ENGLISH—TOKELAU WORDLIST

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ENGLISH—TOKELAU WORDLIST

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The aim o f this section is to provide a partial index to the T okelau— English Dictionary. Readers should be aware o f the following points. Firstly, the entries do not give Tokelauan definitions o f English words in the same way tha t the D ictionary gives English definitions o f T okelauan words. Instead, they refer readers to entries in the Tokelau D ictionary which are the closest equivalents to the English word, or which will help the reader to express the English concept in T okelauan. It is im portant tha t readers refer back to the D ictionary entries in order to learn how the words are used and which words are most appropriate for their purpose. Secondly, this wordlist is not a reversal o f the Tokelau - English D ictionary. Consequently, m any T okelau words are not represented here, in most cases because they are not close equivalents to com m on English w ords, or they denote items not expressed by single words o f English..

The aim has been to include all English words in com m on use. H owever, a num ber o f fairly com m on English words have been om itted, for one o f the following reasons:

(1) They do not have T okelauan lexical equivalents, for example the English word ‘adventure’. In such cases a paraphrase is needed in o rder to express the idea in Tokelauan, and readers should m ake use o f a m onolingual English D ictionary as an adjunct to this volume.

(2) Their T okelauan equivalents are derived words form ed by productive rules o f Tokelau gram m er (see G ram m er 2.4.1). F or example, m any English negative words beginning with un- or im- have T okelauan translations which are form ed in a similar way, by using the negative particle he before a word with positive meaning.), for example ‘im possible’ he mafai. M ost such words have been om itted from the wordlist. However, when an English word with a negative prefix is translated by a non-negative lexical item in Tokelauan, it is included, for example ‘uncom fortable’ logokino.

W ord-class inform ation is not given with the m ajority o f entries in the w ordlist. Very frequently an idea is expressed by different w ord classes in the tw o languages. For example, the English preposition ‘a fte r’, referring to tim e, as in ‘after the gam e’ and ‘after three o ’clock’, corresponds to tw o T okelauan verbs, uma and teka. The meaning o f the English adverb ‘aw ay’ can be expressed in T okelauan by means o f the post-verbal particle atu or the verbs kehe or mamao. In other cases both the English and the T okelauan w ord belong to m ore than one word class. W hen word-class inform ation is included, it is in order to avoid am biguity between different senses o f the English word. F or example, the English w ord ‘b u rn ’ can be transitive or intransitive. In its intransitive use, it can refer to fire, or to objects consumed in a fire. T okelauan sees three different senses o f ‘b u rn ’ and uses three different lexical items:

English TokelauanIntransitive:

The fire is burning The house is burning

E ola te afi E mū te fa le

TransitiveTom is burning the rubbish E huh unu e Toma te otaota

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Scientific nom enclature for species is given in the Tokelau -English D ictionary. However, species nam es are included in the wordlist in such a way as to m ake it easy for English readers to retrieve this inform ation from the D ictionary. For example, Tokelau names o f fish are listed under the entry fish spp. In addition , there are m any entries for English ver­nacular names o f species. U nder snapper are listed the T okelauan names o f fish in the snapper category (L utjanidae); under Convict Tang the T okelauan nam e o f tha t fish can be found. In the case o f fish, shellfish, birds and plants this inform ation is as com plete as the current state o f identifications allows.

Abbreviationsn. nounv. verbv.i. intransitive verbv.t. transitive verbqual. qualifierinterrog. interrogativesp ., spp. species.

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a, an indef. art (non specific) he; (specific) te. aband on tiaki.abdomen manava, kogāmanava. ability poto, tāleni, alualu, mālohi. able mafai, lava, iloa', (efficient) fa i mea mafai. about (concerning) ki, uiga ki; (alm ost, approx i­

m ately) tai2, tuha, (around) holo '. above luga.abroad fa fo , nuku mamao, fenua mamao.abscess fu la ', papala.absent he', hēai, galo.absent minded hē tokaga.absolutely matua.abundance lahi; (o f food) m au2.accept talia.accident fa k alavelave, mea mao, pa k i valea. accidental, accidentally m ao2, pakivalea, tau-

hehē, tauānoa. according to (in accordance with) tuha m a,faka-

tatau ki.account (story) fakamatalaga, fakalau, faka-

malau, fakamālaulau; (financial) tuhi teu tupe, tala o te tupe, p ili1.

accused mōlla. accustom fakamāhani. accustomed māhani. ace (o f playing cards) hai2. ache tiga, ogohia, gahe, gagahe. acid aheta. acre eka. acquire m aua2.across (He across, be horizontal) kalava, fa ka

kalava.act faiga; (o f P arliam ent) tulafono. action faiga, gāoioiga; (o f a fāte/e) tāga. active gāoioi, matatitio, fifiti, tiotio, activity gāoioiga.actual moni, moni lava, mautinoa, mautū. Adam ’s apple ponāua. add fakaopoopo.address n. (on a letter) tuātuhi; (speech) lauga,

tautalaga; (residence) nofoaga, v. (a letter) fakatuatuhi; (m ake a speech) lauga, tautala ake, fa i he lauga; (speak to) tautala ake, lea.

adhere m au ', p i piki; (to a custom etc.) tauhi, tauhihi.

adjacent pito, lata, p ili'. adjective hoānuna. adjourn mānava, mālōlō, tuku administer pu le '. admire fiafia ki.admit (confess) takutino, taku tonu, tautala

hako.admit (let in) fakaatu . adolescent tamaiti tāne, tamaiti fafine. adopt (a child) fa i ma tamafai, (a custom,

method, etc.) fakaaoga. adult tino matua. adultery mulilua. advance agai k i mua. adverb hoāveape adversary f i l i ' .advertise fakahalalau, fakaaliali. advice leo fehoahoan i, kupu fehoahoani,

fautau. advise fautua.adze n. toki, tokikoko, uatoa, hila2; v. tala­

talai.aeroplane vakalele. afar mamao.affair, affairs, mea, fekau , galuega; (love affair)

māhaniga. affection alofa.affectionate fakapelepele, fakaalofa.afflicted puapuagātia.affiction puapuagā.afford mafai ke totogi te tupe.afloat alaga.afraid mataku.after (o f position) i tua atu; (o f time) see muli­

muli, um a ', teka '. afterbirth fanua.afternoon aflafi, aflafi ao, fakaafiafi. afterwards mulimuli. again toe ' .against (position) i tafatafa o; (be against an

argument, opinion etc.) teteke; (revolt against) fo u . \

age matua. agile f ifiti , tiotio.agitated vevehi, vēhia; (o f sea etc.) hou. ago (long ago) arnamua, kua leva lele; (not long

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ago) e hēki leva; (tw o years ago) i te lua tauhaga kua teka.

agree lo to ', malie. agreement feagaiga, maliega. agriculture mea tau fatoaga. aground tukia. ahead i mua, k i mua.aim (am bition , purpose) tini; (throwing, shoot­

ing etc.) fa k a a ta '. air (atm osphere) ea, (expose to air) fakaea,

fakalā, fakahavili. aircraft vakālele. ajar māvā. alarmed teki. alas hāloa. albino tetea. alcohol hipili.alert mataala, matapoto, matatiotio.alike tutuha, vē.alive ola, koi ola.all uma, kātoa, oioti,all around holo. 1alleviate fakam ālū.allot tufa.allow tu k u 2, fakaavanoa, fakalaga.allowance tupe fakapitoa.almighty (referring to G od) hilihili.almost tāi, toeiliiti, kāmea.alone tautahi, oioti.along a ke 2 , a tu \aloud fakaleo.alphabet alefapeta.already see kua.also f o k i 2.alter liu, liliu.although tigā.altogether u m a ', fakatahi.aluminium alamina.always i taim i uma.amazed, amazement o fo '.ambition tini, fakamoemoega.ambush fakapo.amen amene.am ong, amongst, /, ki, i loto, k i loto. amount aofai, ao faiga, f u a 2, tapula, fakaopoo-

poga. amputate tipi. amputated m u tu '.amuse fakatāfao, fakafiafia , fakakata. amusement mea fakafiafia , tāfaoga, ūlaga,

agatū.amusing fakakata, malie, manaia, ula, faileka. an see a.

