake 'aena, i nooruhaana.
saliva ngisu.
salt 'asi 1., hu'i 'esi.
salty 'asile.
sand one.
sandbank rere, saisai rere.
sandfly nono 'asi.
sandstone hau hana.
sa£ totonga.
satisfy ha'aahu, mangoa'ini, pote 1., saedami.
savage mama'ingi, mamakola.
save ha'auri, loloha'ini, ne'i koni.
say ere 1., ta 1., te, 'unu, wala'a.
scab rau 5.
scaffold ha'ano.
scales unehi.
scared lete, loo, wala 4.
scatter ha'atatanga'ini, koetana'a. tatanga.
scent nono wasu.
scoff mwasie'ini.
scold ere, haa'ere, ha* ore.
score aha 2.
scorpion hariheri, ha'awarasi kale.
scrape 'arasi, karasi, ole.
scratch hai 5., karu 2.
scream awara, ulo.
screw hiro.
scum hutohuto.
sea 'asi 1., raatawa.
K«m tauteurite.
search ha'itale, totola ohi.
seaside i one.
5ea5o« halisi 2.
sea/ i'oi'oha, na'unekume.
second ruana.
secret mumuni.
secure daidiena, maramarape'a, sa'esape'a;
mauta'a, papau.
see aade, leesi, lio, loo 1.
seed lite.
seek ha'itale, loohi.
seem lio 1., loo 1., domana, mala, urihana.
seine hu'o.
select hili.
self maraa-.
sell ha'aholi, hohoro, holi, taho.
send usunge'ini.
sensation hii.
separate opa, ohu 2., sio aopa.
serve rareta'ini.
set ha'ai'osi, ne'i, no'i, suu 1., tola 6.
settle i'osi, 'o'a 5.
seventy hiu awala.
sever holosi, mousi, tapali.
sew susu 3., tauri.
shade mamalu.
shade malu, para'imaa, mamalute.
shadow nunu 3.
shaft kakata, ki'iki'i.
shake asoso, asuoloolo, hotohoto'i, kulekule,
mwaolaola, olooloa'i, tata'ini.
shallow too 1.
sham dau hahota, lopo'i kae.
shame masa; ha'amasa.
shape sape.
share ado, oa 1.
shark pa'ewa.
sharp 'ala 1., rere'a.
sharpen rere 1.
shatter memeso, morumoru.
shave apo 1., suhi.
sheathe daraha'ini, dereha'ini, saini, silihe'ini.
shed hale, taoha, toohi.
shed v., toli.
shell hinu, te'ete'e.
shelter i'o ra'irehi.
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shew 'ae 5., ha'ata'ini, hatonga'ini.
shield talo, talaahu'e.
shift 'olisi, sikile'i.
shin wowo.
shine raa, wanawana.
ship haka 3.
shipwreck ape 1., qa'ata'ini.
shiver ariri.
shoal taalu, tootoo.
s/ioo/ hana 2.
5/tore i kule, i one, saini one.
short koukoule, ' o'oru'e, pulo sa'asala.
shorten ape hite, kumwesi, onu.
shoulder huui lue, qa'uli 'apala.
shout kakau, tea, totolo.
shove usu 1.
shower hoi nemo, hoi nimo.
shrink 'amasi meuri, niniko'a, rarasi.
shrivel nuku, rara 2., ruusi.
shun peinuhi.
shut hohono.
shy masa.
sick daoha, mae, maemae'a, mamaela'a.
sickness maela, maenga.
side parapara, rahoraho.
sigh ahimawa, mamango, poepoe.
sight lionga.
sign ha'aluelu, ha'ara, hiihuilala.
silent amute.
sill 'aena niaa.
silly qe'uqe'u'a'a.
similar ha'idada, sada.
similarly aitana, alihana.
simple qe'u, teo.
sin oraha'a.
since kei ana. mwaani, 'ura ana.
sinew uleule.
sing kana.
single to'ota'e.
sink dodo, 'o'oni.
sinker ha'asihopulu.
sinnet mwaritei niu.
sip tahe tongo, toto aropu, totohi 1.
sister 'asi- 2., inie-.
sister-in-law ihe-.
sit dodonga'i, i'o, naku.
six ono.
size painaha, painanga.
skilful saai ola, salcma'i.
skim tarasi.
skin v., simwe, tasi 2., uhu 2.
skin n„ te'ete'e.
skip pola, reke.
skirt kakamu, ngoongoo.
sky apai loa, i lengi, maalau.
slab qa'ahida, wa'ahite.
slack mwakuku.
slander heota'ini, ta'utepunge.
slap daro, hide.
slay horo, suuhe'ini.
sleep ma'ahu, ma'aru, ma'uru.
sleepiness mama'uru'anga.
slice nisi, wa'a.
slide rerede, tasi.
slip awa tahu, dile, rerede.
slippery mamauwa'a.
slit hakasi.
slope haneta'anga.
slough ruusi.
slow ha'ahiru.
slumber ma'ahunge alisuu.
small haora, hatonga, momoru, mwaimwel,
werewere.
smart totongo.
smash makaka'a, makasi, potali, qa'a.
smear punipuni, riiimaa.
smell nono wasu, tola haarea, wasu.
smile mwasi.
smite horo, rapu.
smoke ha'asasu, sasu; omi.
smooth dadada'a, maumau'a'a.
snail aropu, qaateru.
snake mwaa 1.
snap mousi.
snare hune, lolohuna, qanu, qaro.
snatch lau 1.
sneeze asihe, asinge.
snore ngora 3.
snout qalusu.
snuff nono wasu.
so uri 2., urine.
soak to'ongi, totohi, totoqini.
soar aro 2.
sober maenoto.
soever ta'ana, ta'ena.
soft malumu, mwadau.
soften ha'amwadausi.
soil 'ano, mwado, mwakana, mwakano.
sole penatana 'ae.
solid ngara welewele'a; hai pou, susu 4.
some halu, muini, mwaile, mwaite.
somehow uritaa.
something holoholo, le'u, masi ola, me'i ola.
sometimes halui maholo, to'ota'e maholo.
son 'elekale, kale, mwela mwane.
song kana.
soon lauleu, lauleu'a, molana.
soothe apu'i, ha'arako.
sore apite'i, hi'ito'o, ini 2., malaka'a, oropa,
osa, salu.
sorrow saehuunge.
sort uritaa; komu, manata 2., ta'ana, ta'ena,
walute-.
soul maurihaa'i.
sound ha'ileku, laku; awaawatana, koukouhe,
lolou.
soup piinge.
sour maladi, tola 9.
south po'i lengi, qa'i lengi, taa'u, ta'e.
sow hasi 1 .
sow n., poo qaqa.
space ahowa, maalau, maholo.
spade waato.
span tangaa.
spare ore, ue 1.
spare 'amasi, saeni.
spark sii dunge.
sparkle rangariro'a, wana.
spatter qisi.
spatula idemu.
spawn pile.
speak ere, ta 1., te, wala, wala'a.
spear lula, noma, qa'uli 'inoni, ra'ei tolo, su'e 4.
speckled to'o hi'uhi'ule.
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speech erenga, wala'anga.
speed nanamu.
spew 'a'ana, moa.
spider lawa, pe'u.
spill huhu, malakekesi, malingi.
spin hirohiro.
spine suli odo.
spirit 'akalo, hi'ona, li'oa, urehi.
spit ngisu.
spite sae ngora.
splash kilokilo, qisi.
splice donga 2.
split hite, tangi, wa'a.
spoil wa'eta'ini, ware.
sponge hulo 1.
spontaneous maraa-, tohu-.
spotted pulu nunu'e, to'o hi'uhi'ule, to'o nunu'e.
spout pusu.
sprain duutft, li'ite'i.
spray 'asi 1., naho.
spread 'a'ala'i, epasi, holasi, ngaangaa, nga-
ngau, takara, talau.
spring hulehule, hulaa; pola liliki.
spring tide lue qera.
sprinkle tata'ini.
sprout pito, qito.
spurt pusu.
squabble ha'isa'iri, waiteu.
squall dionga'i, hoi nemo.
square popopo'a.
squash makaka'a, pili memeso.
squat 'o'a 5.
squeak ngangadi.
squeeze losi, momo, ni'i losi.
squint lele.
stab toromi.
staff 'aili'apaa, 'apaa.
stage tahe.
stagger 'olo'oloa'i, tatahiohio.
stain inaua. o'a'i.
stair huruhuru.
stalk mwaramwara.
stammer samo.
stamp puu, 'uri 1.
stand 'ure.
star hoi he'u, 'u'ui he'u, 'u'u ni he'u.
stare aonga'i, to'oma'i.
start 'aehota, ta'e 5., ta'ela'i, tala'ae.
startle apara'i, asire'i, ha'aapara'ini, ha'asire'ini.
starve hi'olo. maesi hi'olonga, mae su'esu'ela'i.
slay i'o, naku, rauhe'i; ha'asusu, rape'i.
stead 'olite-.
steadfast halahala, mauta'a, nga'ingedi, papau.
steal peli.
stealthy ha'atoretore maa.
steam sasu ana wai.
steer na'ohi.
stem kakata, ki'iki'i.
step 'uri'urite.
stern puri.
stick 'ai nehunehu, 'apaa, dango welewele,
qire; pau 1, rao 2.
sticky totonga'ala.
stiff 'ai 2., halasi, hasipeule, pasie'ili.
still maneko, no to, rako; ue 1.
sting 'ala 3., nunuli.
stingy ha'ahehe.
slink wasu, wasu 'aela.
stir aroqa'i, ngalingeli, qa'i 2.
stitch susu 3., tauri 2.
stock ahu'ine.
stomach 'ie 3., 'oqa.
stone hau 1.
stony haule.
stoop mwaoroha'i, oro.
stop noto, rohu, toli; dau 2., i'o, i'o konito'o,
'o'o 3., susule'i.
store duru, haangi, loha'ini, ne'i koni, no'i
koni, 'onime'ini.
storm mavva, mawasidengi.
story laladonga, 'oni'oninge.
straggle tongolili.
straight odo.
strain pii, sasali, wii'i halahala.
strait tahalaa.
strand akeake, kalite'i'a, kawe.
strange aopa, ha'akolo, kolokolo.
stranger awata'a, mahuara.
strangle ha'ali'o, li'o 2.
stray 'e'eli, liu aopa, takalo.
strength 'a'aila'anga, nanamanga, sakanga.
stretch aheta, kalu 3., lala'ini, raradu, susue'ini,
tawari.
strike daro, hide, horo, lupu, rapu, sauni,
to'olupu, wete.
string walo, wili.
strip 'aeli. hu'esi, ta'asi.
stripe hudidudi.
stroll awe, qaqahe.
strong 'a'aila'a, malapau'a'a, mauta'a, ramo.
stubborn ha'itohe.
stuff susu harehare.
stumble halidu'u'a, mau'o, tataro.
stump ahu'ine. ruuqe'u, uruqe'i dango.
stumpy koukoule.
stupid papaku'a qe'u.
stutter samo.
subdue ha'aooni, hele tolingi.
subside kumwe, mapipi, sasa hetela.
succeed 'oli, 'olisi.
succor anahi, lau 2.
such uri 2.. urine, urinena.
suck omi, susu 2.
sucker pi'e 3.
suckle ha'asusu.
successive ta'atara.
sudden lauleu, maarusi maa.
suffer sape hi'ito, sape salu.
suffice ado, ha'idadanga.
sugar-cane 'ohu 3.
suit ado, hatonga.
sulk saewasu.
summer oku 3.
summerset su'ai honu, su'esu'e ni honu.
summon ha'ara'i, ha'arongo.
sun sato.
sunrise qa'alana sato.
sup ilu, inu.
supple qilo'a.
support poongi, poopoota.
sure susu 4.
surf 'a'aronga, naho, qa'aqa'ali naho.
surprise ha'aapara'ini, ha'akakahuru.
surround dau keli, kali, piru keli.
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suspect hi'inge'ini, sura 1.
suspend repo 3., to'i.
swallow 'ono 2.
swamp lololo, lolongo.
swarm huto 2.
swaying mwahiohio.
swear ha'aasa, ha'a'apu, ha'iuwesi, hoasi.
sweat madara'a.
sweet malimeli.
swell 'upu.
swelling epa, likitaa, qaqahinu, 'upu'e.
swift lauleu; n., 'i'i 2.
swtm olo.
swoop dio.
/a&oo adi, tetelenga.
lacfe lili qana.
tackle raisinge.
tail 'u'u'i-.
take da, dau 1., hele, ooho, riiu 4., ta, tete,
tola. tole.
tale laladonga, 'oni'oninge.
talk ere, wala'a.
tall tetewa'a, tewa.
tally ha'aawala.
tame koni, rii'i.
tangled hiku, ta'ihikuhiku, tari.
lap siki 2., tee 1.
tarry i'o ni deunge.
taste mami, meali, nameli.
tattoo rapu.
teach ha'aloo'i, ba'ananau, ha'ausuli.
tear v., haka 1.
tear wai ni 'akalo.
tease ha'aero, ha'atalaa'i, koe.
teem alielimui.
tell ha'ahou, houle'ini, lado 2., siho, 'unu 1.
tempest mawa, mawasidengi.
temple poopoo.
tempt mala ahonga, mala ohonga.
temptation mala ohonganga.
ten awala, tangahulu; aider!, a'ulu, walo,
walo pasa.
tendril kakawe, waowao 2.
tenth tangahulu ana.
terrible to'o maumeutana.
terrify ha'ama'usi.
tetanus wa'i 7.
tether qaro, qiisu.
than mwaani.
thank ha'adahi, ha'asaediena, paalahe.
that holoholoni, ine 3., le'une, olana, maholoni,
ngeena.
thatch daure'ini, tahera'ini; raho.
the a 1., hai 4., hoi 1., hou 1., masi 2., me'i, mui,
mwai, nga 1.
theft peliha, pelinge.
their ada 1., 'ada 2., ada'elu, adaru'e, 'adaru'e
ikire, ikira'elu, ikireru'e.
them ikire, ikira'elu, ra'elu, ra; dual, rSru'e,
raru'i.
then maholoni, si 1.
thence mwaanie ile'une, 'urei ile'une.
there ilehuna, ile'une, wau 1.
thereby ana 2., ani 2.
therefore 'aena le'une, 'aena ngeena.
therein hai la'ona, hai le'une, ilalona.
thereupon hara, haro, raro, saro; mango urine.
these ikira inihou, muini 'ie.
they ikire, ikireru'e, kire, kireru'e, koro'i.
thick ioqo, piola, poso; pono.
thicket lolo'a ni 'ei.
thieve peli.
thigh sasaha.
thin mwarau, mwine.
thine i'oe, namu'e, niimu'i.
thing ola, le'u, holoholo, maholo.
think adoma'ini, ne'isae.
third 'olune.
thirst marou.
thirteen awala mwana 'olu.
thirty 'olu awala.
this 'ie 1., inihou, mai 1., maine.
thither ileune.
thorn sike 2., walo kakaru.
thorny kakau'e, mwakomwako'a.
those muini ngeena, mwaileni.
thou i'oe.
though maala, mala 1.
thought adoma'inga, ne'isaenga.
thousand alo, mola 3., qela 1., sinola, to'o 7.
thread walo; v., hi 1., wili.
threaten ha'apasuli, marara'i.
three 'olu.
thresh mwamwada.
threshold 'aena maa.
thrice ha'a'olu.
throat lue 1., hauliu.
throb tee 1.
through tahaunutara, tapausu, taraure'ini.
throw 'a'a 5., dere, 'u'i.
thrust lada, toro 3.
thumb 'ini hite.
thump kumu.
thus uri 2., urine.
thwart hapa, lusu.
thy amu'e, i'oe, namu'e, namu'i.
tick tee 1.
tide kumwe, lue 2., mai 2., tongo; lue qera,
mai rara.
tie ho'o, qaro, taheri.
tight hanga, koko, popo.
till hulaana.
lilt kausi.
timber 'ai, dango.
time maholo; takararume'ini, to'o 6.
time-to-time duuduu.
tip noonoo, ngoongoo, to'o eleele, wadu.
tiptoe mwaiki.
tired ha'awe'o, we'o.
to huni, muni, i 1., ni 1., saa-, sie-, tako'i, tale.
tobacco saho; hasie'ie'i, hiohio, kori.
together ruru, ta'ingelute, takararume'ini.
tongs ireki.
tongue mea.
too lo'u 5.
tooth niho, to'o na'o.
toothless dawa 2.
top lengi, qango 2.
torcft sine.
torment ha'aletehi, kotaahi, motaahi.
torrent dari mwaa.
tortoise-shell hapa 2.
to/ter 'olo'oloa'i.
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toucan pine awa.
touch hele temweri, kopi.
tough ngasi 1.
tow oke 1.
toward isuli, tako'i, tale.
town hanue, huuilume, poona.
toy qanionga roaroa.
track si'o isuli.
traitor qelo.
train ha'aango.
trample 'ure puuli.
translate 'olisi wala.
/rai^J alide, laehi, lai henue, liu.
tread puuli, 'uri.
tree 'ai, dango.
tree fern dimwe.
tremble ariri, asoso, nunurete.
trench aliholo.
irepang mwamwaa puri.
trickle mudimudi 'ura, mwimwdi 'ure.
trouble hu'ihu'i, kotaha, mohinge, rako
'aela, su'ehi.
true to'ohuu, wala'imoli.
trumpet 'ahuri.
trust noruto'o, puuto'o.
truth wala'imolinge.
try ahonga, dau adonga, dau ahonga, oho 1.,
ohongi.
tub ninie 2.
tug oke 1., wa'i 6.
tumble a'oho, doinu, 'usu 11.
tumult ha'ipolanga, kotaha,
turn alihu'isi, alihu'ite'ini, 'aliu, 'atomaa,
'atopuri, hiro, hi'usi, 'oil; ha'i'oli,
pulo, pu'o 3., saro 1.; lapi, ha'alili.
turn mena, ne'i.
turtle honu 1.
tusk niho.
twelve awala mwana rue, awala mana rua.
twenty ro awala.
twice ha'aru'e.
twig akeake, 'ulu'ulu ni 'el.
twilight saulehi, melumelu.
twin iu.
twine ha'a'angohi hiku, lolo 3., ta'ihikuhiku.
twinkling ina'aru talahi.
twirl hiro.
twist 'ango 2., kalite'i'a, pulosi.
two rue.
ugly lio mamataku, loo mama'u.
ulcer oropa, osa.
umbrella ha'u 7.
unarmed to'o ro nime.
unawakened to'o lelengana.
unbind luhesi.
uncle ama-, uweli-, weli-.
unclean lo'u 3 ; mada'a, maipo.
uncoiled awa tahu.
uncover 'ae 5., hu'esi.
under haha, oroha-.
understand rongo saai, rongo sae.
undo luhe, tahu'i.
undone 'aela, akera'i, luheta'i.
unfasten sikite'ini.
unfold 'aroka, rokasi.
unfurl tata'ini.
unhitch siki 1., takarara.
unhurt sapemawa.
unlace takarasi.
unless 'ai'aana, wa 'ohe.
unload salenga'ini, sangile'ini.
unmarried raori'i, saanau.
unravel matakara.
unripe kohu, mwaka.
unruly teroliu.
unskilful maumeuli.
untie 'aluhe, luhe.
until hulaana, lai teli.
untoward po'opo'oli'ili'i.
unwilling lalawa, sare'ini.
up 'ala'a, la'a, i haho, i lengi, ta'e, talimaa,
ta'au.
upbraid ere, wala mwamwasu.
uplift ha'a'ure, sulu 1., tahela'ini; adj., langi-
lengi'e.
upon haho-, lengi-.
upright odo, odota'i.
uprooted aihu, 'a'uru.
upset kiiusi, qaoha'ini.
urge torangi.
urine mimi, wai.
us ka'elu, kolu; aka, aka'elu.
use helesi.
useless tototala.
utterly 'o'o 4.
vainly mwakule, tototala.
valley da'ideri'e.
vanish ahutata, wa'a 4.
vanity 'ai'aa, 'ahewa'a.
vapor laho'a, waha.
various dodola. ha'iaopa'i, ngelute.
vary aopa, hu'ite'i.
verge apiepi.
verse 'alo'u, lo'u'e.
very ha'ahuu'ei, ha'ahuu'ana, raka, to'ohuu-
ngana, to'ohuunge'i.
vex 'a'ada'ini, ha'asauni, kotaahi, waweta'a.
village huuilume, outeni nima, poona; m<?/.,'iola.
vine walo.
violate maha.
virgin keni raori'i.
visit maakali, maatoli, maatoto.
voice wala.
void qala, waawaa.
vomit 'a'ana, moa.
vow ha'a'apu.
voyage alidanga.
wade ulu 4.
wag hi'ute'ini, teile'ini.
wages holite, waaite.
wagtail hi'uhi'u kape, hi'uhl'u qote, kiukiu rape.
wail ngarasi, ulo 1.
wait i'o loosi, ma'ohi, totori.
wake ha' alio, lio 1.
walk awe, qaqahe.
wall liliheu, para, tete.
wallow sude, tataipeipe.
wander lae ha'iliu, takalo.
wane kumwe.
want 'ai'aa, meimeile'ini.Itale; sae to'o, sare
to'o.
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wanton rawamwaki, tale'i.
war ipelunga, ohotaa.
ward talaahu'e, talohi.
warm madoro, wawai, osiosi.
warn aha tahani, ha'apasu.
wart uhi 2.
wary loo 2.
wash hoda, loto.
wasp niniho, puu 2.
waste totowa'e, wa'e 1., wa'eta'ini, ware; sala.
watch ha'akale, ha'amaesi 2., lio isuli, kakali.
water wai 1.; v., hu'i 3., korukoru, mimi.
waterfall pie 1.
waterhole kakalu, kilu.
waterspout saisesu, sa'usesu.
wave 'a'aronga, hai naho, hau ni 'esi.
wave v., salo 2., waiwei 1.
waver sae ruerua'a.
way tala 1.
waylay 'aqata'ini, toll loosi.
we i'emelu, ika'elu, ikolu; i'emere'i, ikara, ikure.
weak maleqeleqe, mamaela'a, qeto.
weapon mae 7., raisinge.
wear to'oni 1.
weary ha'awe'o, we'o.
weave ha'u 9.
web lawa.
wed tola keni.
wedding aharota.
weed amu 4., ta'ahu.
weep ngara, ulo 1.
well awaa, mware'a.
west hao, i 'ano, suulana sato.
wet ha'amedo, ha'aqini; medo, qesa'a, qini'a.
whale pusu 'esi.
what taa 2., taha.
when i nganite, maholona.
whence kei hei, 'urei tei.
where ihei, itei, lehuna, le'une.
whet danuhi.
whether 'ohe, 'ohi'a.
which ihei, itei.
while ha'awali, maholo.
whip rapu.
whisper sawaru.
whistle wadi.
white erete'a, mero, rere'a; haka, poro ni haka.
who atei.
whole ha'ileku, laku, pupupu.
whose atei, 'ana atei, nana atei.
why ana e 'ue, e 'ue, uritaa.
wick sikeri.
wicked 'aela, tata'ala, talili.
wickedness oraha'a, talilinge.
wide 'aroka, atalawa.
widow na'o 6.
wife hu'e 2., keni.
wig uhumae.
wild loo 2., looloo'a.
wile makemaketa, raomae.
wilful talili, raramaa.
'fill sae.
willing mwa'emwa'e.
wince niniko'a.
wind dani, dangi, ooru.
windbound noruhono.
wing 'apa'apa.
wink ma'am.
winter aau, rara 4.
wipe 'usuri.
wise saai ola, sae nanau, salema'i.
wish sae to'o, sare to'o.
witchcraft saru'e, si'onga.
wither heko, nunulu, rara 3., rarasi.
with ana 2., ani 2.; mai 3., pe'i 2.
within hai 2., i lalo, ta'i, wai.
without i 'amaa, i su'e; 'aho'a.
withstand dau honosi, haukama, 'ure honosi.
wizard mwane kurekure.
woman hu'e 2., keni.
womft i'e 3.
wonder ane, pangata'ini; «., anoa, hu'ihu'ite.
wood 'ai, dango.
word wala.
work asu, daumwa.
7£'orW walumalau.
worm mwaamwaa, mwaadule.
worn lahu.
worship palo, qao ola.
worry 'a'ada'ini, tolaa'i.
wound halata, hilehile, malaka.
wrap aluhi, dele, inehu'i, ulo.
wreath mahe.
wrestle ako.
wreck qa'ata'ini.
wring losi, ni'i iosi.
wrinkle nuku.
write usu 2.
writhe huhu laolao.
wrong dau hu'isi, dau pele, dau wala; aopa,
takalo.
yam hana 1., olopa'i, uhi 1.
yard qa'uli 'apala; lolata; i 'amaa.
yawn ahimawa.
yaws alo'a.
year halisi.
yellow saosaola.
yes 'a'u, i'au, 'o si'u'e, si'ola.
yesterday nonola; day before nonola wau.
yet ue 1.
yoke tori.
yonder paro, wau 1.
you i'oe, i'amu, i'omu, i'omolu; dual, i'omoro'i,
i'omoru'e.
youth saanau.
zigzag saro ni mwaa.
APPENDICES
A BRIEF GRAMMAR OF SA'A AND ULAWA.
LINGUISTICS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
MELANESIA AND ITS PEOPLE.
HISTORICAL NOTES CONCERNING THE MELANESIAN MISSION.
"YACHTING" IN MELANESIA.
THE QUEENSLAND LABOR TRADE.
SANTA CRUZ.
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A BRIEF GRAMMAR OF SA'A AND ULAWA.
THE ALPHABET.
No letters are used in this dictionary with arbitrarily assigned values.
In all the books printed in the two languages for the use of native
readers two italic letters are used, n and m; n is printed for ng the palatal
nasal to which n frequently mutates, and m is printed for mw which
represents a lightly vocalized m. In this grammar and in the dictionary
these two letters are given in full as ng and mw which are to be under-
stood as representing those sounds of which the value has hitherto been
represented in Sa'a and Ulawa texts by the italic letters n and m.
The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, with the Italian sounds. All of these
vowels may be long or short, the long sound being represented by
doubling the vowel. Both Sa'a and Ulawa are fond of vowel sounds;
many words consist only of vowels. The habit of dropping certain
consonants is largely responsible for this excess of vowel sounds.
Closed syllables do not exist and every word ends with a vowel.
In Sa'a the vowel a in certain words changes to e when i or u or the
verbal particle ko precedes it; the vowel following this a is always
either i or uy this a is marked in the grammar and in the dictionary by
the employment of the dieresis, a. In many words where the differ-
ence between the Sa'a and Ulawa forms consists only of the change of
this a to e the Sa'a form is the only one recorded. This change of
vowel is known to the people of Ulawa, but they are not so careful
about its observance as are the people of Sa'a; in certain words they
change a to e where there is no preceding i or u, thus mdi hither, Sa'a
po'o mdi on this side, Ulawa po'o mei. The change of vowel may be
made in Ulawa at the beginning of a word, but the genius of the lan-
guage is to refuse to make it at the end of the word; U. hdnua village,
i henua in the village, S. i henue, but in Ulawa the addition of the
demonstrative ni causes the final a to change to <?, i henueni in that
village. The suffixed pronouns du of the first singular and d of the third
singular change in Sa'a to eu and e respectively after i or «, but Ulawa
does not observe this rule. In some words where Sa'a changes final e
to a Ulawa keeps to e; nike mother, S. nikana his mother, U. nikena.
The diphthongs are ae, ai, ao, au, ei, ou, as in sae, mai, haoy rau, mei,
houy pronounced respectively as in the English words eye, iron, hour,
how, hey, oh.
The consonants are h; k; d, t; p, q; w; 1, r; s; m, mw, n, ng.
The k is hard and there is no g; where the Melanesian g occurs in
other languages, there is a decided break in the pronunciation of the
cognate word in Sa'a and Ulawa; e. g., Mota iga fish, Sa'a i'e, Ulawa %a.
Note. — This grammar has been compiled from the larger separate grammars published by
the present writer.
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There is no preface of n in the sound of d, which holds of all the lan-
guages of Malaita and is in contrast with the principle of prefacing the
mutes with the nasal of their proper series which extends in Melanesia
as far as Fiji. The nearest English equivalent to the sound of d in
Sa'a and Ulawa is dr; before i d is sounded as ch in church.
To pronounce the t the tongue is pressed against the teeth and the
breath forced outward, the teeth being kept fairly close together, then
the tongue is relaxed and dropped and the breath escapes with an
explosive sound. Sa'a often prefers d where Ulawa has t.
The sound represented by q is pw and p and q are interchangeable in
certain words, e. g., pongi, qongi to promise. In some words Ulawa has
p where Sa'a prefers q, e . g., U. pito, S. qito sprout.
The sounds of 1 and r are distinct, and both are trilled. There is a
change of 1 to n in Ulawa, i daluma for i danuma in the middle, and Ulawa
at times has 1 where Sa'a has r, U. tataloha, S. tataroha news, report.
In addition to the three nasals ng, n, m there is a variant upon the
labial nasal,mw a semivocalization of the clearm. The pronunciation
of the palatal nasal ng is that of ng in sing.
Beside the loss of the Melanesian g, as shown before, the t, 1, k and
h are likewise dropped in many words and the loss of the letter is shown
by a break in the pronunciation and indicated to the eye by the employ-
ment of inverted comma *; 'o'i to break, Fl. goti; 'a a green parrot, San
Cr. kaka. This break has not been marked in the books used by the
natives, but because of its importance in comparison of the languages it
has been indicated in this dictionary. In the reduplication of verbs
the inner consonant is often dropped in the former member of the dupli-
cated form and there is a corresponding break in the pronunciation;
Florida also drops the inner consonant in reduplication ,but one does
not hear any such break in the sound as in Sa'a and Ulawa.
Contractions are common, especially when the locative i is used;
lai for lae i, ta'i for ta'e iy ke'i for ke'u i, pe'e for pe'iey saune for sdunie
kill him.
ARTICLES.
Sa'a (a) Demonstrative Sing, nga, me'i, mi, hoi, hou, hai.
Plur. mui, mu, mo.
(b) Personal a.
Ulawa (a) Demonstrative Sing, nga, mast, hoi, hou, hai.
Plur. mwai, mzoa, mo.
(b) Personal a.
1. In Sa'a nouns in the singular are used without an article, in Ulawa
there is a more frequent use of nga in the singular, and parts of the body
are preceded by ngaf which is not the case in Sa'a. In Sa'a nga signi-
fies a or any and is used only in this sense. This detail is characteristic
of the language as a whole, Sa'a is far more particular in its usages and
is more highly specialized than Ulawa. Nga is used with the inter-
rogative taa, taha what, with ihei U. where, ngaihei who? The nouns
ini S., He U., both meaning one, are used with nga; ta'ena ngaini S.
ta'ana ngaile U. every one; laa U., a person, is preceded by nga.
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2. me'i and masi denote a part, a piece; both also serve as diminu-
tives in either a depreciatory or an endearing sense, me'i keni reu a
handmaid, masi mwane inau dear lad. The form men may be used even
when the preceding vowel is not i or u, mesi kaleku my child. Nga
and mwai may precede masi; nga masi taha what thing is it, mwai mesi
sae different minds.
3 . mi is found with sala> mi sola a piece of cloth.
4. hoi is used of things spherical in shape, hoi niu a coconut, hoi kue
a hen's egg, nga hoi tahani what fruit is that? Also in connection with
Other substantives naming objects not globular, hoi i'e a fish, hoi nemo
a rain squall.
hou is used more commonly in Ulawa, hoi hudi S., hou hudi U. a
banana; houhi a yam, hou pua an areca nut; but Sa'a has hou 'atea a
coconut water bottle, hou wei a bamboo water-carrier.
5. hai in the sense of a, an, one, is used with certain words; hai seulehi
an evening, haidinge a day, hai lama a pool, nga haiwala a word, hai
holaa a calm. In some places where Sa'a has hai Ulawa uses hau;
haidinge S., haudinga U. a day; and this hai may be a contraction of hau
if where i is the genitive and hau denotes a period of time.
6. maa eye or point is used with nga to indicate one, of sticks or
matches; also with the genitive i S. or ni U., maai laenga, a going (Ulawa
generally has nga preceding maa) ; 'olu maai qaoolanga three prayings.
7. muiy muy mwai, mwa all show plurality; nga may be prefixed; mu
is the form commonly used in Sa'a, and, as is true of mwa, is always
used before a vowel or h; mo is used with words beginning with the
vowel 0, and is more commonly used in Sa'a than in Ulawa.
8. The personal article is a. This is used with all proper names, male
or female, native or foreign, and also with nouns expressing relationship
or kindred. Any common noun becomes by the use of the personal
article a a proper noun; a palopalo the priest, a me'i wala the Word, a
porona the person, so-and-so. After the usage common to the Oceanic
family the employment of the personal article with the common noun
meaning thing supplies the locution for an indefinite personality, a ola
so-and-so.
NOUNS.
1. Nouns with possessive suffixes: Certain nouns take the suffixed
pronouns denoting the possessor. These are nouns denoting:
a. Parts of the body: maa eye, maamu your eye; nime hand, nimana
his hand; qa'u head, qa'uku my head.
b. Certain states or doings of men, life, death, speech, custom, goings :
mae to die, maetana his death; wala word, walaku my word; lae to go,
laehana his journey.
c. Position, end, middle, top: ngengedena its end, danumeku my
waist, i hahona on top of it.
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d. All the words expressing relationship or kindred except those for
wife and husband and also mwela S. 'elekale U. child.
These nouns are marked in the dictionary with (ku). Certain of
this class are marked with (na, ni) which denotes that the pronoun is
suffixed only in the third person, and in the case of ni is used of things
only. In the case of the remaining nouns possession is denoted by the
addition of the ordinary personal pronouns.
2. Formation of nouns: Nouns which have a special termination
showing them to be nouns substantive are (a) verbal nouns, and (b)
independent nouns.
a. Verbal nouns are formed from verbs by the terminations nga, ta,
la, laa, ha, haa, a: mae to die, maenga death, maeta death feast, maelaa
S. maeha U. sickness; si'o to harm, si'ohaa evil plight; hatale to go along
the beach, hatalea, shore, coast.
The form la generally denotes the gerundive and always has the
suffixed pronoun attached. Similarly ha generally denotes a gerundive
and is seldom used without the suffixed pronoun. In the dictionary
words ending in ha, la, ta, which are never used without a suffixed pro-
noun, have the hyphen attached.
There are certain adjectives to which the termination nga is attached,
diana good, diananga goodness; 'aela bad, 'aelanga badness, pdine
pdinanga badness; but it is probable that these adjectives are really
verbs. (See diana.)
b. Independent nouns: The only termination is na, and this is
(1) added to nouns which express relationship or kindred, and (2)
appears also to be attached to cardinal numerals to form ordinals.
1. Nouns so formed are always preceded by certain prefixes which
mark reciprocity of relationship or of kindred, ma, mwa, ha'i, the nu-
meral ro two, or the plural articles mu and mwa: nike mother, ro ha'i
nikena mother and child, ro ha'i nikana ineu my wife and child; mu
mwa 'asine brethren.
2. Numerals: 'olu three, 'olune third.
As stated before, gerundives are formed by the addition of the suf-
fixed pronouns to forms in la, ha. Tala'ae to begin, tala'aehana its
beginning; ha'auri to save, ha1 aurileku my savior. The third person
possessive is added to noun forms in ha: repo ripe, repohaana its old
age, maturity. To neuter verbs the suffix ni or 'i is added : horo to
kill, horo'i v. tr., horo'ilana the killing of him, sau to kill, sauni v. tr.,
saunilada the killing of them.
In Ulawa certain nouns have double noun termination: wee si to
catch fish, weesingaha fishing; alida to travel by sea, alidangaha a voy-
age; tale to be short of, talengaha a shortage.
3. Genitive relation: The genitive relation of nouns one to another
is effected by the use of the preposition ni or the shorter form i, the
latter being used more commonly in Sa'a, mwane ni Sa'a a Sa'a man,
walo ni 'a'a'o a fishing-line, poloi haa a piece of money, 'u'ui he'u a star.
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Both of these forms are also used to denote purpose: noko deu ni lae
I am making to go, 'oke lae wai (wau i) leesie, go and see it.
Other forms of the genitive are li, si: hdulihane, maaliholo, qd'usi
henue, tangisi hudi.
A genitive relation is also shown by the use of the suffixed pronoun
of the third person singular or plural in agreement with the idea
expressed in the second noun of the pair; i reune tala by the side of the
way, ulolada mditale the cry of the poor. The suffixed pronoun may be
used in the singular when the idea is collective or the second noun car-
ries the sense of totality, ilengine mu nume on the tops of the houses.
The ordinary possessive idea is shown by simple juxtaposition:
nima inau my house, 'usu inge'ie his dog.
The instrumental prefix i is common: kdu to hook, ikeu a hook for
gathering fruit; ddnu to bale, idenu a baler.
4. Plural: Definite plurality is marked by the presence of the arti-
cles mui, mu, mwai, mwa, used of both persons and things; nga may be
prefixed to these and the word hunge, many, may be added: mu 'inoni,
nga mu 'inoni, men, mwa hdnua hunga the crowd, everybody.
The numeral walu eight is used to express an indefinite number:
walu henue all the lands, walu malau all the islands, the world, walu-
tana ola S., waluteni ola U. every thing.
To a noun dhuta- denoting totality (dhu to be complete) the pro-
noun of the third person singular and of all persons in the plural is
suffixed in agreement with the noun: ahutana sapeku my whole body,
dhutana sapeda all their bodies, sapeda dhutada the bodies of them all,
dhutakara'i both of us, dhutamelu all of us.
To to'ohuu S. real, nga is suffixed and the personal pronoun na is
added: to'ohuungana nga ola, the real thing, mu to'ohuunge'i ola real
things.
To itei S. which, ta is suffixed and the personal pronoun na is added:
iteitana one, any. This is used only with the negative particles ka'a,
sa'a, and thus comes to mean, no one, nothing: e ka'a iteitana nga me'i
ola there is nothing at all. With this may be compared the use of
isei in Mot a as the indefinite pronoun, some one.
A noun hike is used with the suffixed pronoun to express of, from
among: e ro ini hikada two men of them.
Two nouns, mwai U. mwei S. and kei, are used with the adjective
tata'ala or with its short form ta'a to express an endearing or a commis-
erating sense; mwai, mwei being used of men, kei of women: mwai
tata'ala inau my poor fellow, kei ta'a pdine dear lady.
Sa'a has a plural in maeni which is generally used in the vocative:
maeni 'inoni sirs, maeni mwela children.
In mwela child the plural is formed by reduplication, mwemwela S.
children.
A unit is expressed in Sa'a by 'ata: 'enite 'ata how many, 'e ro 'ata
two.
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Certain nouns meaning one, ite U., He U., 'eta S., ini S., are used with
or without nga, and with nga mu or nga mwa: ngaite ola a different
thing, ta max ngaile give me one, nga mwaite 'inoni certain persons, nga
mwaile some, nga' eta 'inoni another, a different man, nga muini some.
Alai U., ala U., alei S. is used as a noun of multitude: alai Mwado'a
you people of Mwado'a, alaile inau my people, ala mwane you men,
alei 'inoni you people, alei ola the persons, alei saanau the young men.
The word ngau is used familiarly to children of each sex as a voca-
tive : ro ngau you two children.
5. There is no grammatical gender: The words mwane male, keni and
qaqa female, are added when the noun does not carry a sex distinction.
6. Relationship or kindred: With the two exceptions of mama' a,
ma'a father and nike mother in vocative employment, the nouns of
relationship are always used:
a. With a suffixed pronoun, 'asiku my brother, never 'asi;
b. With the termination na and with a reciprocal prefix ha'i or mwa:
ro ha'i nikana mother and child, ro mwa 'adine brethren, mu mwa'asine
brothers.
The terms mama' a father and teitei in the vocative are addressed by
the parent hypocoristically to the boy or girl.
The word denoting friend is always used with the suffixed pronoun,
malahuku my friend, ro ha'i malahune the two friends.
PRONOUNS.
According as they are employed, pronouns may be classified as,
(a) those used as the subject or object of a verb; (b) those suffixed to
a verb or to a preposition as objects; (c) those suffixed to nouns
substantive.
A.
Singular:
PRONOUNS USED AS SUBJECT OR OBJECT OF A VERB.
Sa'a. Ulawa.
Singular:
1. ineu, nou, no, ne.
2. foe, '0.
3. inge'ie, nge'ie, inge'i, nge'i,
nge, e.
Dual:
Inclusive: 1. ikure, kure.
Exclusive: 1. i'emere'i, 'emere'i, 'emeru'e,
meru't, mere'i, mere.
2. ? omoro'i, 'omoro'i, moro'i,
moro, i'omoru'e, 'omoru'e,
moru'e.
3. ikireru't, kireru'e, kereru'e.
Plural:
Inclusive: 1. iki'e, ki'e, ikolu, kolu.
Exclusive: 1. i'emi, 'emi, i'emelu, 'emelu,
melu.
2. i'omu, 4omu, i'omolu, 'omolu,
molu.
3. ikire, kite, ikira'elu, kira'du.
1. inau, nau, na, ne.
2. i'oe, 'o.
3. ingg'ia, nge'ia, nge, e.
Dual:
Inclusive: 1. ikara'i, kara'i, ikara, kara.
Exclusive: 1. i'emere'i, 'emere'i, mere'i, mere.
2. i'omoro'i, 'omoro'i, moro'i,
moro.
3. ikoro'i, koro'i, koro.
Plural:
Inclusive: I. iki'a, ki'a, ika'elu, ka'elu.
Exclusive: I. i'ami, 'ami, i'emelu, 'emelu,
melu.
2. i'amu, 'amu, i'omolu, 'omolu,
molu.
3. ikire'i, ikira, kira, ikira'elu,
kira'elu, kelu, kilu.
I. The use of the initial i gives distinctness and force. The forms
beginning with i are never used by themselves as the subject, but are
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always accompanied by the shorter forms without z, these latter are
used as subject. Similarly inge'ie is always followed by e.
2. The forms in the singular are never used as the object of a verb or
of a preposition with the single exception of '0. Forms without i are used
in the dual and plural first and second persons as the object of a verb.
3. The forms no and ne are used with the verbal particles of the same
vowel facies, no with ko of general time, ne with ke and ke'i of future
time, na with 'a of general time, and ne with *e future.
4. Nge is used before proper names, and the personal article a
coalesces, ngea Awao e lae Awao has gone. It is also used in phrases:
so nge well then, nge ni 'oto that is it, e mae nge he is done for now.
5. E is used as the subject of a verb. It is also used following the
longer forms for the sake of emphasis: inge'ie nge'ie e 'unue he said it.
It is equivalent also to there is, it is : e madoro it is hot, e qale ola there
is nothing. It follows a noun as a secondary subject: nemo e nemo
the rain rains, mwa hdnua e ruru the people came together; similarly
it may follow a pronoun, kiratei e lae who went ?
6. The forms in -lu denote a more restricted number of persons,
but they are not used to form a trinal number. Sa'a is more careful
than Ulawa in the proper use of these different forms.
7. The pronouns of the third person singular and plural may be used
of impersonal or of inanimate objects. Kire is used to form a passive:
kire 'unue it has been said, lit. they have said it, mu i'e kire hahi'i 'oto
have the fish been cooked? Kire followed by the personal article a
and ola thing or a proper name is used also to denote a company or
party: kiraa olay So-and-so's party, kiraa Dora Dora's people.
8. The forms in 1 are used to denote possession: poo ineu my pig,
'elekale i'emere'i the child of us two, poro inge'ie her husband, hu'e i'oe
thy wife.
9. A chief or person of importance is always addressed in the dual,
moro or molu; and a mother, either by herself or with her child, is
addressed as moro.
B. PRONOUNS SUFFIXED TO VERBS OR TO PREPOSITIONS AS OBJECT.
Sa'a. Ulawa.
Singular: Singular:
1. au. I. au.
2. '0. 2. 'o.
3- a.
3. a.
Dual:
Inclusive:
1.
kure.
Dual:
Inclusive:
1.
kara'i, kara.
Exclusive:
1.
'emere'i, 'emeru'e, mere'i, mere.
Exclusive:
1.
'emere'i, mere'i, mere.
2.
'omoro'i, moro'i, moro.
2.
'omoro'i, moro'i, moro,
Plural:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
3-
1.
1.
2.
3-
raru'e, raru'i.
ki'e, kolu.
'emi, melu.
'omu, 'omolu, molu.
ra, ra'elu, 'i.
Plural:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
3-
1.
1.
2.
3-
raru'a, raru'i.
ki'a, ka'elu.
'ami, melu.
amu, 'omolu, molu.
ra, ra'elu, 'i.
Examples of usage are: noko leesi'o I see thee, e 'unue hunieu he told
me. When the verb ends in a and au is suffixed only one a is sounded.
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The form a is suffixed to a transitive verb as an anticipatory object:
nou ka'a leesie nga 'inoni I did not see-him a person, melu helesie 'oto
mu ola we have done-it the things.
The forms a, rd may be used of inanimate or impersonal objects.
The form 'i is used in place of rd when things and not persons are
the object of the verb : lae wau huni'i go and fetch them.
C. PRONOUNS SUFFIXED TO NOUNS OR TO VERBAL NOUNS USED AS PREP-
OSITIONS, OR TO GERUNDIVES.
Sa'a.
Ulawa.
Singular:
Singular:
1.
ku.
1.
ku.
2.
mu.
2.
mu.
Dual:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
3-
1.
1.
na.
kara'i.
tnere'i.
Dual:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
3-
1.
1.
na.
kara'i, kara.
tnere'i, mere.
Plural:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
2.
3-
1.
1.
2.
3-
moro'i, moro.
daru'e.
ka, ka'elu.
mami, melu.
miu, molu.
da, da'elu; ni.
Plural:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
2.
3-
1.
1.
2.
3-
moro'i, moro.
daru'i.
ka, ka'elu.
mami, melu.
miu, molu.
da, da'elu; ni.
1 . These are the pronouns denoting possession and they are suffixds
to a certain class of nouns only, those which denote the names of paret
of the body, or of family relationships, or of things in close relation-
ship to the possessor; in all other cases possession is denoted by the use
of the ordinary personal pronouns.
2. Of the plural forms those ending in lu denote a restriction in the
number of the persons concerned.
3. When things are in question ni is used in place of da: lai ne'i i
talani put the things in their places.
4. Verbal nouns used as prepositions: honotaku opposite me, to
meet me, honota is in form a verbal noun but it is not in independent
use as a word.
5. In words like sieku at my house, saada'elu at their house,
maraamu by yourself, sisingana over against it, the roots are evidently
nouns but they do not occur in independent use. In the dictionary
all such words are followed by a hyphen, e. g., saa-.
D. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.
These are *ie, 'ienini, ni S., inihou, nihouy ni U., this.
ngeenay waune S. ; inizvau, nizvau> wauni U., that.
1. 'ienini is more forcible than *ie; ni is used suffixed to nouns, to
personal pronouns, to uri thus, and to si'iri today, in Ulawa it is also
suffixed to adjectives and adverbs.
2. ena is used by itself in Sa'a as a demonstrative, nge nou lae mat
ena that is why I came; wau is the adverb meaning there. In certain
villages in Ulawa a demonstrative ini is used in the sense of "that is it."
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3. na is suffixed to nouns and pronouns and to certain adverbs to
give point and directness, its use is more common in Sa'a than inUlawa:
mwalana the people; a mzvaend that person, mo ola 'oko qao'i ne the
things that thou doest; ta'aune over there, urine, urinena thus, in that
manner.
Na is also used after the negatives ha'ike, qa'ike, ha'ike na, ha'ike ena
no, not that; and after 'oto, inge'i 'oto na that is it.
E. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.
The words used are tei who; taa S., taha U., what. The personal
article a makes atei who (singular) kiratei plural. Both of these words
are nouns.
1 . atei is used for whose, ola atei whose thing, atei ola (ie to whom does
this belong? Tei stands for the name of the person and atei means,
what is the name ? atei moro lae mai who came with you ? The demon-
strative ni may be added: atei ni satamu what (who) is your name?
In Sa'a atei has an indefinite use, atei e manata'inie who knows!
2. With taa, taha, the definite article nga is used; nga taa, nga ola
taa, nga taha what? The demonstrative ni may be added; nga taa ni
e 'unue what said he? Taa, taha, may mean of what sort? hoi i'a
tahani what sort offish? With the adverb uri thus taa, taha, make
uritaa, uritaha of what sort? how? in what way? In Ulawa assent is
shown by taha with 'oto, a particle denoting completed action; inge'ia
tahato '0 'unueni it is as you have said.
3. In Ulawa the interrogative adverb ihei is used as a pronoun:
nga mwane ihei ni what man ? ngaihei nizveu who is that there ? When
the question is which or where of two things Sa'a uses itei and Ulawa
ihei: 'oko sare ngau itei what (where) will you eat? In Sa'a nge is
prefixed to itei: ngeitei mwane what man? ngeitei li'oa what spirit?
F. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.
The uses of ini, 'eta S., He, ite U., one, have been dealt with under
nouns. With the exception of He these words prefixed by nga, nga mu,
nga mwai, are used as signifying some, other, different.
1. Halu means some. In Sa'a the genitive i is suffixed: nga mu
helui 'inoni S., nga mwa halu 'inoni U., some men. The pronoun na
may be suffixed: haluna ngaini, haluna ngaile one here and there.
2. Iteitana is used in Sa'a with the negative particle ka'a as meaning
no one: e ka'a iteitana ngaini there is no one.
3. Ta'ena, ta' eta' ena S., ta'ana, ta'ata'ana U., mean every: ta'ena
ngaini every person. Ola thing and le'u S. lehu U. are used in the
sense of any: nou ka'a to'oana nga le'u I have not anything, e ta nga
lehu ana he took some of it.
4. Mwamwanga S. manganga U. are used with ini, He, to express the
sense of a few: mwamwangaini e saaie only a few know it.
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G. RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
There are no relative pronouns. Their place is supplied by various
locutions.
1. The suffixed pronoun: ineu 'ie kire usunge'inieu mei I am he whom
they sent. The addition of the demonstratives na S. ni U. serves to
make the meaning clearer: inge'ie a porona kire ko 'unue he is the person
whom they speak of.
2. By the use of a coordinate clause : i'emi 'ie mzvala e tahangie 'asi we
are the people who came through the sea.
H. POSSESSIVES.
There are three possessives in Sa'a and Ulawa.
1. The first is used only of things to eat and drink, with the stem 'a
to which the pronouns are suffixed. In the first and second person
singular 'e S. 'a U. is added, and this *e or 'a is replaced by H when
several things are in view for one person to eat.
Sa'a.
Ulawa.
Singular:
Singular:
1.
'aku'e, 'aku'i.
1.
'aku'a, 'aku'i.
2.
'amu'e, 'amu'i.
2.
'amu'a, 'amu'i.
Dual:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
3-
1.
1.
'ana.
'akara'i, 'akaru'e.
'amere'i, 'ameru'e.
Dual:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
3-
1.
1.
'ana.
'akara'i.
'amere'i.
Plural:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
2.
3-
1.
1.
2.
3-
'atnoro'i, 'amoro.
'adaru'e, 'adaru'i.
'aka, 'aka'elu.
'amami, 'amelu.
'amiu, 'amolu.
'ada, 'ada'elu.
Plural:
Inclusive:
Exclusive:
2.
3-
1.
1.
2.
3-
'atnoro'i, 'amoro.
'adaru'a, 'adaru'i.
'aka, 'aka'elu.
'amami, 'amelu.
'amiu, 'amolu.
'ada, 'ada'elu.
Examples: hoi niu 'eku'e a coconut for me to eat, '0 ta 'amu'i take
them to eat.
In Ulawa the change of 'a to 'e after i or u in the first and second
singular is optional.
When the sense relates to food in general and not to a particular meal
the ordinary personal pronouns are employed: mu ngeulaa i'emelu our
food.
2. The second possessive is na with which a suffixed pronoun is used
only as meaning mine, or, for me, and never with a noun, as e. g., Maori
tokuy toku rima my hand. It is declined in the same way as the pre-
ceding: moola nana atei things for whom? moola namu'i things for you,
da nakara'i take for you and me, asu nemu'e work for you. In the
third person plural an additional form nani is used.
3. The third possessive is similar in form to the first, but is used
without the final a in the first and second persons singular, and the
stem is a and not 'a; likewise ani is found in place of ada in the third
person plural when the reference is to things and not to persons. The
meaning is belonging to, with, at: nga naihi emu have you a knife with
GRAMMAR OF SA A AND ULAWA. I49
(on) you? '0 ta ana atei from whom did you get it? e tono ana wdi
inihou he drank of this water. This possessive is also used —
a. as the object of certain verbs to which the pronoun is not suffixed :
nou hiiwald 'imoli ana I believed him.
b. when the object is separated from a transitive verb: e ha'araH
mumuni ana he called him secretly. In cases where a verb has been
rendered transitive by the addition of a suffix this suffix is omitted when
the third possessive is used, owing to the object being separated from
the verb : horo to beat, horo'i transitive, kire ko horo tata'ala aku they
beat me unmercifully. Certain verbs also employ this possessive as
the object instead of using the suffixed pronoun. Cf. to'o 2.
c. to show certain differences of meaning: e ere aku he forbade me,
e ere naku'e he spoke for my benefit; e dolosieu he asked my name, e
dolosie aku he asked me about it; also idiomatically ha'ata'inie aku show
it to me. The adjective 'aho'a, apart from, is followed by this posses-
sive, 'aho'a aku apart from me. So also is the preposition liuta'a S.
liutaha U. beyond : e lae liuta'aku he went beyond me.
d. in the third person plural ani is used of things: mu maholo ani the
times for them, ne'isae pdinadni think much of them. Cf. ani 2.
ADJECTIVES.
1. Words which are qualifying terms may also be used in the form of
verbs, but some may be used without verbal particles, following the
qualified word: poro pdine big man, 'elekale haora small child.
2. Some words have a form which is only used of adjectives, either of
termination or of prefix.
a. Adjectival terminations are (d, Id, la* a, td, ta'a, of which 'a and
Id are suffixed to nouns as well as to verbs but the others are suffixed to
verbs only.
'a: sane white ant sane'd infested with ants. An intensification of
meaning is given to certain adjectives by doubling the first syllable or
the first two syllables and by suffixing 'a: manola pure, manomanola'd
very pure, diena good, didiena'd very good.
'ala: sasu to smoke, sasuala smoky.
Id: 'usu a dog/usule possessing dogs, kohi to be beautiful, kohikohild
beautiful.
td: ta'ingelu with one accord, ta'ingelute all together.
la'a: mae to be sick, mamaela'a weakly, sickly.
ta'a: repa to be curved, rerepata'a curved.
b. Adjectival prefixes are ma, mwa, mala, taka, lata, toto.
The prefixes ma and mwa are common in words which may fairly be
called adjectives; like mala they show condition and are prefixed to
verbs: to*i to break, ma'o'i broken, hiohio to bend, mwahiohio swayed by
the wind, keke side, malakeke on one side.
'a is prefixed to verbs and forms participles: langu to pluck up, 'aldngu
detached, hdli to break, 'ahdli broken off.
I50 GRAMMAR OF Sa'a AND ULAWA.
taka denotes spontaneity: luhe to loose, takaluhe come adrift.
tata, toto denote condition : qelu to roll, tataqeluqelu headlong, qini wet,
totoqini soaked.
3. Comparison: Degrees of comparison are shown by the use of
prepositions or adverbs, or by a simple positive statement. The prepo-
sitions used are mwaani from, which always has the suffixed pronoun,
and liuta'a S. liutaha U. beyond, in excess, which is followed by the
third possessive.
The adverbs employed are kele S., 'ele U., walawala U., wa'ewa'e U.,
hi'ito'o S., ha'ahuu'ei S., ha'ahuu'ani U.
A positive statement carries comparison by implication: He nihou e
dienay He niweu e 'aela this is good, that is bad, i. <?., this is better than
that; inihou e diena this is best.
VERBS.
Almost any word may be used as a verb by prefixing the verbal par-
ticles, but some words are naturally verbs as being the names of actions
and not things. There are also verbs which have special forms as such
by means of a prefix or termination. Verbal particles precede the verb,
they have a temporal force.
1. The verbal particles are ko, ke, ke'i S.; 'a, 'e, 'ana'i U. The par-
ticles are written apart from the verb, but the speakers like to join them
to the governing pronouns of the first and second persons singular, and
the 'a of 'ana'i is joined in the same way.
a. The use of ko S. (a U. marks the time as present, but only in so far
as the action is not regarded as past or future. The time having been
shown to be past ko and 'a take up the narrative, and the illative si may
be added. After ko the vowel a in certain words changes to e as it does
after a preceding i or u. The illative si may replace ko.
b. ke expresses a certain amount of futurity in the action, ke'i is used
of the definite future; 'e conveys the sense of let, as also does ke; 'e and
ke are also used following a negative, e ka'a ola neke manata'inie I know
nothing.
The adverb muni U. to, in order that, is used as a subjunctive or
optative and is followed by 'e; muni 'e contracts to mun'e, and similar
contractions occur with the pronouns kira and ka'elu when followed
byV.
c. 'ana'i U. denotes the time as more or less future, the illative si
may be added.
No particle is used when the time is past, but 'oto and kau follow the
verb to denote a preterite. For the imperative no particle is employed.
2. Times and moods: A subjunctive is formed by ana if, when, used
in Sa'a with ko or ke, in Ulawa with 'a. Kosi by itself also denotes the
subjunctive.
Conditional affirmation is expressed by ha'alaa S. tdume'iy mune'i U.
GRAMMAR OF SA A AND ULAWA. 151
Mune'i U. and haro S. denote subsequence of action, the particles 'a
or ko precede them.
The illative is si and means then, thereupon, in that case, following
on, for the first time; the verbal particles ko, ke, 'a, 'ana'i may precede it.
The particle kd'u follows the verb: (a) it denotes a preterite, (b) it
gives a sense of incompleteness to the action described, (c) it mitigates
the directness or harshness of a request or of a command.
3. Negative particles: The foregoing particles are not used in nega-
tive sentences. The negative particles are ka'a, sa'a S.; qa'ike, qake,
qa'i, qale, si'e, si U.
a. Of these ka'a, qa'ike, qake, qa'i, qale may be used either of present
or past time.
b. sa'a, si'e are used of future time, and si'e and si are used as strong
dehortatives.
c. A negative imperative is used with mzvane lest, and with the dehor-
tative su'uri don't. In Ulawa the particle 'e may be added after the
subject. Both su'uri S. and si'e U. are used in negative conditional
sentences. In Sa'a the particle ke is used preceding su'uri, but it is not
used before mzvane.
d. The genitives ni, i, are used to denote purpose.
4. Suffixes to verbs: There are certain terminations which, when
suffixed to neuter verbs or to verbs active in only a general way, make
them definitely transitive, or determine their action upon some object.
These are of two forms :
a. A consonant with i: hi, li, mi, ni, ngi, si, or 'i by itself; e. g.,
tonohi, potali, ddumi, raangi, maesi, hoa'i.
A less common suffix is na: ara, arana; this suffix may possibly be
the ending of the word diana good or of pdina big, to each of which
words the suffix is added.
b. The termination a'i which is suffixed by itself to nouns to convert
them into verbs, sato satoa'i. The forms in 'i and a'i are also used
intransitively: pele by mischance, pele'i by mischance, 'olo'oloa'i to
stagger. When a'i is suffixed to verbs the genitive ni is also added;
su'u, su'ue'ini; and a'ini forms a transitive suffix. To this form d'ini
the consonants h, I, m, n, ng, r, t are prefixed; e. g., 'urihe'ini, taheld'ini,
onoma'ini, loona'ini, hi'inge'ini, sikerd'ini, papatd'ini.
c. When the object is separated from the verb the suffixes 'i, hi, etc.,
are omitted and the third possessive is used as the object.
d. When the verb is used intransitively the ni of the compound
suffix is dropped.
e. Certain participles are formed from verbs by the addition of the
compound suffixes, ni being omitted; e. g., oroma'i, rdpute'i, luheta'i,
moute'i. The compound suffix without ni is used intransitively, ta'e,
ta'ela'i.
Some verbs take both forms of the suffix: rdpu, rdpusi, rapute'ini;
'ala, 'alami, 'alamd'ini; siki, sikihi, sikihe'ini.
152 GRAMMAR OF SA A AND ULAWA.
/. The syllabic suffix ha'ini is used with certain verbs as meaning
with : olo to swim, oloha'ini to swim with a thing.
5. Prefixes to verbs: These are causative and reciprocal.
The causative is ha a; it may be prefixed to almost any word, and it
may be used with verbs which have a transitive suffix.
The reciprocal is ha'i. This sometimes denotes repetition or contin-
uance of an action. With the addition of the adverb lo'u again, ha'i
denotes a change or an addition. In ha'i' amasi to have compassionate
feelings ha'i is comparable to Florida vei in veiarovi to take pity on.
6. Passive: The passive is expressed by the use of the third personal
pronoun plural kire S. kira U. as subject with the verb and the adverb
'oto already; kire, kira, are also used impersonally.
The gerundive is used with the verb lae, to go, in expression of the
passive: saunilana e lae 'oto his being killed. This usage is more com-
mon in Sa'a. The force of the gerundive is either active or passive.
7. Reflexive verbs: The word maraa- with suffixed pronouns denotes
reflexive action: e sdunie maraana he killed himself.
8. Reduplication: Verbs are reduplicated in three ways. There is no
difference among the various forms beyond an intensification. In the dic-
tionary the reduplicated form is presented under the entry of the stem.
a. By repetition of the first syllable or of the first two syllables:
suluy susulu; qanio, qdniqenio.
b. By repetition of the whole word: dsu, dsuesu.
c. By repetition of the whole word with the omission in the former
member of the inner consonant : domu, do'udomu. This is found only
in Sa'a. In Ulawa there is also a repetition of the first syllable with
the addition of euphonic i: sdsu, sdisesu.
ADVERBS.
There are pure adverbs in Sa'a and Ulawa, but many words used as
adverbs are truly nouns and others are verbs, adjectives also may be
used in this employment.
The locative i is used with adverbs of place and time and it precedes
every place name. The demonstrative nd S. ni U. is suffixed.
Place where is regarded as place whence, after the habit of the usual
Melanesian idiom; 'urei standing at, has the force of from.
PREPOSITIONS.
1. Simple prepositions:
Locative, 1. Instrumental, ana, ani, eni S.
Causation, haahi. Relation, ana, ani, eni S., pe'i S., max U., hike, sie-, saa- S.
Motion to, tako'i S., tale U., isxdi, 'ohi. Genitive, ni, i.
Motion from, mwaani. Position, parasi, U., sisinge S., hora U., honosi, ahu'i.
Dative, huni S., muni U.
The locative i is seen compounded in itei, ihei where.
With the exception of the locative, the instrumental, and the geni-
tive all the foregoing prepositions are used with a suffixed pronoun.
GRAMMAR OF SA*A AND ULAWA. 1 53
Of the two instrumental prepositions ana is the ordinary one, denot-
ing with. When the noun denoting the instrument is not preceded by
an article, or when the noun is used in a general sense, dni is used in the
place of ana: lae dni 1 ola to go by canoe, dni eu with music, ana nga
taa why, dni taa with what things. Ana also denotes at, in, place
where, from among; dni is also used as neuter plural, from among, da
nga muini eni take some of them. Ana denotes the actual instru-
ment, dni denotes the method of action: sdunie dni noma kill him
spear-wise. In Sa'a dni is used in the composition of nouns, supi
eni heu a stone club.
From meaning at saa-y sie— comes to have the meaning of motion to.
Cf. 'tire.
2. Compound: These are mostly nouns used with the locative; the
pronoun is suffixed as the actual object, or as anticipatory object when
a noun follows: i haho above; 1 haha S., i oroha- U., below; i lengi
on top, above; t keke U., by the side of, beside; i la'o-, i lalo within.
Some are constructed from verbal nouns to which the suffixed pro-
noun is always added: 'oliteku in my place, in place of me; honotana
on his behalf.
Certain verbs are used as prepositions: loosi to await, kara'ini near
to, ha'atauli far from.
CONJUNCTIONS.
Copulative, na. Disjunctive, tea.
Adversative ta'e, ta'e pe'ini S., ta'a, Conditional, ana.
na ta'a U. Illative, si.
Connective, 'oto.
A mark of quotation is uri. Neither .... nor is expressed by a
negative followed by wa. The reason for an objection is introduced
by wa uri. Until is hula ana or lai hula ana. Saro shows consecu-
tiveness of action.
NUMERALSr
The numerical system is decimal, all numbers above the tens are
expressed in tens.
The cardinals are:
1. 'eta, ta'ata'a S., ta'e U. 5. 'e lime S., V lima U. 9. 'e sitae S., V siwa U.
2. V rue, 'e rua U. 6. 'e ono. IO. V tangahulu, awala.
3. 'e 'olu. 7. 'e hiu.
4. 'e hai. 8. V tvalu.
In numbers other than 'eta one the V is omitted in quick counting;
V is also omitted as a general rule with ro.
In composition one is talata(ay two is ro.
The prefix to'o forms distributives, to'ota'e ola one thing at a time.
Walu eight is used also as an indefinite number, as also awala the
tally of ten. Tangahulu is the tenth of a series.
154 GRAMMAR OF SA A AND ULAWA.
To express units above ten mwana S., mana U., is employed: four-
teen awala mwana hai. An incomplete tally is expressed by da'adala.
Special words are used as nouns for tens of different things: a'ulu 10
coconuts, dideri 10 parrot-fish, hike 10 garfish, walo pasa 10 flying-fish,
walo 10 native moneys.
Tangalau is ioo. The sum above the hundred is expressed by
mwana S., mana U.; tangalau e hai awala mwana hai 144. A word pe'i
S., mai U., with, in addition to, may be used following tangalau.
Occasionally the tens over one hundred are expressed simply as units:
tangalau mwana 'eta may mean one hundred and ten.
Special words are used for hundreds of various things: nao 100
yams, alo 100 taro, i'e ico porpoise teeth, suit hata 40 dogs' teeth,
totola 400 dogs' teeth.
Sinola is 1,000; this is used correctly of yams; qela 1,000 coconuts.
Mola signifies a countless number when used of men, molai uhi
10,000 yams, molai hui 10,000 taro, raui helu S., 'apai niu U., 10,000
coconuts.
2. Ordinals: The cardinals with a substantival termination nd form
ordinals.
First, 'etana. Fourth, haine S., haina U. Seventh, hiune S., hiuna U.
Second, ruana. Fifth, litnana. Eighth, walune S., waluna U.
Third, 'olune S., 'oluna U. Sixth, onona. Ninth, sitvana.
Ordinals precede the noun: ruana nga mwane the second man.
Ordinals are used to express the number of times: ruana kira 'asi
soea they asked him a second time.
Tenth is expressed by tangahulu ana; the twelfth day awalai he'idinge
mwana ruana; one hundred and twenty-first tangalau *e ro awala mwana
'etana.
'Enite how many is used with the substantival termination na:
'enitana what number, howmanyeth.
3. Multiplicatives are formed with the causative ha' a: ha'arue
twice, ha'atangalau a hundred times; hduta'a'i S., hauta'e U., once.
The word ta'e is used as a kind of descriptive prefix with the cardinals
ta'e, 'oluy hai, and with * enite, when the holding capacity of a canoe is
in question.
THE LORD'S PRAYER.
In Twenty Languages, as used in the Diocese of Melanesia among the
Islands of the South Pacific.
ENGLISH.
OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed bo
thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
"done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give ns this day
our daily bread. And fOYgive ns onr trespasses, As
we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil :
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the
glory, For ever and ever. Amen.
RAQA, New Hebrides.
TATA amare, ihama na sabuga. Nom ute na
mai. Nora doron na dum ataa kun amare.
Lai garig lalai kamai ginaganiana vi dadariha liuri
garigi. Goi binihi kaburai vnromai, kun kamai
gam binihi kaburai vnrora. Govav fin te kamai lol
kalkaliana ; gov lai kamai nin qatigoro. Huri nom
ate, i rorono, i sarisaii vi togo vai tuai. Amen.
LAKONA, Banks Island
EM AM maken, llahax ni row. Mou vitiga ni
van ma. Mot mares ni wesis vaan- mere .
maken. Le ma qirig rami game en sinag ga tu eho
qirig. Ke tretremwute pogeme, mere game ga
tretremwute en poge. Sao ukukrag game le gal-
galve ; Ke la game tren en gasgasa. En moit eu
vitiga, sa eu man, sa en hewhew, ti ti tie. Amen.
TORRES ISLANDS.
MA raina, Nc Io ni ruar. Nc gamili ni ven me.
Ne dotme ni mena na daw>i na raina. 01a
me dome hi kemam ne hinega ta liine dome. Ke
duamvit'i ne heme kemem dawn kemcm v«n duam-
vitu ne hemehe. Tate vaiivaiiaKe kemem li dagare
kemem ; *WoIa kemam du nc liiwhiw. Ne gamili,
ni mena meke, mi nc heri ni toga ni toga. Amen.
opa, New Hebrides.
MAMA enlu, Nahemu vi gogona. Nomn ute
vi himei. Noma tarani vin lei lolovavagi
mere enlu. Lai himei gaqarigi a hi'naga vi eno
huri gaqarigi. Gon ladovohogi nabugumei, mere
gamai gam ladovohogi nabugure. Go mese siregi
gamai lolo galegaleasi ; gon lai gamai dena gineu esi.
Nomn a ute ko nomu a muremnre ko nomu a vara-
vara, vi eno vi eno. Amen.
8ANTA CRUZ.
MELEMUG'E mako wnu, Nep ka Tc. Maboielcn
ua om Ma tnti detuem nawida maka iu na
apule wuu. Tuam abunaga ba</c dakanano na
taplete ma abunaga. Ava aipteo alueje apule nije
aipteo alued<\ Baku velc bame ni</e mana vaika ;
Amilua n'vje mana vaioajal. Maboiuelen, ie malft,
if nile, ti io ti io. Amen,
MAEWO, New Hebrides.
TATA a wonana, Nasaaana na roworono. Nona
tunuqe na sumai. Nona tarani na lai le veina
merea wonana. Lai sumai qariki min kami na sinnga
n tarisa be qariki. Go tigi gins bugumi, mere kami
mo tigi gina bugura. Go kare tektekerag kami tea
ale galeana ; Go lair kami dani na anseseta. Anoxa
a tunuqe, ti a aori, ti a sinara, na toga na toga.
Amen.
VANIKOLO.
AHA nan. Nei/eno e tapu. Temio mare jaima.
Iemie warneno ipiaine ino lent*. ne«e wan.
Kuma neii damoida iemio toro nane pe damoida.
Ayo kulamena </ami(u, tekamanli imetore newo
./amitn nupe pianoa tekamaoli iedietore. Igai
kureknre r/amitu aka boj/ila ; a</o kula (/amitu mena
mamane fisale. Iemie mare, ya auka, j/a iremare
ilu ilu. Amen.
mota, Banks Island
MAMA avunana, Nasasam% ni rono. Nora o
marana ni mule ma. Nom o maros ni lai
alalanana tama avunana. Le ma qarig mun kamam
o Binaga. we tira ape qarig. Ka nomvitag napuga-
mam; tama ikamam we nomvitag napugara. Nipea
ukeukeg kamam ilo galeva ; Ka lav kamam nan o
ganganor. Anoma o marana, wa o mana, wa o leuas
ti toga ti toga. Amen.
RUMATARI, 8. Cristoval.
MAMA hahaha, Naatamu ni apnna. Narahana
mu ni rao mai. Naheoqaniamu ni matakn
mai iano raa/ia haha tauwa mai rikini tana garni na
moro ni »au ni arari rikini. Kato kasia uagiuorai,
mana i garni me kato kasia naginota. Kasiana
watea garni ohoni gami ; go teua gami tenia na
oraoraga. Pasimu narahaamu, mana menaamu,
mana togatogaamn tare tare. Amen.
WA/VO, 8. Cristoval.
AM A vmami noai aro, Naatamu na maaea. Na-
houramu ai boi. Naheiirisiamn ai wadan noai
ano i bahai ona noai aro ; Hamai deini tanaami ta
hereho inaa ai orana i deini ; Oi adomai nugasia ni
tnomami, ona iami mi adomai nugasia ni inoda; Oi
abui wateami ini ohoniami; Oi waiami bania i
oraoraa. Na houramu, mana menaamu, mana rara-
hamu, ai taro ores orea. Amen,
F1U, Mala.
MA A kami ilani, na sat am u e aabu. Na taloa
oe leka mai. Kami sasii ru 0 ko o^ai, iano
diia kira sasii ilani. O qatia mai taena fuamia fa»a
ki bolo fairiia taena. O lu</e uiania sasii taa.ua. kami
ki, diia kami luye uiania sasii taawa kira ki. Alua
dana ani kami saena oiia. 0 xalia olitai kami fasia
ru taa. Amen.
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156
THE LORD S PRAYER.
FAGANI, S. Cristowal.
MAMA ami afaafa ; I^a atama ni apnna. Ara-
fana ama ai rago mai. Faigirisii amu ai
mataka nogai siora niai-a afaafa. Tana mai itaini
tanagami na marego niuau ai gorana itaini. Oo
katomagi kasia na ginomi.-mara igaini mi katomagi
kasia na ginota. Apnna go wategami agi of on igami ;
Go tau garni bania na oraoraga. Faginigo arafana
mana mena, maiia rarafamu, tewasia tewasia.