anaesthetize fakam oe, tui fakagahe, fakaga- gahe.

ancestor tupuga. anchor taula. ancient fakaanamua. and m ai', o i2, kae. angel āgelu.anger n. ita, fekai, tigā.anger v.t. fakafekai, fakaita, fakalili.angle hipa, piko, kālavaga.angry ita, fa li, fekai, lili ', tigā. fakafekai.animal m anu', meaola.animal fat gako.ankle tapu vae.announce fakaleo, fo la fola, vākai. announcement fakaaliga, folafolaga, fakaleoga,

a ’ākai.annoy fakavavale, fakatigā.annoying ulavaie, fakavavale.another he tahi.answer ta li'.ant to 2, loi i.anthem viki.anxiety, anxious popole, fakaatu, ātugia. any (as in ‘are there any?’) he, ni'; (as in “ any

one will d o ’) h o \ anybody he tino, ho he tino anything he mea, ho he mea. anywhere i ho he kogā mea, i he mea. apart kehe, kehe atu, kehe mai. apologise fakatokehe, fakamolemole. apostle apohetolo. apparent manino.appear hula, hau, t ū , t ū mai, aliali. appearance (act o f appearing) hulaga, faka-

hulaga; (looks) foliga, mata-. applaud, applause pati, pati pati. apple apu. apply tālohaga. appoint to f i ', tofia.appointment (to a position) to f i ' , tofiga, tūlaga. approach fakalatalata. appropriate (ad j.) tona '. approve fakataga, malie, fakamāonia.April Apelila. archbishop akiepikopo. archipelago akipeleko, atumotu. are see ‘be’.area kogāfenua, kogāmea. argue finau.arise tu ake, ala ake, māfua. arithmetic mumela. arm lim a', kogālima.

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arm let taulima.arm pit kaokao.arm y vaegākau, ami2.around holo ', tāmilo, fakatāmito.arrange teu, teuteu, fakaronu, fakatatau.arrest popoki, puke, tāofi.arrive pā', hau;, taunuku, oko, papaki.arrow u.article (thing) mea; (in new spaper etc.) ta la '. artist see ‘p a in te r’, ‘m usician ’ etc. as (like) vē; (because) auā, ona'; (while, when)

kae; (indicating a ro le) m a 3. as — as you can i te mea e kē rnafaia. as for ka ko. as if e vēia.as soon as i te taimi lava tēnā. ascend fanake, kake. ash lefulefu.ashamed m ā 2, mahiahi, nāpā, halamō. ashore gāuta. ashtray tā lefulefu. aside kehe.ask (a question) fehili; (fo r s .th .) gogō, talo-

haga; (for perm ission) fakanoi. asleep m oe'. aspire lohi.assault kini, tuki, ohofaki. assemble māopoopo, fa k a māopo(opo). assist fehoahoani, fakamanava. association māhaniga; (form al group) fakala-

potopotoga, kalapu. assort ilo, fili. astonish fakaofo. astonished o f o ' .

aston ishing ofoofogia, fakaofoofogia. at i.athlete tino takato. athletics tākaloga. atoll m o tu '.attach fakahohoko, fakapipiki; (o f feathers

being b ound to a lure) fakahega. attack n. ohofakiga; v. ohofaki. attempt n. taumafaiga; v. taumafai. attend (pay a tten tion) haga, hagai, tokaga,

taukikila, fakalogo. attend (go to) fa n o ki.attention taukikilaga, kikilaga, fakalogo, to­

kaga.attentive fakalogo, tokaga. attract tōhina, fakatōhina. attractive gali;', (o f bait) kaina'. auction fa k a ta u tu i'. audience kaufakalogologo.August Aukuho.aunt rnātua; (father’s sister only) mātuahā. author tuhitala. authority pu le '.available (people) āvanoa; (things) e m aua1. average māhani (no t in strict m athem atical

sense), avoid ka lo 2, kalofia. awake ala.2, nofo k i luga. aw ay atu \ kehe, mamao. aw kward (difficult) faigatā. axe toki.aye (as in ‘all in favour please say aye) malie,

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Bbaby pepe1.back n. tua', muli2, papātua; v. (give support

to s.o.)fehaohoani; (cause to go back, e.g. a car) faka holomuli.

backbone ivi tua, ivitū. backwards ki tua, holomuli. bad kino; (of food) pala '. bad luck mata, mālaia, fakamata, fakatupu-

mala.badly kino, fakakino.bag n. taga', ato'; v. utu1, fafao.baggage ato malaga, atopaku, atopau.bail (water) ahu2, tatā1.bailer ta tā 2.bait māunu, mōunu.bake ta o 1.baking powder fefete.balance pāleni, fakafetaui.bald tulaball poto, lape2.balloo n paluni, puputa.ballot pālota.bamboo k o fe .2.banana fa i2.band (musical) faili.band (ring, stripe etc.) mua*, lio.band (group of people) vaega.bandage fuhi.bang p a k ē 2, p ā 2.bank (of earth) akega; (of river or stream)

itūvai.bank (for money) fale teu tupe, fale tupe. banknote tupe pepa. bankrupt, bankruptcy g a u .'. baptism pāpatihoga, papitema. baptize pāpatiho, (R .C .) papitema. bar n. (rod or length of s.th.) poloka; (of music)

pā'; (of hotel) laulau'; v. see ‘block’, or ‘prevent’, etc.

barb tala'. barbed tā la ta ia1. barber tino tipi ulu. bare (naked) telefua. bare the teeth fakanini. barely tau hēai (tau'2).bargain n. (sth. inexpensive) mea taugofie;

(agreement) feagaiga; v. (barter) fakatau. \ bark (of a tree) paku.

barracuda spp. ono2, tapatū, haohao, pānanua. barrel paelo.barren (female) hē fānau.base tūlaga, muli'; (of a tree) tafito.basin pehini.basis māfuaga, kautū.basket ato1, kete, polapola.bass (voice) malū.bass (fish spp.) eve, fāloa, fāpuku, gat ala, loi2,

munua.bat (cricket etc.) n. pate. v. tā.bath tākelega.bathe tākele, fakatākele.bathroom potu tākele, fale tākele.batsman tino tā.battle taua.battlefield tafa.batt leship mahuao.bawl avau, āvau, avaavau.bay matāfaga, faga, koko2.bazaar pahā.be see e1, ei, ko, kua; there is, there are e i ei. beach n. matāfaga; v. fakahoholo. beak gutu.beam (of light) kave2.beam (of wood) lakau, utupoto, hahaga.bean p i1.bear (animal) pea. *. bear (carry) kave', hiki2. bear (give birth to) fanau. beard ava', avālalo. beast manu.beat (hit) kini; tā2, tuki, haha1. beat (defeat) fakatokilalo. beautiful mānaia, gali', matagali, matagofie,

lalelei. beauty leleiga, mānaia. because auā1, ona1, talu. become kavea, tau'2; see also ma1. bed moega. bedroom potu moe. bedsheet kietāpulu, kieufimoega. beef povi; meapovi; pulumakau; (corned beef)

pihupo, povi mahima. beer pia.before adv. muamua, anamua; (in front of) i

mua, ki mua; (ealier than) kae hēki, ka ko hēki. Do it before 3 o ‘clock Fai kae hēki tā te