Anion.
ULAVVA.
AMAMAMI ileni, na Satamu moni maea. Aa
Alahana ioe muni lae mai. Na. haihunilamn
mnui madan oto, mai i orohana mala oto ileni. O
ta mai si iri maniami mai nanlaa ea haidadana ana
eiirini. O sae asia na mai roroatta iami, mala iami
a sae asia na mai rdroana alaile ami haaroroaira ani.
0 sunri totoliasiami ilaona malahonana ; 0 tola ami
maania na laa ni orahaa. Ana o tooana na alahana,
na na nanamana, na na manikulua/ia, na esie mano
oto oo. Amen.
8AA, Mala.
AMAMAMI ileni, Satamu ke tnaai. Alahana
ioe ke lae mat. Mn ola sa'emu eiu denleni ke
madan oto, iano ilehu mala oto ileni. Da mai siiri
hnniemi ma iteula ke adona siiri. Oke sae asie mai
roroana iemi mala emi ko sai asie ma roroana hunie
mala emi haaroroaire ani. Afaanie o toliasiemi laona
malahonana ; Toleiemi maania orahaala. Ana o
tooana alahana na nanamana na raraa, oto di oto di.
Amen,
LAU, Mala.
MAA igami ilai.i. na Satamu ka aba. Na ala-
falaa- oe ka lea mai. Na doo ragema ani
adealana ka malnda na, iano ise ilinia Hani. Falea
mai taraina f nagami na fanala e bobola fai taraina.
0 manata asia na nalilana gami ilini garni mi manata
asia na nalilnna gera. Fasia lugasi gami laona
ilitoola ; 0 lafaa gaini fasia f ualanaa. Ana do oe
na alafalaa, ma na mamana, me na rara, ka too ka
tau. Amen.
vatura/va, Qaudaleanai*.
MAMA ihota, ke ba taba Nasoamu. Ke mai
natotumn. Kc mana na zajahamu i vavana
ekoaza ihotu. Ko tnsa vanihami mai ke neni. Ko
molotahani na kibomami e koaza ihami ami molcta-
hani na kibodira. Ko jika na mololuani hami tana
na gugure. Kp taho tahani hami tani na tanotobo.
Animn na tototu, ma na mana, ma na totora ke ba
baa, Amen,
LOGU, Guadalcanal'.
MAMA i Lani, eabn na thatama. Ge laja mai
na ilo amn. Ge tanonama na uaoamu i vaa
elivana i lani. Vuwatea mai i none na vana ge tha-
danana i nene. Go nai vatau na molai palumami
elivana i amiami nai vataa na molai paluda. Goge
ln?ataini ami tana tovotovo, go ade ami vatan tana
kiboa. Namoa na vule'mana nanama, mana lada,
ge lae me lae. Amen.
FLORIDA.
MAMA i kokou, ke tabu na ahamn. Ke tona
mai nimaa na kinakabn. Ke tanomana na
lioma i pari te vajja i Jcokou. He gami mai taeni
na va/ta te manana i taeni. Mo ko talukchai na lei
pain mam i ke vaga igami kai talukebai na lei palu-
dira. Ko bei labatigami ta na tabotabo, mo ko lavi
gami ta na tanotanedika. Nimua na haba, ma na
mana, ma na lada, ke vaa me vaa. Amen.
BUOOTU.
MAM A, Ko mono i popo ; Keda taba na Ahamn ;
Keda mai na hngntamo ; Keda legna na
hehemn i thepa ke vagagna i popo ; Hegami mai
legnraagavu na vana ke nftbamami ikea^aicni ; Ko
talotavoga na palnhamanii ke vagagna igami kiti
talntavoga na paluhadia ; Ko sagoi labatigami kcri
piapilan, mo Ko hatt aa gami kori koakoa ; cigna
na nimua na hogdta, ma na thaba, ma na Hi lada, ke
hau me hau. Amen.
Melahesian Mission Press, Norfolk Island. VH5.
LINGUISTICS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
The native peoples of the western Pacific (excluding the Australian
aboriginals) are classified ethnologically in four divisions : Polynesian,
Micronesian, Melanesian, Papuan. The languages of the first two
divisions may be regarded practically as one and may be called, roughly,
Polynesian. In Melanesia there are certain communities who do not
speak Melanesian and whose language is reported to be allied closely
to the language of Tonga, and who in consequence belong to the Poly-
nesian division of speech. With the exception of these communities,
all the other peoples in Melanesia use one type of spech. In Papua,
at any rate on the south and north coasts, two completely different
types of language exist — the one closely allied to Melanesian, the other
separate and distinct and but slightly akin, if at all, to the languages
even of the peoples in the neighboring islands of Torres Straits.
This latter type Mr. S. H. Ray has named Papuan.
In Polynesia proper there is but one type of language, and the
Polynesian peoples inhabit the following group of islands: Hawaii,
Marquesas, Tahiti, Paumotu, Mangareva, Niue, Samoa, Rarotonga,
Tonga, New Zealand (Maori), Futuna and Uvea (Horn and Wallis
Island), Tokelau (Ellice Group). In Melanesia, Polynesian-speaking
peoples are found at Mele and Fila in Sandwich Island and on Fotuna
and Aniwa in the southern New Hebrides; on Uea in the Loyalties;
on Tikopia and Anuda; on Matema, Pileni, and Nukapu in the Reef
Islands off Santa Cruz; on Rennell and Bellona south of San Cristoval;
on Sikaiana north of Ulawa; on the coral atoll Ongtong Java north of
Ysabel, and on Nukuoro in the Carolines.
Mr. Ray reckons the number of separate forms of Polynesian speech
as 19 or 20. With the Polynesians each group or each separate island
has practically only one language, and the languages of all the Poly-
nesian peoples (with the exception of those in Melanesia) have been
reduced to writing and grammars and dictionaries of them have
been published. The Presbyterian missionaries in the New Hebrides
have made certain studies of the four Polynesian languages in their
sphere, but no linguistic work has been done on the other Polynesian
languages in Melanesia and there is no way of knowing what peculiar
characteristics they present, if any.
It would be of considerable interest linguistically to know whether,
in the case of the languages of Matema, Pileni, and Nukapu, the influ-
ence of the neighboring Melanesian peoples has in any way altered the
characteristic Polynesian features of speech, and whether there is any
sign of a mingling of Melanesian peculiarities of speech with the radical
characteristics of the Polynesian stock — any cross, so to speak, such
as was effected in English by the introduction, e. g., of the romance
prefixes and suffixes.
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However, since the Melanesian language in the neighboring island of
Nifilole shows no sign of Polynesian influence at work, and since the
tendency always is for the later and the more decayed types of speech
to affect adversely the older and more complicated types, it can hardly
be expected that the Polynesian languages in Melanesia shall have
been affected by the Polynesian.
Certain Papuan languages in New Guinea show very distinct signs
of such a cross. Thus, Mr. Ray writes of Maisin (Cambridge Expedi-
tion to Torres Straits, vol. 111) that it appears to be a Papuan language
which has adopted an abnormal number of Melanesian words. "It
has also adopted some Melanesian particles, the verbal auxiliaries
entirely, and the use of possessives with post-positions; but in other
respects its grammar is Papuan." The language of Mailu on the south
coast is in the same mixed condition as regards its vocabulary. Maisin
may represent a survival of a former Papuan population in Eastern
Papua.
Micronesia has six groups of islands, Carolines, Ebon-Marshall,
Gilberts, Nauru, Palau, Tobi, and with the single exception of the
Carolines each group has only one language. Mr. Ray states that in
the Carolines there are at least five distinct languages, Ponape, Kusaie,
Mortlock and Ruk, Yap, and Uluthi. In certain parts of Micronesia
a jargon called Chamorro is spoken, presumably a mixture of Spanish
and Micronesian.
While reckoning the approximate number of Polynesian languages
as 19 and of Micronesian as 15, Mr. Ray says that Melanesia has 180
and New Guinea (Papua) certainly 150, with many others still un-
named. He states also that in many of the Papuan or non-Melane-
sian languages of New Guinea "the extraordinary difficulty of the
grammar and the limited area in which the language is spoken make it
extremely impossible that any one will ever take the trouble to learn
one." As an example of a difficult language Mr. Ray quotes the
Kiwai of the Fly River, the grammar of which he says is "awful,"
thus, e. g.y supposing that three people share a coconut between them
and one of them says "we three are eating a coconut," nimo-ibi nao oi
n-oruso-ibi-duru-mo; the literal translation of this is "we three one
coconut we-eat-three-now-we." If a man eats three coconuts he says
mo netowa naobi oi potoro n-iriso-ibi, i. e., "I two one coconut three I-
eat-three."
As to the New Guinea languages, it is enough for our present pur-
pose to state that they seem to be of two types, viz. Melanesian and
Papuan, i. <?., non-Melanesian. The Anglican Mission in New Guinea
has to deal with both types of these languages. The language used at
Wedau, the headquarters of the Mission, is of the usual Melanesian
type, and Mr. Copland King, the original investigator of Wedauan,
has also published a translation of the Gospel according to St. Luke in
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Binandere, an extremely difficult non-Melanesian language spoken on
the Mamba River. Mr. King has stated recently that on the coast of
German New Guinea both Melanesian and non-Melanesian languages
occur. Both types also occur in the sphere of the London Missionary
Society.
Melanesian languages are spoken in Fiji, Rotuma, the Loyalties, New
Caledonia, New Hebrides, Banks, Torres, Santa Cruz, Swallow Group,
Solomons, New Britain and New Ireland, Admiralties, in the islands
lying off New Guinea to the eastward, and in New Guinea itself. With
the single exception of Savo in the Solomons, all of the Melanesian
languages are practically of the same type and the grammars of all of
them may be made up on the same framework. Santa Cruz contains
the greatest number of exceptions to the regular type and is confessedly
the most difficult of the Melanesian languages. Savo is regarded by
Dr. Codrington as Melanesian, but of a more archaic type than the rest,
as is shown by the absence of prepositions in it and by its failure to
distinguish between parts of speech and also by its use of demonstra-
tives as both pronouns and adverbs.
PROMINENT LINGUISTIC PECULIARITIES.
It will be of use to summarize here the most prominent linguistic
peculiarities common both to Melanesian and Polynesian languages
and to add further some special marks whereby the differences between
these two types of the Oceanic languages may be readily recognized.
1. POSSESSIVES.
Possession is shown in the Melanesian languages by suffixing pro-
nominal forms in ku, mu, na, to the noun: Mota qatuk, my head; Sa'a
nimemu, thy hand; Florida tinana, his mother; and also to radicals no
(na), mo, thus forming an expression answering to my, thy, his, in
English, while another pair of radicals ga, ma, with the pronouns
suffixed, represent, respectively, a thing belonging more closely to a
person, and a thing for a person to drink.
In Melanesia these pronominal forms are suffixed only to nouns of
a certain class; those, namely, which signify parts of the body and
degrees of relationship or a man's belongings. In Malay these pro-
nouns are suffixed to nouns without any distinction of class, while in
Maori they appear added to the vowels o and a or to these vowels sup-
plemented by n or m: no, na, mo, ma, and are used preceding the noun.
In Maori the differences in meaning of these possessives are shown by
the changes between a and o, a signifying that the thing referred to is
regarded as acted upon by the person with whom it is in relation, o that
the action is from the thing on the person. "What the Polynesians do
by the changes of a and o the Melanesians do by the use of four dis-
tinct words, and in these it is the consonant and not the vowel which
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gives the particular difference in signification. But both Polynesian
and Melanesian have a stem, a noun, to which identical pronouns are
suffixed to give a possessive sense." (Mel. Lang., p. 133.)
2. PRONOUNS.
Ail the Oceanic languages have inclusive and exclusive forms in the
first person plural of the personal pronoun; in one case the person or
persons addressed are included with the speaker, in the other they are
excluded. Polynesian languages have no trinal number as apart from
the plural; indeed, the Polynesian plural is practically composed of a
plural to which the numeral tolu, three, has been added, and the so-
called trinals in Melanesia have the same explanation. All Polynesian
and Melanesian languages use a dual.
3. VERBS.
Verbal particles are used in all the families of Oceanic language. It
is by means of these particles (which precede the verb) that a word
expresses itself as a verb and also that the verb exercises its power of
expressing tense and mood. Madagascar, Polynesia, and Melanesia
all show the presence of these verbal particles in their languages.
(a) In Melanesia the pronoun when used as object is suffixed to the
verb, certain shortened forms of the pronoun being used; and in some
languages in the Solomons the regular object is preceded by an antici-
patory object consisting of this suffixed pronoun in the third person.
Thus in Sa'a, I paddle a canoe, noko hotela 'inie ' iola, i. e.y I paddle it
canoe. With this may be compared the "pidgin" English use "How
many boy you catch 'im?" — where *im seems reminiscent of the native
idiom.
(b) The Melanesian languages freely add consonantal and syllabic
suffixes to verbs in order to make them transitive or to give them a
more definitely transitive force. These verbal suffixes can be found
present in all the Oceanic languages with the possible exception of
Malagasy. Their use is seen in fullest force in Melanesia. Many
words in the Polynesian and Micronesian dictionaries show their
presence, but Samoan is the only Polynesian language which uses them
with anything like the fullness and freedom that obtains in Melanesia.
(c) In all the Oceanic families of language a causative is used when
a verb comes to signify the making to do or be. In Melanesia the
causative prefix is va, pa> fa, either alone or with a second syllable
ka> ga. In Polynesia the causative is zvhaka, faka> and this is plainly
the same as the Melanesian forms. Identically the same forms appear
in Malagasy, but Malay does not possess them.
(d) Reciprocity of relationship or of action is marked in the Mela-
nesian languages by a prefix to the verb. This prefix has two forms,
var, and ha i (vag) or fe (w), and the latter form appears in Samoan,
but nowhere else in Polynesia.
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(e) The adjectival prefixes showing condition ma, ta, are almost
universal in Melanesia, and the dictionaries show them as appearing
also in Fiji, in Polynesia, in Malagasy, and in the languages of the
Malay Archipelago, though the grammars of the various languages
do not recognize them.
4. NOUNS.
In the Oceanic languages generally, Malagasy, Malay, Melanesian,
Polynesian, there is a common practice of forming nouns by the
addition of certain suffixes: nga, na, an, ana; ha, la, a; and in Mela-
nesia nouns are formed also by prefixing i to the verb; Fiji sele to cut,
isele a knife. Sa'a damn to eat areca nut, idemu a lime spatula. The
only noun suffix regularly employed in Polynesia is nga, but several
of the Polynesian languages show examples of verbal nouns formed by
adding a or fa or la to the verb. Melanesia regularly employs all the
noun suffixes stated above.
5. ADJECTIVES.
Melanesia also makes an extensive use of adjectival suffixes; these
are added both to nouns and verbs. The forms are ga, g, a, ra, la,
lata, It, ta, na, ina. Malagasy has forms in na, ana, ina, but Malay
shows no sign of them, nor does the Maori of Polynesia. Tongan
and Samoan both show the use of a as an adjectival suffix and odd
instances occur in Polynesia of the use of na, and Maori has a few
instances of a thus used.
6. GENITIVE.
The Melanesian languages employ a genitive preposition to convey
the idea of possession when two nouns are in apposition, e. g., Ulawa
'apa ni menu wing of bird, or else they suffix the pronoun in the third
person to the first noun: Ulawa ' apa' apana manu its wing bird, i. e.,
bird's wing.
The common genitive used throughout Melanesia is ni; in certain
parts of Melanesia ni changes to li and si appears there also as a
genitive. In Melanesia the juxtaposition of two nouns also conveys
a genitive force: Sa'a nime hau house (of) stone, and in certain
languages a genitive relation is conveyed by modification of the final
vowel when two nouns are in juxtaposition: Mota ima house, ime
vui house of the spirit. In Lau, Malaita, Solomons, an e is added to
the first of two such nouns giving a genitive force : tolo hill, toloe fera
heights of the land. In the Polynesian languages genitive relation is
expressed by nouns in apposition or by the use of the possessive as
above (i), and there is no special genitive preposition.
The Polynesian languages on their side have a large and varied use
of prepositions and there is much nicety in the use of them; this is
partly owing to the distinction in the sense of a and o already men-
tioned, a being used as active and o as passive.
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7. PASSIVE FORMS.
In Melanesia no passives are found, whereas all the Polynesian
languages have regular passive endings to their verbs. In a pamphlet
entitled "Certain suffixes in Oceanic languages" the present writer
has shown that these passive suffixes are composed of adjectival suf-
fixes (nay ina, a) added to transitive suffixes.
CERTAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FORMS OF SPEECH.
From the following note, supplied by Mr. Ray, it will be seen how
great is the difference between the Polynesian and the Melanesian
forms of speech and the Papuan or non-Melanesian of New Guinea.
In the Papuan languages : Nouns and pronouns are defined by means
of suffixed particles, e. g., "my hand" is not "hand my," as in Mela-
nesia, but "me of hand"; "bird's wing" is not "wing of bird" or "bird
its wing," as in the Melanesian examples above, but "bird of wing."
Similarly, nouns have various case suffixes instead of prepositions:
house-to, house-of, house-at, house-from.
Adjectives usually precede the noun.
Tenses of the verb are expressed by means of suffixes, not as in
Melanesia or Polynesia by a variation in a preceding particle.
Number and person in the verb are expressed by: (a) a prefix, (b)
a change in the suffix, or (c) shown only by the pronoun.
Number and person of the subject or object are indicated sometimes
by a compound prefix.
METHOD OF LEARNING A MELANESIAN LANGUAGE.
To learn Mota is easy enough, since both a dictionary and a grammar
have been compiled by Dr. Codrington. Ulawa and Sa'a are the only
other languages in the sphere of the Melanesian Mission which have
full grammars, and probably they are thus the easiest to learn after
Mota, since good material exists for study in the shape of translations,
etc. In learning any of these three languages, which may be regarded
as typical Melanesian languages, the special points to be studied are:
PRONOUNS.
The personal pronouns should be written out and learned by heart;
the inclusive and exclusive forms should be carefully noted in the first
person plural. It is quite easy to make a blunder over these forms and
to say, e. g., inina in Mota for ikamam, and the story is told of a
certain missionary who on describing his experiences in England to a
class at Norfolk Island kept on saying inina when he meant either
ikamam or possibly ikara, i. <?., presumably, his wife and himself. His
hearers protested sotto voce, inina tagai amaia "we were not with him."
The suffixed pronouns and their uses must be carefully studied.
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THE VERB.
Under this heading come verbal and negative particles, transitive
suffixes, the native view of time, etc.
PREPOSITIONS.
A list of these should be made in Mota according to whether they can
be followed or not by the demonstrative na before the noun.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
Many missionaries have to learn new Melanesian tongues and have
to commit them to writing for the first time. It is always important
to remember that practically one grammatical framework will serve
for all the Melanesian languages; the style of the languages is the same
throughout.
One system of orthography will avail throughout and special pro-
vision can be made for rare or exceptional sounds. Generally it will
be found that the sounds in the Melanesian languages are not very
different from the sounds in the well-known European languages, and
in representing them it will be sufficient to take the ordinary sounds
of the English alphabet and by the additional use of italic letters
make provision for nasal or guttural variations of well-known sounds.
Modifications of the vowels can be shown by the use of the diaeresis.
The points noted above are the main points to be kept in view in the
endeavor to acquire any new Melanesian language.
As will be noticed farther on, familiarity with Mota was a decided
help in linguistic study in Melanesia, but a man would be very apt to
be led astray if he made Mota a rigid standard.
Too much stress can not possibly be laid on the value of learning
lists of words by heart: "Let each object bring some native sound
ringing in your ears, so that the sound brings the object before your
eyes. Do not be content to speak as a European. The real and most
stringent test of the knowledge of a language is whether you can under-
stand the natives speaking among themselves. To know thoroughly
by book is a different thing from knowing by ear. I believe we must
learn like children, through the ear, not by books much." (Pilking-
ton, of Uganda.)
TRANSLATION OF SCRIPTURE.
The use of Melanesian languages by a missionary is confessedly only
the preliminary to his using them as a vehicle for conveying the divine
message of salvation. To the mind of the missionary the end and
object of a native language, the very reason for its existence, is that it
should be used for the worship of God and for the dissemination of
religious ideas among the people who use it, and to the mind of the
churchman a language has attained to the height of its glory when it
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has been used as a medium for the performance of the highest act of
worship, the celebration of the holy mysteries.
It may be predicated of all Melanesian languages that they are in
themselves fit and proper instruments for use in God's work. The
researches of scholars go to show that all languages are marvels of
perfection, and the so-called jargons of savages are in their degree as
perfect a creation as the language of the most highly civilized people.
To question whether the Gospels can be translated, e. g., into one of the
languages of Malaita because of the alleged absence from it of certain
words and ideas which are the equivalent of or which correspond to
certain words and ideas in the original Greek is, among other things, to
forget the history of our own language. One has only to look at
Coverdale's Bible, to say nothing of the Douai Bible, to see the immense
number of foreign words expressive of religious ideas that have been
imported bodily into English from the classical languages. In some
cases it may be that the idea required did not exist in English; in other
cases, though the idea and word might be present, yet the foreign word
prevailed, e. g., conscience, where the English equivalent inwit survived
until quite recently. Are we, then, to belittle the English language
because either it lacked certain ideas or because it preferred to import
bodily foreign words expressive of certain religious terms instead of
using its own words or of making up words on existing lines?
It can not be doubted that the actual foundation exists in every
language whereon can be laid the superstructure of words necessary
to convey the message of the Gospel. Nor can any existing language,
Latin or English, be considered as the sacred language. The Blessed
Saviour himself spoke in Aramaic, and yet the knowledge of His words
and acts and the story of the carrying out of man's salvation, both by
His words and also by His life, have come to the world not through
Aramaic, but through another language, Greek. To-day the Roman
Catholic Church looks upon Latin as the sacred language, and the
English Church for its part is apt to regard English as the one and only
language, whereas the message of Pentecost is that no one language is
above another in this respect, and that every man has a right to look
on his own language as God-inspired and as existing for the purpose of
conveying to him and his the divine message of salvation.
To doubt that the languages of so-called savages contain sufficient
words and ideas to use in promulgating the Christian religion is surely
tantamount to denying that man was made originally in the image of
God and was intended to seek God if haply he might feel after Him and
find Him.
Wherever translations of the Bible, etc., have been made in Mela-
nesia it has always been found that it was possible to provide from the
native tongue words and terms corresponding to the root ideas of the
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original; thus, in the Solomons it is easy to render salvation, i. e.t
health, Sa'a mauri to be alive, mauringe health, maurihe life; truth,
Sa'a wala'imolinge; faith, Sa'a hii-walaimolinge, i. <?., feeling to be true;
atonement, Sa'a haaureruruy i. e., cause to have friendly relations
with. Similarly, renderings are available for such words as spirit,
way, light, and for repent, redemption, i. <?., purchase, grace, i. <?., gift,
though this latter rendering is confessedly imperfect. The idea of
love is difficult to render into Melanesian; the word used in Mota,
tapeva, denotes propitiation and gift as well as love; the Sa'a word used
means kindly-natured; the root of the Polynesian aroha, which is
rendered as love, is aro, which appears in Florida, Solomon Islands, as
arovi to pity, and in the Mota ma-garo-sa compassionate. The Maori
of New Zealand uses the quasi-English ripeneta for repent, but no
doubt a native equivalent could have been found corresponding to
the radical notion of change of mind. In Mota and in many Mela-
nesian languages the word used as a translation of pray is tataroy which
really implies the invocation of a dead person and which was used
as a preliminary utterance before the real words of invocation. In
the Solomons tataro appears in San Cristoval and in Sa'a *ataro or
'akalo a ghost, and in Polynesia Hawaiian kalokalo prayer; Samoan
tatahy prayer.
Some difficulty was experienced in Sa'a and Ulawa in finding a word
to express pray. At first rihunga'iy a San Cristoval imported word, was
used; then a word was found, are to invoke a spirit, arenga'i he'u to
perform an ordeal with hot stones, calling on the name of certain
ghosts or spirits, but no verbal noun formed from this arenga or
arengainga met with approval. Eventually recourse was had to a
verbal noun qao olanga formed from qao ola to worship, hold communi-
cation with the ghosts, as an equivalent for prayer. In Sa'a there is
also a word, pah which means to act officially, to worship, and its verbal
noun palonga is either an act or worship. The word used so largely in
Polynesia as an equivalent both for prayer and also worship, lotu> has
been imported into southern Melanesia and also into New Guinea by
the missionaries. Dr. Codrington considers that the Sa'a word /o'w, to
contract ceremonial defilement, is the same as this word lotu. The
word lotu is said to mean bowing down as in prayer, and Dr. Codring-
ton makes the Sa'a lo'u mean to fall from a ceremonial standard, be
brought low. (Mel. Anthrop., p. 233.) Maori uses the quasi-English
kororia for glory, where Mota has lengas bright radiance, and Sa'a has
manikulit anga fame, prestige, and a similar word might have been
found in Maori.
The translation used in Sa'a for sin is oraha'a, the root idea of which
is "excess," acting contrary to the accepted standard of morality of the
place. The word conscience is extremely difficult to render into Mel-
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anesian, and in Sa'a it was done by a periphrasis, the knowledge one
has in oneself. But possibly the most difficult thing to translate into
Melanesian is the Lord's Prayer. The very first phrase, "Our Father, "
presents considerable difficulty, and in the Mota rendering the word
"our" has been omitted altogether, and the word Mama (vocative) is
used by itself. Dr. Codrington defended Mama as the correct voca-
tive for both numbers, but nevertheless tamamam our father, father of
us, does actually occur elsewhere (Isaiah 63, 16) as a vocative. The
Melanesian is not accustomed to addressing or even to thinking of any
person as father in a corporate relation to a number of people (beyond
the more immediate family relationships) ; to his mind fatherhood is a
personal and individual thing; nor again is he accustomed to think of
the spiritual beings whom he worships as the fathers and protectors of
their worshippers. Even in English the phrase "Our Father" occurs
rarely as a vocative except in the biblical use or rarely in a poetic sense.
Kingdom and will are both difficult words to find renderings for. A
Melanesian knows nothing of a king, but chiefs occur everywhere
and in Sa'a a word alahanga was adopted from alaha chief. For will
the usual rendering is by a word equivalent to heart (breast) or by a
periphrasis, what the heart is fixed on. A word for debt is common
enough everywhere. In southern Melanesia there was a regular prac-
tice of money-lending or usury. Forgive is generally rendered by the
equivalent for think away, sae *asi in Sa'a, nom vitag in Mota.
Mr. Copland King has published a pamphlet entitled "Theological
terms in native languages," which deals with this whole question in the
sphere of the Pacific.
In an old catechism in the Mota language, printed by the Mission in
the very early days, several things of interest occur, and light is thrown
thereby on the development and evolution of the method of transla-
tion now in use. The catechism uses two English words for which
native equivalents have since been found: papataiso for baptism, now
rendered in Mota vasug rongo holy washing; glori for glory, now ren-
dered lengas radiance. Evidently no equivalent for kingdom had as yet
been found; in the Lord's Prayer, in the first instance where the word
occurs, "Thy kingdom come," the Mota renders it by a periphrasis,
"Cause men to become Thy people"; in the second by the equivalent
for "Thine are all things."
Also, curiously enough, in the Lord's Prayer there is a rendering of
the opening word Our, taman kamam, i. <?., Father-our, where the later
books have only Mama Father; the relative pronoun "which" has been
rendered iniko Thou, whereas the later books in Mota do not attempt
to translate it, but have simply Mama avunana, O Father in heaven.
In the Apostles' Creed the word now used as equivalent to believe,
nomtup, had not come into use at the time of this catechism (nomtup =
bring thought to a point, cease to have doubt, believe), nom to think
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being used alone. In the modern Mota books the words " from thence"
in the Creed have no equivalent, but in this old catechism a perfectly
correct rendering nan ia is given.
It is quite clear that in the teaching of religion among the peoples of
the western Pacific many foreign words and terms must necessarily be
employed. Thus, in early days Bishop Patteson used in Mota the
Greek word basileia as an equivalent for kingdom, there being no
native word available; and just lately Mr. King has used the same
word in the Binandere (Papuan) Gospel translation. But when intro-
ducing this word what need is there for a translator to disguise it
in the form pasideia, as is done in one London Missionary Society
translation ?
The Melanesian Mission, when importing classical words and New
Testament words for which there is no equivalent, has preferred to
write them in their English rather than their classical form, but the
London Missionary Society in New Guinea and Torres Straits has used
imported words in more or less of their classical form: auto, bread;
karite, barley; satauro, cross; also the Hebrew kohena for priest. As a
rendering for church, Bishop Patteson used log-lue in Mota, i. <?., called
out; and similar words obtain throughout the Melanesian Mission.
The London Missionary Society has used ekalesia for church.
It is very difficult to render the word god. The Polynesian missions
have all used the word atua, and this has also been imported by the
Presbyterians into southern Melanesia among Melanesian peoples.
This word atua seems to be on a level, possibly, with the Mota vui, as
meaning a being that never was a man; or it may be that just as
Fijian kalou, which once was supposed to mean god but now has been
degraded from its high place — so perhaps, though one says it with
fear and trembling, atua may in time be shown to be equivalent in a
measure to the Fijian kalou or to the Mota tamate, and may mean a
ghost of the dead, the disembodied spirit of a person. The mission-
aries of the eastern Pacific all spoke of the spiritual beings whom the
people worshipped as gods, just as in the same way they found idols
everywhere; but however this may be, it is safe to say that in the
western Pacific there are neither gods nor idols. Even in Melanesian
Fiji it was the custom to call the objects of the old worship gods, but
Dr. Codrington wrote that Mr. Fison was "inclined to think all the
spiritual beings of Fiji, including the gods, kalou, simply the Mota
tamate, ghosts." Mr. Hocart has shown the truth of this conjecture
in a paper in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol.
xlii, 191 2. The Presbyterians of the New Hebrides also spoke of the
spirits of the dead t-mat, Mota tamate, worshiped by the natives, as
gods.
In the islands of Torres Straits the word god was translated as ad,
the meaning of which was "something about which a tale was told,"
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or as augady which meant totem. One translation in New Guinea has
adopted the word god, but has disguised it as "kot." In Nguna,
New Hebrides, the word used for god is suqe, which in the Banks
Islands is the well-known secret society. When the stories about Qat
in Mota first became known, it was supposed that the peoples of that
part of the Banks Islands regarded Qat as creator and god. The
Polynesian atua is given as meaning god in the dictionaries of the
eastern Pacific, and Hazelwood gives god for kalou in Fijian, and doubt-
less suqe and t-mat are rendered as god in the dictionaries of the New
Hebrides. Even if the suqe of the New Hebrides (Codrington, Mel.
Anthrop., p. 102) has no connection with the suqe club of the Banks
Group, yet the meaning is at any rate spirit rather than god. The
Melanesian Mission, following the lead of Bishop Patteson, has used
everywhere the English word god and has written it in its ordinary
English spelling.
In every case where nothing is found akin to the idea required, and
in consequence an English word is introduced, it seems better to intro-
duce a foreign word whose meaning is above suspicion; the spelling of
such word is a matter of lesser moment; but where such varieties of
pronunciation prevail, and among such widely different languages, it
seems better to write the word in its original form and then let each
set of people pronounce it in their own way.
There is no need to make a concession to the peculiarities of the
native alphabet in each place, for it will generally be found that the
peoples can make a sufficiently good attempt at the new sound to
justify the retention of the old spelling, and God, e. g., to our eyes at
least, looks better than Kot, and sheep than sipu. Once a concession
is made to native orthography in such matters, the missionary finds
himself writing, e. g., in Florida in the Solomons Guilikokusi for Wilcox,
and Pulaneti for Plant. Santa Cruz is actually the only place in the
sphere of the Melanesian Mission where the people find a real difficulty
in pronouncing certain letters foreign to their alphabet.
The possession of the two forms of the personal pronoun, first person
plural or dual, the inclusive and the exclusive, enables some finer
shades of meaning to be set forth with greater clearness than is possible
in languages which have not those forms. Thus in St. Luke 7, 5, the
difference between the two words our and us which is understood only in
English, is clearly expressed in Melanesian, the inclusive form being
used in the first case, since He to whom they spoke was also a Jew, and
the exclusive in the second case, since the synagogue had been built
for themselves, the people of Capernaum. A similar case occurs in
St. Luke 24, 20, where the word "our" applies to the people of Judea
only, the two speakers evidently regarding Him to whom they were
speaking as a stranger.
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THE QUESTION OF STANDARD LANGUAGES.
In Melanesia every island has its own distinct speech. These can
all be shown by the grammarian to be kindred and allied, but for all
practical purposes they are separate and distinct. A Mota man going
to Motalava, 8 miles away, unless he had some previous knowledge of
the language, would find himself unable to understand the speech of
the people there. Many words, doubtless, would be the same, but the
intonation is entirely different, the consonants and vowels are strangely
at variance, and the Motalava words are clipped and chopped about
almost beyond recognition. With more frequent communication
bilingualism is getting more common, but it is a curious thing that
when natives from various islands or places meet communication is
held by each person or group of persons speaking in his or in their own
tongue. Thus, a party from Malaita landing on Ulawa will speak Sa' a
or Lau or Tolo and will be answered in Ulawan, and the general drift
of the conversation seems to be understood quite readily. In a large
measure this is doubtless due to that quickness of understanding
which is characteristic of the Melanesian peoples generally.
Whereas smaller differences of dialect exist on every island, an
island of quite moderate size, like Santa Maria, in the Banks Group,
has two separate languages which vary considerably and which cause
the two peoples practically to be unintelligible to one another. This
sort of thing is multiplied several times over in a large island like
Malaita. The language at the south end of Malaita is the same as
that spoken at the village of Sa'a; in the Mara Masiki Channel, which
divides Malaita in two, the language is that known at Sa'a as Tolo, and
to this belongs the language spoken at Oroha near Sa'a, the sketch
of which made by Bishop Patteson appears in Von der Gabelentz's
"Melanesischen Sprachen. " The language round the coast at the
north end is known as Lau, and a knowledge of Lau will carry one
from Sinerago, Diamond Harbor, on the northeast coast, to Langa-
langa, Alite Harbor, on the northwest coast. In the interior, at the
north end, the people speak a language much like Lau but having
distinct peculiarities. Along the coast there will be found variations
of these three main types, such variations amounting almost to sep-
arate languages. Sa'a shows marked affinities to the Wango and
Heuru languages in San Cristoval, whereas Lau has many points of
similarity to the language of Florida, and the inland speech of the
north end has likenesses to the language of Bugotu. All of the three
main languages of Malaita have very decided resemblances to one
another and all are certainly of a common stock, so that Sa'a, e. g.y
is more like Tolo than it is like Wango or Heuru.
Up to the present time the missionaries in the Melanesian Mission
and in the Anglican Mission in New Guinea have been allowed to
prepare translations of the Bible and prayer book, etc., in whatever
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might be the language of their particular part, without any regard as
to whether the language was or was not the language of a dominant
people and as such likely to survive. This no doubt is very convenient
for the people concerned and is also advantageous for the comparative
philologist, who thus has valuable material provided for his studies,
but where languages abound and translators are scarce it does not seem
wise to let men labor at a language unless there is some chance of that
language surviving or being of use in more than its own limited sphere.
It can not be doubted that if the native peoples survive the shock of
civilization certain factors will cause some languages to be used in the
future more extensively than others; such factors are (i) the use of a
language by government or by traders, or (2) the dissemination of any
language by reason of the vigor or the numbers of the people using it.
If the government of New Guinea were to adopt certain languages
for use in specified areas, say, Motuan and Wedauan, to the exclusion
of all others (at present the government officials use a jargon), then,
although a certain amount of hardship would be imposed on the native
peoples at the outset, the gain to the missions from having fixed
languages for their educational work would ultimately more than com-
pensate for any temporal hardships in that all linguistic work could be
focussed on given languages and an ample literature could be created,
and so far as the people themselves were concerned the children in
one generation would have adapted themselves to the new conditions.
One calls to mind that in England the standard Bible fixed the language
just as Luther's Bible set the standard in Germany, and in France the
language of the King's court became the standard language for the
literature of the whole country.
The language of the island of Florida, where the seat of government
of the Solomons is situated and where there is a vigorous and a Chris-
tian population, if taken up by the Government might be made to
serve for all the eastern islands. The spread of such a standard literary
language would be slow, and pending the establishment of such a literary
language it is clearly the duty of the missionaries to reduce to writing
the languages of the various parts and to use them for the purpose of
teaching, though at the same time languages likely to be serviceable by
virtue of their more extended use should be carefully selected. Failing
the appointment of some one language for a group or district, the missions
should develop various types of language in each island or sphere of
work; thus for the greater part of San Cristoval the Heuru and Fagani
languages might be made to serve, while Sa'a, Tolo, and Lau are also
worthy of surviving on Malaita.
Up till the year 1917 the Melanesian Mission used Mota as the edu-
cational language in all its central schools. There was a time when
owing to the congregating of all the members of the staff at Norfolk
Island during the summer, and to the exclusive use of Mota in the
school, all the other languages of the Mission came almost to be
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neglected. Mota was in a fair way to being regarded as the sacred
language of the Mission, and indeed it furnished popularly the standard
by which all the other languages were supposed to be measured, and the
fact that these languages were able to show words or usages that
corresponded to those of Mota was apt to be construed philologically
much in the same way as if the presence in the other Aryan tongues of
words similar to Latin were held as proving that Latin was the root
language of them all and not itself a branch language.
When native teachers speaking various languages have an education
in a language like Mota, which is foreign to most of them, much care
must be exercised in order that the ideas given in the course of teaching
may be made quite clear to the minds of the pupils. Dr. Codrington
used to get his pupils to write down the gist of the lesson in their own
tongues that he might test thereby their understanding of it.
At the conference held in 1916 the staff of the Mission decided to
make a change in the language used as the medium of instruction in the
central schools; Mota was to be abolished and English substituted in its
place. Effect has already been given to this determination. The
reasons advanced publicly for the change from Mota to English were:
(1) Mota is not well known by the English staff in the Solomons and
the languages spoken by the boys at the two central schools there do
not bear any very great superficial likeness to Mota, so that Mota may
be said to be practically a foreign tongue to all concerned.
(2) Only a small literature is available in Mota, and the learning of
English would open the way for the provision of a larger literature.
(3) English is likely to become the language of general communica-
tion.
(4) The trained teachers ought to be able to act as interpreters for
any whites who might visit their villages.
Now, there is undoubtedly every reason why English should be
taught as a part of the curriculum in the central schools (and also in the
village schools if possible), but to do this is surely a different thing from
making it the only means of communication at the central schools.
While not contending for the continuance of Mota in the schools of the
Solomons, one does contend strongly for the principle that the Mela-
nesian should be taught Christianity through the medium of one of his
own languages. English is a foreign language, but when all is said and
done Mota can not possibly be classed as foreign. Outwardly it may
present many dissimilarities from the Solomon Island languages, yet it
is thoroughly and typically Melanesian, and any Melanesian can learn
it or be taught it without any trouble whatever.
Mota has hitherto been of quite extraordinary value for purposes of
translation; most of our translations into the other Melanesian lan-
guages were made in the first instance from Mota as a basis, and in
many places it was quite possible thereby for a teacher of average
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ability to make a fair rendering of psalms, canticles, and hymns for the
beginnings of his work.
Bishop G. A. Selwyn advocated the teaching of the Melanesians at
St. John's, Auckland, in English, but this was before Patteson came on
the scene. Selwyn was a scholar, but it is doubtful whether he could
be characterized as a linguist, nor had he the time to give to linguistic
studies as Patteson had. His Maoris he taught in Maori, and one
hears nothing of any proposal of his to abolish Maori as a medium of
communication. He had perforce to adopt English for his Melanesians,
just as he had to bring them away from their own country in order to
teach them. What one feels about the substitution of English for a
native language now in the Mission is that a veritable cardinal principle
is in danger of being abandoned thereby, viz., the principle that every
man should "hear the Gospel" in his own language.
THE NEED FOR A POLICY IN TRANSLATIONAL WORK.
The whole Bible has been translated into almost every Polynesian
language. In Melanesia no complete Bible exists as yet, though the
Mota Bible is practically complete. Certain small sections of the
earlier books of the Old Testament were omitted purposely from it.
In Papua no complete Bible exists, but some of the languages have a
complete New Testament. In setting out to translate the Bible, what
portion is the missionary to start on? How much of the Bible, or
rather, how much of the Old Testament, is really required? These
two questions must have occurred to the minds of all missionaries,
yet it would seem that no one mission has ever formulated a definite
scheme in the matter of directing or controlling biblical transla-
tions. With regard to the first question, as to what part of the Bible
one should begin on, the Rev. Dr. Macfarlane, of the London Mis-
sionary Society in Torres Straits, wrote asking this question of Dr.
Codrington, and the answer given was that it seemed best to make a
beginning with the Gospel according to St. Luke. In the Melanesian
Mission St. Luke and the Acts were the first translations made by
Bishop Patteson. Dr. Codrington states: "I wrote the middle of St.
Matthew and St. Mark, the Passion being old. Bishop Patteson
wrote St. John. I did almost all the Epistles. "
Even apart from the necessity for translating the Psalms for use in
the daily services, there can be no doubt that a translation of the
Psalms should be made as soon as possible in order to encourage the
devotional life of the people. The metrical version of the Psalms in
the Indian language of Massachusetts was the first part of the Bible
which John Eliot, the apostle of the American Indians, published, and
in the singing of the Psalms he found the readiest means of arresting
attention and the simplest expression for the religious feelings of his
child-natured people.
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No choice could be made in the Epistles as to which should be trans-
lated in preference to others, but the translator will naturally make
what progress he can with them all. If a people is to receive the
honor of having the Gospel message written in its own tongue the four
Gospels and the Acts must surely be the minimum amount of trans-
lation done, and it is hard to see how practical religion can be developed
at all among a people unless they have a copy of the Epistles, the
application of the Gospels, ready to their hands.
In very few cases will it be possible for much of the Old Testament
to be translated, either in the languages in the sphere of the Mela-
nesian Mission or in those of New Guinea, owing to the multiplicity
of languages and co the comparative dearth of missionaries and
to the need of working in the first place on the New Testament. More-
over, if the people have a New Testament it is hard to see what need
there is to undertake any systematic translation of the whole of the
Old Testament.
A list of the translations and of books published for use in the
Melanesian Mission is as follows:
(1) New Hebrides.
Raga: Prayer Book, St. Luke, Genesis, Harmonized Scripture Gospel
Lessons, Hymns.
Omba: Prayer Book, Harmonized Scripture Gospel Lessons, Hymns.
Maewo: Prayer Book (small), Harmonized Scripture Gospel Lessons,
Hymns.
(2) Banks Islands.
Lakona: Prayer Book (small).
Mota: Prayer Book, New Testament, Old Testament, Harmonized
Scripture Gospel Lessons, Commentary on St. Matthew, Instruc-
tions for Catechumens, English Lesson Book, Codrington on the
Miracles and Parables, Hymns.
(3) Torres Islands.
Vava: Prayer Book, Canonical Gospels and Epistles, Hymns.
(4) Santa Cruz.
Ndeni: Prayer Book, Canonical Gospels, Hymns.
(5) Solomon Islands.
Ulawa: Prayer Book, New Testament, Catechism for the Children of
the Church, Hymns.
Sa'a: Prayer Book, New Testament, Catechism for the Children of
the Church, Hymns.
Lau: Prayer Book (small), Gospels, Hymns (few).
Fiu: Prayers and Hymns (small).
Wango: Prayer Book (small) and Hymns, St. Luke, Harmonized
Scripture Gospel Lessons.
Guadalcanar: Prayer Book (small), St. Luke, Hymns.
Florida: Prayer Book, Gospels, Canonical Epistles, Harmonized Scrip-
ture Gospel Lessons, Catechism for the Children of the Church,
Hymns.
Bugotu: Prayer Book, Book of Psalms, New Testament, Portions of
the Books of the Prophets, Hymns.
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From this table it will be seen that much translation yet remains to
be done. Florida, which is by far the most important language in the
Solomons, has no complete New Testament. Dr. Codrington has
included a small grammar of the Florida language in his "Melanesian
Languages," but naturally he was not able to do for it what he did for
Mota and we still await a full grammar of the language.
After sixty years of life, the Mission has only three complete New
Testaments and only two dictionaries, including the present dictionary
of Ulawa and Sa'a. A grammar of Wango exists in manuscript.
The paucity of grammars is much to be deplored. Sketches made by
Dr. Codrington might conceivably have been filled up even if no new
ones were made independently, but the grammars of Sa'a, Ulawa, and
Lau are the only ones that have been printed since Dr. Codrington's
great work containing grammars of 38 Melanesian languages was
published in 1884.
It would certainly be desirable to get native teachers to make
initial translations of the Gospels through the medium of Mota or
otherwise. The Mota New Testament, however, needs revising. It
was reprinted a year or two ago from stereotype plates and a few
of the printers' errors were corrected, but the Society for the Promotion
of Christian Knowledge would not allow any alterations that ran
over two lines.
Any translations made by natives would serve as a basis for future
work by the missionaries themselves and would also provide gram-
marians with valuable material for comparative study. Thus there
seems to be no reason why in the case of the Tolo language, e. g., in
Malaita, some of the teachers at Tawani'ahi'a on the west coast who
know both Tolo and Sa'a should not use the Sa'a translation of the
Gospels for work in their own language. Since Bishop Patteson's
time no further investigation has been made of the Tolo language,
though it is an important language both on Malaita and also at Marau
Sound on the south end of Guadalcanal
THE VALUE OF THE STUDY OF MELANESIAN LANGUAGES.
The study of Melanesian languages is an absolute necessity for the
elucidation of problems of language in the western Pacific, and one
might go further and say that light had been thrown on languages so
far away from Melanesia as Madagascar and Malay by the working
out of the details of the grammars of the Melanesian languages. What
a flood of interest is created by Dr. Codrington's discovery of the
identity of the Omba, New Hebrides, word heno and the Florida hanu
with the Malagasy anol In these three languages this word stands
in place of a personal name, and the personal article is prefixed, so that
i heno, a hanu, i ano, are identical and mean "so-and-so." The two
great Melanesian scholars, Bishop Patteson and Dr. Codrington, by
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their analysis of words and by comparative studies, have shown that
the structure of the Polynesian and Melanesian languages is prac-
tically the same. They have shown that in both types the following
features occur:
Adjectives are formed by prefix or suffix. Time particles are used
with verbs. Transitive suffixes are added to verbs. Pronouns are
suffixed to nouns to denote possession. The personal pronouns are
preceded by the personal article (Mota i-nau, I, Maori a-hau, Malay
a-ku).
In "Melanesian Languages" it has been proved conclusively, by
evidence produced from languages of Melanesian stock, that the per-
sonal pronouns are the same in all the Oceanic languages, also that the
interrogatives are radically the same throughout and have similar uses.
Polynesian scholars generally have paid little attention to Melanesia,
yet the evidence of language is all conclusive of the close relationship
which exists between Polynesian and Melanesian. The failure on the
part of Polynesian scholars to study Melanesian languages has caused
them to make considerable mistakes in etymology and also to overlook
several very patent grammatical characteristics of the Polynesian lan-
guages. A good many of the derivations in Tregear's "Maori Com-
parative Dictionary" are shown to be incorrect on comparison with the
kindred forms in Melanesia. Also, one can not but think that the
tendency to philosophize about the religion of the Polynesian and his
consequent outlook on life would have been kept within more moderate
bounds had the investigators been a little more content to do spade
work and dig into the matter after the practical fashion of Dr. Cod-
rington in his book on Melanesian anthropology.
It has been maintained that the Melanesians had adopted Polyne-
sian forms of speech; that in fact the Polynesians were like the Romans
of old and had imposed their speech upon the peoples with whom they
mixed; but the facts of the case seem to be that, so far at least as lan-
guage is concerned, the two peoples belong to one family, and also that
of the two types the Melanesian is the older and is less worn and stands
to Polynesian somewhat as Anglo-Saxon does to modern English;
also that the explanation of many Polynesian peculiarities of speech is
to be found in the typical Melanesian usages.
Thus with regard to the use of the passive in Polynesian, a use which
has no counterpart whatever in Melanesian, the present writer, owing
to his knowledge of Melanesian, has been able to show elsewhere that
the Polynesian passive is compounded of adjectival suffixes added to
verbal suffixes, and that the gerundives, so common in Polynesia but
hardly appearing at all in Melanesia, are composed of the verbal
suffixes and noun endings. These verbal suffixes are among the
commonest features of the Melanesian languages, but with the single
exception of Samoan they can not be said to appear at all prominently
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in Polynesia, though on Melanesian analogies their presence may be
detected in the words in the dictionaries. Also, curiously enough, one
of the Melanesian adjectival suffixes, na (which is a passive ending in
Polynesia), has been noticed in only one Polynesian language in that
capacity, and that only by deduction from a Melanesian example:
Niuetavana clear, open ;Mota waivana wide and flat; Dy zk papan plank;
Omba wawa open sea; Sa'a taha to be open, clear; Maori tawha chasm
(Sa'a tahalaa chasm), tawhai to stretch forth the arms.
Also in Malay, another example of a late language with much decayed
forms of speech, Melanesia again supplies a means whereby correct
deductions may be made as to the construction of various words and
possibly also of various forms of speech, e. g., the presence of verbal
suffixes and of noun suffixes.
Apart from Dr. Codrington's study of the Melanesian forms, who
would have known that apa in siapa, the interrogative pronoun in
Malay, apa what? siapa who? is a form of the word which in Mela-
nesia appears as sava, havay etc., and that the si in siapa is really the
personal article which appears in Javanese before the names of persons?
Since in many words which are common to Malay and Javanese the
Malagasy suppresses the initial s, this Javanese si, the personal article,
is shown by Dr. Codrington to be in all probability the Malagasy t,
which is a personal article placed before the proper names of persons.
Thus siapa who, in Malay is shown to correspond to the Mota i sava
who? and sa mate, the deceased, in Malay is i mate in Mota.
In this way, through the study of Melanesian linguistics, "the use of
a personal article — a remarkable feature in a language — is found to
prevail in Melanesia, in Polynesia, in Madagascar, and in the Malay
Archipelago." This discovery alone is surely sufficient to establish the
importance of the study of the Melanesian languages.
MELANESIA AND ITS PEOPLE.
Melanesia is the geographical name given to various groups of islands
in the Southwest Pacific. These are the nearest of the Pacific Islands
to Australia and they lie in a semicircle off the northeast coast of that
continent. New Caledonia, the southern end of the arc, is the nearest
to Australia, and New Britain and New Ireland, lately acquired by
the Australian Expeditionary Forces, form the northern end of the arc.
The groups in the arc are five in number, the Bismarck Archipelago
and the Solomons in the North, Santa Cruz in the center, the New
Hebrides and New Caledonia in the South. The Admiralty Islands
are included under the Bismarck Archipelago; the New Hebrides
include the subgroups of Banks and Torres, and the Loyalties are asso-
ciated with New Caledonia. The term Melanesia belongs properly
to all of these groups of islands. Certain other groups lie outside the
arc, but rank as Melanesian, to wit, Fiji and the islands which lie
off the southeast coast of New Guinea, the Trobriands, D'Entre-
casteaux, Woodlark, and the Louisiades.
Etymologically, Melanesia ought to mean "black islands," just as
Polynesia means "many islands" and Micronesia "small islands,"
but considering the wonderful verdure and greenness of the Melanesian
islands one can only infer that those who named them originally had
in their minds the comparatively dark skins of the inhabitants and
that this distinguishing feature of the people was used as a means of
designating the islands where they dwelt. Doubtless to the eye of any
one accustomed to the lighter-skinned peoples of Polynesia these
islands of the Southwest Pacific would seem to be "islands of the
blacks."
Several external characteristics of the Melanesian peoples serve to
distinguish them from the Polynesians: (i) Shortness of stature, the
average height of the males being possibly 5 feet 4 inches and of the
females 4 feet 10^2 inches; (2) a chocolate-colored skin; (3) bushy
hair, frizzed and tangled and standing erect, owing probably to the
incessant teasing of it by the native combs.
The languages spoken in Melanesia vary considerably among them-
selves, but on examination they are shown to possess common features
and to have a very large underlying sameness. The external resem-
blances, however, between the Melanesian languages are much less
than those between the languages of Polynesia; e. g., the external
resemblances between Maori and Samoan are far greater than those
between Mota and Florida. The witness of language would enable
us to decide at once that Fiji belongs to Melanesia, though its prox-
imity to Polynesia has largely affected the customs and habits and
probably also the religion of its people. Similarly the peoples of the
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islands to the east of New Guinea can be shown to be Melanesian by
reason of their languages, and if Melanesia be taken as a starting-
point for nomenclature, the Malagasy language of Madagascar might
even be classed as Melanesian. The peoples of New Guinea have the
same three distinguishing physical characteristics that we have noted
above, and the languages of a very considerable proportion of at least
the coast peoples there can certainly be classed as Melanesian.
Dr. Codrington has shown in "Melanesian Anthropology" that there
is a large general resemblance in the religious beliefs and practices,
the customs and ways of life, which prevail in Melanesia proper, and
further research on the lines indicated by him will probably reveal the
presence of similar beliefs and conditions of life among the Melanesian
peoples of New Guinea and the neighboring islands.
A distinguishing social condition of Melanesia is the complete ab-
sence of tribes, if the word tribe is to be applied as it is to the Maori
people of New Zealand, or as used in Fiji. Descent in nearly every
part of Melanesia is counted through the mother and the people are
everywhere divided into two classes which are exogamous. This
division of the people is the foundation on which the fabric of native
society is built up.
THE GOVERNMENT OF MELANESIA.
Previous to 1914 Germany held an important part of Melanesia,
viz., the Bismarck Archipelago, which comprises the two large islands
known prior to their annexation by Germany as New Britain and New
Ireland, with many smaller islands in the group, notably the Duke of
York, and also with two large islands in the Solomons, Bougainville
and Choiseul, and the small island Buka. France holds New Cale-
donia and the Loyalties, and a joint British and French protectorate,
known as the Condominium, prevails in the case of the New Hebrides,
Banks, and Torres groups, with the center of government at Vila,
Sandwich Island. The Solomons and Santa Cruz are a British pro-
tectorate with a resident commissioner stationed at Tulagi, Florida,
Solomon Islands, and under the orders of the governor of Fiji, who is
high commissioner for the Pacific.
THE PROGRESS OF THE MELANESIAN MISSION.
The nominal field of work of the Melanesian Mission is all the Mel-
anesian islands from and including the Solomon Islands to the three
northern New Hebrides, Raga, Omba, and Maewo, but excluding
Fiji. All of the islands in this sphere as far north as Ysabel (with a
few exceptions noted below) are more or less occupied by the Mission.
The total number in its schools in 1914 was 15,000, of whom 9,000 are
baptized. Many of the smaller islands are now completely Christian,
but even on islands of moderate size, like Ulawa in the Solomons or
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Santa Maria in the Banks, a certain number are still Heathen, while in
the large islands practically 85 per cent are still outside the Mission's
influence.
The total population of the islands in the sphere of the Mission
numbers anything between 100,000 and 150,000, and the large islands,
Malaita, San Cristoval, and Guadalcanar, contain on a moderate
estimate 70,000 of the total. It is not surprising that on an island
like Malaita, which is 100 miles long and contains a scattered popu-
lation of 30,000 or 40,000 people, comparatively little progress has been
made, but it is especially regrettable that there are still three Heathen
villages on a small island like Ulawa, and that tiny places like Sikaiana,
Rennell and Bellona, and Santa Anna are still unworked. However,
it must be understood that the evangelizing of Melanesia is a pecul-
iarly difficult task, as is shown by the fact that in Tanna in the New
Hebrides, where the attack on Heathenism has been incessant and
where the Presbyterian missionaries have been in actual residence
from the very start of the work, a portion of the island is still Heathen.
Nevertheless, better results might have been obtained in our own
sphere.
OTHER MISSIONARY AGENCIES IN MELANESIA.
The Melanesian Mission is not the only evangelizing body in its
sphere of work. Roman Catholic missionaries settled in the Solomons
about 1897 and made their headquarters at a little island called Rua
Sura, off the east coast of Guadalcanar and fairly close to the trading
station at Aola. A good deal of their work has been done on the west
coast of Guadalcanar near Mole. One of their methods of progress has
been to adopt children from the Heathen parts and to rear them in
Christian surroundings. They made settlements also along the north
end of the island, often in the villages belonging to the Melanesian Mis-
sion, and have begun work on the southeast coast of San Cristoval and
on the west coast of Big Malaita. They have stations also at the south
end of Raga, New Hebrides.
The Kanaka labor trade was responsible for the advent of certain
missionaries of Protestant bodies into the Solomons. Most of the
Melanesians in Queensland who attended school and church were
cared for by the Queensland Kanaka Mission, a Protestant body.
At Malu, a place at the north end of Big Malaita, some returned Chris-
tians who had been converted by the agency of these schools of the
Queensland Kanaka Mission and some devoted white missionaries
came to the Solomons in a labor vessel and settled at Malu. But the
malarial conditions of the place and lack of proper equipment brought
about their removal and two of them eventually died of malaria.
When the Kanakas were all deported the Queensland Kanaka Mission
followed their old pupils and made regular stations on Malaita. Their
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mission is now known as the South Sea Evangelical Mission. Its
operations are confined mainly to Malaita.
In 1902 the veteran Dr. George Brown visited the western Solomons
and made preparation for beginning a mission of the Methodist body
in New Georgia. This mission is now well established and has extended
its operations in New Georgia and Vella Lavella, and opened a school
on Liuaniua (Ongtong Java, Lord Howe Island), an atoll north of
Ysabel inhabited by Polynesians.
In the New Hebrides, on Raga and Omba in the sphere of the Mel-
anesian Mission, mission work is being done by missionaries of the
Church of Christ.
No delimitation of territory in the case of the various missions has
been attempted by the governments concerned, such as has been done
in New Guinea, and undoubtedly the clashing of the various interests
is not the best thing for the natives. The marking out of a sphere of
operations, with possibly a time limit for the effective occupying of
them, would be the fairest for all concerned.
SOME PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLANDS.
All the islands in the sphere of the Mission have a certain similarity
of appearance from the sea in that they are all covered with dense
forest. Florida and the east coast of Guadalcanar have wide, open
spaces covered with high, rank grass and with a few trees, but in all
the other islands dense bush covers the face of the country from high-
water mark to the tops of the hills miles away in the interior. In the
islands in the south giant creepers twine over all the trees and form a
perfect network, almost blotting out the tops of the individual trees,
and when seen from the sea the huge banyans seem to tower like
observation posts above the flattened tops of the forest. In most of
the islands the land rises abruptly from the beach and access to the
interior is by narrow forest tracks which the frequent heavy rainfalls
have converted into deep ruts. Tree roots cover everything and
walking is extremely difficult in consequence. The paths are never
kept clear and open and the trees that fall across them are allowed to
lie there, and a new track is made round or under or over the obstacle.
Dr. Guppy, in his book, "The Solomon Islands," has a graphic
description of the experiences of the white man when travelling ashore
in Melanesia:
"Bush walking where there is no native track is a very tedious process.
In districts of coral limestone such traverses are exceedingly trying to the
soles of one's boots and to the measure of one's temper. After being pro-
vokingly entangled in a thicket for some minutes, the persevering traveller
walks briskly along through a comparatively clear space, when a creeper
suddenly trips up his feet and over he goes to the ground. Picking him-
self up, he no sooner starts again when he finds his face in the middle of a
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strong web which some huge-bodied spider has been laboriously construct-
ing. He proceeds on his way when he feels an uncomfortable sensation
inside his helmet, in which he finds his friend the spider, with a body as big
as a filbert, quite at his ease. Going down a steep slope, he clasps a stout-
looking areca palm to prevent himself falling, when down comes the rotten
palm, and the long-suffering traveller finds himself once more on the ground.
To these inconveniences must be added the oppressive heat of a tropical
forest and the continual perspiration in which the skin is bathed."
A Melanesian is always careful to turn his toes in as he walks, and
the narrowness of the bush tracks causes him no inconvenience, but
the white man is not so careful how he plants his feet and is constantly
striking the numerous objects which lie by the side of the track or on
its surface. Moreover, a native person keeps his hands by his side as
he walks, whereas the white man does not know the necessity for care
in the matter and he frequently hits the numerous obstacles with his
hands, and some of the leaves on the edge of the track are studded with
sharp thorns! Every Melanesian carries a "scrub" knife, and with
it he cuts away the limbs that fall over the path, but he cuts them at
his own height and in an immediate line with the path; this suits him
well, but proves awkward for any person who is taller or less careful
about his method of progression.
It can hardly be said that the Melanesian islands as a whole are
beautiful, for the prevailing colors of the forest are too somber and dull;
brilliant-colored shrubs grow round the houses, but none of the forest
trees bear such flowers as one sees on the trees in North Queensland,
and the ground is a tangled mass of undergrowth and creepers. Wide,
open views, panoramic scenes, outlooks over mountain or glen or sea
are impossible to obtain, since the bush closes in everything. But
there is something peculiarly exhilarating, both to mind and body,
when, after struggling along through the numerous obstructions
of the paths and sweltering under the oppressive heat, one suddenly
emerges from the trees on the weather coast of an island and feels the
invigorating blast of the trade wind, and the eye rests with complete
satisfaction on the wonderful blue of the sea and the red of the shore
reef, and the creamy whiteness of the breakers as they beat against it.
Certain places in the Solomons, however, may quite easily rank as
beauty spots. The Ututha Channel, which divides the two eastern
islands in the Floridas; the channel in the Rubiana Lagoon; and the
western end of the Mara Masiki Channel, which divides Malaita in
two — all have delightful vistas and charm one with their tortuous
and sharp windings opening out on here an island, there a cascade;
the giant growths of the coral under the boat fascinate one's gaze;
beautifully colored fishes of vivid greens and reds dart about in the
shallows, while up in the trees, on the side of the steep hills, innumer-
able cockatoos rend the air with their harsh cries, or the big wood
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pigeons boom out their melancholy note, reminding one of a cow lowing
for its calf. Often, again, the course of a river (like that at Mwadoa,
Ulawa), with its succession of cascades and its deep, clear pools, con-
strains our admiration.
The islands of the Floridas more especially appeal to the eye. They
have more open spaces, the coast line is more indented, and beautiful
bays abound; there are more islands lying off the coast, the beaches
are more numerous, and the landing on them is easy. The villages
in Florida nestle under the shade of innumerable coconut trees just
above high-water mark. The beaches are lined with the feathery
casuarina and here and there are coral trees {Erythrina indica) with
their brilliant red flowers, or the gorgeous red leaves of the salite
(Catappa terminalis) light up the whole beach with the glow of their
dying splendor. The huge masses of the vutu {Barringtonia speciosa)
spring right out of the saltwater and their biretta-shaped fruits may be
seen floating on every tide. Going north from Norfolk Island, the
sight of a floating fruit of the vutu was generally the first sign of our
entrance into the tropics. Similarly the mighty limbs of the dalo
(Fiji dilo, Calophyllum inophyllum) are washed by every wave and its
small ball-like fruit is found lying on every beach. The smell of the
sweet-scented white flowers of the dalo reminds one of nothing so much
as of an orange grove in flower.
But the real attraction and charm of Melanesia lie in the mystery
of the people, their unwritten past, the strangeness of their languages,
their views of life, their habits and customs, the strange flora of the
country, the birds and butterflies, some of these latter measuring 8 or
9 inches across, the excitement of a landing among the Heathen, the
yearnings of soul, the longing to do them good, to lead them out of
their darkness into light, to give them something more satisfying than
the tobacco or calico or knife which they are clamoring for — these
are the things that grip the heart of the missionary and constitute for
him at least the charm of Melanesia. One stands on a beach of the
great island Malaita, and all the fibers of one's being are stirred by
the sight of hill rising upon hill, cape stretching out beyond cape, and
by the knowledge that scattered all up and down the land are souls
awaiting the enlightenment of the spirit of God.
THE FOOD-STUFFS OF MELANESIA.
The Melanesians may be called an agricultural people and a great
deal of their time is given up to cultivation. Their two main crops
are yams and taro, of both of which there are numerous varieties. The
best yams are grown in the southern part of Melanesia; the Solomon
Islanders never have enough yams to carry them through the summer
months till harvest time in April, all the yams having been used for
planting. But in the larger islands there is extensive cultivation of
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taro in the districts on the hills, and this food carries the people over
the hunger times of the summer months. A yam garden is a sight
worth seeing; the ground is kept perfectly clear of weeds (this is the
women's share of the work), the yam vines are trained up long poles
and then run along strings which are tied from pole to pole. The vines
are of various shades of green, and when the leaves are dying they turn
red in color and are very beautiful to look on.
Breadfruit grows readily, and the trees have two crops a year, one
coming opportunely during the summer. The canarium (almond)
bears during the winter months, July and August. The nuts are put
into cane baskets and are smoked ready for storing. The coconut
is in bearing all the year through. The tree is at its best at the
coast and just above high-water mark. The large islands of the
eastern Solomons — Malaita,Guadalcanar, San Cristoval, and Ysabel —
have comparatively few coconuts, and the only extensive coconut
plantation on Malaita is along the coast at Sa'a, at the southeast end
of the island. The scarcity of coconuts is largely owing to the fact
that the trees thrive best near the sea, but owing to fear of raids the
majority of the people on these large islands live away from the coast
and so can not grow the trees in any quantity.
Of so-called tropical fruits Melanesia has but few indigenous vari-
eties. Of the common native fruits by far the most important is the
coconut, and one is inclined to question whether any more wonderful
fruit than the coconut grows on this earth ! The fruit is obtainable
all the year round; it is nutritious whether eaten in the green stage
or when it has begun to sprout and is ready for planting. The ripe
nut is generally scraped and strained, and the resultant white juice,
the only real coconut milk, is boiled in the half shell and mixed as a
paste with grated yams or taro. What is commonly known as coconut
milk, the fluid in the dry nut so dear to the hearts of children in Euro-
pean countries, is never drunk by Melanesians, but if opportunity
offers is poured into a basin and put by for the animals to drink.
The oil of the coconut is extracted by the old-time process of stone
boiling. Needless to say, dried or smoked coconut (copra) is by far
the greatest article of export from Melanesia to-day. Ceylon used to
be reckoned the planters' paradise so far as growing coconuts was
concerned, but coconut plantations in the islands of the Solomons
come into bearing quicker than in any other part of the world; the
nuts are as good as the big Samoan nuts (indeed seed nuts have been
imported from Samoa), the rainfall is abundant, and hurricanes are
almost unknown. The oil is extracted from the copra and goes to make
some of our best soaps. The shell of the nut is used by the natives
to make cups and bottles, and since it contains oil it burns fiercely in
the fire. From the outer covering of the nut both ropes and mats are
made — the coir of commerce (coir, like copra, is a Singhalese word);
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and the natives themselves make sennit and string from it. The dry-
sheath, the covering of the new bunch of fruit, serves the natives both as
tinder and as a torch. The leaves of the tree make the very strongest
baskets, and in some islands are used to make the walls of the
houses. In the equatorial Pacific toddy is distilled from the growing
tree and the topmost shoots form a veritable king's banquet, but the
cutting of them destroys the tree.
Other fruits are the vi-apple (Spondias dulcis, commonly known as
uli or uri), the canarium nut (ngali), the nut of the salite tree, which is
found oftenest growing at the mouths of the streams, the banana, and
the breadfruit. Both the banana and breadfruit are always cooked.
The indigenous banana needs cooking to make it eatable, but the com-
mon varieties, Musa cavendishii or gros michel, or the sugar banana of
Queensland, have been introduced and flourish. Many other tropical
and subtropical fruits have also been introduced — oranges, mandarins,
lemons, limes, granadilla, soursop, papaya, pineapples, mangoes, cocoa,
coffee; most of these need careful cultivation, and with the exception
of limes and papayas they all tend to die out if allowed to run wild.
Animal food is but rarely partaken of by Melanesians. Pigs they
all have, but they keep them for great events, for death feasts or for
wedding banquets. Opossums (cuscus) and the large fruit-eating bats
and wood pigeons and the monitor lizard are often eaten as relishes
with the vegetable food. The coast people get large quantities of
shellfish at the low spring tides, and on an island like Ulawa a great
deal of fishing is done both from the rocks and also out of canoes. The
people make all their own fishing-lines out of home-made string or out
of strong creepers found in the forest, and in old days their hooks were
cut out of tortoise-shell or out of black pearl-shell. Even to-day the
hooks for the bonito fishing are of native manufacture and the tiny
hooks for whiffing sardines are exquisitely made.
Fishing with nets is followed extensively by the Lau-speaking
peoples who live on the artificial islets off the northeast coast of Ma-
laita. These peoples and the people of the Reef Islands at Santa Cruz
live almost entirely on a fish diet. The flesh of the porpoise is much
prized by the peoples of Malaita and regular drives of porpoises are
held, the animals being surrounded and forced ashore into muddy
creeks, where they are captured. The main value of the porpoise lies
in the teeth, which form one of the native currencies. On the lee side
of the large islands in the Solomons there is a great deal of fishing
with hand nets; men stand in the water at the mouth of the
streams, holding a pole to which two bent sticks are attached with a
net tied to the four ends of the sticks, and lowered to the bottom.
The small fish (sardines and others) are chased inshore by large
kingfish, and pass over the net, which is promptly pulled up by the
fisherman. The fish are transferred by a deft movement to a bag
hanging on the man's back and suspended from his head.
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Bonito and flying-fish are esteemed as the greatest delicacies. The
former is coarse, but the latter is indeed a dainty. The bonito is a
very sacred fish to the mind of the southern Solomon Islander, and the
catching of it was intimately connected with his religion. The bonito
is caught from canoes, either by a hook trailed aft, no bait being used,
or by a hook played up and down in a jerky fashion and attached to a
strong rod and line. The flying-fish are caught on a gorge made of
tortoise-shell or of the midrib of the rachis of the sago palm. The best
bait is the claw of the robber crab (Birgus latro). The hook and line are
made fast to a fishing float called u'o in Ulawa (Maori uto fish-float).
Numbers of these are thrown out in places frequented by the flying-fish
and the owner stands by in his canoe and watches them.
Sea bream are the most delicate fish in Melanesia. They are caught
with hook and line, and live white ants are thrown out as burly. The
bait is a worm found in the sand at high-water mark. The white ant
used is not the destructive white ant, which is capable of giving a sharp
bite, but is of a brownish color. The ignorant bushmen are popularly
supposed to use the wrong ant, with the result that the bream will
disappear.
THE HOUSES OF THE MELANESIANS.
The houses are mainly of one type, one-roomed buildings, to which
annexes may easily be added. Some of these houses are large enough
to accommodate a chief and his twenty wives, small chambers being
built within the main building. The commoners have their own
houses, one house to each family, and it is rarely that two families
live together. The roof is the first part of the house that is built.
Three rows of posts are erected and ridge poles are set on them. The
poles may rest in a groove or the tops of the posts may be forked.
Bamboo rafters are tied from the center pole to the side, and thatch
is laid on them longitudinally. The thatch is made of leaves, sago
palm or nipa palm, or the leaves of sugar cane (this latter is only used
in the south) sewn on to reeds or laths of bamboos and then tied in
position. The people of Florida and of Ysabel put their thatch on
in very close layers, and consequently the roof lasts very well, but in
the other islands the thatch needs a good deal of repair after the second
year. The smoke of the wood fires used in cooking hardens the thatch
and tends to preserve it; but schools and churches, buildings where
fires are not lighted, need constant repairs to the thatch. The sides
are built in with lattice-work of thin bamboo, and a small doorway is
left in the front which can be covered by a shutter of leaves. Orna-
mental ridges are made on the ground and are hoisted up into position,
and then made fast with creepers.
The Malaita and San Cristoval houses have a platform in front,
where the people sit in the evenings. To get into the house one has
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to mount this platform and then drop through the tiny doorway. The
Florida house is generally built upon piles and the floor is covered
with split bamboos. The bed place may be raised or, as in Malaita,
the people may sleep on the earth with no better mattress than one
of the huge coconut leaves plaited. For the women and small children
a platform is built to serve as a bed. Pillows as such are not much in
use except in Santa Cruz, and a log or billet of wood makes an accept-
able pillow for the Melanesian.
The men and boys in the Solomons have club-houses, both in the
villages and also down at the beach. In the club-house on the beach
the canoes for bonito fishing are kept. Strangers are entertained in
these club houses; the relics of the dead are kept in them and religious
rites are performed in them. Women are excluded from the club
houses.
The cooking is all done at a fireplace of earth set inside a ring of
stones on the floor. On a stand over the fire are the household cooking
utensils, wooden bowls, and stores of smoked almonds. Yams are kept
on stages built in the rear part of the house and generally screened off".
Every house has its inner chamber that serves as a bedroom if required.
Life is lived very much in public, and privacy is a thing not understood
or desired. To be allowed to go behind the partition in any house is
significant as a mark of close acquaintanceship.
CLOTHING.