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tolu.befuddled vālevale, valevale matua. beg gogō, kaitagōgō. talohaga, ōle. begin kamata, ki mata. beginning kamataga, kimataga. behave amio.behaviour āmio, āmioga, faiga. behind (p lace) i tua, k i tua; (beh indhand , late)

tuai, gehe. belch tāva.belief rnautinoaga, talitonuga. believe iloa, mautinoa, talitonu. bell logo. bell-clapper kautā. belly manava.belong (to an organ isa t ion) kau ki; (belonging

to) a ', o '. belongings kope.beloved pele, alofagia, fakapelepele.below lalo1.belt paku, fuhipaku.bend v .l . (o f people) punou, higa; (o f things)

mai oku; piko; v .t. loloku, gagau. beneath la lo 2. bent maloku; piko. beside ta fa 1, tafa-, ta fa ta fa ' , p i li ' . best hili2, p ito lelei. bet p e t i2.betrothed fakam au.better lelei atu, hili atu, feoloto.between i te vā o.be without aunoa.beyond / kō atu o.Bible Tuhi Pala. bicycle uila, pahika. big lahi, fuaefa. big toe vae matua. bilge liu i. bill (accoun t) p ili1. bill (beak o f bird) gutu. billet a p i '. billow gatu, peau. bin pu ha ', apa.bind f a u \ fafau , fuh i, / / ', nonoa, noanoa. bird manu, manulele.bird species akaiki, fuakō , gogo, kāleva, katafa,

kolili, lakia, lupe ', ma tu ku ', ta la \ Jaiaga, talagogo, tavake, tiāfe, toloa, tōvivi, tu li3, vahavaha. (See also ‘p lover’, ‘te rn ’ etc.)

bird catching pokipoki, pokipokiga. birth fanau, fanauga. birthday aho fanau. birthmark ilcr.

Bishop epikopo.bit (piece o f s.th .) tamāmea.bit (fo r drilling) matāvili.bite kati; (fish at bait) k a i2.bitten katia.bitter kona, kokona.black uli, uliuli; (in sense o f soiled o r d a rk ened)

tokauli. blackboard laupapa.blacken fakauliuli, fakatokauli; (nam e or repu­

tation) fakakino, fakatakuvalea. black mark (o f character o r record) gao-.Black noddy (bird sp.) lakia. bladder tagāmimi.blade (o f grass, knife, paddle etc.) lau1.blame (a person) v. tuku te kino ki he tino.blanch (go pale, o f p eop le) fakalautetea.blanket māmoe, kie mārnoe.blast pā 2. tuki.blaze m u ', kakaha.bleach fakahinahina.bleed (o f a person, or part o f body) i fo ', tafe-

toto. blemish ila. bless fakam anuia. blessed manuia; (sacred) pala. blind tāuaho. blink kemo, kālapulapu. blister p a 2, puta.block (o f a substance) kogā-, kogāmea, poloka;

v. poloka, puni, pupuni, tāofi. blocked punitia . blocked nose ihu mamafa. blood toto.blood pressure māualuga o te toto; high b .p .

toto māuatuga-, low b .p . toto māualalo. bloodstained (o f liquids only) likofia. blood transfusion: to give a b.t. fa faga i te toto. blood vessel alātoto. blotting paper milivai. blow n. tā 2, tuki, p ō 2.blow v. (o f wind) agi, havili, hāvilivili. pupuhi;

(the nose)fefegu; (w ith o n e ’s m outh) pupuhi; (a horn conch, trum pet etc.) i l i \ tagi, fa ka tagi.

blow out p u h i3, pupuhi. blown away puhia. blue lanu moana.blunt (knives etc.) matatupa, tuka, tulali.board (w ood) laupapa.board (com m ittee) komiti.board v. (go on board) hopo '.board v. (have paid lodgings) nofo totogi.

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boarding house faletalim ālō.boarding school ākoga nofo tumau.boast gugutu.boat vaka, lualua.boat race tukugāvaka.boat shed fale vaka.body tino.body (a group) vāega.boil (infectious swelling) hila, tuga, tamaitai,

fu lu fu lu 1.boil v. puna, pupuna, fakapuna, haka '.boisterous tāto (used especially of girls).bold lotoa, lototele.bone ivi, pogāivi, ponāivi.bonefish kiokio.bonito (fish sp.) atu '.bonito fishing ālo.bonito hook maga.bonito lure pā4.bonito rod kofe hi atu.bony ivia, iviivia.booby (bird spp.) fuako, hakea, takupu, tālaga. book tuhi'-, (notebook etc) api1. boom (sound) pā2. boom (of outrigger) klato. border (edge) pito, kapa; (pattern) kafa’ (land

boundary) tuākoi. bored fiu. born fanau.borrow kave toe kaumai. boss pule'. bossy fia pule. bosum bird tavake.both nā mea e lua; both of us tāua', maua'-,

both of you koulua; both of them laua. bottle fagu.bottle-top momono, tāpuni. bottom lalo, muli; (of canoe) takele; (of sea)

takele. bounce fiti, fakafiti. boundary tuākoi. bounty kaimakoi. bouquet teu.bow (in string, ribbon etc.) noaunu. bow (weapon) fana u. bow (of ship) taumua. bow (ben over) punou, ifo '. bowels gākau.bowl (wooden) tanoa, kumete; (metal) apa

tānoa.bowl v. (in cricket) teka1. box n. puha, pokihi. box v. (fight) fuhu.

box-f ish moam oa. boy tama, tamaiti tāne. bra, brassiere p a p a 1. brace and bit vili vili. bracelet taulim a'. bracket, brackets puipui. brackish hualua.brain (intelligence) māfau fau, poto', falai; (the

organ) falai. brain coral p u g a 1. brake, brakes tāofi.branch (of tree) la1, lālā, lālākau, lālālakau; (of

family) vāega; (of roads) maga, rnagāala. brand (smouldering wood) motumotu. brand (on pig’s, cattle etc)fakatātā'. brave loto mākeke, loto toa, lotetele. bravo' malie'.brawl āvauga, miha, faifeota. bread falaoa, falaoa vela. breadfruit fuāulu. breadfruit tree ulu1. breadth lauefa.break v.i. (of things) gau', fa ti1, motu2, take,

momo, mafaki; (of waves) fa ti1, pelu'-, (of dawn) tafa2, (of heart) nuti; v.t. gagau, faki, fafaki, faki faki, fafati, momoi, momotu, tatake, talepe.

break in two gāulua, māvaelua. break open vete', vevete, mavete. break out (epidemics etc.) pehi. break up (schools etc.) tūkua. breaker galu.breakfast kaiga o te taeao.breast huhu.breast bone ivi fatafata.breast feed fakahuhu.breath, breathe manava.breeze havili.brick piliki.bridge alalaupapa.bright, brightness gigila, malama.brim (of cup, well etc.) kaugutu.bring kaumai, fakataunuku.British Peletānia. broad lauefa, fuaefa. broadcast fakahalalau. broke (financially) gau'. broken gau', fati2, faki, momo, motu1, take,

nuti. (see also break), broom pulumu, halu'.brother (of a male) uho; (of a female) tuagāne.