Bark cloth (tapa) is made in Melanesia, but it never figured as an
article of clothing and its main use was to form a kind of shawl in which
the baby was slung when carried from the shoulder. Before the coming
of the white man clothing of any sort was very little worn by Mela-
nesians. The people of Santa Cruz, both men and women, were indeed
clad sufficiently to satisfy our European notions of decency, and in
the southern New Hebrides and in Florida and Ysabel the women
wore petticoats made of mats or of grass, but in very many of the
islands the women's dress was of the scantiest, and the men wore
nothing but a section of a leaf of a large pandanus. In the southeast
Solomons the men commonly were quite naked and the women wore
but a scanty fringe, while on Big Malaita not even the traditional
fig leaf was worn. In Santa Cruz, where all women and girls are
swathed in mats and are kept in strict seclusion, there is more immoral-
ity, and that of a gross and shocking sort, than in the Lau-speaking
districts of Malaita, where the women wear no clothing of any sort
whatever. Once the mind gets over the shock experienced at the idea
of the unclothed body, it will be obvious to the unprejudiced person
that the absence of clothing does not necessarily imply immodesty
either of thought or action. A Heathen woman on Malaita knows no
shame at the fact that her body is unclothed.
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Another point as to which incorrect ideas exist is the question of
cannibalism. Doubtless cases of anthropophagy occurred in many
of the Melanesian islands, but it was never characteristic of the people
as a whole, and the man-eating propensities of the Fijian people could
never be predicated of the whole people of any single group in the
sphere of the Mission. So local and confined is the practice that,
while portions of one island regularly follow it, other portions of the
same island hold it in abhorrence, as is the case on Malaita. Joseph
Wate, of Sa'a, a reliable witness, assured me that the Tolo peoples of
Malaita were cannibals, but his own peoples were not, nor were the
shore peoples of Big Malaita. The latter were fish-eaters, and those
who lived on a fish diet did not practice as a regular thing the eating
of human flesh. Cannibalism is the regular practice on San Cristoval,.
but is held in abhorrence on Ulawa. Yet the belief in cannibalism is
so firmly fixed that one reads in the reports and books of the Mission
that the two Reef Islanders who were held captive at Port Adam in
Bishop John Selwyn's time were being fattened up and kept for eating,
whereas in all probability they were regarded as "live heads" {lalamoa
mori) and kept for killing, should any necessity arise when a victim
would be demanded, as, e. g.y at the death of any important person
in the place, or they might be sold to anyone looking for a person to
kill. The bodies after death would be buried.
THE CLEANLINESS OF NATIVES.
To bathe daily is the common practice of most Melanesians, but the
bath is taken in the afternoon and usually after the day's work in the
garden is over. The Melanesian never dreams of having a dip in the
morning, as we whites do, and to the unthinking his failure to do so
might seem to argue want of proper cleanliness. But, as Dr. Guppy
says, these people are far more susceptible to a rise or fall in the tem-
perature than we are, and he quotes Darwin as noticing that the
Patagonians when over a fire were streaming with perspiration, whereas
the white men with thick clothes on were enjoying the pleasant
warmth. So a Melanesian likes to bathe when the day is warm; on
days when the south wind is blowing — a strong wind with cloudy
days — bathing is not much indulged in.
Since these people wear no clothes and have no seat but the ground
and take their rest on mats laid either on or just above the floor, and
always with a fire going beside them, their bodies soon show the dirt, but
it is a great mistake to imagine that they allow their bodies to go dirty
or are slack about bathing. A man or woman with fever will abstain
from washing (even in cases of strong fever it never occurs to anyone
to sponge the patient) and to bathe is a sign of convalescence. If a
person stays about a house and is evidently unwashed, one may take
it for granted that he or she is indisposed.
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THE CHILDREN.
Great care is expended in bathing small children and shielding them
from the rays of the sun. A young mother is excused from all work
and she has the best time in all her life when her first baby is born.
Her whole time is given up to the child, and it is seldom out of her
arms. Owing to the lack of nourishing foods children are suckled
till they are quite large. The Melanesian baby seems to have no
natural liking for water and one often hears the shrill cries of small
children being bathed in the streams or being washed in the houses.
In the latter case water is poured from a bamboo into one of the wooden
bowls and the child is then washed by hand.
The children at a very early stage of their existence are freed from
the authority of their parents. They have no household duties to
perform; there is no set time for meals; in the morning they may be
given something cold left over from the night before, or the mother
may roast a yam on the fire, but as a rule there is no cooking done till
the late afternoon, when the women return from their gardens. During
the day, if the children are hungry they can get a coconut or a bread-
fruit, or shell-fish, or they can roast a yam or a taro, and a fire can be
made anywhere. The boys can get themselves an opossum or an
iguana and in the hill districts they even find grasshoppers to eat.
One and all they use large quantities of areca nut and pepper leaf and
lime. These seem to be as necessary to the Melanesians of the north-
ern islands as is a pipe to a confirmed smoker.
One would expect that children freed thus early from any depend-
ence on their elders would run riot and learn licentious ways and
habits, but such does not seem to be the case. There is but little
individuality in Melanesians, and they are not "inventors of evil
things." They are bound by traditional customs, by the laws of the
elders, by those social restrictions that the people have evolved for
themselves as a safeguard against the breaking up of their society,
and free agents though the children may be, and lacking parental
control from our point of view, yet there is no such thing among them
as the organized following or doing of evil, and the ruling moral ideas
of the people are found as the guide also of their children.
EVANGELIZATION.
Apart from the duty and privilege which every Christian feels of
winning the peoples of the earth for Christ, apart also from the prompt-
ings of the Holy Spirit to bring the peoples of Melanesia to a knowl-
edge of the power of Christ, there can be no conceivable reason for
holding that Melanesians have no need of the Christian religion or
could fail to grasp it when presented to them. In the first place, they
certainly lose nothing by renouncing their old Heathen religion, which
was the worship of their ancestors. The spirits of these ancestors
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provoke fear rather than love, and are invoked from a desire that their
influence should be used to stave off any possible evil that might hap-
pen rather than because they are conceived of as kindly dispositioned
beings who love and want to do good to their worshippers. To a
people with such a religion the knowledge of the Great Spirit God as
a loving Father comes with the utmost force and power.
Melanesians on the one hand are more or less incapable of individual
and separate action; each one is just a copy of his neighbor, and every-
thing is done by concerted agreement among the whole people; on the
other hand, they have no means of preserving the welfare of themselves
as a whole. They have no tribes, no kingdoms, no laws beyond the
unwritten social laws relating to marriage, etc.; life is insecure, accu-
sations of witchcraft are easily made, and death follows as a matter of
course; infanticide is a common practice, big families are almost un-
known, polygamy is a recognized thing. So Christianity comes to
them as a means of insuring both individual and social vigor and only
in so far as they become Christian will they be saved from extinction.
If only from a humanitarian point of view, it were a charity to enlighten
the darkness of these benighted people and to give them something to
strive for, to set before them some spiritual end, to give them a higher
standard of existence than their present one.
There can, however, be no question of leaving them alone now, what-
ever may have been the case in past years; civilization, i. e.y trade, is
coming in fast and the inevitable consequence will be that the white
man's view of life will alter the old style of things. Experience has
taught us that wherever a people without a settled state and a kingdom
and the external power of law is invaded by any of our western peoples,
with their vigor and personality, the less-developed people lose all their
pristine distinctiveness, all bonds are loosed, and inevitable decay sets
in; in other words, the white man destroys the black. Benjamin
Kidd shows this most conclusively in his book "Social Evolution."
In the case of Melanesia the process may take time, but that the
result is certain in the end is proved by the disappearance of the nomad
Australian aboriginal, and with a people of a higher culture by the story
of the capable Maori people of New Zealand under modern conditions.
Drink and idleness are two of the main factors that have tended
to the downfall of both the Maori and the Australian aboriginal; low-
class whites have done much to ruin the latter, nor has the Maori
been free from their influence. There is no fear of a large influx of
whites into Melanesia, and the governments have it in their power to
deport any undesirable person, but in the south of Melanesia, e. g.,
on Omba, unscrupulous traders have done incalculable harm. Under
the Condominium of the New Hebrides, drink and firearms can still
be obtained by natives, but the Solomon Island government entirely
prohibits the sale of both.
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In the more settled islands and districts provision can be made quite
easily for the due employment of the people at regular and systematic
work, so as to guard against the danger of idleness. There is ample
land available everywhere for use either in growing the crops of food or
for planting in coconuts. Hunger ought to be a thing of the past; the
islands hardly know what a drought is; the foodstuffs, both indigenous
and. introduced, are many and varied, and it needs only sufficient
land to be kept under cultivation to insure a plentiful and regular
supply of food. This is clear in our experience, for in our own garden
at Ulawa, which was under the care of Elwin Dume, a man of Mera-
lava, there was always a supply of food, sweet potatoes, yams, pana,
pumpkins, tapioca (cassava), and even taro (which the people of the
place said would not grow in Ulawa), bananas, and pineapples. It
often was the case that when our garden was bearing well others were
searching for food. Elwin used to return home through the village
unconcernedly smoking his pipe and with the tip of a yam showing
out of his bag. "Oh! look at these white men (mwa haka)," the
people would exclaim as he passed, "they have yams while we have
to go and scratch in the forest for food!"
The exercise of due control both by the Mission and by government
ought to obviate the dangers both of idleness and of hunger. As more
and more traders come in, the danger will be that pressure is put on
the government to acquire suitable land for planting, and great care
will have to be taken that sufficient land is left in the neighborhood
of the centers of population for the use of the people. On an island
like Ugi in the Solomons very large tracts have been alienated, the
original owners are but few, and possession is the more easily acquired.
It is recalled that in the case of the sale of one large tract near the orig-
inal trading station at Selwyn Bay the land was said to have been sold
by a man who had only the very flimsiest right to it, since he was not
an Ugi man at all but an adopted person.
The cure for the existing evils and the means of staving off the
threatened extinction of the people do not lie in their employment on
plantations, as some hold. The moral elevation of the people and
their advance in civilization used to be held up as valid reasons for
their being recruited to work in Queensland, but from internal evidence
one would say that the main influence which the labor trade has had
on Melanesia is that it has sadly depopulated the islands. There has
been no social elevation through the trade; the want of cohesion among
the natives, apart from all other considerations, would have been
sufficient to prevent it. The thousands of men who, throughout the
years the trade was in existence, returned from civilization did nothing
to better the conditions of life among their neighbors; they dissem-
inated no knowledge, they started no spiritual movement for the
uplifting of their people, they stirred up no divine discontent with
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the old-time conditions. They brought back in a measure the outer
trappings of civilization, but were ignorant of its power. While their
axes lasted they made it easier for someone else to work; their pur-
chases gave them for the time being a certain amount of importance;
but once their stock was finished their influence was at an end.
One of the cures for the present state of things in Melanesia is un-
doubtedly work, but work on plantations for wages is not necessarily
an agency that makes either for the setting up of the influences that
have made nations great or insures the end which all desire who
have the welfare of these child races at heart, viz, the ultimate sur-
vival of these peoples.
The comparative scantiness of the population is the real difficulty
in the evangelization of Melanesia. There must be an assembling
of the scattered units of population in the islands, and since one of
the first results of the propagation of Christianity in Melanesia is
the gathering together of the people in a community where hitherto
they have been living as scattered units all over the face of the land,
it seems obvious that the initiative in the program of work will lie
with the missions. Once Christianity spreads, and, as a result of its
spreading, peace is established, and old feuds die down and murder
and bloodshed cease and villages are formed in these large islands
with their scattered peoples, then the place of the government is to
see that offenses against life and moral law and order are punished
in order that the people may be given a chance to grow up and become
settled and organized. How else shall it come to pass that "that
which is no nation" shall become a nation? There can be no offense
felt by the missionaries at the government thus guarding what is won;
already cases of witchcraft among the Heathen are cognizable by the
government authorities, and they punish breaches of the moral law
among Christians when such are brought under their notice. The
missions can still exercise their own discipline and the secular author-
ities will not interfere with the spiritual side of the work. On the other
hand, since the missions are the bringers of peace, the government
can feel no offense in serving them and following them up and con-
solidating the results of their work. The missions have the first and
best opportunity in the matter; they are thoroughly in touch with
the natives and have, or ought to have, an abundance of first-class
material ready to their hands for compelling men to come in from the
highways and hedges and fill the House of God. Nevertheless the
government itself is doing much for the ultimate salvation of the
peoples; head hunting has been stopped completely, and wild places
like the north end of Malaita are being brought into order by the
establishment of government stations. So far as the Melanesian Mis-
sion is concerned it would seem obvious that the future demands a
large increase of native clergy if the ground is to be won.
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NATIVES OF MELANESIA.
Bishop G. A. Selwyn evidently had a very high opinion of the value
of the work likely to be done by natives in the propagation of the Gos-
pel in Melanesia, when he referred to them as the "black net," the
white priests at the same time forming the "corks" of the gospel net.
The Bishop's idea has been followed faithfully enough, so far as the
mere manning of the Mission with native teachers goes, and the work
of these native teachers occupies a very large place in the Melanesian
Mission to-day; nor can there be any doubt whatever of their ability,
under proper circumstances, to do what the founder of the Mission
planned that they should do. Still, it can not be questioned that up to
the present time the native Christians, teachers and people alike, fall
short in the performance of their part in the casting of the Gospel net.
The truth of the matter would seem to be that the native church has
not yet risen to a sense of its duty in the work of evangelization; Chris-
tianity has seemed to the converts to be more a thing brought from
outside and to be accepted along with the rest of the white man's
things than a matter vitally concerning themselves and depending on
their cooperation.
If the white teachers were removed from Melanesia to-day the prob-
ability is that, though the daily services and daily school would still
be held in most of the villages, yet there would be no advance and no
enlargement of the work, no widening of the borders, and in such places
as were manned by less able teachers it is doubtful whether the past
gains of the Mission would be consolidated. The church life of the
villages depends almost entirely on the teacher alone; the native church
has not been trained in methods of self-government and no legislative
machinery exists; there is no village council to advise or strengthen the
hands of the teacher, and should he fail the whole work would probably
come to an end. Nor is there anything in the way of self-support in
the native church. The Mission supplies the teacher's pay and the
people have no duties incumbent on them in connection with the
upkeep of religion.
It was thought originally that the withdrawal of the white mission-
ary for four or six months every year would tend to encourage habits
of self-reliance among the native teachers and would strengthen their
characters and would foster the idea that eventually the native church
must stand alone. But it certainly seemed as if the time when one
was away was more fruitful in cases of wrong-doing than when one was
actually present among the people. The Mission priest on returning
to his work in the islands is apt to be faced with a sad account of what
has happened "behind his back." He may notice the absence here
and there, from church and school, of certain persons, and inquiry may
elicit the information that they were "outside the inclosure," the
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victims of sin, mainly of impurity, and though not formally excom-
municated yet self-judged, as their absence proved. Or he would
hear of family quarrels, or of the petulancy of the chief and his arbi-
trary tabu of certain things and of a consequent staying away from
church and school. Or a Christian girl or a catechumen may have
been given in marriage to a Heathen and so lost to the church, or
perchance a Christian man had taken a heathen woman to wife and
was living with her unmarried or even had taken a second wife and
was living with two women. Or it might be that some promising
Christian lad had gone off to live with heathen relatives. Or he
might hear of cases of exorcism, of approaches made to the spirits
of the dead, or of trials by fire or of adjuration of the spirits of the dead
on the part of the Christians. At times he would find a village pre-
paring to go and avenge the cruel murder of some Christian or school-
man wantonly murdered by the heathen. In addition to the moral
failures which occurred in his absence, he might find that the school
and church required roofing, that the fences were down, and that the
village pigs had made a shelter inside the buildings and that his own
"prophet's chamber" was uninhabitable.
What would happen were the white missionaries removed is made
plain by the history of what has occurred in places that have had to
do without the services of a white man for any length of time. Left
to themselves and without the help of a native deacon or priest, the
people tend to become very slack in church attendance and in the per-
formance of their Christian duties, and the recent struggle that Bishop
Wilson had against the secret societies in the northern Banks Group
shows that Christianity there failed to alter fundamentally the original
native view of life.
The Banks Islands in particular have lacked for many years past the
services of a white priest and with a few notable exceptions it may be
said of this particular group that wherever the native teachers have
been left to themselves the work has languished. Since Mr. Adams
went to Vureas the Banks Islands have seen very little of the presence
of a white missionary. Of the work at the Torres Group, once so
promising, but little is heard now, and there can be no doubt that the
continued absence of a white man or of a native priest has had a dele-
terious effect on the work there.
Where the people are strong in character and community life is more
developed, as in the northern Banks Group, a native teacher alone can
not make much headway, but a man in orders exercises a great deal
more power and will be listened to. When the white man is present
matters that had been wrong right themselves very quickly and there
seem to be far fewer cases of wrong-doing. This is doubtless due
partly to respect for his presence. The ordinary native teacher does
not inspire this respect, and unless he were a man of strong moral fiber
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(as some of them are) and with his position well assured he could hardly
venture to rebuke an act which he knew to be wrong. The teacher
is in most cases a man of the place, and village and home associations
and family relationships would prevent him uttering his protest
against a meditated wrong.
There is very little that goes on in a native village that is not known
to most of the people, and things are very well discussed before any
action is taken, and generally the whole village knows the doings and
the intentions of every inhabitant. If the teacher did know before-
hand the chances are that he could not prevent the wrong. Individual
action is rare among Melanesians. A man would hardly dream of
interfering if he saw another doing a thing which was inconsistent
with his Christian calling and no one thinks of the necessity of setting
a standard. Correction or direction or friendly advice is scarcely ever
administered by one Melanesian to another. Even parents whose
children are disobedient will bring them to a teacher or a missionary for
reproof or correction rather than administer the correction themselves.
The last thing that a Melanesian thinks of doing is the preventing
of harm or interfering in a matter in order to right it.
In the absence of the white missionary, if the knowledge of a medi-
tated wrong came to the teacher's ears the existence of a village council
or of a combined council of all the neighboring villages would avail in
all probability to prevent the wrong being done. The nearest thing
to such a council is the Vaukolu of Florida, a yearly gathering of all
the chiefs and head teachers to discuss social, ecclesiastical, and educa-
tional matters. But these gatherings have been held very irregularly
and their decisions have been of little force since there were no sub-
sidiary councils in the villages to assist the teachers in carrying them
out.
The isolation of the peoples in most of the Melanesian islands has
in all probability been largely responsible for the lack of concerted
action hitherto among the Christians. Social life as such was not
known in Melanesia before the advent of Christianity. In their pre-
Christian days these natives do not live in villages or hamlets, but in
isolated groups with two or three houses or huts in a group. With the
exception of certain places in Florida and also of the artificial islets off
the northeast coast of Malaita, where hundreds of people live on tiny
rookeries of stone just raised above the level of the tide, there was
nothing that was worthy of the name of a village in the whole of the
Mission's area in the Solomons. Consultative or joint action in a
matter was practically unknown. Each subdistrict had its own petty
chief with a following of half a dozen men in some cases. Every man
knew who his own chief was and would support him when called
upon. Each main district had also its head chief and to him tribute
was paid whensoever he demanded it. Even these head chiefs had
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no state or surroundings. Thus at Roasi, on Little Malaita, Horo-
hanue was the alaha paine> the main chief, but he had no immediate
retinue and lived alone with his two wives, the guardian of his ances-
tral spirits, 'akalo, and with the skulls of his dead in the house along
with him.
Roasi was composed of two parts, Upper and Lower, Roasi i haho,
Roasi i lano. A teacher, Johnson Telegsem, was accepted by the peo-
ple of Lower Roasi, acting quite independently of Horohanue, as they
had every right to do. After two moves they made a final settlement
at Salenga just above the bay. Then two years later Horohanue
himself also asked for a teacher and gathered his own particular people
together and had a school-house built.
The two Christian villages of Roasi were only half a mile apart, with
a ravine in between, and yet separate teachers had to be found for them,
owing to their unwillingness to move to some one central spot where a
permanent church and school could be built. The Mission went so far
as to buy a site down on the beach large enough to accommodate both
sections of the people, who numbered something over 200, but after
Horohanue's death petty jealousies and squabbles completely pre-
vented any concerted action.
At Sa'a, an important place at the southeast end of Malaita, the
titular chief Sinehanue was the direct descendant, twelve generations
removed, of the chiefs who had shared in the original migration from
the hills of Little Malaita (Codrington, Mel. Anthrop., p. 49). He
lived apart from the majority of the people with just his own immediate
relatives and dependents around him. Four separate villages, huu i
lume, collections of houses, formed what was known to the neighboring
peoples as Sa'a, though no one village bore the name as such, and in
each of these there was at least one person who was reckoned as alaha
chief.
The greatest possible difficulty was experienced in inducing the peo-
ples of these four villages to act in concert and assign one place as the
site for the church and school. We had journeys all over the neigh-
borhood looking for a neutral place and houses were begun tentatively
in several directions in order to accelerate union.
With very few exceptions the people inhabiting any particular dis-
trict are always a mere handful. At Sa'a the inhabitants of all the
four villages numbered a little over 200, and the population of an aver-
age Christian village in any of the large islands of the Solomons when
all of the available people had been gathered in would seldom be much
over 60. These villages, moreover, are several miles apart, and there
is nothing in the nature of roads joining them, so it is plain that there
must necessarily be a great deal of unavoidable isolation between the
villages, and concerted action and corporate life will not be acquired
easily.
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CULTIVATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE IN THE
NATIVE CHURCH.
The native church in Melanesia has never really been asked as yet
to undertake the support of its own clergy and teachers. Bishop
Wood's charge in 191 5 was the first official acknowledgment of the
need for the Melanesians to look to themselves rather than to the
Mission for funds to pay the teachers. In 1914 the amount contributed
for the support of the Mission by the native church was £31. This
amount certainly seems out of all proportion, since at the same time
the island stations cost £1,300 and most of this was for teachers' pay.
Nor is it that an excessive wage is paid to the teachers. No native
priest receives more than £25 a year, and some of the junior teachers
are rated at only £1 a year. In old days these salaries were always
paid in kind, with now and then a demand for a little cash, but nowa-
days a good deal of payment is done in cash, since traders and stores are
found in almost every place.
There has never been any attempt made to organize a system of local
contributions. If a village wanted to buy timber or iron for the build-
ing of its church, copra was made and was sold for the purpose, the
Mission ship occasionally carrying the copra to market, or curios were
made and were sold abroad. At various times during Bishop Wilson's
episcopate several villages gave contributions in curios and these were
taken and were sold for the benefit of the Mission. But this never
became a regular thing. There seems to be no reason why the support
of the native teachers in the well-established Christian villages should
not be laid as a duty on the native church, with moreover the certainty
of success. Until the time of Bishop Wilson no such thing was thought
of, and one looks in vain for any hint of it in the lives of the first two
bishops. In their time the making of copra was far from being estab-
lished as an industry in Melanesia, and with the exception of food
and curios there was practically nothing that could serve as a means of
raising money. The native money (shell money or the teeth of por-
poises or dogs) was valueless, since there was no means of changing it,
as no traders would take it as a means of exchange.
THE QUESTION OF MAKING A RETURN FOR SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
In himself the Melanesian knows but little, if anything at all, of
gratitude, and he sees nothing incongruous in allowing the Mission to
pay his teachers. Bishop Wilson tried to inculcate the idea that it
was the duty of the natives to convey their Mission priests about in
boats, acting as crews for them and receiving no pay. The missionaries
are often at heavy expense in obtaining boats' crews (every man pays
his own travelling expenses), and in the Banks Group Mr. Cullwick con-
stantly had a crew of six men with him for three months at a stretch.
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The various villages, even if they provide any food at all for the crews
(and most of them will do a little to that end), soon tire of feeding
strangers, and so the missionary has to buy food for his crew and carry
it about with him in addition to paying them.
In Malaita and San Cristoval there never was any difficulty in ob-
taining crews, nor was there any bargaining about price (but this was
before the return of the Kanakas from Queensland and the consequent
introduction of a very different set of ideas), whereas in Florida the
missionary has had regularly to hire his crew and appoint a fixed rate
of wages before leaving. In places other than Florida half a crown a
week was reckoned very good pay. A man would gaily leave on a six
weeks' tour with no luggage beyond his pipe, shoulder-bag, and one
loin-cloth. On the morning of departure our yard would be thronged
with men and a spokesman from among them would approach and ask:
"Are many going with you?" "Why?" "Oh, I did not know whether
you had enough." Our own experience was that men had to be turned
away at such times, and a double crew could always be got. But
though they were content- with their pay, no one of them would have
been willing to go for nothing, while at the same time the home duties of
them all were practically nil. They and their people were being bene-
fited very materially by the presence of the missionary, but it was per-
haps too much to expect them to give their services free in carrying
him about; moreover, they viewed the work as a chance of earning a
little, and such chances were rare.
The Melanesian attitude with regard to presents is peculiar. A
number of women would come with yams in baskets for sale; one special
basket would be reported as "not for sale," its contents (often inferior
yams) were a gift — but it would have been the height of foolishness to
accept such a gift without making a corresponding return. On being
discharged from hospital a man would ask for a present in that he had
been cured! Where there is no sense of debt there can be no showing
of gratitude, gratitude being a spiritual and not a natural gift, a sense
of the need to try to make a return for favors rendered. A Melanesian
knows nothing of social duties; his life is lived apart from that of his
fellows; he has no social sense, no dependence on his fellows, no common
bonds of union such as spring up in community life; he asks nothing
from his fellows nor they anything from him; he owes them nothing,
and in consequence his circumstances have never been such as would
be likely to encourage the growth of gratitude. He has never received
anything; he has nothing to return.
The average Melanesian is a person of few worldly possessions; his
house furniture consists of a few wooden bowls, a mortar for pounding
yams or taro, a supply of vegetables smaller or larger according to his
energy, an axe or a cane-knife; also a little stock of native money and
perhaps a canoe. Of clothes he has practically none and the mis-
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sionary's simple wardrobe seems to him to be lavish in the extreme;
he therefore has no compunction in asking for what he knows the white
man to possess. If a person has practically never owned anything at
all and if all his fellows are in the same condition too it is almost impos-
sible to get him to understand that he should feel gratitude towards
those who give him anything, since from his point of view they have so
much in that they have anything at all.
RELATIONS OF NATIVES WITH WHITES.
The question of treachery follows on that of gratitude. It is a matter
of common belief amongst Europeans that natives are treacherous.
This idea of treachery is generally founded on ignorance of the point of
view of the natives. It is generally supposed that one can not trust
oneself to them; that their attitude is uncertain and that they are
liable to turn and rend one without any provocation. While granting
that the native is a person of moods, it is just as possible to foretell
what action he is likely to take in a given case as it is with Europeans.
In his actions he follows a line of reasoning quite as much as the white
man does. Many attacks on and murders of white men have been
ascribed to treachery on the part of the natives, but it is only fair to
call to remembrance the awful indignities and atrocities perpetrated on
them by the whites and to put these in the scale over against the accu-
sations of treachery. The native certainly at times acts wickedly either
on the impulse of the moment or for a wicked end, but in most cases of
wrong done to whites in Melanesia there has been some antecedent
cause, some evil associated with a white person somewhere. The occa-
sion may have been remote and the connection faulty from our point
of view, but in the mind of the native the provocation was there. With
our notions of direct justice and of the necessity for the punishment of
the actual wrong-doer himself we can not understand the point of view
of the native, which is that justice is satisfied so long as some one of the
same people who did the real or fancied wrong is made to suffer.
IVENS
PLATE 1
SOME HISTORICAL NOTES CONCERNING THE MELANESIAN
MISSION.
The founding of the Melanesian Mission was due to the vigorous
bodily energy and the apostolic fervor of Bishop George Augustus
Selwyn. The fact that the founder was a Bishop, and as such pos-
sessed the power and authority to insure the success of his plans and
ideas, and had in addition a certain assured sum of money at his
back, caused the Mission to be stamped from the outset with a definite
style and imprinted upon it a traditional method of work. In consid-
ering this style and tradition, we must remember that the founder
of the Mission was Bishop of New Zealand and was thus debarred
from settling in Melanesia and leading the attack on its Heathenism
from within. Since his home and his main interests and his more
regular sphere of work lay outside Melanesia, and since also the carry-
ing out of the work at all seemed to depend on himself, it is obvious that
the only way for him to begin the evangelization of Melanesia was
by taking boys from it to some place where he could have them trained
with a view to their becoming the future missionaries of Melanesia.
Quite apart, however, from the fact of the foundation of the Mission
by a bishop and from its receiving thereby a definite and a fixed char-
acter at the outset, and apart also from the difficulty of changing a
practice once firmly established, those who know the influence which
Bishop Selwyn exercised in the matter of fixing the constitution of the
Church of New Zealand would naturally expect to find something of
the same rigidity and fixedness in the traditional methods and style of
work in the Melanesian Mission. It must also be borne in mind, when
reviewing the style and methods of work adopted in the Mission, that
its policy herein has not been the result of the deliberations of the
missionaries themselves and has not stood in the definite following of
the teachings of the experience of the many, with alterations from time
to time to suit the varying needs, but has been in effect the regular and
one may say almost the mechanical following of the lines laid down by
the founder. For all that, the Melanesian diocese was an offshoot of
the Church of New Zealand and as such might have been expected to
show the same spirit of cooperation in religious matters between clergy
and chosen lay representatives consulting together, yet the Mission
never had a synod (though every diocese in New Zealand has one), and
the conference of whites and natives held in 191 1 was the first instance
of any attempt made during the whole history of the Mission to gather
the workers together and to take deliberative measures for the better
carrying on of the work.
Until the time, about 12 years ago, when the missionaries first
tended to become permanent residents in the spheres of work in the
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islands, practically the only changes made in the original plan of work
in the Mission were: (i) the substitution of Mota for English as the
language of the central school; (2) the removal of headquarters to
Norfolk Island from Auckland. The hand of the founder seemed ever
to lie on the Mission which his strong and vigorous nature and powerful
personality had called into being and directed along its path of life.
In the Melanesian Mission the bishop theoretically is the Mission;
the clergy simply are the bishop's chaplains, and till fairly late in the
episcopate of Bishop Wilson no license was issued to them, and so long
as it was the tradition that they should return every summer to Nor-
folk Island it is evident that they could not be instituted to any cure
of souls. It is quite plain, moreover, that with only a small staff and
with frequent absences or departures or losses entailing a considerable
moving round of the men, nothing approaching the conditions neces-
sary for the holding of a synod of the Australasian type is likely to
occur, and it does not seem that the Mission is likely to grow quickly
into a church which shall be self-governing unless (in order to com-
pensate for the fewness of the white priests) a large number of native
priests are ordained.
SUPPORT.
The bishop's chief intention in regard to the support of the Mission
seems to have been that it should be a first charge on the Church of
New Zealand, and he evidently regarded the Mission in Melanesia
as part and parcel of the work of the Church of New Zealand. He
also looked forward to the native Maori church as a source whence
missionaries to Melanesia would be obtained. With the division of
the original diocese of New Zealand into six and the consequent
necessity, owing to influx of population, of providing for its own in-
ternal needs, the Church of New Zealand rather failed for many years
to fulfill its obligations to Melanesia. A resolution of General Synod
was passed to the effect that the various dioceses be asked to appoint
a missionary Sunday and to give their alms on that day to Melanesia.
Four out of the six dioceses have now fallen into line with this reso-
lution by appointing such a Sunday.
The Christian Maoris have not realized as yet the hope that Bishop
Selwyn entertained of them, viz, that they should become missionaries
to Melanesia and that the Maori church should support its own foreign
missionaries; but now, with the coming of the Marsden Centenary, a
definite movement has been set on foot to send Maori missionaries to
the Polynesian-speaking peoples in Melanesia.
In Australia the Melanesian Mission was accepted through the Board
of Missions as one of the activities of the church, yet in 1894 Australia's
contribution to Melanesia was only £1,600, whereas in the same year
New Zealand gave £2,750 and England £3,800. The revival of the
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Australian Board of Missions' interest in Australia six years ago caused
a great improvement in the local contributions to the Melanesian Mis-
sion, and in 191 3 these amounted to £2,928 as against £5,122 from
New Zealand.
In England, up till the time of the episcopate of Bishop Wilson, all
interest in Melanesia was confined to the Eton Association and to the
actual friends of the Mission — i. e.> those in close touch with particular
missionaries. The Rev. Prebendary Selwyn had discharged all duties
connected with the raising of the English income of the Mission, but
in 1899 a paid secretary was appointed and an office was taken in
the Church House, Westminster. The Rev. L. P. Robin was the first
secretary and he was succeeded in 1905 by the Rev. A. E. Corner,
who still occupies the position and who acts in an honorary capacity.
For the last twelve years the Mission has had a regular lecturer touring
in England and in 191 3 the English income was £8,800.
THE LOG.
Up till 1895 the Mission had no way of making its needs known and
of spreading the knowledge of its work, except by its annual reports or
by quarterly papers published by Bishop J. R. Selwyn in England.
The first number of the "Southern Cross Log" appeared in 1895, and
now for twenty years the "Log" has been published monthly, and an
edition is also published in England. Undoubtedly the "Log" has
helped greatly in the augmentation of interest in the Mission, and the
fact that the Mission has at last emerged into full view and has taken
its place as one of the missions of the whole church is owing largely to
services rendered by the "Log." We may now say that whereas the
Melanesian Mission started its life as the creation of the apostolic zeal
of one man and was practically a private mission for many years, it
has become at length the possession of the whole English Church.
Before the episcopate of Bishop Wilson the leaders of the Mission
contributed largely to its funds. In the building of the ships a large
amount of private money was thus expended and the present Southern
Cross is the only one built by public subscriptions. Bishop Wilson
saw the necessity of bringing the needs of the Mission to the minds of
the people of the Church at large and he greatly extended the already
existing policy of apportioning native scholars to various schools and
parishes; he also inaugurated the "Island" scheme, whereby a person
or parish guarantees the upkeep of a mission school in a certain place;
by this means he practically insured regular yearly contributions.
The head office of the Mission is in Auckland. This is owing to old-
time associations and also to the presence there of Archdeacon Dudley,
who was for so many years the treasurer of the Mission. Latterly the
organizing secretary for New Zealand has also had his headquarters in
Auckland. Bishop Wilson appointed a committee of business men in
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Auckland to advise on monetary matters and to look after the Mis-
sion's interest in the matter of repairs to the ship and the ordering of
stores for the islands. Doubtless much money was saved by this step.
NORFOLK ISLAND.
It is in the matter of Norfolk Island that the lingai of the Mission —
i. e., its adherence to tradition — has been most marked. Bishop G. A.
Selwyn was forced at the outset of the work to choose a base of oper-
ations outside Melanesia itself. His policy was to keep the work of
the Mission under his own eye rather than to call for workers to go
and settle in the islands and develop the mission work from within.
It was assumed that for the development of the Mission the base of
operations must necessarily be elsewhere than in the field to be devel-
oped, and while the question of climate has always been supposed
popularly to have been the main determining factor in the course which
was pursued, yet in all probability the matter was settled by other
considerations than those of climate. The climate of Melanesia is
bad enough, but when Bishop Selwyn began his work in the islands
white missionaries of the London Missionary Society and also Presby-
terian missionaries were settled already in the New Hebrides, the
French were in New Caledonia, and the Methodists were in New
Britain. The climate of the New Hebrides is but little better, if at
all, than that of the Banks Islands, where most of the early work of
the Mission was done, and New Britain has almost the same climate
as the Solomons, so it is evident that missionaries of the Melanesian
Mission, or the Northern Mission as it was called at the outset, could
have settled in their own sphere of work had the policy allowed.
The report of 1857, written probably by Mr. Patteson, puts the
matter very clearly from the standpoint of that time. Speaking of
the Melanesians in the school at St. John's, Auckland, he writes:
"They are delicate subjects and require careful handling, morally and
physically. The strength of passion and weakness of constitution which
belongs to their tropical nature require careful training. But if they can be
acclimatized mentally as well as physically, and taught to unite the energy
and perseverance of the inhabitants of a temperate region with their own
fervor and impetuosity of character, there can be little reason to doubt but
that they will prove most efficient teachers and missionaries to their own
people, when once the grace of God's spirit shall have shined in their hearts.
The pupil will probably, by the mere force of association, have received
impressions and experienced a change of character which will prove very
beneficial to him and which may induce him, on mixing once more with his
own friends, to contrast their customs with ours. He will feel the sense of a
want now created in him of something better than his own land supplies;
he will desire to return again to New Zealand, and by degrees be borne along
from one point to another till, under God's blessing, he emerges from his old
dark Heathen state of mind into a state of conscious apprehension and accept-
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ance of that religion which has presented itself to him as modifying every
part of his life and character, social, moral and spiritual.
"It is useless to suppose that the 78 islands already visited by the Bishop of
New Zealand can be permanently supplied with English missionaries. It is
indeed beyond the bounds of all probability to suppose that even the twenty-
one islands which have already yielded scholars to the Mission can be pro-
vided with resident English teachers. While India, China, and Africa are
now at length opened to us, and need every help which Christian zeal and
love in England may supply, we can not expect any large number of mission-
aries from home for the work in Melanesia. The only method now open, as
we have said, is to avail ourselves of the strange curiosity which induces
native men and lads to trust themselves with us, and to hope and believe
that out of these some will be led to return again and again to New Zealand
to receive direct Christian teaching.