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ancestor.) brown lanu kekena. bruise unoko. bruised unoko, unokoa.brush n. pulumu, palahi; v. pulumu, ta f i \

tatafi. bucket pakete. budge migoi. bugle p ū 2.build f a u 3, f a i \ faka tū; (with stones or bricks)

ati'; (a fire) tafu. builder kāmuta. building fale.bulge n. pona v. (o f a sail in wind or a net in

the w ater) kapu, kakapu. bull pu lu 6.bulldozer h u a \ mahini hua kelekele, katapila. bullet ututau, pulufana. bump n. (lump) pona. bump (into s.th .) tatū, tokai, fetaui. bun pa n i2; (of hair) fakapatu. bunch nūmiga, tau-'; (o f bananas) aufai; (o f

coconuts and pandanus) f a i '; (o f people) kau, vaega.

bundle nūmiga, lāui. buoyant alaga, manu. burden kavega; (on shoulders) āmoga.

burglar tino kaihohoa. burglary ohofakiga, kaihohoa. burgle ohofaki, kaihohoa. burial tanuga, oti. buried tanumia.burn v.i. (o f fire) ota'; (o f things) m u'; v.t.

huhunu.burnt, burned (acciden tally) m u'; (on purpose)

huhunu. burst p ā 2 , pahae. bury tanu. bus pāhi'.bush (forest) vao, togavao; (shrub) lakau.business pihinihi, galuega, fekau.bustle vevehi.bustling vevehi, vēhia.busy p ih i2, gaea, vehia.but kae, k a 2, meākē.butter n. p a la '; v. fakapata.butterfly p e p e 1.butterfly fish tifitifi.buttocks kau/emu, mulikaulemu; (p o lite term)

nofoaga; (im polite) ufa. button fakam au. buy fa ka ta u 3 (mai). by (agency) e ', i; (beside) / tafa, tafa-.

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ccabbage kāpihi. cabinet puhatū, kāpoti. cabinet (parliam entary) kapeneta. cake keke.calamity malala. fakalavelave. calculate fakatatau, fu a fu a 2. calendar kālena. calf (o f leg) atevae.call kalaga, taukalaga, taufolua. tapa', vākai. call (visit) afe, āfea.calm (w eather etc.) toka, mālū, tokihi; (people)

totoka, filem ū, loto totoka, onohai. camel kāmela. camera mea puke ata. camp nofoaga. can (be able) mafai, lava. can ( tin) apa. canal ala vai, kanala. cancel tāofi, tāofla, titina. cancer (the d isease) kaneha'. candy lole.cane kini; (bam boo) k o fe 2; (w alking stick) toko-

toko.cannonball pulufana.canoe vaka, vakatafaga, paopao.cap (o f bottle) tāpuni.cap (headgear) pulou taumata.cap (o f land) tolotolo, matāfenua, utua.capital (city) laumua; (f inancial) tupe1.capital letter mataituhi lahi.captain kapeteni, tautai, takitaki.car tāvale.cardigan ko fu māfanafana.cards (game) pele.care (care for, take care of) kea 1.care (pay a tten tio n , take care) tokaga.careful fakaeteete.careless fakatamala, ta fu lu '.carelessly hona, ta fu lu '.cargo u ta 1.carpenter kamuta.carpet kāpeta.curry kave ', laku, h ik i1; (on shoulders) a m o '.carry around fakaeva.carton kātuni.cartridge pulafana, ututau.carve kao, talatalai, vane.case (box) p u h a .

case (instance etc.) mea, faiga. cash n. tupe1; v. tala*. cask paelo, p u h a 1. cast (away) la fo 1, lafo kehe. cast losts fa i he vili (vili'). castrate fo fo , fa ka m a m ā 1. cat p u h i1, puhi gāuta.catch popoki, hapo, p u k e 1, m aua1; (with a

noose) tipa '. caterpillar anufe, katapila.Catholic Chrch Lotu Pope. cattle povi.caught m aua1, lave; (by n ightfall) pogia; (by

daylight) aoina. caulk taupulu.cause kautū, māfuaga; v. fa k a tu p u '.caused māfua.cauterize hegi1.cautious fakaeteete.cave ana'.cease uma, tuku, gata2. ceiling fakaalo.celebrate fakam anatu, fakailoga.cement himā.cemetery fenuatanu.censure m una1.cent hene.centipede molokau.centre lototonu.certain, certainty, mautinoa.certify fakam āoni, fakamāonla, fakamautinoa.chafed kilitia.chain filifil.chair nofoa.chalk hioka, panihina.chalk-line ago.challenge luki, lukitau.chamber pot p o 1.chance (luck) manuia; (opportun ity ) āvanoa. change v.i. liu; v.t. h u i '. liliu; (money) hui1,

tala*.channel n. ava2, alavaka; (fo r rainw ater) hafu;

v .t. fakakui, fakaholo. chant pehe.character (o f a person) uiga, lo to '. charcoal malala, gāuga. charge (cost) totogi, tau3. chariot kaliota.

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chase tu li1. chatter talanoa. cheap taugofie.cheat n. togafiti, tino fa i togafiti; v. togafiti,

fakatogafiti, fa i togafiti. check (exam ine) huke, kukehuke pe hako, hlaki1. check (stop) tāofi. cheek (o f face) pākōkō. cheeky tautalaitiiti.cheer v. fakailoa atu he fiafia ki he mea e fai. cheese hihi*.chem ist (shop) faletalavai. cheque hlaki'. cherish fakapelepele. chest (o f the body) fatafata. chest (box) puha'.chew lamu, lamulamu; (pandanus or utogau)

g a u \chew ing gum pululole. chicken m oa ', punuāmoa. ch ief n. aliki, pule2, ulu.'. ch ief adj. tāua.child tamaiti, tama; (slang) gākau. childbirth fanauga. child ish fakatamaiti. child less hē tilikia.children (lot o f the w hole village) gaveve,

tamaiti. chilly rnālūlū. chin kauvae.chip (o f w ood ) mala mala. chipped matogi.chisel n. to fi2’, v. to fi2, vane, kao. chock lago2, lagolago. ch oco la te hokaleti. ch oice filifiliga. choir kaufaipehe.ch ok e v .i. lonā, lela, laoa; v.t. titina. ch o o se f i l i2, filifili2; (a person for a jo b ) tofi'. chop tipi tipi; tā 2, honi.C hrist Keliho.christen pāpatiho, papitema.C hristian Kilihitlano, Kelihlano.C hristm as Kilihimahi. chuck tiaki'.Church (building) falehā; (service) lotu; (in stitu­

tion ) Ēkatēhia, Lotu. cigar hika.cigarette hikaleti, utufaga. cigarette lighter afi.circle n. laina lāpotopoto, lio, hiko. v. faka-

tāmilo, fano fakatāmilo. circular lapotopoto.

circulate ( o f new s, rum ours) fakahalalau, kave, kakave.

circumcise peli, pelitome. city kakai tahi, tāulaga.Civil Service Gāluega a te Mālō.claim āiā.clam fahua.clamp n. fāū.clap pati, patipati, p ō 2.clarify fakamālamatama, fakamanino, faka-

pupula. clasp opoopo.class n. (k ind) itūkāga, (in sch oo l or society)

vahega; v . fakavahega. clatter pākēkē, /akapākēkē. claw moininla. clay ōmea.clean mama; v .t. fakamama, fufulu, fafali,

halo.clear (v isib le) aliali, manino; (in tellig ib le) ma­

nino; (w eather) laofie; (spaces, land) laolao, ātea, haofia, mama; v. fakaātea, faka- avanoa.

clever p o to ', atamai. climb kake. cling pipiki. cloak tiputa. clock uati.close (near) lata, p ili', tafapili, tafa-, toeitiiti.close v. tāpuni, pupuni, fakamau.clot p o to 2.cloth kie.clothe fakakofu.clothes kofu, lavalava.cloud ao'.cloudy aoaoa.club kalapu.club footed hape, hahape, vaehape.clumsy fatufatu.cluster see ‘bunch’.clutch kukuma.coach koleni.coal koale.coarse (texture) māfiafia, vavala; (speech etc .)

logo kino. coast gātai, matāfaga. coat peleue. cobweb ukākūmā. cock moa tagata, toa. cockcrow vivini. cockroach mogamoga. cocoa koko'.coconut (m ature n u t )popo; (drinking nut) hua'\

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(grow th stages o f drinking nut) puākoile, mokomoko, matatūlua, agalele.