"In every case the attempt would be made to raise up a staff of teachers
for each island from among the inhabitants of each island, and the English
missionary, or any native teacher qualified for the work who might be asso-
ciated with him, would not be regarded as permanently attached to the
particular island with which they were at any given time brought into relation,
but only until such time as the teachers trained up by them in the island
during a part of the year, and in New Zealand during the remainder of it,
could be taught to carry on the work under the superintendence of the
Bishop making his rounds in the mission vessel. If each group of islands
should be hereafter placed in charge of an English missionary, whose duty
it would be in his small boat to be watching over the native clergy in each
part of his district, and the Melanesian Bishop should be for six months
visiting the islands, bringing back and taking away teachers and scholars,
and for the remaining six superintending the missionary college in New Zea-
land; some five or six active working men would constitute the whole of the
necessary English staff."
It was really Bishop Selwyn's strong personality and his vigor of
mind and body that caused this new and hitherto untried method of
evangelization to be adopted. The Bishop's method was a new one
in the history of modern missions, though in a measure it might be
regarded as an adaptation of the method adopted by St. Boniface
in founding monasteries and in using them to educate missionaries
gathered from the neighborhood. The ordinary way of starting and of
carrying on the work to be done in Melanesia, viz., by residential
missionaries, was difficult enough at that time owing to (1) the short-
age of men, (2) the lack of regular communication other than by the
Mission ship, (3) the difficulty of climate, (4) the multiplicity of lan-
guages. But it must not be forgotten that the other missions in Mela-
nesia, by their policy of settling residential missionaries from the very
inception of their work, have proved that (1) men will offer for the
work and (2) climatic conditions can be overcome. Of the other two
difficulties, that of communication has already been solved and the
language difficulty has not been found to be insuperable.
The native teachers of the Melanesian Mission trained in a fairly
cool climate at Norfolk Island and surrounded by the things of civil-
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ization, have certainly not proved any more useful as propagandists
than the native teachers of other Missionary bodies in the Pacific
who were trained in or near their own homes.
It was during the episcopate of Bishop Wilson that those changes
began which not only considerably altered the original plan of the
Mission, but which also bid fair to change its character altogether.
The Rev. H. Welchman was actually the first to make a change in the
original plan of the Mission by settling with his wife at Siota, Florida.
Dr. Comins bought Siota with the idea of establishing a preparatory
school there for teachers, and he and Mr. Welchman had undertaken
to conduct it in turn, Mr. Welchman taking the summer months and
Dr. Comins returning from Norfolk Island during the southeastern
trade season, when Mr. Welchman went back to his own work in
Bugotu. Previous to this, however, Mr. Forrest had been living
continuously at Santa Cruz all the year through, but the rest of the staff
regularly spent the summer months at Norfolk Island. Bishop J.
Selwyn, moreover, had long been desirous of doing something to aid the
Christian life of the converts, because he recognized the necessity of
building them up in their Christianity. He also wished to give them
something to do in order to replace the misdirected efforts of the old
Heathenism with some form of regular employment. His idea was to
furnish a small vessel for trading purposes and to start a trading com-
pany, thus providing an outlet for the energies of his people, now that
the old avenues of their Heathen life were closed.
FURTHER CHANGES.
During Bishop Wilson's episcopate there were many new develop-
ments of work. Preparatory schools were built at Bongana in Florida,
at Pamua on San Cristoval, and at Vureas in the Banks Group. The
missionaries began to reside permanently among their people and mis-
sion houses were built in all the groups. Men took their wives to the
islands and women workers were placed in pairs in various places.
Still, so long as Norfolk Island remained the Bishop's headquarters it
could not reasonably be said that these doings amounted to a radical
change of front; they were only what might be expected, owing to
the changes in the circumstances of the islands caused by the advent of
trade and by the presence of other missionary bodies in the Mission's
area. These two factors, viz., trade and opposition, have worked such
a change in the Mission's plan that it may be said that practically
all the missionaries are residential in the islands, i. e.y they no longer
return to Norfolk Island during the summer.
The growing importance of the work in the islands so impressed the
authorities that when Bishop Wilson resigned it was felt that his suc-
cessor must be prepared to have his headquarters in the islands. Nor-
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folk Island, however, was to continue, but was to take in only senior
boys and no girls whatever; its numbers would thus be reduced consid-
erably and special attention could then be given to individuals and
special facilities afforded for the training of ordinands. Under these
conditions it is obvious that the Bishop would have to intrust the head
of the Norfolk Island school with considerable powers. But a prece-
dent might have been found for this in the fact that Bishop Patteson
had previously entertained the idea of locating himself in Fiji in order
to conduct work among the Melanesian laborers there and of intrusting
to others the care of St. Barnabas; Bishop J. R. Selwyn, also, proposed
leaving Dr. Codrington in charge at St. Barnabas, so that he himself
might be free to build up the lives of the Christians in the islands.
The intention at the beginning of the episcopate of Bishop Wood was
to modify the original plan of work by providing that the missionaries
and the Bishop look upon the islands as their main field of operations
and should definitely make their home in the islands, but that the chief
training-school should be away from the islands, i. e.> that the original
plan should still stand in part. But in the light both of the failure of
the situation of the school (in a temperate climate) to affect materially
the mental or spiritual vigor of the scholars as was hoped, and also
having in consideration the undoubted fact that a school to serve the
same purposes could easily be established in these days in the Solo-
mons or in the New Hebrides, one can but think that the Norfolk
Island school might well be closed altogether. The Presbyterians have
their college on Tangoa in the New Hebrides and the Anglicans in
Papua have theirs at Dogura, and both of these colleges can turn out
teachers every bit as capable of doing their work as the Melanesian
teachers from Norfolk Island are for doing theirs.
Possibly it was thought that to close St. Barnabas altogether would
entail the running counter to a vast amount of sentiment, and even if
the closing of it could be shown to be likely to effect a saving financially
considerations of sentiment seemed likely to rule out the project as
impossible or as unwise. One remembers that there was some talk a
few years ago of making Sydney the headquarters for the ship, but inas-
much as the doing of this would have involved the changing of the
business headquarters also (and these have been in Auckland from the
start), it was deemed inadvisable to make any change. Sydney, how-
ever, is the metropolis for the Pacific and caters specially for the island
trade, and there is no doubt that the trade requirements of the Mission
would have been more easily satisfied and a saving in price would also
have been effected by dealing in Sydney; but old associations carried
the day. The history of the monetary contributions to the mission in
New Zealand shows, however, that propinquity to and constant asso-
ciation with the Mission and its work are not the all-important factors
in determining the amount of money likely to be subscribed in a place.
The Auckland diocese used to be far ahead of all the other dioceses
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in New Zealand in its support of the Melanesian Mission, but of late
years Christchurch has been a considerable rival to it. Possibly even
a change of the headquarters of the ship to Sydney would not have
affected New Zealand contributions over much.
It can hardly be said that the Mission has any explicit or definite
policy with regard to the requirements of the life of its missionaries in
the islands, i. e.> in the matter of food, diet, care of the body, medicine,
clothing, housing, learning of the local language, treatment of natives,
method of propagation of Christianity. In the old days the newcomer
did certainly get impregnated with the atmosphere of the Mission by
living at Norfolk Island; he learned the lingai (a Mota word meaning
"use") of the Mission, but nowadays newcomers go straight to their
work in the islands and have to learn the lingai of the Mission as best
they can. It would seem that there never has been any definite policy
with regard to these matters; a man on being put down in the old days
in charge of a particular place was left there quite alone and presumably
was expected to know how to live his life without warning or direction.
When Bishop Wilson at the outset of his work directed attention to
the need of a set of directions and instructions for managing a whale-
boat the opinion which found favor among the staff was that it was best
to let a man learn by experience. And the question of linguistics was
treated much in the same way — every man was supposed to pick up the
language spoken in his particular district. The learning of Mota was a
fairly simple problem, owing to the many books that were translated
into it (the Mota dictionary was not published till 1896), but it was
quite a different matter when faced with an unknown tongue which one
was supposed to learn, while at the same time no help or directions
were provided towards enabling one to set about the study of it.
The common use of Mota tended, moreover, to cause a depreciation
in the estimate of the value of the other languages of the Mission.
Mota was the language and the enlightenment or the importance of a
place was measured at times by the ability or otherwise of its people to
speak Mota. The unquestioned usefulness and the predominance of
Mota tended to put all the other languages into the background and
had a prejudicial effect on the study of them. Britishers as a rule are
inclined possibly to treat sets of instructions as unnecessary and grand-
motherly, and the non-provision of the missionaries of the Melanesian
Mission with the best wisdom of the day with regard to the needs of
their life was due in the first place to this dislike of being ordered about
and of having to live according to rule and of assimilating their ideas
to a set of formal conditions, and in the second place was the direct con-
sequence of the old view that the life of the missionaries in the islands
was an incidental break in the regular round of duties at Norfolk Island.
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A. Recruiting Boat at a Market in Malaita. The Women in the Canoes are waiting
to exchange their Fish for Garden Produce.
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It did not need the mistake of a clerk in drawing out the letters
patent of Bishop G. A. Selwyn's commission to act as bishop from lat.
500 S. to 340 N. (i. e.y from the Auckland Islands to the Carolines) to
direct the Bishop's attention to the islands of Melanesia. In 1847,
when Selwyn first went to Melanesia, Fiji had already been partially
Christianized, Tonga and Samoa were practically Christian, the French
were beginning to occupy New Caledonia, and the London Missionary
Society had Rarotongan teachers in the southern New Hebrides and
the Loyalties; John Williams had been murdered in Erromango, and
a French Roman Catholic bishop had been killed at Ysabel, Solomon
Islands. Selwyn wrote in 1849:
"While I have been sleeping in my bed in New Zealand, these islands,
the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Ireland, New Britain,
New Guinea, the Loyalty Islands, the Kingsmills, etc., have been riddled
through and through by the whale-fishers and traders of the South Sea.
That odious black slug the beche-de-mer has been dragged out of its hole
in every coral reef to make black broth for Chinese mandarins, while I,
like a worse black slug as I am, have left the world all its field of mischief
to itself. The same daring men have robbed every one of these islands of
its sandalwood to furnish incense for the idolatrous worship of the Chinese
temples, before I have taught a single islander to offer up his sacrifice of
prayer to the true and only God. Even a mere Sydney speculator could
induce nearly a hundred men to sail in his ships to Sydney to keep his flocks
and herds, before I, to whom the Chief Shepherd has given commandment
to seek out His sheep that are scattered over a thousand isles, have sought
out or found out so much as one of those which have strayed or are lost.'
Selwyn first reached New Zealand in 1842 and five years later his
great mind and his godly strength and endurance prompted him to
join H. M. S. Dido as acting chaplain on a voyage to Tonga and Samoa
and to the southern New Hebrides and the Isle of Pines. It was at
this last place that he saw a sandalwood trader, Captain Paddon,
living in perfect security among a people credited with every evil
passion and with a name for extreme treachery and cunning. Cap-
tain Paddon ascribed his safety to just and straight dealing, and the
Bishop at once saw the value of this lesson and called Paddon his
tutor. Just dealing seldom fails to commend itself to natives, but
the Melanesian Mission had sad cause later on to know that disin-
terested conduct and the best of motives will not avail against out-
raged feelings or superstitious beliefs or even against the involuntary
breaking of a tabu or a going contrary to some established practice
of native etiquette.
On August 1, 1849, Selwyn sailed from Auckland in his own college
schooner, the Undine, for New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, and
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thus began what his detractors in New Zealand called his "yachting
cruises." The Undine was a fore-and-aft schooner of 21 tons, and a
square sail could be hoisted on the foremast when the wind was aft.
The Bishop had already made several trips round New Zealand in this
little vessel with Champion as master. In his later years Champion
lived on Norfolk Island, and during my occupation of the chaplaincy
of the island I had many opportunities of converse with the old man.
He was naturally full of stories about the Bishop and his prowess. One
story was told to his own detriment. On one occasion, when about to
leave Auckland for Wellington, the Bishop on coming aboard found his
captain drunk. He promptly put him below, shut the hatch, got sails
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set, and then took the wheel all night and navigated the ship past the
many islets into open water. In the morning the Bishop opened the
hatch and called out, "Champion, are you sober?" "Yes, my lord!"
replied Champion. "Then come up and take the wheel while I sleep."
On Selwyn's first voyage to Melanesia he had, of course, no modern
charts to go by; all that he had were some old Russian and Spanish
charts, the latter being 300 years old. Champion, at my request, made
a model of the Undine and presented it to the Mission; it is now in the
museum at Norfolk Island. The discomforts of life on a 20-ton schooner
in the tropics must have been very great, and in addition the Bishop's
cabin was often occupied with sick and ailing natives. The fare on
board was doubtless composed mainly of "bully" beef and hard bis-
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cuits, but one is inclined to think that the following story, if true, shows
hardness run to the death. The Bishop had called in at Norfolk
Island and on Sunday a roast turkey appeared on the table. The cook
was called and was asked by the Bishop where he got the turkey.
"Norfolk Island, my lord," he replied. Then said the Bishop, "Have
you got no salt beef on board? Heave that thing over the side."
Perhaps the most marvelous feat of endurance on the part of
Bishop Selwyn was the compilation, while at sea in the Undine on the
Melanesian trips, of his "Verbal Analysis of the Bible," which was
intended to facilitate the translation of the Scriptures into foreign
languages. Of this work it may be said that the scope of it is as
yet too great for our present standards of scholarship. We are too
parochial and confined in our thoughts, our efforts are too small and
insignificant, our horizon is always so limited, and our efforts are too
puny to allow us to work on such broad and comprehensive lines as
the Bishop suggests. The greatness of his ideas fairly makes us stagger,
so accustomed are we to puddling along in our own little corners.
The book had a twofold object; it was intended to act as a manu-
script note-book to assist in the translations of the Scriptures, and also
to provide a complete course of annual instruction on the whole subject-
matter of the Bible. All the words of the Bible can be classified under
less than 250 heads, and these are arranged alphabetically in the
analysis, and provision is made for 60 subheadings in each case. Ref-
erences are given showing where each word occurs, either in the Old
or in the New Testament. The book is so arranged as to supply a
course of annual lessons on the Bible for every Sunday in the year and
two or more of a less strictly religious character for every week. These
are to be used for spelling and reading lessons, then with the references
as lessons on the words of the Bible, then as the heads of catechetical
instruction. The missionary is to write down in one of the columns
the native equivalents for the various English words, thus enabling him
to gain an accurate knowledge of the language of the people among
whom he is working, so that the translations may be idiomatic and accu-
rate, and so that as full and complete a list of words may be compiled
as the language affords. With the assistance of others the Bishop
hoped to expand the book into a complete polyglot dictionary of all
languages and a universal cipher for international communication.
And all the manuscript was prepared in the cabin of a 20-ton schooner
in the tropics! A veritable triumph of mind and spirit over matter!
Bishop Selwyn's powers of body were equally on as large a scale as
those of his mind. His feat of diving and examining the copper sheath-
ing on the bottom of the Undine, after she had been aground on a reef
at Noumea, well merited the generous applause of the British and
French men-of-war's men anchored near by.
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The mission carpenter at Norfolk Island told me a story illustrating
the general opinion held in Auckland as to the Bishop's ability to box.
During the time of the Maori war a man-of-war's man and a marine
were fighting in Queen Street when the Bishop happened to be passing
by. An onlooker said to Kendall, the carpenter, "Do you see those
two fellows fighting? Well, there goes someone who could take it out
of the two of them with one hand ! " Kendall pretended ignorance and
asked who was meant, "Why, the Bishop of course," said the other.
Champion, of the Undiney used to recount how at Tanna, where the
Bishop went first in 1849, a native came off and proceeded to air his
knowledge of English, which was mostly of a blasphemous and filthy
nature. The Bishop ordered the man to leave the ship and on his
refusal bundled him over the side into the water. The man swam
ashore and joined a group on the beach, and then the Bishop told
Champion to lower the dinghy. " But, my lord," protested Champion,
"surely you are not going to venture on shore." "Lower the dinghy"
was the order. The Bishop then got into it and sculled himself to
shore.
Selwyn's lack of conventionality and his indifference to what is
generally regarded as the convenances of his position and his desire to
get on with what he had in hand are well exemplified by the story of his
carrying ashore from the ship the boxes of his chaplain, who had just
arrived from England, and in later years we read of Selwyn himself
superintending the recoppering of the mission ship at Kawau.
One result of Bishop Selwyn's first voyage to Melanesia in the
Undine was that he obtained five native boys whom he took up to
Auckland and thus practically started the Melanesian Mission. In the
following year a voyage was made to the same islands again and Tanna
also was visited. Some Anaiteum people were returned from Tanna
and owing to heavy weather the crossing took two days, and the
Undine had 35 people on board all that time.
In 185 1 the Undine was replaced by the Border Maid, a schooner
of ico tons and costing £1,200, the money being subscribed in Sydney
and Newcastle. The support of the ship was guaranteed in Sydney
and by the Eton Association for helping the Melanesian Mission, and
ever since then Eton has nobly done its duty by the Mission year after
year. The founding of the Australian Board of Missions was another
of the results of Selwyn's visit to Sydney that year. The Bishop
lamented the passing of the little Undine, which had carried him so
well over 24,000 miles of sea.
In company with Bishop Tyrrell of Newcastle, a voyage was made
in the Border Maid to the southern New Hebrides, to New Caledonia,
to Santa Cruz, and to the Solomons. At Malekula in the New Hebrides
the whole ship's company were in serious peril of their lives, Bishop
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Selwyn being on shore filling water-casks and Bishop Tyrrell minding
the ship. Stones were thrown and arrows were shot, but the calmness
of the whole party undoubtedly saved them from being massacred.
The Border Maid was found to be defective in gear and sails and
was sold the next year. The natives who had been brought up to
Auckland in her were taken to Sydney and were returned to their
homes in a chartered brig named Gratitude. A voyage was made in
the brig Victoria in 1853 as far as Norfolk Island and the Loyalties,
the Bishop being accompanied by the governor of New Zealand, Sir
George Gray. Thus Bishop Selwyn completed seven voyages to Mel-
anesia. Anyone who has visited the islands of Melanesia and has
had experience with the tropical heat and the wet and muggy atmos-
phere, would hardly say that he had been on a "yachting cruise";
and when one considers the smallness of the Undine and the confined
space in which the Bishop and his passengers lived, and their sen-
sations in being hove-to in the tropics for 48 hours during a hurricane,
their food salt beef or pork and biscuits, one marvels at the courage
and determination and endurance of this great hero. There were not
wanting those who viewed with great disfavor the Bishop's missionary
voyages; he was frequently told that he had plenty to do at home
without taking up this new work; but who can dictate to a St. Paul?
The fruit of the Bishop's devoted labor is seen to-day in the great
missionary diocese of Melanesia.
When Selwyn visited a strange place his habit was to jump out from
his whaleboat when 10 to 20 yards from the shore, and then to wade or
swim to the beach; on his shoulders he strapped numerous presents,
consisting of tomahawks, fish-hooks, handkerchiefs, prints, red tape.
To the people who stood awaiting him on the beach he gave presents;
he wrote down any names of people that he could obtain (how did he
keep his notebook dry?), and made lists of words for future use. He
bought their yams or coconuts and established friendly relations
with them. In some places he produced one of the native boys who
accompanied him and used him as a tame decoy, hoping to get a lad to
accompany him. The Sydney Bulletin pictures to-day of missionaries
in top hats and frock coats are at least 50 years behind the times. It
was a common report in the Mission and it is an indisputable fact that
both Selwyn and Patteson often went ashore in such regimentals,
though we of to-day wonder how they managed to endure them. In
my missionary play "Darkness and Dawn" I had represented Bishop
Patteson as thus attired, but rather than seem to give countenance to
the Bulletin idea I changed the dress. Bishop Wilson, on looking up
his diary, wrote me that George Sarawia, Bishop Patteson's deacon,
had informed him that he recollected the Bishop so dressed when he
first saw him in the islands. The London Missionary Society also
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has pictures showing John Williams at Eromanga clad in silk hat and
frock coat. The modern missionary's dress is of a peculiarly non-
descript character. One remembers visiting a man-of-war in the
Solomons and looking rather like a beachcomber than a mission priest,
a battered straw hat, no coat, shirt torn, skin burned as brown as any
native's, white trousers the worse for wear, and no boots on simply
because there were none to put on; all were worn out with the rough
travelling. We had just returned from a trip round Malaita (240
miles) in a whaleboat.
Some of the most pleasant natives one has known have been pro-
fessional murderers, men who made their money by killing; they quite
appreciate the value of Christian work among their neighbors. Most
of the popular ideas as to cannibalism take their origin from descrip-
tions of old Fijian habits or in a measure from the present-day prac-
tices of certain African peoples, but cannibalism was never universal
in Melanesia; in many of the islands, and even in parts of islands where
it is known to be practiced, it is regarded with great abhorrence. Those
of them who do eat human flesh eat it as a matter of course, associate
it with no superstitious rites or ceremonies, and simply eat it because
they learned the practice from their forefathers. The good old idea
of the lurking savage going about with his chops watering, seeking whom
he may devour, has no foundation in fact, and all writers of fiction have
in the main abandoned it now under the light of ethnological research
and with a better knowledge of the habits and customs of people. It
may safely be said that the natives in Melanesia do not kill men purely
for the sake of eating their flesh. Stories of ogres are common enough
in the islands, men and women who have developed an inordinate taste
for human flesh, but the ordinary native in a cannibalistic district makes
no distinction between human flesh and pork; it is simply flesh meat.
The first Southern Cross of the Mission was built at Blackwall by
Wigram's. She was a schooner of 65 tons. Miss Yonge had sug-
gested, when Bishop Selwyn visited England in 1853, that funds should
be raised for a ship among the readers of "The Heir of RedclyfFe, "
then just published. Mrs. Keble and some friends raised the required
sum and gave it to the Bishop. The Southern Cross sailed in 1854
from London on the same day that Selwyn and Patteson left England
in the Duke of Portland. On arrival in New Zealand the ship was
utilized for a trip to the South Island, and in 1856 Patteson made his
first voyage to Melanesia in company with the Bishop. After the
wreck of this vessel in i860 on the Hen and Chickens, the schooner
Zillah was chartered for the Melanesian voyages. She was slow and
unsuitable, after the smart and speedy and comfortable(?) Southern
Cross, and Patteson said that she was guiltless of making 2 miles an
hour to windward in a wind.
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The year of Bishop Patteson's consecration the Dunedin, a vessel of
60 tons, was chartered. She was characterized as slow but sound. On
all these ships the missionaries' practice was to have classes for the
natives, and as in Patteson's time these classes were conducted in
several languages which he alone knew, his time must have been well
occupied. The principle on which he worked was that "to teach
Christianity a man must know the language well." Certainly it is
easy enough to acquire a few words and phrases, but in order to teach
and to drive truths home a good, solid, idiomatic knowledge of a lan-
guage is required. During this same year Patteson made a voyage to
the Solomons in H. M. S. Cordelia and greatly appreciated the comfort
of his new surroundings. He made a landing on Ysabel, where he
acquired a list of 200 words and phrases. The Bishop's practice
ever was to leave his boat's crew and go ashore wading or swimming.
Patteson and Selwyn were both good swimmers, and it surely requires
some skill to swim with a bundle of hatchets and adzes tied to one's
shoulders. We read of Bishop Selwyn swimming out in a surf at
Omba and of Patteson spending two days and a night in the Banks
Group in an open boat in rain and wind riding to an anchor. If
sailors do things of this sort we marvel at their intrepid behavior,
but how much greater is it when men delicately reared act thus in the
performance of their duty for Christ's sake ! We heard also of a mission
priest last year in the Solomons who left an island at daybreak and after
continuous rowing against wind and tide reached his destination the
following night. And what shall we say of Dr. Welchman journeying
across from Bugotu to Guadalcanar, 60 miles in an open boat, to visit
the sick, and then returning the same way? "The noble love of Jesus
impels a man to do great things."
While waiting for the second Southern Cross the schooner Sea
Breeze was chartered in 1862, and the following year the new Mission
ship arrived under the charge of Captain Tilly, who had been navigat-
ing lieutenant on the Cordelia and had volunteered to join Patteson.
In later years we remember Captain Tilly as the Mission's secretary in
Auckland. The second Southern Cross was a yawl-rigged brigantine
of 93 tons and was also built at Wigram's. Her cost was £3,000, a large
portion of which was contributed by Mr. Keble. Surely if Keble Col-
lege realized the part Mr. Keble played in forwarding the work of the
Melanesian Mission, some of their men would consider it their duty to
volunteer for service in that Mission.
No steward was carried on the Mission ship and the missionaries
waited on themselves until some of the native boys volunteered to
help. This was ever Patteson's way, and Selwyn's too; they were
quite ready to do all the work and rather preferred to stir up and
quicken their boys into helpfulness by letting the idea sink into their
214 YACHTING IN MELANESIA.
minds than to cause them to help through being commanded to do
so; but this, of course, presupposes the working of a good deal of
spiritual force in the mind of the natives, and one has to remember that
a bishop or a person in high authority will often get attention shown
him when an ordinary person may easily be passed over. A judicious
mingling of the power of example and of the assertion of authority
would seem to meet the case. If anything, the Mission, in following the
practice of its great leaders, has somewhat failed to exercise the rights
of its position, in trusting that the natives would themselves see and
realize their duty by their spiritual fathers.
Before Tilly's time the Bishop used to see to all the provisioning of
the ship for the voyages, hired the seamen, kept all the accounts, and
frequently was responsible for the navigation. 0 temporal 0 more si
We latter-day missionaries, when clearing from Norfolk Island, so far
from attending to navigation, cared little in our agony which way the
ship's head was pointed. What lively times we used to have: a ship
full of natives, boys and girls, the decks cumbered with livestock, the
hold, the cabins, the natives' quarters filled with stores and with lug-
gage. There was often no available space for the boys to lie down in;
the 'tween decks was littered up with boxes, tables, furniture, packages,
all piled one on top of the other. Lucky was the boy who could curl up
on the underside of a table stowed upside down. Some people seem
to fancy that Melanesians never suffer from the same ailments that
Europeans do, are never seasick, never get malaria, etc. There is an
equally prevalent belief that natives do not mind the sun's rays at sea,
and also that they have no objection to getting wet with salt water,
whereas when a spray comes on board they instinctively try to dodge it;
possibly this is owing to their objection to having the salt dry on the
bare skin; and also they will always congregate when possible under
the shadow of the sail to avoid the sun. In rain natives start shivering
and their teeth begin to chatter long before a white man shows any
signs of feeling cold.
Between Norfolk Island and the tropic one generally expected to
have a bad time on the Southern Cross. The weather was often very
rough, with a cross sea running, and then everything started rolling
about. The 8-pound tins of meat stored in the lockers in the cabin
would often be shot violently from one side to the other; the book-
case door would threaten to break loose from its hinges, tumblers fell
off the stand and were broken to pieces, lamps and doors swung wildly
about with the rolling of the vessel, an occasional wave would dash
into the side cabins, and to shut the doors meant suffocation. The
bunks were arranged on both sides of the cabin, and where the ship
was over full some luckless wight had to camp on the settee, and his
experiences at night in a gale were somewhat exciting. As often as not
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one of the bunks was occupied by some boy who was being taken home
ill. But the crown of it all was making up the teachers' pay in the
store-room, commonly known as "the sweat-box," the temperature
between 950 and ioo°, no air, a rolling ship, and the smell of the bilge
water over all.
The old Southern Cross had no bath and we hailed with delight a
chance ->f standing under the rush of water that came off the deck-
house in a shower. Tradition says that Bishop John Selwyn used to
get them to turn the salt-water hose on him when they were washing
down the decks.
Captain Tilly resigned in 1870 and Captain Jacob succeeded him
and was in charge of the ship at the time of the Bishop's murder. The
third Southern Cross was built in 1874 and Bongard was her captain
from 1875 till sne was sold. Bongard was the mate who took in the
boat at Nukapu and picked up the Bishop's body. He had previously
been mate on Henry Kingsley's yacht. The new ship was built in
Auckland, a noted place for building good schooners. She was a three-
masted topsail schooner of 180 tons, with a 24 horse-power auxiliary
engine; her cost was about £5,000, of which £2,000 came from the Pat-
teson Memorial Fund of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
After she was sold she was renamed Ysabel and was noted for her fast
sailing.
The fourth Southern Cross served from 1891 to 1903. She was
built at Wyvenhoe in Essex by a noted yacht-builder, a friend of
Bishop Selwyn's. Her cost was £9,000 and Bishop Selwyn and his
friends contributed the money. In rig she was a three-masted fore-
and-aft schooner with yards on the foremast, and still bearing her old
name she is in the timber trade from Hobart to Melbourne and may
often be seen in the Yarra just below Queen's Bridge. Her present
owner speaks well of her sailing powers, but oh, when on her how one
longed to be elsewhere! Her sail area was much reduced after she
reached New Zealand, owing to a fear that the hull would not stand
the strain, and this reduction in driving force, together with the drag
of the propeller, made it very difficult to keep her well up when tacking.
In 1901 the Bishop asked me to go to Tikopia in the ship from Mota, a
distance of about 100 miles. On a previous voyage we had done the
same journey in 17 hours; this second time we left on Monday about
noon in a heavy swell; when Tuesday dawned we sighted the island
a long way to windward and at noon we were 20 miles to leeward of it,
and it was 10 a. m. the next day before we landed. It was always a
struggle to get from the Solomons to Santa Cruz, and sometimes it
took the better part of a week, but the last stretch of 600 miles from
Vila to Norfolk Island was a veritable sea of growls. It was generally
a case of making less than 100 miles a day tacking against the south-
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east trade-wind, and on one occasion we actually made a minus quantity
in the 24 hours' run, so far as actual mileage was concerned, though we
were in a better strategic position for getting south. Coming from the
hot tropics, we felt the cold; our blood was thin and malaria insistent;
supplies were apt to run short and we were perchance but poor expo-
nents of Christian or even of Spartan fortitude. Captain Bongard
remained in charge of the ship till 1897, and then he was succeeded by
the mate, Mr. Huggett, a very old servant of the Mission, whom Mr.
Hammond eventually succeeded.
The present Southern Cross arrived in 1903. Originally she had sail
power as well as steam, but the sails were taken off and the masts
reduced in number and size. Her tonnage is 500, her speed 12 knots,
and she cost £21,000. Captain Sinker commanded her for nearly
ten years and wrote a descriptive account of his first voyage to the
islands, which is entitled, " By Reef and Shoal. "
IVENS
PLATE 3
Photo by I'eatlie, Hobarl.
A. Sea-going Canoe, Malaita.
B. Model of Canoe used for Bonito Fishing, Ulawa.
C. Matema, Reef Group.
THE QUEENSLAND LABOR TRADE.
The first laborers imported into Queensland from the Pacific Islands
arrived there in the year 1864. They were imported by Captain
Towns, of Brisbane, for work on the cotton plantations. In 1847
certain pastoralists of New South Wales had requisitioned ships to
procure natives from the islands for employment as shepherds and
drovers. Two ships were employed, the brig Portania and the schooner
Velocity, and their object was described as "trading for cannibals,"
and when the so-called cannibals could not be obtained by fair means
they were to be taken by force. These two ships called first at the
Loyalties and obtained 30 men, who were far from being cannibals
and who certainly had not the least idea of the agreement under which
they were supposed to serve, but thought they were out on a pleasure
trip to see the world. They next procured men from the Gilberts and
Kingsmills and then made for Rotuma, where the Loyalty Islanders
absconded. An affray followed, during which the whites fired on the
natives, and one native was killed and two whites. Thus early was
that traffic begun which was to lead to the death of so many men,
both white and brown.
In 1867 there were taken to Queensland, for a period of three years,
382 natives, but only 78 of them returned. From this year till the
end of 1890 there was a constant stream of native laborers flowing to
Queensland from the islands. Then for a few months the trade ceased,
owing to legislation passed in 1885, but it was revived in the following
year for a period of ten years. In 1901 provision was made for its
complete suppression and all the natives were ordered to be deported
by December 1906.
The trade has generally been called the "Polynesian labor trade"
or the "Pacific Islands labor trade," and the laborers have been
known as Polynesians or Kanakas, or occasionally as Papuans, but
never once by their real name of Melanesians. The western Pacific
has suffered from the fact of its late development and from the inhos-
pitable character of its natives. The eastern Pacific, Polynesia
proper, was well known to white people early in the nineteenth century
and the hospitality of its natives was proverbial, whereas New Guinea
and the islands of Melanesia, though close to Australia, long remained
unexplored and unknown, the ferocity of the people being in a measure
responsible for this. Accordingly everything was measured in white
men's minds by Polynesia. Thus Dr. Codrington had a long fight to
gain a hearing for the Melanesian languages and to convince people
that they were real independent languages and not mere offshoots of
Maori on the one side or of Samoan on the other. In effect he has
triumphantly proved that Melanesian languages are really older than
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Polynesian and represent a much more primitive method of speech,
and that the Polynesian languages might possibly be described as much-
worn specimens of Melanesian rather than the Melanesian as crude
forms of Polynesian, and one would not be in error in saying that the
key to the study of the Polynesian languages etymologically is found
in the Melanesian languages.
It is curious, however, that these Melanesians in Queensland should
have been described as Kanakas. Kanaka is an Hawaiian word mean-
ing man, and is identical with the Maori tangata, so the Kanaka labor
trade means really the trade in men. Possibly the use of the word is
reminiscent of the labor trade carried on by the Spaniards from Lima
for laborers in the mines. Numbers of their ships went kidnapping
at the Sandwich Islands and at Samoa, and just as in Melanesia in
later days the labor vessels were known as "men-buying" or "men-
stealing" ships, so the Hawaiians probably named them "kanaka-
stealers," but it is not certain how the Hawaiian word first came to
be used in the trade in the western Pacific.
Polynesians as such were but little recruited for Queensland or Fiji.
In 1894 Bishop Wilson reported on a number of Gilbert Islanders
(Micronesians) who had just been recruited, and in the early years
raids were made on the Polynesians of Uvea in the Loyalties and on
the Micronesians of the Line Islands. The Rotuma people included
in that early raid are Polynesians in geographical situation, but speak
a Melanesian language. Beyond these instances Polynesians as such
seem not to have been recruited at all. However, a few were recruited
from Rennell, an outlying island in the Solomons, and likewise from
Ongtong Java (Lord Howe Island), north of the Solomons, and from
Tikopia. Most of these recruits died and the survivors were returned
to their homes before completing their three years.
To call these Melanesians Papuans, as some of the labor-vessel
captains did, or worse still, as some of the Presbyterian missionaries
in the southern New Hebrides did, is really inexcusable from a lin-
guistic point of view. Everyone in this part of the Pacific ought to
know that the term Papuan is used to describe the peoples of New
Guinea. The word Papua in itself is said to be a Malay word meaning
frizzly or fuzzy and was applied by sea-going Malays to the frizzly-
headed natives of New Guinea, they themselves of course having
straight, long hair. So far, however, as the character of the hair goes,
Melanesians might well be called Papuans. The Melanesian teachers
in the Anglican Mission in Papua to-day are always called South Sea
Islanders — a name imported from Queensland, whence they were
obtained. All the legislation concerning the imported laborers in
Queensland was under the heading of Pacific Islanders or Pacific
island laborers.
THE QUEENSLAND LABOR TRADE. 2IO.
The labor trade may be summed up as having had three stages of
development: (i) open kidnapping; (2) recruiting under conditions
somewhat improved; (3) legitimate recruiting. Vessels of various
sorts had been sailing in the Melanesian islands from about 1840 —
sandalwood traders, whalers, beche-de-mer curers. Of these the
whalers had perhaps been the least unsatisfactory, in that they at any
rate did not murder the natives, though they certainly left terrible
diseases behind them. The crews of two ships engaged in the sandal-
wood trade in 1842 shot down 26 men in one of the southern New
Hebrides and suffocated others with smoke in a cave.
The regular and systematic exploitation of Melanesians as laborers
in Queensland and Fiji did not begin before 1866-67. ^n tne latter
year Bishop Patteson wrote:
"Reports are rife of a semi-legalized slave-trading between the South
Sea Islands and New Caledonia and Fiji. I am told that the government
sanctions natives being brought upon agreement to work for pay, etc., and
passage home in two years. We know the impossibility of making contracts
with New Hebrides or Solomon Island natives. It is a mere sham, an
evasion of some law passed, I dare say, without any dishonorable intention
to procure colonial labor. I saw a letter in a Sydney paper which spoke
strongly and properly of the necessity of the most stringent rules to pre-
vent the white settlers from injuring the colored men."
In 1868 Bishop Patteson speaks of the recruiting from Tanna for
Fiji and expresses his fears that natives were being taken under false
pretences owing to the impossibility of the recruiters understanding
the Tanna language, while to talk of making a contract with them was
absurd.
In 1869 it was found that the Noumea and Fiji vessels were using
the Bishop's name in the Banks Group in order to entice people on
board, pretending that they were his emissaries and accounting for
his absence by saying that his ship had been wrecked, or that he had
broken his leg, or had gone to England and had sent them to fetch
natives to him. As yet no force had been used, but the people feared
the recruiters. Certain English-speaking natives were employed as
recruiting agents, and some of these had learned their English with
the Bishop. In regard to this the Bishop wrote:
"In most places where any of our young people happened to be on shore,
they warned their companions against these men, but not always with
success. This is a sad business, and very discreditable to the persons
employed in it, for they must know that they can not control the masters
of the vessels engaged in the trade. They may pass laws as to the treatment
the natives are to receive on the plantations, but they know that the whole
thing is dishonest. The natives don't intend or know anything about any
service or labor; they don't know that they will have to work hard. They
are brought away under false pretences, else why tell lies to induce them to
go on board? I dare say that many young fellows go on board without
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much persuasion. Many causes may be at work to induce them to do so,
e. .g., sickness in the island, quarrels, love of excitement, the spirit of enter-
prise, but if they knew what they were taken for I don't think they would go."
The premium offered by the planters, £10 to £12 per head, was
quite sufficient to tempt some shipmasters to obtain colored labor by
foul means, if fair proved impossible. Accordingly in 1869 and 1870
we begin to read of wholesale kidnapping and of outrageous acts of
violence. Two cases were reported and the captains of naval vessels
seized the schooners Daphne and Challenge on charges of slavery.
However, their zeal for righteousness cost them dearly; the courts
acquitted the accused, and the naval commanders were indicted by
the owners of the vessels for detention and unlawful seizure, and a bill
of £900 for damages was sent to one of them. It is recorded of the
Challenge that she decoyed natives of the Torres Islands into the hold
by means of gifts, beads, and trinkets; then the hatches were put on
and a boat placed over the hatchway. The natives began to cut a
hole in the ship's side and eventually were allowed to jump overboard
when the ship was 7 miles off the shore. Later on, the schooner
Helen was boarded by officers and was found to have no clearance and
no license, but the fear of the courts had made the naval captains
careful and, though the illegality was plain, all that was done was to
make the master of the Helen sign a statement of the illegality of the
proceedings and then the vessel was allowed to proceed. At Vanua
Lava, in the Banks Group, two natives were knocked down into the
hold and were carried to Fiji, and the captain was convicted on a
charge of assault and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, but the
charge of slavery failed.
The most notorious case, however, was that of the brig Carl, which
left Melbourne in 1871 to recruit for Fiji. When in the New Hebrides
she was overhauled by H. M. S. Rosario and everything seemed to
be quite in order and all straightforward, whereas an awful tragedy
had happened on her a few days previously. In addition to the
English crew there were a number of "passengers" on board, and one
of these, a Melbourne doctor, was part owner of the ship. At Paama
they dressed up one man as a missionary and endeavored to obtain
recruits on the plea that they represented the Bishop. As canoes came
round the ship the captain and crew threw pig iron into them and sank
them; then the "passengers" lowered the boats and picked up the
struggling natives; those who resisted were hit with clubs or with pieces
of iron. In other places they lowered a boat on top of the canoes and
sank them and then picked up the swimmers. The slaves were all
stowed under hatches and an armed guard placed over them. The
murder-lust seems to have maddened the white men and (inflamed
probably with drink) they imagined that the slaves were about to
mutiny and overpower them. Someone fired a shot at the crowd
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below and then the madness broke forth and everyone on deck started
shooting and kept it up all night long. In the morning they made an
armed reconnaissance and found that the whole place was a shambles;
some 50 had been killed outright and blood was flowing everywhere;
16 were badly wounded and 10 slightly. The dead were thrown over-
board and the legs and arms of the badly wounded were tied and they
too went overboard. The doctor is described as a "monster in human
shape," the instigator and ringleader of the atrocities; however, he
turned Queen's evidence and so got off scot-free, while the master and
one of the crew were sentenced to death, but the sentence was com-
muted.
In the same year a ship called the Marion Rennie was the scene of
a terrible massacre. She had kidnapped men all over Melanesia,
among them being Itei of Sa'a, who had paddled out to the ship and
was captured, and Amasia of Fuaga near Ataa Bay, north Malaita.
Itei was baptized by me in 1896 and Amasia after returning from Fiji
with a Fijian wife and a son Inia, now a teacher in the Melanesian
Mission, settled at Qai near Cape Astrolabe and shortly afterwards
was killed at Ngore Fou on a trumped-up charge of witchcraft. The
natives on the Marion Rennie mutinied and killed their white captors
and then were left drifting helplessly about at sea. The Tanna men
on board fraternized with the Solomon Islanders and killed and ate
the natives of the other islands. Eventually a man-of-war fell in
with the ship and conveyed her to Fiji.
Four Fijians who had been crew on another ship returned without
their white masters, and told a story of how they had been attacked
by natives of Anuda, Cherry Island, near Tikopia, and the white men
murdered. The Rosario investigated the case and decided that there
was no truth in it; probably the crew had themselves murdered the
whites.
At the island of Florida, in the Solomons, canoes were decoyed under
the stern of the recruiting ship and then boats were lowered on top of
them and the struggling natives captured in the water; those who
resisted had their heads chopped off with a long knife. The ships
that did this sort of thing were purchasing tortoise-shell and were in
league with the head-hunters of the western Solomons. Desire for
trade caused the canoes to put out to the ships, which fairly swarmed
in these years, brigs, schooners, ketches, recruiting mainly for Fiji.
Some of them had no official license to recruit, some had painted out
their names, others had no customs clearance from their last port.
In some cases the men in the canoes were lassoed round the neck from
the ship and were then hauled on board. In other cases the ship was
painted to resemble the Southern Cross and a man in a black coat went
on shore and invited the natives to go on board and see the Bishop.
Four or five years of this recruiting had practically depopulated some
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of the Banks Islands, and to make it worse women had been taken
as well as men, thus opening up an infinite possibility of wrong-doing
and confusion.
Queensland had legislated in 1868, by the "Polynesian laborers act,"
with a view to prevent kidnapping, and the shipmasters had to enter
into a bond of £500 that they would observe the provisions of the act.
Also, the employers of labor entered into a bond of £10 per laborer to
provide for return passages; this amount was afterwards lowered to £5.
The act of 1868 also provided a form which was to be read in the pres-
ence of any natives who desired to recruit and was to be signed by the
resident missionary of the place, or by a European resident or a chief
interpreter, to the effect that the native was recruited for a term of
3 years or 39 moons with wages at £6 per annum and with clothes and
rations provided, and with supervision by the Queensland government
in his sphere of labor. Nothing is stated in this act about the official
government agent who accompanied the ship to supervise the recruit-
ing, although both the Queensland and the Fijian ships seem to have
carried them then. The Queensland act of 1880 provides for the due
appointment of fit and proper persons to be government agents to
accompany the recruiting vessels.
The Imperial Government, in the "Pacific Islanders protection
act" of 1872, definitely provided against any repetition of the Daphne
case, wherein naval officers had been sued for damages, by ordering
that no officer or local authority should be held responsible, either
civilly or criminally, in respect of the seizure or detention of any vessel
suspected of kidnapping, and the act of 1875 provided for the appoint-
ment of a high commissioner for the Pacific.
In the act of 1884 a set of regulations was laid down for the trade
which might be regarded as ideal; firearms and drink were not to be
supplied to the natives; only such firearms were to be carried as were
required for the ship's use; the ships were to be painted a distinguishing
color, light slate with a black streak 6 inches wide running fore and aft,
and were to carry a black ball at the masthead when recruiting. All
laborers were to be recruited in the presence of the government agent,
and two Europeans, not counting the agent, were to accompany every
boat when ashore recruiting. If an islander deserted after being
recruited he was not to be taken by force or intimidated. Women
were not to be taken without their husbands or without the consent
of their chiefs. All interpreters employed in the trade were to be paid
fixed wages and all bonuses and commissions thus ceased. All laborers
returned were to be landed at their own "passages" unless they them-
selves expressly desired to be landed elsewhere. The government
agent was given very summary powers, and if the regulations were
faithfully carried out the recruiting would be unexceptionable.
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The stopping of the practice of giving commissions and the paying
of fixed wages to all concerned must have had a very salutary effect,
but like the rest of the regulations it was easily evaded, as was shown
in the case of the William Manson. This vessel in 1894 entered into
an agreement with Qaisulia, the chief of Adagege, one of the artificial
islets off the northeast coast of Malaita, whereby he was to receive
a boat in payment for ten men recruited. Qaisulia and his braves
violently seized a number of bush natives for his masters on the
William Manson. The evidence as to the kidnapping was conclusive,
but the white men concerned in it were acquitted and the judges
characterized the acquittal as a miscarriage of justice. The value of
the regulation ordering the government agent to supervise the recruit-
ing and of the stipulation that at least two white men accompany the
boats is seen in the contrast presented by the recruiting for Noumea,
where one hears even now of the French boats going ashore manned
by natives only and of cases of violence continually recurring.
The recruiting of women was always a source of trouble in the islands.
Any native for the nonce might pose as a chief and give his permission
for a woman to leave, provided it were made worth his while, and in
most of the Melanesian islands it is difficult to find out who is the
chief, since there are practically no paramount chiefs. However, the
spirit of the regulation was honest enough, for white men always
regard it as a sine qua non that there must be of necessity regular
chiefs in every place. One has frequently known cases where a man
has persuaded a woman to recruit with him, posing as his wife, or vice
versa, and no one in authority on shore was questioned as to their real
status. On returning the pair were in difficulties and violence and
bloodshed ensued. Their only chance of safety would be to land in
a foreign place on the plea of visiting relations.
Before English was well known in the Pacific the spirit of the regu-
lations as to making recruits understand the terms of their engage-
ment was undoubtedly difficult to carry out. Indeed, even the very
letter of it was at times completely evaded. Pacific Islanders have
no term corresponding to our word year, and cases are known where
recruits were carefully schooled to hold up three fingers and say "three
yam," i. e.y three harvests, yams being planted only once a year.
In 1884 certain Queensland ships went recruiting in the islands off
New Guinea, and several cases of actual kidnapping occurred, and
many gross and violent murders of natives took place. The inter-
preters acted as unscrupulous and uncontrolled recruiting agents and
were rewarded according to, or were promised compensations corre-
sponding with, the number of recruits obtained. According to the
evidence given, men were recruited by these ships in complete ignorance
of what was expected of them; some thought they were going for "three
moons," others "to go to white men's country and walk about,"
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others "to go and work on the ship," or "to sail about." And doubt-
less, even in Melanesia itself, the actual signing of the recruits was
in many cases a mere farce. Men filed by the government agent and
merely touched the tip of the pen he held in his hand, thus in the par-
lance of the trade "marking paper," and often with no explanation
whatever as to the matters involved. However, in time these abuses
came to an end, owing to an extended knowledge among the natives
of what were the processes involved.
In later years the regulation that interpreters must be carried on the
ships involved a good deal of heart-burning among the islanders, and
also necessarily entailed the production of a set of first-rate humbugs
as interpreters, men who were cordially detested by the shore people
and who by virtue of their position on the ship gave themselves tre-
mendous airs when ashore, and who were in consequence a menace
to their various neighborhoods. In the later days of the trade, apart
from the special provisions of the act, there was really no need for
the employment of these interpreters, as there were people in every
part who understood English.
The practice grew up of recruits being obtained by means of a present
given to their friends. This was thoroughly in accord with native
ideas and was known in the native tongue everywhere as buying.
Even Bishop Patteson had to do the same thing when he wanted to
obtain boys as scholars, and the Mission has always followed his
practice when dealing with people in Heathen districts.
Recruiting ships were said by the natives to buy their men and in
the Solomons were always known as the "ships that buy men," but
in the New Hebrides and Banks Group, where deeds of violence had
been more common, they were known as "thief ships." The giving
of a present when recruiting was connived at by the authorities,
though in itself it would probably have been held to be contrary to
the spirit of the regulations. So long as this present consisted of harm-
less things like tobacco and pipes and fish-hooks and print and axes
and knives, no exception could possibly have been taken to the prac-
tice. In later years gold was frequently given, even as much as £2
or £3 being paid for a recruit. So firmly established was the practice
that if the pay were not given for a recruit, or if it were reserved to
be handed over to him in Queensland, or if a man ran away and got
on board by stealth, and no pay were sent on shore for him, he was said
by the people to have been stolen, and angry feelings were aroused and
reprisals were sure to be made later on. (The English words sell and
pay and even buy are frequently rendered by a single word in the
Melanesian tongues.) Before the annexation of the Solomon Islands
men were frequently bought with rifles. This of course was contrary
to the regulations, but undoubtedly cases of gun-running were con-
stantly occurring in the Solomons and in the New Hebrides.
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Many a native went to Queensland with the express determination to
get a rifle on the expiration of his agreement. No one in Queensland
was allowed to sell rifles to a Kanaka, and yet they purchased them
by the thousands. Snider carbines and Tower rifles abounded in the
islands. The Samoan vessels were reputed to be the worst offenders
with regard to the furnishing of rifles, one being given for every recruit,
and another being brought back by the recruit on his return. All
vessels leaving Queensland for the islands were examined by the
customs officials and were searched for contraband goods, and the
returning laborers were forced to adopt devious means of secreting
their guns and ammunition.
The regulation box given to returns when they were paid off was a
huge affair, 36 by 1 8 inches, and sometimes these were fitted with false
bottoms and carbines were stowed in them, the barrel being cut short
or the stock being taken off. Innocent-looking boxes of Queensland
plants were found to have earth on the top and a layer of cartridges
underneath. During the Government inspection rifles were sunk in
the water butts or stowed away in the sheep pens or even lowered over
the side into the sea. The native crews would always stow away the
rifles for a fee, concealing them on the ship or up aloft, or even under
the ballast. These crews were mostly Tanna men or Loyalty Islanders,
hardened ruffians, most of them grown old in the trade.
When the Ivankoe was wrecked in Florida the commissioner had
reason to think that the returns had a number of rifles on board, but
a search of the ship revealed nothing. He then went ashore and after
digging about in various places on the beach came across a whole
consignment of rifles buried in the sand. Should the ship's company
be likely to refuse to allow a return to land his rifle in public, a friend
would come out in a canoe by night and the rifle would be lowered
over the side. It was a common practice for returns to bring back
charges of dynamite with fuse and cap all fixed ready for firing.
These were used for dynamiting shoals of fish. Such charges of dyna-
mite have been found stowed away under the ballast next to the ves-
sel's skin. What wonder, then, that vessels like the Sybil and others
have been lost at sea when carrying returned laborers.
All boats going ashore to recruit were armed. The native crew had
rifles slung under canvas covers on the sides of the boat and the white
men carried revolvers and had rifles also. The regulations were that
no boat should go ashore to recruit unless accompanied by a covering
boat. The recruiting boat contained the white recruiter, who was
generally the ship's boatswain or second mate, and two natives; the
covering boat had two white men, one of them the government agent,
and three natives. In the recruiter's boat was the trade box, and at
times murderous attacks were made by the shore people to gain pos-
session of this box. These boats always landed stern first, so as to
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be able to get away quickly in the event of a quarrel on shore. They
turned round just outside the breakers and then backed in. This is
an operation requiring considerable skill, but most of the native
crews had served a long apprenticeship and were very skilful boatmen.
The boats were double-ended and were steered with a long steer-oar
run through a strop.
The governor-in-council reserved the right of forbidding recruiting
in any certain part. For many years but little recruiting was done
at Santa Cruz; the kidnapping there in the early years had been the
direct cause of the murder of Bishop Patteson, and his death and the
death of Commodore Goodenough, coupled with the known hostile
character of the people, caused the labor ships to give Santa Cruz a
wide berth. Moreover, in the other islands men were comparatively
easy to obtain. However, one or two adventurous spirits tried
recruiting at Santa Cruz and obtained men from the neighborhood of
Graciosa Bay and also in considerable numbers from the Reef Islands.
In the year 1888 there was an abnormal mortality among these Santa
Cruz recruits in Queensland and it was decided to forbid recruiting
there altogether. The poor things frequently died of nostalgia on
their way to Queensland; they never learned enough English to enable
them to communicate their needs, either to the whites or to men of
their own color. No one besides themselves could talk their language,
so that their lot in Queensland was indeed a hard one. Yet these
laborers were so profitable to the state that in 1893 the regulation for-
bidding recruiting at Santa Cruz was rescinded and more of the people
were taken to the plantations, but with the same sad result. In one
special case, the island of Tongoa in the New Hebrides, the native
chiefs requested that their island be exempt; this was done, but their
young men paddled over to the next island and recruited there.
There can be no question that the labor trade has contributed very
largely to the depopulation of the islands. We have the witness of
Bishop Patteson, in 1 871, that all the Banks Islands, with the exception
of Mota and part of Vanua Lava, were depopulated. Of Mae, in the
New Hebrides, he wrote:
"Nothing can be more deplorable than the state of the island — I counted
in all about 48 people in the village where of old certainly 300 were to be
seen. Noumea, Fiji, Brisbane, Tanna, is in everybody's mouth, muskets
in everyone's hand, and many more in the houses."
A very small percentage of these men ever returned home and many
who did return brought contagious diseases. The possession of rifles
also was an important factor in hastening the decrease of the popu-
lation everywhere. Doubtless in most cases a spear is a far more
deadly weapon in the hands of a Melanesian than a Snider carbine, for
any shot at a moderate distance, but as a rule a native seldom risks a
shot from far ofF and prefers fairly to scorch his enemy with the powder
of the cartridge, sticking the barrel right up against him.
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Stories are told of men of Malaita wrapping up old pin-fire rifle
cartridges in a bamboo, binding the whole with string, and exploding
the cartridge by striking the pin with a stone or a billet of wood. It
had got to such a pass on Malaita in later years that for a man to be
without a rifle was certain death; every able-bodied man carried a gun.
Ramofolo, the chief of Fuaga, an artificial islet by Ataa Cove, Malaita,
had a Winchester which he informed me he had taken from a bush
chief after he had stalked and killed him in order to obtain it. At
Su* u Malou, near Aio, on the east coast of Malaita, we landed once in the
presence of a great crowd of armed men, and it was only after they had
searched our boat and seen for themselves that there was no weapon
on board that they believed our statement that we did not carry fire-
arms. Their test of being a man was the possession of a rifle.
Queensland was a veritable refuge for wrong-doers in the islands;
murderers, sorcerers, adulterers, wife-stealers, thieves, discontented
wives, rebellious children, all hailed the coming of a labor-vessel as a
chance to be freed from the likelihood of punishment or from the irk-
someness of home restrictions. However, even a residence of 30 years
did not always avail to protect against home vengeance for wrong-
doing, either actual or imaginary, as was seen in the case of Amasia of
Qai, Malaita, who was shot on a charge (probably false) of witchcraft
committed many long years before. Amasia was quite the Fijian
when he returned; he wore his hair and his sulu in the Fijian style and
had notices posted up in his house in Fijian forbidding people to eat
areca nut there, and none of the people of the place could read. One
used to hear of cases where men were landed elsewhere than at their own
homes, owing to a fear of reprisals for some act of wrong-doing which
they had committed and which had led to their recruiting. In due
time the news of their return reached their home and their friends
paid them a visit which would result in a request that they return home,
and all would be overlooked. If the man were persuaded he and the
woman he had stolen would return with the party and probably the
two would be murdered on the road or at the landing-place.
The acquiring of possessions abroad seldom proved of any benefit
to the native on his return. The native law everywhere in the Pacific
is that on returning a voyager shares with his neighbors all that he has
acquired. This is absolutely de rigueur and the man quite expects it
and thinks it natural, and when his turn comes will claim a share
in someone else's things. In Sa'a a return was not allowed to open
his boxes till the chief gave him permission; then so much was stipulated
as the chief's share and had to be given before any apportioning was
done. In one case the chief claimed the boxes after they were emptied.
The trade in later years was carried on under respectable conditions,
and might seem to have justified the claims of those who extolled it
as a great instrument of moral and physical good to the natives. The
laborers were employed under good conditions in Queensland, were well
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fed, well housed, and well protected from exploitation; their hours of
labor were not too long, they were well cared for when they were sick,
and practically it was their labor that built up the sugar industry of
Queensland. Their value as laborers is evinced by the fact that in
later years the planters paid the shipowners £20 to £25 per head for
all laborers recruited, and also paid the Government a capitation fee
of £3 per head, and deposited £5 per head to cover the cost of the
return passage. Regular food and regular employment under decent
conditions made fine men of them physically, and the returns always
compared favorably in physical appearance with the home men. But
there is no question that the Queensland return, except those who
had been at some mission school, was as a rule a person to be avoided;
he had learned something of the white man's ways and had a certain
amount of the externals of civilization, but the old-time respect for
authority had all vanished and its place was taken by a bold, rough
style of address which did not differentiate between a high commis-
sioner or a bishop and a recruiter of a labor vessel. All alike were
hailed by him as mate and all would be asked for tobacco. In effect
he had lost the charm of the natural state.
Bishop Patteson stated in 1871 that these returns bore a bad char-
acter among their own people and were the ringleaders in wrong-doing.
The general average of morality among the natives seems to have been
lowered by their Queensland experiences. Those who went away
undoubtedly improved in their physical condition, yet this was a poor
compensation for the loss of their old Heathen surroundings with the
air of mystery, and the time-honored etiquette and good manners
belonging to them, and with nothing whatever to replace the loss, no
new set of rules learned, no new motive provided for their lives, no new
code of morals taught, no new outlook given, no new measure of man-
kind impressed upon them by their residence in Queensland other
than that of physical prowess and the mere gaining of money or the
eating of food of a different character. The returns from Fiji were
often improved by their stay in civilization, and this was mainly owing
to the fact that they had either been employed as house servants in
good families or had merely changed one set of native conditions for
another — living on a plantation and learning Fijian or mixing almost
entirely with natives and learning but little English. Practically they
still were natives instead of being bad copies of a certain class of whites.
A very great number of lives have been lost in and owing to the
labor trade. The death of Bishop Patteson is an instance of the
terrible result that may follow when men are determined to make
money by acts of treachery to humanity or in defiance of the ordinary
laws of hospitality. Peaceful traders have been assaulted, mission-
aries have been killed, the boats of labor vessels have been attacked
and the men in them killed. All these facts can be directly traced to
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some connection with the labor trade, to wrongs done to natives in
Queensland, to judicial punishment for crime committed, to the
abduction or the recruiting of a man's relations, to their deaths or
prolonged absences away from home and in the white man's country.
In addition to these a desire to gain glory and reputation, the death of
a chief or of some favorite child, any one of these may be the motive
that leads to an attack upon a white man; many sudden and seemingly
unprovoked attacks on a labor vessel's boats were caused by the mere
fact of their recruiting women.
Bishop Patteson was quite of the opinion that Melanesian natives
as a general rule would respect whites and would not treacherously
make attacks on them, but allowances have to be made for the require-
ments of the Heathen superstition and for the peculiar workings of the
native mind and to the feelings of revenge. But Melanesians generally
give short shrift to shipwrecked people and to strangers who come among
them in a helpless plight. In 1867 a crew of English sailors from a
whaleboat landed at Maanaoba, an island on the northeast coast of
Malaita. They had deserted from their ship in the Kingsmill Islands
and had been drifting for weeks. Only one of the crew, a boy named
Renton, was allowed to survive; the rest were killed. A chief called
Kabau saved Renton and took him across to the mainland, where he
lived for eight years. Ships passed in the interval, but he could not com-
municate with them; however, a labor vessel, the Bobtail Nag, anchored
near and he was able to send off to her a message scrawled on a board,
a fragment of a canoe. This piece of wood is preserved in the Brisbane
Museum. Large presents were given and Renton was rescued.
The accusation of treachery so often brought against Melanesians
has a certain amount of foundation from our point of view. Attacks
have been made by natives on white men merely to satisfy a blood lust
or for purposes of robbery, as in the case of the massacre on board of the
Young Dick at Singerango, Malaita; but it is indisputable that the
white man's behavior to natives in Melanesia has tended to cause an
atmosphere of distrust and dislike, and in most cases is at the bottom
of every attack by the natives. The man Rade, who chopped the
recruiter of the Young Dick at Mapo, southeast Malaita, is reported to
have done so with a view to killing him in revenge for the death of the
Mapo chief in Fiji, but Rade informed me that the man was making
indecent proposals to women; possibly both versions of the matter are
correct. The massacre of the crew of the Dancing Wave, in Florida, in
1876, was probably caused by a feeling of anger on the part of natives
who had been sent home without any payment of their wages, owing to
the estate on which they were working having passed into the hands of
mortgagees. When due regard is had to the circumstances connected
with the inception of the trade, one can not wonder at the amount of
bloodshed and crime which it produced.
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Before the establishment of local government in the Solomons
British ships of war were employed in punishing any attacks made upon
whites. After the death of Bishop Patteson, H. M. S. Rosario went to
Nukapu to inquire into the causes of his murder. The natives fired
on the ship's boats and the fire was returned both by rifles and by the
ship's guns, but without intending to kill anyone. A party was landed
and the native village was burned to teach the savages to respect white
men. A sailor who was wounded by an arrow afterwards died of
tetanus. The whole incident was unfortunate in that it embittered
the people and made the reopening of Santa Cruz all the harder for the
Mission. The natives of course thought the shooting was connected
with punishment for the death of the Bishop. At Raga, New Hebrides,
the paymaster of the Rosario was attacked and twice clubbed. Shots
were fired from the ship in revenge and four villages were burned, the
idea being that a salutary lesson was being taught to the natives, and in
that the innocent suffered along with the guilty the commander argued
that owners of the burned property would have to get their compensa-
tion out of the guilty ones, as if the act would not have incensed them
all, and a hatred for the whites as a whole would result in consequence
of their burned homes, while they themselves rejoiced over the fact that
no life had been taken among them!
The indiscriminate shooting of shells and burning of villages never
impressed the natives; the only thing they understand in the way of
reprisals is the actual taking of life. Time and again ships of war
fired shells into the bush, some of them entering the very houses, but
due notice had been given and everybody had decamped. At Mapo
one of the shells fired into the bush on the hills was dug out of the earth
and was let into the ground and used as a seat. To fire shells thus into
the bush was certainly an exhibition of power, but the native measured
matters otherwise, and it was not long before the power of naval ships
was despised, since they never actually killed anyone as a punishment
for these attacks on the labor-trade vessels.
The last legislation on the labor trade to Queensland was the com-
monwealth act called the "Pacific Island laborers' act, 1901." No
Melanesians were to enter Queensland after March 31, 1904, and on
December 31, 1906, all agreements were to end and the final deporta-
tion was to begin. Exemptions were granted to any who had been five
years in Queensland before September 1, 1884, or who had been in
Australia before September 1, 1879, or who had resided in Australia for
20 years previous to December 31, 1906. Also, exemption was granted
to natives who were registered owners of freehold in Queensland or were
married to women not natives of the Pacific Islands, or were suffering
from bodily infirmity or were of extreme age.
The Melanesian Mission never felt it its duty to follow the natives of
these islands to Queensland. Bishop Patteson in 1871 was planning a
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visit to Fiji for the express purpose of devoting himself to the laborers
there; but his death quite put Fiji out of the Mission's thoughts. In
1876 Rev. Edward Wogale went to Fiji and started teaching there, but
stayed only a year or two and no one succeeded him. Bishop John
Selwyn visited Fiji in 1880 and made arrangements for teaching some
of the laborers on Sundays. Dr. Comins and Luke Masuraa visited
Fiji in 1894 and obtained some excellent teachers who eventually were
responsible for the opening of mission work in the Lau district of north
Malaita. It was not until the first year of Bishop Wilson's episcopate
that any of the authorities visited Queensland with the definite idea of
seeing to the Christian teaching of the Melanesians there. The church
in Queensland as a whole did practically nothing for them, and with the
exception of Mrs. Robinson's excellent school at Mackay and Mrs.
Clayton's at Bundaberg, whatever teaching was given to the Melane-
sian laborers was undenominational and much of it was in the hands of
the Queensland Kanaka Mission, the officials of which were Plymouth
Brethren. In 1896 Rev. P. T. Williams went to Queensland to organize
work there for the Melanesian Mission among the laborers on the Isis,
and Mr. Pritt was also at work on the Herbert River (called by the
Melanesians the Albert River).
The return from Queensland of so great a number of Kanakas, 9,000
in all, was likely to have varied results. The actual Christian element
among them would be sure to affect the Christian life in the Mission
villages. The Heathen element was likely to be a cause of ferment and
excitement and to give considerable trouble, both to their fellows and
also to the whites. There were some who, in their ignorance of native
life, looked for a great material advance in the status of the people of
the islands, owing to the return of so many thousands of men who had
been taught regular habits of industry; others feared that a great out-
break of crime might follow and that endless feuds and desolating
hatreds would be stirred up, and that murders would be rife. The
missionaries themselves were glad that the trade had ceased, but knew
that a great unsettlement of conditions would follow the repatriation.
The work of landing the returns was very well done and all were
landed at their own proper "passages," as the landing-places were
termed. Where possible they were encouraged to attend the Christian
schools. The government station at Tulagi was open to any who feared
to return to their own homes. However, the leavening effect on the
island people as a whole has been practically nil. Even those who
had been most industrious in Queensland made but little attempt to
improve the agricultural methods of their countrymen. For months
after landing none of them, of course, did any work. The condi-
tions were so totally different, the restraint of the plantation life was
relaxed, all competition had ceased, and all that was now required was
to get enough food for the day's needs. Besides, to a man who had
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been accustomed for years to a regular diet of beef and bread or
biscuit and sweet potatoes three times a day, the haphazard style of
feeding which the islanders follow was certain to prove upsetting.
If work was to be done in Queensland style, then a great deal more food
must be forthcoming; of yams and taro for planting there never is
an abundance, and though a man might have returned with a good
round sum in gold, yet this would profit him but little if he wanted to
use it to give himself a start in buying stuff" to plant. The large colony
of returns at Fiu on Malaita had the greatest difficulty for years to get
enough food to supply their bodily needs.
Sewing-machines and gramophones might have been bought up
cheaply a week or two after the returns had landed. In some cases
sewing-machines were actually abandoned on the beach, for no one
cared to carry them slung on a pole into the interior over razor-back
ridges and up the bed of swollen mountain torrents. Brown boots
and bowler hats and starched shirts and collars and ties were seen
adorning the persons of all and sundry in the neighborhood when the
trade boxes of the returns had been opened. Babies that were brought
ashore in all the glory of woolen socks and bonnets and white clothes
were rolling about naked by nightfall.
The pure Heathen amongst the returns proved generally a menace
to their neighborhoods by opening up old feuds and awakening feelings
of malice and wickedness. Some of them in fact rejoiced in their
reputation as "bad fellow alonga Queensland" and boasted of their
proficiency in evil ways and stated their determination to cause trouble.
The Christians among them, in proportion to their zeal and earnest-
ness, aided the mission work, but in many cases they felt completely
at sea, owing to their having learned their Christianity through the
medium of English and not through their own tongue, and unless they
were sincere and well instructed, their tendency was to hold aloof
or gradually to absent themselves from the services of the Church.
On the whole it may be said that the results of the repatriation have
caused unrest and lawlessness and increased difficulty in carrying on
any work whatever. The returns expected to buy goods in the traders'
stores at Queensland prices; they demanded Queensland rates of pay,
and both traders and missionaries were faced with labor troubles, and
crude socialistic ideas circulated freely everywhere. In fine, while
as a result of the repatriation, but few murders, comparatively speaking,
were committed and but little suffering or hardship was entailed, yet
the main result was unrest and disturbance, difficulty and confusion.
SANTA CRUZ.
The grave Spaniard Mendana, the discoverer of the Santa Cruz
group, little knew how prophetic was this name of Holy Cross, which,
in his religious zeal, he had bestowed on the island of Ndeni. To-day
memorial crosses stand in Carlisle Bay and in Graciosa Bay on Ndeni,
and on the beach at Nukapu, facing the setting sun.
What a host of memories the name Santa Cruz calls up to the
student of Melanesian history! The ill-fated Spanish admiral Don
Alvaro de Mendana, after sailing twice across the Pacific, found his
last home in the bay which he had named Graciosa, on the island of
Ndeni. Three hundred years later the noble-hearted James Good-
enough, commodore of Her Britannic Majesty's squadron on the
Australian Station, met his death at the hands of the natives of Ndeni.
" Poor Santa Cruz! poor people!" was the exclamation of Edwin Nobbs
and Fisher Young, the faithful Norfolk Island lads in the company of
Bishop Patteson, as they writhed in the agonies of tetanus brought
on by wounds from those terrible Santa Cruz arrows. Mano Wad-
rokal, the native deacon from the Loyalty Islands, the first missionary
to Santa Cruz, braved the fury of these excitable people time and
again in his efforts to win them for Christ and for peace. Mr. Lister
Kaye's name will go down to posterity as that of the first white man
to live on Santa Cruz after Mendana and his company. Mr. Forrest
was the next white man to live there and for the whole of his time his
life was constantly in danger. Dr. John Williams was content to
sacrifice his worldly prospects and to devote himself to the healing of
ulcers and the curing of ringworm on Santa Cruz bodies. Mr. O'Fer-
rall and Mr. Nind endured innumerable dangers and perils by waters,
visiting the islands in their whaleboats. The last victim claimed by
Santa Cruz was the mission priest Guy Bury, who died in 191 1 after
a short residence of a few months, the victim not of poisonous arrows,
but of malignant island ulcers.
Forty miles north of Santa Cruz lies the Swallow Group, commonly
called the Reef Islands, and on the smallest of these, Nukapu, there
perished the great mission hero Bishop Patteson. On the island of
Vanikolo, 60 miles south of Santa Cruz, the famous French explorer
La Perouse, who just failed of annexing Australia to the French crown,
was ingloriously cast away.
A brilliant galaxy of names — explorers, sailors, missionaries, admirals,
bishops, priests, deacons — and still to-day Santa Cruz and its neigh-
boring islands are mainly Heathen.
Santa Cruz was discovered and named by Mendana in 1595, sailing
from Callao in his endeavor to reach again and colonize the isles of
Solomon, which he had himself discovered on a previous voyage in
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1566. The night before the expedition sighted land the Almiranta>
the fourth ship of the squadron, disappeared, being wrecked possibly
on one of the Reef Islands or on the Duff Group, 95 miles northeast
of Santa Cruz. Mendana made a settlement in a bay at the north-
east end of the island, which he named Graciosa Bay. Here the expe-
dition stayed for two months, their ranks being gradually thinned by
disease and by the arrows of the natives. Mendana died and was
buried at Santa Cruz. The rest of the company abandoned their
ideas of colonization and set out for Manila, just failing to sight the
Solomons when two days' sail from Santa Cruz.
The Swallow Group was discovered and named by Carteret in 1766
after his ship, the Swallow. The Duff Group, Taumako, was named
after the mission ship of the London Missionary Society, the Duff,
which sighted them when on a voyage returning from Tahiti in 1797.
The fate of La Perouse was discovered by Dillon, who landed at Van-
ikolo in 1826.
The Santa Cruz Group lies to the east of the Solomons, and the
large island Ndeni, which Mendana named Santa Cruz, is 200 miles
from Ulawa and a little less from Santa Anna, the small island at the
southern extremity of San Cristoval. Ndeni is 22 miles long and 10
or 12 miles broad. Like most of the Melanesian islands, there is but
little flat land on it; the center ridge rises to a height of 2,000 feet and
the ridges which offset from it terminate right on the coast. The whole
island is covered with the usual dense vegetation. The climate is
wet and steamy and very trying to Europeans. The average number
of days on which rain falls is probably in excess of the number of rainy
days in the Solomons, which Dr. Guppy reckons as about 180. There
seem to be hardly any bush villages at all, the population living in
large villages on the shore. Graciosa Bay in particular, a deep inden-
tation at the north end, has a large number of populous villages. The
total population may be 8,000, but numbers died of dysentery in 191 5.
Agriculture is followed to some extent, yams, and what are known
in the Solomons as "pana," being grown. The "pana" is a yam that
has a prickly vine. Coconuts are comparatively few in number, but
Santa Cruz is renowned for its large canarium nut (almond). These
are smoked and preserved in leg-of-mutton-shaped baskets plaited
out of a coconut leaf. These baskets of nuts are brought off to the
ships for trade, but the Cruzians are quite capable of filling them with
rubbish and then palming them off on the unwary.
The weapons of the peoples in all the islands of the group are bows
and arrows. The bow is made of very tough wood, is of great
length, and exceedingly hard to bend. The bowstring is twisted out
of fiber made from the bark of a garden tree which in Ulawa is called
su' a. The su* a tree has berries of the size and appearance of coffee
berries. These are boiled in wooden bowls by means of placing hot
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stones in the bowls and are esteemed a great relish. The young shoots
of the su'a are eaten as spinach, and so are the catkins of the male
tree. Fishing-lines are made from the same bark, and some of the
lines are strong enough to hold a shark. They are coated with a
preparation made from the inner skin of the casuarina.