coconut crab ugauga. coconu t cream lo lo '. coconut fibre laukafa. coconut husker koho. coconut leaf launiu'. coconut shell ipu.coconut tree niu: (varieties) niu utogau, niukafa;

niukafatetea, niukita. cod ( f ish sp p .) see ‘b a ss ’. coffee kofe'. coil takai'.coin tupe ukamea, tupe hiliva. cold (w eath er , o b jec ts) mālūlū. (s en sa tio n )

mak alili. collar kola'.collect v . i . māopoopo, fakapotopoto; v .t. a o 2,

aoao2, fakaputu, fakam aopo, (w ater) tali*, fakatali2.

collection aogā-, aogāmea, fakaputuga, faka- putugā-, fakamaopoopoga.

college āoga, kolihi. collide fetā, fetaui, tatū. co lon gākau lahi. colony kolone. colour lanu'. comb helu'. combination fakatahiga. com bine opo, tukufakatahi, fa i fakatahi. come hau' (p. ōmai).com fort fakamāfanafana, (a ch ild) fakanā.com fortable togotonu.comic fakakata, ula 3.comma koma.command pu le ', fakatonu.commander pule'.commemorate fakamanatu.com mence kāmata.commerce faka tau2, pihinihi.com mission komihi.com missioner komihina.committee komiti.com mon (ord inary) n o a . tauānoa, takalahi.communal fakamua.com munion service fakamanatuga.com m unism , com munist komunihi.com panion pāga, uō, hoa.company (group ) vāega; (m ilitary) vaegākau;

(b usiness) kamupani. compare fakatuha. compared to / lō (lō'). comparison fakatuhaga.

compass (nautical) tapahā.com passion alofa.compete tauvā, tauhiniō.com petence, competent alualu, po to '.com petition tauvāga.complain tagi, tamunarnuna, faitio.complaint tagi, faitloga.complete katoa. maea.complicated faigatā, numinumi.comply gāuai.com pose (songs) fa tu '.concave koko.conceal ufiufi, mumuni.conceited mimita.concern (a ffa ir , m atter) mea; (anxiety) fakaatu,

popole. concerning fakatatau, tau". concert koniheti. conclude fakaiku, fakauma. concrete (the m aterial) himā. condemn fakahala. condensation āfugia. condition, conditions tūlaga, faiga. conduct n. aga, uiga.conduct v. (m anage) pule'-, (guide) taki, taki-

taki; ( o f singing) taimi. conductor ( o f choir) tino taimi pehe. confess fakauli, taku. confidence, confident loto tele. confines (person) tāofla; (space) vāiti. confinement (ch ildbirth) fanauga. confiscate hamu. confront fakafeagai, fakafehāgai. confuse fakahē, fakanumi. confused fefiloi, numi, numinumi, hē2. congeal p o to 2. congratulate fakamālō. congratulations' . m ālō '. congregate māopoopo, gātu, potopoto. congregation (o f chuTc\\)kaulotu. connect h oko3 hohoko', fakahohoko, faka­

pipiki. conquer fakatōkilaio. conscience lotofuatiaifo conscientious tokaga.conscious (aw are) iloa, hāfia; (n ot un con ciou s)

ala2, mulamalama. consent malie, gāuai. consider mafaufau, fakatatau, fuafua2. constant fa i pea. constellation fetū. construct fau, (ceiling) fakaulo. consul konehula.

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consult tāupule. consultation tāupulega. contain see teu, tuku, fafao, fao-. container atigi-.content, contented fiafia, lotofiafia, malie.continent konetineta.continue fa i pea.continuous hohoko, hē motu.contraceptive vai.contradict teteke.contribute lafo1.contribution lafoga.control pule 1, pūlea, tāofiofi.controlled tāofiofla, pūlea.controversy fakafitāuli.convalescent tauale kua feoloolo.controversy tauale kua feoloolo.convenient tonu \ fetaui, aogā.conversation talanoaga, tautalaga.convey kavatu, momoli.Convict Tang (fish sp .) manini.convulsion tatapa, tete.cook n. kuka; v. tunu.cooked moho, vela, makai.cook-house umu1.cooking kuka.cool mālū.copra popo.copra shed fale popo.copulate momoe, holi; koni (im p o lite term ), copy kopi'.coral akau, puga1, feo, lapa'. coral head toka' akau. coral lime pani. cord kavei, rnaea. cork momono. corm i o \corner n. (on outside) tulimanu; (on inside)

kopiti; ( o f a road) afega; v .t. pupuni. corpse tino oti. cornet fish taotao'.correct hako', tona'; v .t. fakahako, fakatonu. cost tau3.cotton (plant) vavae1, (thread) filo; (fabric) kie

vavae; (cotton w ool) vavae1. cough tale.cough medicine vaitale.council tāupulega, komiti.count faitau, mātau.country fenua, atunuku, nuku.couple (m an and w ife) āvaga, ulugāli.couple (o f th ings) see ‘tw o ’.courage, courageous loto toa, lototele.

course ala'. fanoga; ( o f study) kohi. court (tennis e tc .) malae, lōtoā. court (law ) fale fakamahino. court case fakamahinoga. courthouse fale fakamahino. cousin see ‘broth er’ and ‘sister’, cover n. rāpuni; v. ufiufi, pūlou, fakapulou,

fakamalu, pupuni, rarao, fakapulupulu. covet, covetous mānumanu. cow povi {fafine). cowfish moamoa.coward, cowardice palakai, mataku. cowboy kaupoe. cowrie pule1 (C yparea sp .) crab spp. uga', ugauga, kalamihi, kamakama,

kaviki, paikea, paikea fala, paka, tupa'. crack, cracked ihi, gaihi, take, tat ake. crackle gahē, gatolo. craft (sk ill, occu p ation e tc .) faiva. craftsman tufuga. cram v .t. fafao, fakaofi. cramp n. tokia. crane one’s neck fātlo, fātō. crawl hoholo, tot o lo 1, to lo io lo2. crayfish ula'.creak gogi, gogigi, gogigogi. cream kulimi.crease n. gāuga; v .t. gagau, fakamafenu. creased mafenu. creature meaola, manu. creek vaitafe.creep hoholo, to lo to lo2, tot o lo 2. crew faoa, kauvaka. cricket (in sect) ligoligo. cricket (gam e) kilikiti. criminal kuluku.crinkled mafenu, manumi, migimigi.cripple, crippled pipili.criticize faitio, muimui.crochet koiohē.crocodile kolokotaila.crook kuluku.crooked piko, pikopiko.crop fuata.cross n. (the m ark X) kolohi1, ekihi; (Christian

sym b ol) koluhe, hataulo; v. (m ark with an X) fakaekihi; (cross the road) kolohi2.

cross (angry) ita. crosscut saw Hi tipi. cross-eyed hehepa, mata hehepa. cross out kolohi1. crossroads magāala. crouch fātū.

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crow (o f rooster) vivini. crowbar kolopā. crowd pōtopotoga. crown (to be w orn) pa te '. crown of the head nim o', tumuai. crown o f thorns ( o f Jesus) pate tuitui. crown o f thorns starfish atom ea'. cruel hāuā.crumble momo, nuti; (in the m ou th) gugu.crumple nunumi, nunuti.crush olopala, tukipala.cry (w eep) tagi.cry out kalaga, taufōlua.cuckoo kāleva.cuff (o f sleeve) afe1.cultivate rotō, fakatupu, fakaota.cultivation torōga, māumaga.cup ipu.cupboard kāpoti, hefe. cure fakamātōlō. curfew vavao. curiosity, curious fia iloa.

curl v .t. (the hair) fakarnigimigi. curl over (w aves) fakefalefale. curly (hair) migimigi. curlew tlafe.current n. tafe, au*\ (electic) eletihe. current adj. o nā aho nei, i iēnei aho. curry kale'.curse n. mālaia, fe tū 1, kupu palauvale; v. fe tū 2,

fakamaiaia, palauvale. curtain pupuni.curve n. pikoga; v .t. fakapiko. curved piko, piko piko. cushion aluga.custom aganuku, t ū \ māhani. customer tino fa i fakatau. cut (w oun ded) lavea; v .t. tipi, titipi, hehele,

kokoto; (fish on ly) aneane; (vegetation) hala \ vele, (bunch o f pandanus) ui'.

cut o ff m otu2. cut teeth nifo tipi. cyclone afa.