The arrows of Santa Cruz are much to be dreaded. Dr. Codrington
writes that they are uniformly 4 feet long and weigh about 2 ounces.
The bone point is 7 inches long and the foreshaft (of hardwood curi-
ously carved and colored) is 16 inches long. The bone head (human
bone) is covered with a preparation of vegetable ashes which is
supposed to give great supernatural power. The common result of a
wound from any of these arrows is certainly tetanus. However, it
is quite certain that no vegetable poisons are consciously used in the
preparation of the arrows, but all the preparation is done while charms
are being said to fasten supernatural qualities on the arrow. What
the native seeks for is an arrow which shall have mana to hurt. The
truth of the matter seems to be that while the arrows are poisonous,
they are not deliberately poisoned. A punctured wound in the tropics
may easily be followed by tetanus, especially if dirt be adhering to
whatever caused the puncture; and the breaking off of a fine point of
bone in a wound is sure to be dangerous and likely to be fatal. The
introduction into the wound of an acrid or burning substance will
increase the inflammation in it. In the case of natives, it is always
expected that tetanus will surely follow and the expectation may go
a long way to cause the symptoms. One would think that the rigidity
of the bows and the weight of the arrows would militate considerably
against the accuracy of the shooting; the Malaita bow is much more
easily bent and the arrow is lighter, though a little longer.
The men in the whole of the group wear a turtle-shell ring hanging
from the septum of the nose. These rings are made out of the tail-
piece of the turtle shell, which is of considerable thickness and has an
aperture where it fits on to the carapace. This particular piece of
the shell, called popo (stern) in Ulawa, is much sought after. When
the man wishes to eat he has to lift up his nose ring. Numbers of
rings made of strips of turtle shell are hung in the ears, the lobe of
which becomes much distended, and it is a common thing for the rings
to touch the shoulder. Great heavy discs of pure white clam-shell
are suspended from the neck. The best of these are said to be made
from clam shells of immemorial antiquity found inland in the bush
and dating back to the time when the land was upheaved. On these
discs (called te ma> moon) a piece of turtle shell is tied, cut into the
conventional shape of the man-of-war hawk. Some of the discs are
10 inches in diameter.
The boys are clad in a native mat after attaining a certain age and
the men all wear the native mat as a loin-cloth. The women also
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wear the native mat. In the Melanesian islands of the group the
women are kept much in seclusion and do not mingle freely with the
men, and in all the islands alike there is not as much freedom of
intimacy between the sexes as one sees in the Solomons. Yellow
ocher is much used and everything gets stained by it. The men plaster
their hair with lime, thus bleaching it, and one often sees the hair done
up by wrapping a piece of paper mulberry bark round it. The women's
heads are shaven.
Some 20 miles north of Graciosa Bay, and in full view, there towers
the active volcanic cone called Tamami by the Ndeni people and
Tinakula by the Reef Islanders. This volcano is about 2,000 feet
high and rises straight out of the sea. Its top is generally covered
with a cloud which is half mist and half steam, and at nights the red
lava is often seen coursing down the steep face to the sea on the north-
west side of the island. On his last voyage, as he lay becalmed near
the volcano, Bishop Patteson noticed that it was in action, and Bishop
John Selwyn saw pumice and gravel descending the sides. The
earthquakes which are so common in the neighborhood, and which are
felt so frequently at Ulawa in the Solomons, are probably caused by
disturbances at this volcanic center. The weather coast of Ulawa
is frequently covered with pumice-stone carried there by the southeast
winds. Tinakula is uninhabited, but coconuts appear round the
coast and the neighboring peoples of Nupani are said to be in the habit
of visiting it to collect what food it offers. There is a striking likeness
between Tinakula and Meralava in the Banks Group, and were Tina-
kula to cease its activity the fertility of its soil would doubtless equal
that of Meralava.
The Swallow Group, or Reef Islands, lie about 40 miles northeast of
Graciosa Bay. These islands are all small and low-lying, the largest
of them, Fenua Loa, is 6 or 8 miles in length and very narrow, while
others (like Pileni and Nukapu) are tiny places which one could walk
round in half an hour. There is a deep-water passage on the east
side of Fenua Loa, between it and the cluster of islands marked Lomlom
on the chart. Lomlom is really the name of a village on Fenua Loa,
and, so far from the Lomlom of the chart being one island, it is really
a group of five clustered round a lagoon. The largest of these is named
Ngailo, and the entrance to the lagoon is by a passage facing Fenua
Loa. The lagoon is dotted with villages and the people of each island
maintain their separate lives, often being at war with their next-door
neighbors. There is a passage through to the south, but owing to
the prevailing southeast wind this is negotiable only in calm weather.
Two small islands lie off Ngailo, called Bange Netepa and BangeNinde.
These differ from the rest of the group in having no encircling reef and
rise precipitously to 150 feet, with no beach and with bad landings.
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Fenua Loa is separated only at high water from its northern neighbor
Nifilole. Huge reefs stretch out west in a great arm from Fenua Loa,
and inside the encircling reef lies Matema. When journeying from
Ndeni by whaleboat to the Reef Islands the missionaries made for an
opening in the reef opposite Matema and then sailed or rowed up in
the quiet water under the lee of Fenua Loa. The little island Pileni
lies 3 miles away from Nifilole, and there is a deep-water passage
between the two; Pileni, like Nifilole, Nukapu, and Nupani, is raised
only a few feet above sea-level, but it differs from them in having no
encircling coral reef. Nukapu is 15 miles west of Pileni and Nupani
20 miles still farther west. All the islands are covered with dense
forest.
The population of the Reefs is probably now not much more than
500 all told, and two distinct types of language are spoken — Mela-
nesian and Polynesian — each type being split up again into what
almost amounts to local dialects. On Fenua Loa and Nifilole and the
islands to the eastward the language is Melanesian and is akin to that
spoken on Ndeni; on Matema, Pileni, Nukapu, and Nupani the
language is a much-decayed form of a Polynesian language. It is
probable that these four Polynesian-speaking islands do not differ to
any very great extent in language, but that the differences in the Mela-
nesian-speaking islands of the group are far more noticeable. It is
worthy of note that of the Melanesian islands Fenua Loa (Long Island)
has a distinctly Polynesian name, and Nifilole is almost certainly of
the same language stock.
On the Reef Islands there is but little food and no good fresh water.
The people live largely on fish, coconuts, and breadfruit. Frequent
journeys are made to Ndeni in the sailing canoes to get food, which is
bartered for fish, dried breadfruit, and woven mats. The breadfruit
is dried and made up in little plaited packets of cane or is kept in a
silo in the ground and eaten when required. The smell of the bread-
fruit thus preserved is too much for European nostrils. Fish abound
in the shallow waters of the lagoons and are shot with arrows or caught
with nets or hooks. The shells found in these waters are particularly
numerous and beautiful.
The Santa Cruz group claims particular notice for three reasons:
its languages, its looms, its canoes. There has never been any attempt
made to learn the Polynesian language spoken in the Reefs. Bishop
G. A. Selwyn and Bishop Patteson were both Maori scholars and were
able to hold converse with the Nukapu people. Dr. Codrington has
published a small grammar of the Nifilole language and one a little
fuller of the Ndeni language.
The eating of areca nut with pepper leaf and quicklime, which is
characteristic of all the groups from the Solomons westward to India,
proceeds no farther eastward than Santa Cruz and Tikopia. In the
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rest of Melanesia, the New Hebrides, Banks, Torres, Fiji, and in the
whole of Polynesia there is no eating of areca nut, but kava-drinking
is found instead. In the Solomons and in New Guinea the lime is
conveyed to the mouth from the lime gourd or the bamboo by means
of a spatula or a stick, but the Cruzian scorns such delicate ways
and, wetting his first finger, plunges it into the lime and thence into
his mouth. As a result of this excessive use of lime the lips of the
elders are caked quite hard and distinct articulation becomes impos-
sible, so that it is from the lips of the children that the languages
must be learned.
The Melanesian languages of the group have vowels which in cer-
tain parts of speech are inconstant, being attracted to the sound of
the neighboring vowels, Thus a certain preposition may be ma, me,
mo, according to the vowel in the word which it governs. All the vowels
except i have a secondary or modified sound. The consonants also
vary greatly; k and g constantly interchange, also k and ng, and d and /;
p, b, and v are used indifferently in the same word; / and n also inter-
change. The personal pronouns differ materially from those in ordi-
nary use in Melanesia, there being only one set (instead of two or three)
which is suffixed to nouns as possessive, to verbs as objects, to a stem
ni as subjects. With the verbs the same use prevails as in the Solo-
mons, the personal pronouns being suffixed as objects, the sense con-
veyed being, however, rather participial or gerundival. The tran-
sitive termination of verbs so common elsewhere in Melanesia does not
seem to appear in Santa Cruz.
But very little of the Bible has ever been translated into any of the
Santa Cruz tongues. Parts of the Prayer Book were rendered by Mr.
Forrest into the language of Ndeni, but the translation is reported to
be very faulty and has practically been set aside. There is a great
and honorable work awaiting someone who shall set himself to learn
one of these tongues, to use it for the dissemination of Christian
truths, to ascertain its rules and methods of speech, to produce its
grammar and dictionary. Dr. Codrington has laid the foundations
for such study in his specimen grammars of Ndeni and Nifilole. The
main requisites for learning a native language are a good ear to catch
the sounds and a good memory to be able to repeat the words and
phrases, and a sympathetic mind that can put itself en rapport with
the minds of the natives.
In view of the special difficulty of the languages spoken in the Santa
Cruz islands, the Melanesian Mission would be well advised to set
one of its scholars to work on some one particular language in order
to impart the information thus gained to others not so well qualified
to work on a new language. The Rev. H. N. Drummond was of the
opinion that one of the Polynesian tongues, say that of Pileni or
Matema, should be made the standard tongue for the Reef Islands,
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and that it should be used as the basis for all linguistic work. The
peoples speaking Polynesian never learn the Melanesian tongues,
whereas those who speak Melanesian are nearly always bilingual.
It would be advisable to take the language of some one island and
definitely adopt it as the standard language for all translational work.
To learn one language well and to make that the lingua franca seems
a feasible project.
Undoubtedly one of the chief reasons for the present religious stag-
nation in Santa Cruz is the Mission's failure to learn any one of the
languages and to make translations. Many boys have been taken
from the neighborhood to Norfolk Island and have returned home in
order to impart to their fellows what they had learned of Christianity.
They might have done much even without assistance from the whites
had they been provided with books, but with the exception of good
Henry Leambi hardly one of them has risen to a sense of the duties
of his high calling and has kept to his post. A Matema boy, Ben
Teilo, has done excellent work on Vanikolo and Utupua, and has
lately been ordained deacon.
The Santa Cruz boys never throve when taken to Norfolk Island.
As a whole they failed to show much sign of intellectuality, though
some of them were sharp enough; they were always the first to fall ill,
and during any epidemic they were a constant source of anxiety. It
is reported that during one epidemic of meningitis five Cruzians
died within a few days of one another, some sickening and dying within
the day. In former years vessels endeavored to recruit laborers at
Santa Cruz for Queensland, but the recruiting was stopped owing to
the heavy mortality which occurred through nostalgia, men simply
giving up the ghost in their homesickness. In later years the Mission
has been taking Santa Cruz boys for training as teachers to the central
school at Vureas, Banks Islands. There they seem to have kept in
better health, but nevertheless they have been a source of great anxiety
and some have died.
Santa Cruz can also claim distinction as being the only place in
Melanesia where the people use a hand loom. Looms do not appear
in Polynesia at all, but the one used at Santa Cruz has great likeness
to those used in the Carolines. Looms also appear in the Philippines
and in Borneo. The Spaniards in 1595 remarked on the presence of
these looms. The fiber used in the weaving is derived from the stem of
a certain banana and is made into mats for wearing as dresses and into
kits for men's use to carry their lime-boxes, etc. The weaving is done
by the men.
The wonderful sailing canoe of the Cruzians is called loju or tepukei.
These are made principally in the DufF Group, Taumako. The foun-
dation of the canoe is a large hollowed-out log, the aperture being
covered eventually to keep out the water. On this log a big stage is
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built up with cross-timbers projecting on both sides, the timbers being
tied with sennit. To keep the log upright there is a float of light wood
into which strong stakes are driven; these are then fastened with sennit
lashings and the other ends are made fast to the timbers of the stage.
On the outrigger side of the stage there is a little apartment with walls
and roof of sago palm, where a fire can be made, and on the opposite
side is a sloping platform where the steersman stands holding his long
paddle and where the merchandise is carried.
The sail of these canoes is shaped like that of the New Guinea sailing
canoes, a swallow tail, and is made of sago-palm leaf. The canoes sail
either end first. The Cruzians make great voyages in these canoes,
the Matema people journeying to Vanikolo, the better part of 100
miles away. At times the sailing canoes are driven out of their course
and reach the Solomon Islands. In one of the schools at Ulawa a
large, wide plank, which was part of the well of one of these canoes,
served as a table in the school-house. The wood was that beautiful
rosewood known in Ulawa as liki and had been cut from the big flanges
of the tree; it was a rich red in color and the graining was beautiful.
The plank was sawed up to make the credence in the Mwadoa Church,
Ulawa.
The voyagers in these canoes experience great hardship at times
when driven out of their course by rough winds. The Southern Cross
rescued recently some natives out of a tepukei far out of sight of land.
They had been at sea for a fortnight. A case is reported of a canoe
with Christians on board returning from Taumako. The wind proved
unfavorable and for ten days they were out of sight of land. Then
water gave out and in their despair they prayed for rain. The next
day a favorable wind sprang up accompanied by heavy showers, and
they were able to catch some water, and then, marvellous to relate,
they knew their position and steered for home.
Ulawa has frequently received these tempest-driven canoes. In
former days the crews were killed, but during Christian times their
lives have been preserved. Some of them have married and settled
down in Ulawa; Ngorangora village had a Reef Island woman who
had married there. Some of these castaways have built small out-
rigger canoes and set off for home paddling. At night they steered by
the stars and they generally managed to reach home. Bishop Selwyn
in 1878 wrote of a Nupani man who had paddled his way back from
Ulawa. Some years ago, on the weather coast of Ulawa, just as the
darkness was coming on, we sighted two Cruzians in one of their small
canoes. Fires were lighted and every attempt was made to induce
them to land, but they evidently were afraid of the reception which
might be awaiting them and they paddled away into the darkness
Their power of locating their position is wonderful. Captain Bon-
gard, of the old Southern Cross, used to tell the story of Te Fonu, one
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of the two Nifilole men driven away from Nupani, whom Bishop
Selwyn rescued from Port Adam on Malaita in 1877 and returned to
their homes and thus opened up the way again to Santa Cruz. In
order to test Te Fonu's knowledge of the direction of Santa Cruz the
captain used to call him up at night as they were sailing and ask him
where Santa Cruz lay. Te Fonu would look at the stars and then
would point unerringly in the direction of his home, no matter on
what course the ship was lying. Santa Anna, one of the two small
islands at the east end of San Cristoval, has a considerable number of
Cruzians, who after being shipwrecked made their home there.
The smaller paddling canoe of Santa Cruz is well worthy of mention;
it is called jaolo in Ndeni. It is built in the same way as the sailing
canoe, a hollow log with an outrigger and with a platform joining the
two parts. The aperture in the log is very narrow and the paddlers
sit on the lip and have their legs crossed. Both the small canoes and
the sailing ones are coated with lime. The paddles have a large, heavy
blade and a long handle, and look very clumsy in comparison with the
long, tapering blades used in the eastern Solomons.
When the coming of the ships was somewhat of a rare event, it was
a great sight to see the numbers of canoes that came flocking out to
barter their goods at the ship's side. Two men sat in each canoe,
one on each side of the platform, and often a boy would be squatting
on the platform among the goods brought for barter. These goods
consisted of bows and bundles of arrows, paddles, dancing clubs, mats,
kits, looms, fishing nets and lines, lassoes for shark catching, flying-
fish floats, shell armlets, shells and shell spoons for scraping coconut,
bundles of smoked canarium nuts, coconuts, dried and green bread-
fruit, a few yams and pana, areca nuts and pepper leaves, wild wood
pigeons, parrots, and native fowls. The scene alongside the ship was
one of the wildest excitement, the men all shouting their loudest, some
holding up various articles of barter and hissing to attract the atten-
tion of the people on the ship, some maneuvering for place alongside,
canoes getting foul of one another and occasionally one filling. To
be capsized is no hardship for a Cruzian; his canoe may even turn turtle,
but owing to the outrigger it will never sink. They are quite able to
right an overturned canoe; then, catching hold of the end, they pull
the canoe backward and forward, jerking the water out, and finally,
jumping on board, they bail furiously till the craft is afloat again.
To allow the Cruzians to come on board is fatal to the peace of the
ship. They pester everyone to buy, thrusting their wares into one's
face and muttering tambaika (tobacco). The price is arranged by the
buyer holding up as many fingers as he thinks the article to be worth
in sticks of tobacco, whereupon the Cruzian says mondu, i. <?., more,
and the buyer airs his knowledge of the language by saying lege kalinge,
"no, my friend," and so the process goes on. Great hands are laid
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on one's arm; huge mouths red with areca nut and lime are thrust in
one's face; the scent of strong-smelling herbs worn in the shell armlets
almost overpowers one; clothes are marked with stains of yellow ocher;
an unmistakable odor of natives pervades everything, and keen eyes
follow every movement; great heads bleached with lime or wrapped up
in bark cloth are thrust into the windows; everything movable has to
be put out of reach, and portholes have to be shut. Captain Bongard
told the story of a Cruzian who endeavored to purloin one of the iron
ringbolts fastened to the deck, returning time and again to have a pull
at it. Cats are much prized by these peoples, and the ship's cat has
to be guarded carefully when they are on board.
As soon as the ship begins to move ahead and the decks are cleared
the confusion becomes appalling. Men hang over the ship's side
waiting for their canoes and expostulating furiously with the ship's
company; others have to be forced to leave, offering their wares all
the time. The ship's people throw tobacco into the water alongside
the canoes and instantly men dive over (the white soles of their feet
showing up plainly), seize the tobacco, and come up shaking the water
out of their mops of hair and wiping the salt off their faces; then, leap-
ing aboard and grasping their paddles, they start off after the rest of
the flotilla. Tobacco wet with salt water would not tempt a white
man, but the Nupani men are reported to have smoked tobacco mixed
with dried shark fins! It requires skill to extricate the legs from the
narrow openings in the canoe, and occasionally as the man goes to leap
overboard his leg is caught and broken bones are the result.
Those who are the last to leave the ship calmly drop into the water
over the side, holding their wares extended in the left hand. So quietly
do they slip into the water that the left hand is seldom submerged;
then, swimming with the right, they make their way to their friends.
The catching of sharks by the Cruzians deserves a word of notice.
Each canoe carries a number of half coconut shells strung on a length
of rattan cane. On arriving at a place frequented by sharks this hoop
of cane is jerked up and down in the water and a kind of gurgling
noise is produced by the shells which certainly attracts the sharks.
The noise is popularly supposed to imitate the sound made by a shoal
of bonito leaping out of the water, and sharks are always found where
there are bonito. As soon as a shark is seen, a bait (usually consisting
of a fish) is thrown out; this is tied to a string and is pulled in towards
the canoe. The shark becoming bold follows the bait until (after a
few throws) he gets right alongside the canoe. A man is sitting ready
holding a noose in his hand and, as the shark passes him, the end of
the noose is slipped over the shark's nose. The noose gradually
tightens as the shark turns and then the battle begins. Eventually
the shark is pulled alongside the canoe and is dispatched with blows on
the head from a heavy club. The shark lines are twisted out of fiber
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made from the bark of the tree su'ay described previously. Shark
is esteemed a great delicacy, but Europeans would be well advised
if they refrained from visiting the villages where the flesh or the fins
are being prepared, for the odor is almost unbearable.
Mr. O'Ferrall noted that the Pileni men were sorry for themselves
in that no sharks were left round their island!
In 1906 Rev. H. Hawkins, now archdeacon in charge of the Maoris
in the diocese of Auckland, went on the Southern Cross with a Maori
priest round the Polynesian-speaking islands of the Mission to inquire
into the pr? rticability of sending Maori missionaries to work on these
islands. In addition to Matema, Pileni, Nukapu, and Nupani in the
Reefs, there is Tikopia to the southeast, and in the Solomons Rennell
and Bellona, west of San Cristoval, and Sikaiana, north of Ulawa,
islands all lying out of the ordinary track. They were able by talking
Maori to make themselves understood in all these islands, and were
quite confident that Maori missionaries would be able to get on there
from the very first without much hindrance. However, the isolation
in which they would have been compelled to live their lives was felt
to be a complete barrier against the Maoris taking up the work. The
only chance of their being visited was during the biennial trips of the
Southern Cross. For white men thus to be isolated is hard enough,
but in the case of Maoris such isolation would be quite fatal. Never-
theless, several Maoris volunteered for the work, and now that the
Marsden Centenary has been celebrated the project is being revived
and Maoris of the diocese of Waiapu are raising funds to support some
of their own number as missionaries in Melanesia.
But it can not be said that the problem of frequent communication
with these islands has yet been solved. A small auxiliary schooner,
the Selwyn, was built for the purpose of intercommunication between
the various stations in the Solomons, but so far she has not proved a
success and has spent a great deal of her time lying up in harbor,
owing to engine defects. A new engine has now been installed, and
better things are expected of the Selwyny but her small size would
militate against her making frequent and regular voyages to the out-
lying Polynesian islands in the Solomons, and it would be quite out
of the question to think of her visiting Santa Cruz. If the Maoris
are to go as missionaries, then they must be regularly visited, for
their health's sake as well as for the supervision of their work, and this
would demand the presence of a powerful auxiliary schooner stationed
possibly in the Solomons.
In any case, it is quite out of the question for the work at Santa Cruz,
when it is revived, to go on any longer without the missionaries being
provided with some better means of locomotion than a whaleboat.
Mr. Nind's breakdown in health was caused by prolonged journeys
by boat. With their boats fitted with a small dipping lug-sail, when
244 SANTA CRUZ.
crossing over to the Reefs from Ndeni they had to get up as far east as
possible, their sail being small and the westerly set very strong, and it
was often doubtful whether they could make Matema or not; if they
failed, they had to risk the reefs in the night and make for Nukapu.
On the return journey they were lucky if they could make land at the
west end of Ndeni, at Te Motu, and should the wind fail them or veer
round there was the prospect of a steady pull for hours, often with an
inferior crew, against wind and tide and current. With the settling
of white missionaries again in the group, it will be absolutely necessary
to provide a launch for the purpose of work round Ndeni itself, and in
order to insure regular and easy voyages to the Reefs, even if no Maoris
are sent. Utupua and Vanikolo lie too far away to be reached from
Santa Cruz in a launch, but were there a powerful auxiliary schooner
in the eastern Solomons regular visits could be paid to all these places.
The Heathen religion in the Santa Cruz group consists of the worship
of the dead. The people of importance become ghosts, dukay after
death, and a stock of wood is set up in their houses to represent them.
Offerings of pigs' flesh and of the first fruits of the crop are made to
the duka from time to time and are laid in front of the stock. These
offerings are not allowed to lie there long, and are soon eaten by the
offerers on the plea that the duka having now eaten the immaterial
substance of the gifts, the offerers are free to eat the fleshy part.
The duka, when offended, causes sickness, and the doctor called in
is one who possesses spiritual power, malete, and who owns a duka him-
self. These wizards, mendeka, control the weather on a sea journey,
taking the stock of their duka with them and setting it up in the deck-
house; they also control the sunshine, the rain, and the wind. In the
large villages on Ndeni and in the island of Nupani a number of these
stocks are set up in one house, manduka, and the ghost-house is often a
building showing some considerable artistic taste in the decoration of
the pillars or in the carvings. The fear of the duka controls every
department of life.
Feather money is peculiar to Santa Cruz; it is made of the red
breast-feathers of a small honey-eater, a bird of the glossiest black
plumage all over save for the breast-feathers; the bill is long and
curved. The birds are caught with birdlime, and they are sometimes
worn alive tied by the legs to a man's waist-belt. The red feathers
are gummed to pigeon's feathers, and these are bound on a prepared
foundation in rows, so that only the red is seen. A length of this money
is about 15 feet.
Bishop G. A. Selwyn visited Santa Cruz in 1852, but did not land.
Four years later he visited the place again and endeavored to make
friends with the people. Mr. Patteson and the Bishop in the same
year landed at Utupua, Vanikolo, and Nukapu. At the latter place
their knowledge of Maori stood them in good stead. In 1862 Bishop
SANTA CRUZ. 245
Patteson went ashore in several places at Santa Cruz and was well
received. Two years later an attack was made upon his boat in
Graciosa Bay, and Edwin Nobbs and Fisher Young were shot with
arrows and died of tetanus. The reason for the attack was that they
probably were taken for ghosts, duka, and ghosts being really unsub-
stantial could not be harmed by arrows. The natives have short-
lived memories and are slow to receive impressions, and have no
power of making comparisons or of drawing inferences, and though
the news of the white men's coming must have been generally spread
abroad, yet it would be long before it got into the minds of the people
that these were real men like themselves, and came from a real country
in a real canoe like their own sailing canoes, loju, and were not merely
unsubstantial ghostly figures, embodied spirits of their ancestors.
In 1870 Bishop Patteson landed at Nukapu, and in the following
year he was killed there, Mr. Atkin and Stephen Taroaniaro being
shot at the same time and dying afterwards of tetanus. The reason
for the attack was to avenge the abduction and, to their mind, death,
of five natives who had been kidnapped by a labor vessel a few days
previously. In 1875 Commodore Goodenough was killed at Carlisle
Bay, on Ndeni, a few miles east of Nelua. The attack on him seems
to have been caused by jealousy between two villages, the attacking
party being unfriendly to his guides and resenting his approaching
them from the enemy's village, whereas had he not thus gone through
the villages no attack would have been made.
In 1877 communications were opened up again with the group after
these two murders. Bishop John Selwyn was rescued and returned
to Nupani with Te Fonu, one of two men who had been blown away
and who were being kept at Port Adam, Malaita, as "live heads,"
ready for killing when needed. Mano Wadrokal, the native deacon
from Nengone, with his wife, Carrie, volunteered the next year to leave
Bugotu, where he had settled, and begin a school on Nifilole, Te Fonu's
home. Wadrokal reported that the population of Nukapu had been
greatly reduced by sickness; he himself was ill owing to want of food
and of good water and was taken away from the Reefs. The follow-
ing year the Bishop took a party of men from Nifilole accompanied by
Wadrokal, and thus made friends with the people of Ndeni. While
Wadrokal was at Nifilole a number of people from the mainland crossed
over to the Reefs and visited him and made friends, and at his own
request he was set down at Nelua to endeavor to start a school. All
honor must be paid to the brave Wadrokal settling thus alone in the
midst of these excitable and warlike people. His own spirit seems to
have been a mettlesome one, and his white fathers found him hard to
control, but he was ever a pioneer, and he paved the way for gentler
and less fiery successors.
246 SANTA CRUZ.
In 1881 Mr. Lister Kaye joined Wadrokal at Nelua, and thus was
the first white man after Mendafia's party to live on Santa Cruz.
Wadrokal had made friends with the people and they had built him
a good house, and a few of them were coming for instruction. The
natives were found to be hospitable and friendly, and the attitude
of suspicion and distrust with which they had been regarded owing to
their attacks on the whites now seemed likely to be dispelled. Wad-
rokal was withdrawn in 1883 owing to illness, and the Bishop lamented
that he had no native volunteer helper to place at Santa Cruz. One
or two attempted to stay, but the excitable character of the people
and the loneliness proved too much for them. Wadrokal returned in
1884, and was present at Nukapu when the Bishop and Mr. Kaye
erected Bishop Patteson's cross there. Boys were taken the same year
to Norfolk Island from Santa Cruz for the first time, but some of them
died. Little progress was made with the mission work in these years,
and there were no baptisms except those of scholars at Norfolk Island.
The son of the chief of Nelua, Natei, and his affianced bride were
allowed to go up to Norfolk Island, where they were afterwards bap-
tized and given the names of James Goodenough and Monica. James
was named after the Commodore, and Mrs. Goodenough was respon-
sible for the cost of his education, but he never seemed to be satis-
factory, and eventually had to be disrated. His wife was a very good
woman and proved very helpful in keeping the women together.
Santa Cruz has all along suffered from a want of firm and reliable head
teachers, though Daniel Melamakaule did good work at Te Motu and
Henry Leambi was ever a gentle and quiet Christian gentleman.
In 1887 Mr. Forrest replaced Mr. Kaye, and the Bishop also spent a
short time ashore and visited the villages on the north coast. By this
time the school at Nelua was fairly well attended, but the teaching
had been intermittent. A small school was started on Nifilole by a
lad named Moses Tepukeia, who had been baptized at Norfolk Island.
In 1889 Mr. Forrest started a school at Te Motu, a village on the
island Guerta, at the west entrance to Graciosa Bay, and he had Dr.
Welchman to assist him. Mr. Forrest and Daniel Melamakaule
were shot at near Te Motu, on account of jealousy between two
villages, they having had occasion to cross from one village to another,
thus incurring the enmity of their attackers. Their courage and
firmness alone saved them. The first adult baptisms were also held
this year, six people being baptized at Nelua. The separation of the
sexes is very closely observed in Santa Cruz, and separate schools had
to be kept for the women; the one at Nelua was ably managed by
Monica and Fanny. At Nifilole the men and the women are never
together in public, not even in the gardens or in performing any house-
hold work, and the absence of capable women teachers in the Reefs
has proved a great hindrance.
SANTA CRUZ. 247
Sixteen adults were baptized in 1890 at Nelua, and a small begin-
ning was made on Nukapu. Natei, the Heathen chief of Nelua, caused
a great deal of trouble by attempts to blackmail some of the teachers.
The following year baptisms were held both at Nelua and Te Motu,
and a beginning was made on Pileni. In 1894 Mr. Forrest made a
journey in a sailing canoe to the Duff Group, and George Domo con-
sented to stay and start a school there. In 1895 tne baptized Christians
in the group numbered 116. Schools had been started at three places
on Ndeni and the Reef Islands had two struggling schools.
Dr. J. Williams was in charge during 1896 and he staid at Santa
Cruz for a while with Mr. O'Ferrall during the following year. Daniel
had done good work at Te Motu, and in 1896 Bishop Wilson conse-
crated a new church there. The first baptism in the Reef Islands was
held in 1897 at Nifilole; there were two candidates. The next year both
of the schools on Ndeni were closed, the one owing to the teacher's sin,
the other owing to the complete indifference and the practical lapse
into Heathenism of the male teachers. The two women, Monica and
Fanny, still persevered and saved the place from complete spiritual death.
The Te Motu school was reopened in 1898 on the teacher's repent-
ance, but nothing could be done at Nelua, and from then on till
about 191 5 Christianity practically ceased at Nelua. Te Motu has
somewhat relieved the darkness of the picture, but even there the work
proceeded but fitfully. School work in the Reef Islands was greatly
interrupted by the constant absences of the men on trading and fish-
ing expeditions; there was also a lack of good teachers, the boys who
were sent to Norfolk Island having to return before their time on
account of ill health. During this year the British Protectorate was
proclaimed over the group, but the resident commissioner was stationed
in the Solomons. Traders were now being established on Ndeni and
steamers were making occasional calls. The following year French
vessels recruited illegally, but were ordered to return the natives and
to pay a heavy fine. It does not appear that the punishment was
enforced, but all recruiting ceased.
In 1899 George Domo reopened the school on Pileni and a school
was begun in one of the villages on Fenua Loa. Nothing much ever
came of this, and the death of one of the school people brought the
work to an end. A boy, Govili, was sent from Nukapu to Norfolk
Island, but had to be returned owing to ill health. In 1900 there
were 120 baptized people in the group. In this year Mr. Nind arrived
to assist Mr. O'Ferrall. A new school was opened on Matema by
Andrew Veleio, but the Reef Islands had no teachers for the women
and the men were forever travelling about.
In 1901 the first confirmation was held in Santa Cruz, at Te Motu,
there being 14 candidates. Nimbi, a village close to Te Motu, sent
four boys to Norfolk Island and new boys were obtained from Ngailo
248 SANTA CRUZ.
in the Reefs. In 1904 Mr. Drummond was relieving at the Reefs.
Ben Teilo, a Matema boy, made good use of the trading connection
existing between his home and Vanikolo, visiting the latter place and
beginning a school there. George Domo also started a school on
Nukapu, but died soon after. By the end of 1905 the Christians
numbered 127. In 1906 a house was built for the missionaries in
Graciosa Bay, for the purpose of starting a central training school for
teachers. The site was easy of access, but proved to be too much on
the highway for canoes passing up and down to allow of any quiet.
A few small schools were opened on Ndeni, but the supply of teachers
was not sufficient. Henry Leambi was the only one of the past who
was still holding on. At Nifilole the people, never many in number,
were nearly all dead; Pileni was in an unsatisfactory state, and the two
teachers at Matema were making gallant efforts to hold their own.
Teilo opened a new school on Utupua in 1908, having several Reef
Island assistants, one of them being Govili of Nukapu. While home
for a holiday Teilo had done good work in preaching and exhorting in
Matema, Nukapu, and Pileni. A number of Reef Island boys were now
at Vureas. The statistics for 1908 show the Christians as numbering
only 77. No white missionary was available now for the group.
The following year an attempt was made to work the group by
means of a brotherhood, consisting of Rev. H. N. Drummond, Rev.
C. Turner, and Mr. Blencowe; Mr. Drummond had left his work on
Raga for this purpose. Taumako, in the Duff Group, was visited
and a boy was obtained, and an attempt was made to start a school.
Nupani, which had asked in vain in former years for a teacher, was
now found closed against Christianity, owing to the devotion and
respect paid to the ghosts, who had given them great success in fishing.
Some catechumens on Nukapu were being instructed for baptism.
Meanwhile nothing much was doing at Ndeni, except at Te Motu;
the church at Nelua had fallen into ruins, and the people were content
to lapse into heathenism. At the end of the year Mr. Drummond
returned to Raga, and the next year Mr. Blencowe was the only mis-
sionary left. Rev. G. Bury had come to assist, but died after only
three months' work, the victim of malignant ulcers caused by scratches.
In his ignorance he had healed them over with iodoform and subse-
quently died of blood-poisoning. Despite the mission's long history,
and the fact that all the missionaries suffered more or less from these
ulcers on the legs, no certain means was known of preventing the
scratches caused by coral, etc., from festering and turning into these
ulcers. Corrosive sublimate, lysol, witch hazel, poulticing, iodoform,
carbolic acid, all these had been tried in vain. No satisfying treatment
was known, but the writer eventually found that antiphlogistine is a
remedy and safeguard in the event of the legs being scratched.
In 1910 the first baptisms were held on Nukapu, one of the persons
baptized being the sister of Bishop Patteson's murderer. Volunteers
SANTA CRUZ. 249
from the Reef Islands offered for work in Tikopia, Utupua, Vanikolo,
Taumako, and Santa Cruz. Mr. Blencowe left for England to read for
holy orders, and the group was left in charge of a San Cristoval native
teacher, Ben Monongai. Ben Teilo was taken in 1913 to the Solomons
to read for deacon's orders, and Bishop Wood ordained him the same
year.
For the present all active mission work has ceased in Santa Cruz.
It is the intention of Bishop Wood to make an attempt to open up
things there again with Mr. Blencowe in charge, and with that object
in view he is asking all the friends of the Mission to unite in prayer
that the reproach of Santa Cruz may be wiped away. Already the
prayers are being answered. On the main island, Ndeni, school-
houses have been put in order and the people have shown themselves
desirous of returning to Christian ways. In the Reef Islands vol-
unteers have offered to go as teachers wherever they may be sent.
Up to the present, however, no white men are available to act as leaders.
Mr. Blencowe is serving as an army chaplain and the smallness of the
Mission's staff precludes the idea of anyone being delegated for this
special work. We can only wait in the certainty that our prayers will
be answered and that leaders will be forthcoming.
The difficulties to be overcome are undoubtedly great — climate,
language, isolation, indifference, instability on the part of the people.
However, the Christian influence of the past will have made itself felt,
and there will no longer be the fear of the missionaries' lives being
endangered by attacks from the natives. Volunteers are being called
for among the native Christians in other parts of the Mission, and if
picked men are sent and provision made for their instruction in the
various languages, and also for a regular visitation of the stations, then
it is quite certain that the success which has attended the work else-
where will also attend it in Santa Cruz.
Prayer for Santa Cruz.
"0 God, our loving Father, we humbly ask Thee to
send priests and teachers full of the Holy Ghost and
of power to revive Thy Church in Santa Cruz; that the
faithful may be strengthened, the lapsed restored, and
the Heathen converted, through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Amen.
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