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Ddaily i aho uma, i aho takitahi. damage n. lavea; v. fakalavea, fakakino. damaged lavea, kino; (china etc.) matogi; (sharp

edges) penu, tupenu. damn v. fakamālala. damned mālala. damp hūhū.dance n. (the activity) hiva; (trad ition a l action

song dance) fātēlē; (the socia l fu n ction ) fiafia; v. hiva, koli.

danger, dangerous fa k amātakutaku, fakapoke­poke.

dare (challenge) tuki. daring see ‘brave’, ‘cou rageou s’ , dark, darkness pouli. darken fakapouli, fakauli. darkness pouli. darling pele.dart n. velo \ v. oho2, fiti, rnakalo. date (day) a /io '.daughter (o f a m an) afafine; (o f a w om an or a

cou p le) tamafafine. dawn n. ata2, te tafa o te ata; v. tafa te ata,

aotea, ōtea. day aho'.daybreak te tafa o te ata (ta fa 2). dayligh aotea, ao'. dazzle, dazzling gigila. deacon tiākono.dead, death (peop le) oti; (an im als and plants)

mate; (euphem istic term s) galo, hēai. deaf tutuli2. deal (share out) tufa. dear alofagia, pele, fakapelepele, tāua. death see ‘dead’, debt kaitālafu. decay pala'.deceive tipa1, tala pepelo, /akahehē, fakahēhāfia. deceived pelogia.December Tēhema.decide, decided mautonu, tonu, mautinoa.decision tonu'.deck (o f ship) fola.declare folafola, fakailoa.declaration folafolaga.decline (refuse) fakafiti.decline (get less) pakū, tau taigole {tau').decorate teu, teuteu.

decorat ions tēuga.decrease pakū, tau heai {tau5), fakatokaitiiti. deduct tokehe. deed faiga.deep loloto, māualalo, (w oun ds) rnakano.defeat, defeated tōkilalo, faiaina.defecate titiko.defect n. ila, pona.defence n. puipuiga.defend puipui.defendent tino mōlia.defiant lototūdefinite mautonu, mautinoa. deflate fakamole, fa k a p ā '. deformed faitauale. defy lu ki, hē uhitaki. delay fakatuai, tāofi. delayed tuai. delegate hui'.delete tokehe, titina, holoi kehe. deliberately (o n purpose) fa i mautinoa. delicious malie, hua malie. delightful fakafiafia. deliver (rescue) see ‘save’ deliver (letters e tc .) kave', fa kapā2. demand fakatonu fakamalohi. demanour see ‘beh av iou r’, dem olish vete'.demon tevalo, tiāpolo, tēmoni. demonstrate fa ka hi no, fakatino. denizen galigalimau. denomination (church) lotu. dented penu, tupenu. dentist fōm ai fainifo. denture nifo fakapipiki. deny fakafiti.depart fano, teka', tukua, teva. department matāgāluega. depend (rely) fakalagolago. depth see ‘d eep ’, deputy hui'. dermis kiliola.descend fanaifo, kakeifo; (from an ancestor)

tupu mai. descent (genea logy) gafa2. describe fakamatala. description fakamatalaga. desert n.toafa.

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desert (ab an d on ) tiaki'. deserve tatau1. desire fofou, f i a ', loto. desk laulau.despair, desperation atuatuvaie. despatch kavatu. destroy fakakino.detach, detached maunu, mounu, fakatō, kave

kehe.detailed account fakamatalaga katoa. determination, determined filiga, lotomālohi,

lototu; hogahogā. determine see ‘d ec id e ’, detonate fak a p ā '. develop tupu', fakatupu. devil tevolo, tlapolo, aitu, Hatani. diagnose iliolo, huke, hukehuke. diameter taiamita. diamond taimane. diarrhoea ta ta1. dictate (read out) lau4, laulau2. dictate (give orders) p u le '. die (p eop le) oti. (an im als and p lan t s) m ate2. (See

a lso ‘d ea d ’), difference kehekehega. different kehe, kehekehe. differentiate fakakehe. difficult faigatā. dig keli. dignity mamalu.dilligence, diligent limamālohi, tokaga. dilute hui4. diminish māui. dine kai2. dinner kaiga. dining room potukai. dip ufi22, lolō, loiloi, fufui. direct adj. hako2, hagatonu. direct v. fakaali, fakahino, fakatonu, poloaki,

pule 1.direction itū, itūlagi; ( o f w ind) matāmnatagi. directly (straight) hako2, hagatonu-, (im m ediately)

loa2', (so o n ) toeitiiti. director pu le2, takitaki', fakatonu. dirt kelekele, palapala. dirty kelekelea, palapala, kino. disagree he talia.disappear Ulo, galo2, fakagalo, mou, nim o2. disappointed hē fiafia, fakanoanoa. disapprove hē malie.disarrange hakeu, tāhakeu; (the hair) makefu. disaster mata, puapuagā. disciple ho4.

discom fort logokino. disconnect unu2, fa k at ō 2. discontented muhu, hē fiafia, hē malie. discouraged, discouragement lotovāivai. discover (find o u t) hafia; (fin d ) maua. discuss talanoa, fetalanoaki. disease tauale.disgrace luma, gao2, fakamā.disgust, disgusting, disgusted fakalialla.dish ipu, tānoa, apātanoa.disintegrate malepe, momo.dislike inoino.dislocated heke.dislodge unu2, fakatō.dismis tuli', tuku ke fano, fa ka teka.disobedient vaogatā, hē uhilaki.dispensary faletalavai.disperse halalau, takape, ( o f fish) mafuta.display fakaaliali.dispute māheiga.disregard hē tokaga.disrespectful hē āva', h ē fakaaloalo.dissolve liu2.distance vā, mamao, loa'. distant mamao, vāvāmamao, vāvāloloa. distinct manino. distribute tufa. district kogāmea, kogāfenna. disturb fakavavale. ditch n. autu, u tu2. dive tofu', uku'. divide tufa, vae2, v a v a e 1, vāevae. diving goggles or mask mata tai, mata uku,

mata fagota. division (in arithm etic) vāevae. dizzy ninimo. do f a i1. doctor fōmai. dodge kalo2. dog maile, kuli. dollar tālā.dolphin (p o r p o ise ) tākaga'; (d o lp h in fish ,

Coryphaena hippurus) mahimahi'. donate la fo2.donation lafoga, togitogi2, meaalofa.don’t (im perative) aua2.door faitotoka.dorsal fin ( o f shark) tulagogo.dose inumaga.dot togi2.double fakalua, tatua.doubt, doubtful māhalohalo, ailoga.doubtless mautinoa.

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do without aunoa.down lalo1 ifo 1.downhearted lotovāivai.downpour uāga, gogolotū, honitū.dozen tāheni.drag toho.dragonfly hēhēmū.drain n. alāvai; v. fakatafe.drape tāpulupulu, ufiufi.draught (o f air) afe1, havili.draughts m u1.draw (p ictures) tuhi'; (a line) vahe. draw (pull) toho. draw (w ater) ahu1, u tu1. drawer puha toho. dreadful matakutia, mātagā. dream m iti1.dress n. kofufafine; v. fa i na kie, penapena; (a

pig) pena. drift tafe, tafea, opea, opeopea. drill (hand too l) auvili; (electric) vilivili; v. vili1,

viliviii.drink mea inu, vai inu; v. inu. drinkable inumia. drip moti, motimoti, tulutulu. dripping (fa t) gako.drive (anim als) tulituli; (fish ) laga, tulituli; (car)

kavetāvale; (go in a car) fano i te tāvale. drizzle afuafu.drop n. (o f liquid) moti, matāua. drop n. (fa ll) paku; (let drop) fakapakū.

drought mūgālādrown v . l . malemu; v .t. lelemo. drum (con ta iner) kālone.drum (m u sica l in stru m en t) pātē, tagipalau;

v. tā 1 (he pātē). drumstick kautā. drunk konā.dry m ago1, magumagu; v .t. fakamago, fakala. duck (bird) pato, toloa. duck (in cricket) fuām oa1. duck v .i. (s toop d ow n ) punou; (d odge) kalo1. duck vt. (push u nderw ater) lolomi. due (ob ligatory) tatau 3; (arising from ) māfua,

ona i (ko), auā1. dull (n ot shiny) matapopo; (w eather, sky)

nenefu; (n ot sharp) tuka, matatupa. dumb gūgū.dump n. fakaāfuga; v. a pati, tiaki'.dung tae', otaota manu.durable tologa.during i te v ait aim i o.dusk pogipogi.dust pefu.dusty pefua.duty tiute.dwarf āvilu.dwell nofo.dwelling nofoaga.dye n. vali v. fakalanu.dysentery hanatoto.

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each takitahi, takitokatahi, tautokatahi. (See taki-, taut oka-).

eager naunau, māelegā. eagle āeto. ear taliga. ear ring tautaliga. ear lobe lautaliga. early vave2, muamua. early morning vaveao, taeao po. earn (be pa id) totogi, maua2. earnings totogi.earth (the w orld) lalolagi; (so il) kelekele, lau­

kelekele. earthenware ipuōmea. earthquake māfule. eathworm anufe, kelemutu. east hahae'.Easter Ēheta, Toetū, Pāhekate (R.C. on ly) easy faigōfie, tauānoa; easy does it, take it easy

faifai mālie. eat kai2. eat a lot kaitele. eat between meals kaihahalo. eat secretly, on the sly kaipūkete, kaitaotao. eaves tulutulu. eavesdrop faitala. ebbing tide taimaui. echo hikuleo.edge kapa, tafa', tafa tafa', p i to. edible atakaia, kaina'. edition lōmiga.educate akoako, fakaāoga, fakaako. education ākoga, āoga, akoakoga. eel puhi; (freshw ater eeel) tuna. effect taunukuga, ikuga, aogā. effective aogā effeminate fakqfafine. efficient fa i mea lelei, galue lelei. effort taumafaiga.egg fuāmanu, fuāmoa, and see fua-; ( o f fish)

tama'; ( o f crustaceau) ami'. eight valu; (breakfruit and sk ipjack) valugafua;

(fish other than sk ipjack ) valugamata, (p eo ­p le) tokavalu.

eighteen hefulu valu.eighty valu hefulu; (p eop le, birds, octop u s and

sk ipjack ) tinovalu; (fish other than skipjack)

lauvalu; (cocon u ts) valugapulupulu; (crayfish and crabs) tuavalu; (fa th om s) valugakumi.

eight hundred valu helau; (fa th om s) valulau; (p eo p le, sk ipjack and b irds) valugalau; (fish other than sk ipjack) matavalu.

either...or pe... pe... . either o f them ho he mea o nā mea e lua. elastic n. uamanu; qual. fa fan o2. elbow tulilima. elder n. toeaina. elder qual. matua. elect filifili.election filifiliga, pālota. electric, electricity uila, eletihe. elephant elefane.elephantiasis vaefua, limafua, mūmū2, pukeia. elope hōhola. yelse s .o . or s .th . else tetahi; or else nā2. elsewhere he tahi mea. emaciated paē, vavali. embalm atualala.embarrassed, embarrassment m ā2, māhiahi.embers malala ola.embrace fuhi.emigrant tino malaga kehe.emotion lagona.Emperor (fish sp .) filoa, gutula. emphasize fakamamafa. employ (use) fakaaoga. employee tino faigāleuga. employment galuega. emptiness ōō.empty atigi-, maha; v .t. liligi, fakamaha, kave

kehe.encircle popono, ponopono, hahai, hiko, hiko­

hiko.enclose fakatamilo, hahai, puipui. enclosure lotoā, hai'.encourage fakalotomālohi, fakalotomākeke, fa-

kamākeke, fakamalohi. end n. ikuga, umaga, pito; v .i. uma, iku,

gata2, pau; v .t. fakauma, fakaiku, faka- motu, tuku2.

endless hēai he ikuga. endure lavā. enemy fili'.engaged (to be m arried) fakamau.

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engine afi, mahini. eningeer inihinia.England Egelani.English (language) gagana Peletānia; Igilihi;

speak E nglish nanu.English (person) tino Egelani. enjoy fiafia.enlarge fakafuaefa, fa ka lahi.enough lava'.enquire see ‘inqu ire’.enraged fekai.enslave fakapologa.enter ulu'.entertain fakafiafia.entertaining mānaia, mālle, fakakata.entertainment fiafia.enthusiastic fiafia, fakamatagia.entire kātoa, uma.envelop v. ufiufi.envelope teutuhi.envy, envious manumanu, mataua, matapipiko.epidemic famai.epidermis kilimate.epilepsy mai maliu.epistle tuhi 1.equal tutuha.equally fakatutuha.equator ekuata.equipment kope, mea faigāluega.erase, eraser holoi, titina.erect tu hako; v .t. fa u 1, fakatū.erosion, eroded kaina', kētia.errand fekau.error hehē, paha/a.escape hola', vili', hao'.especial See ‘specia l’.especially kae maihe, fakapitoa, aupito.essential tāua, tatau \establish fakatū, fakamautū, fakamautinoa.estimate m ate1, fakatatau.evade kalo2.evaporate liu2, lelea.even see ‘leve l’, ‘equal’ .even if see ‘i f ’; even the children went ke pa ki

tamaiti na olo; even number numela hoagia. evening afiafi po. event mea, mea tutupu. eventuate oko, taunuku.ever if. . .ever, kafai lava; have. . .ever na kua

(na '); ever since talu. everlasting hē gata mai, tumau pea. every uma.every day aho takitahi uma.

everything mea takitahi uma.every time taimi uma.everywhere i mea uma, i ho he mea.evidence m au1.evil kino, agahala.exact tonu'.exactly tēnā tonu, tonu lelei lava, hako lelei

lava; exactly like e vē lava. examination hukehukega, hukega, iloiloga. examine huke, hukuhuke, iloilo. example fakatuhaga. excavate keli.excellent matua lelei, mānaia lele. except vāganā. excess mea totoe, mea hilia. excess baggage pauna hilia. excessive lahi ātili.exchange n. fehuiakiga, huiga, fa k a ta u 7;

v. fakafehuiaki, fakatau1. excitement fiafia, vevehi. excuement tae'. excuse n. tali', fakamatalaga. excuse v .t. malie te loto (k i), excuse me! faka-

molemale, tulou mua. exercise (use) fakaaogā; (take physical exercise)

koleni, fakamālohi tino. exhaust (u se up) fakauma. exhausted, exhaustion fitā , vaivai. exhibit faka aliali. exhibition fakaalialiga. exile āumau. exist ola', e i ei. existing koi i ei, koi fai.exit n. auala ki fafo, fakahaoga ki fafo; v. ulu­

fafo, fakahao ki fafo. expect amanaki, fa ka ta li', taukikila atu. e x p e c ta t io n fa k a m o em o eg a , m āfaufauga,

lumanaki. expense tau3, fitā . expensive taugatā.experience n. mea kua tupu, māhani, v .t.

lagona.experienced māhani, p o to ', iloa.experiment hukehukega.expert n. tagata poto; qual and v. p o to 1.explain fakamatala, fakamālamalama.explanation fakamatalaga.explode v .i. p ā 2, pahae; v .t. fakapā'.explore hakili fenua fou.explorer tino hakili fenua fou.explosives fanaika.express (verbally) fa i atu, taku atu, fakaali. express (extract liquid from s .th .) tatau1.

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extend fakalālā1, fālō, fakalahi. extended fam ily kaiga. extent lahi, fuaefa.extra (left over) totoe; (ad d ition al) fakahili. extract unu2, heki. extraordinary uiga kehe lele. extrem ely matuā.

eye m a t a (o f fish h ook ) leke; (o f needle) pū'eyeball ioimata, pukamata.eyebrow tukemata, fulufulu tukemata.eyelashes fulufulu mata.eyelid laumata.eye shade taumata.eye-sight kikila.

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Fface n. m a t a fōliga', v. haga\ face downwards fakapūtou. face each other fakafehagai. face in different directions (o f tw o) ū kehekehe,

(o f three or m ore) ū valevale. face upwards taliaga. fact mea rnōni, tala rnōni, tūlaga mōni. factory fale gāohi mea. fade, faded matafi. faeces otaota, tae'.fekau. fail he manuia, hē mafai, hē taunuku, hē oko. faint ( indistinct) tamā, hē mū (m ū4). faint (fee l fain t, lose con sciou sn ess) matapogia,

mole, vāivai. fair, fairly (m oderately) feoloolo, lelei lava. fair (skin e tc .) paepae'. fair (d ecision etc.) tonu'. faith (b elief) fa ka tua tua, talitonuga. faith (d en om in ation or church) lotu. faithful fakamāoni.fall paku, palahi, higa, tō 2; (on o n e ’s face) ino;

(in to a h o le or cavity) tomo. false pepelo, /akahehē. false alarm leo hehē. false teeth nifo fakapipiki. familiar māhani. familiarise fakamāhani. family kaiga, puikaiga. famine oge.famous takua, takutakua. fan n. ili, v. iliili, Hi, tapili. fancy (decorated) teuteu. A lso see ‘th o u g h t’,

‘w ish ’, ‘im agin ation ’, far mamao.fare (cost o f travel) pāhehe. farewell fakamāvae. farm fatoaga. farmer tino fa i fatoaga. farther mamao atu. fashion (new style or fad) faiga fou. fast (q u ick ) gahalo', kakato', haohaoa. fast (firm ) m a u p ip ik i . fast (go w .o . food ) fakalaina. fasten fakamau, nonoa, tamau. fat n. gako; qual. fuaefa, lahi; (an im als on ly)

p eti i .father tamana; (priest) pātele. fathom n. gafa'.

fathom (u nderstood ) see ‘u n d ersto o d ’.fatty gakoa, gagako, tinae.fault ila, māita, pona, hehē.favour v. fakakaukau, fakapito, fakapelepele.favourable lelei.favourite pele, makoi.favouritism fakapito.fear mataku, popole.feast kaiga lahi, tōnai.feather fulu, fulufulu.feeble vāivai.feed v .t. fafaga, fagai, fakapuku; (a f ire) tafu.feel lagona, fakalogo, fafa, tago.feeling(s) lagona, loto'.feet see fo o t .fell tā 2, tuku1.female fafine.fence p ā \ lōtoā, hai'.ferment fakavi.fermented v i2, fakavi.fertile fanau-, (o f so il) laulelei.fetch kakami, kaumai; (w ater) u lu \ ahu2, tali*.fever fiva.few taigole, ni nai.fiance(e) fakamau.field kogāfenua; (o f w ork, occu p ation etc .)

galuega fakapitoa-, ( o f k n ow led ge or exper­tise) p o to fakapitoa.

fierce fekai, fakamatakutaku, hāunoa. fifteen hefulu lima.fifty limahefulu-, (p eop le , birds, oc to b u s and

sk ipjack) tinolima-, (fish oth er than skipjack) laulima-, (cocon u ts) limagapulupulu-, (cray­fish and crabs) tualima-, (fa th om s) lima­gakumi.

fight n. miha, āvauga, tauaimiha, v. mi ha, fakamiha, tau;-, (w ith fists) fuhu.

fighter tino miha, tino tau, toa. figu re(d igit) numela, matainumela\ (diagram )

a ta2-, (b od ily form ) fuaitino. file n. (to o l) tāmatau; v. (use a file) k ili \ kikili. file single file tuatahi.fill (a container) fakatumu-, (a hole) fakaāfu.film (cinem a) tifaga.filter fakamamā.final mulimuli, toe'.find maua2.fine (thin) manifinifi, liliki.

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fine (s p le n d id) mānaia, mālie, lelei lele;(w eather) lāofle.

finger n. maumuālima; v. lote. fingernail moininia.finish v . i. uma, iku; v .t. fakauma, fakaiku.finished uma, iku, mole.fire n. afi, m u '.fire (a gun e tc .) fana, fa k a p ā '.fireplace gālafu.firewood fafie.firm n. (com p any) kamupani. firm (hard) mapo, mākeketū (stable) mau'] ( o f a

resolve, b elief, e tc .) mautinoa, mautū. firmly m au', fakamalohi, fakamākeke. first muamua, m ua2, holomua. fish n. (general term ) ika; (p iece o f fish for

eating, m eal p ortion e tc .) meaika; v. fagota, hihi, fa i faiva.

fish spp. aua', afulu, aheu, aku2, alaala1, alaalafutu, a li1, alogo, āmafua, anaoho, apalani, api2, atu', atualo, atule, atutaoa, a v a \ eve, ihe, ikutea, ō 2, ono2, ufu2, ulafi, uli 3, ulihega, uloulo, ulua, uluakata, ume, u m u u m u fa tu , u mu tea, utu', fa i', faikili, fafalua, fagamea, faloa, fapuku, filoa, fuafuāika, gagale, gaiio, galo', gatala, gutula, gutuloa, gutuhiko, kafa', kakahi, kalapa, kamai, kamutu, kanae', kapoa, kata2, kiokio, komulo, koti, laea, laeafatu, lai, laeamea, laulaufau, lo i2, lupolupo, maeava, magō, malau, malaufagamea, malauloa, malaunaunefe, malautea, malatea, m ā lili, rn ā lo lo , m a m a n u ', m a n in i, mahimahi, matapula, matu, memea, moaga, moamoa, molali, m ū2, munua, m utu2, nanue, nofu, pakeva, pala, pa lu2, paluutu, palugatae, paluloa, palumalau, palupō, paluhega, palutupua, paluvakaalo, pānanua, papo, patuki, pone, ponelolo, p u h i2, p ū ta la lo a , haoh ao, h ā fo le , haku lā , hakuhakulele, hāputu, hahave, havane, hipa', hoa o te puhi, hoke, hue, hugale, humu, tā 2, tāea2, tāiva, taotao', tautu, tafauli, tagau', takuo, tala tala', talitaliuli, tāmalau, tapatū, tātifi, tavatava, teletele- vakāniu, tētē, tifitifi, tonu2, tuitā, tupoupou, valu1, vete2. (See a lso shark sp p .)

fish bait māunu, mounu. fish drive laga ika, tulituli. fisherman tautai, tagata fagota, tagata faifaiva. fishhook matau, kafilo, k a u \ fishing line uka, afo. fishing net kupega, kālele, heu', t i l i \

fishing rod k ofe2, hikaki, kauhi.fishing spear ta o \ ū.fishing-trap faga, fota.fishy smell kokou.fissure ini.fist m oto2.fistfight fuhu.fit (in go o d health) mālohi.fit (seizure) tete, tatapa.fit (fit in) ofi, fetaui.five lima; (breadfruit or skipjack) limagafua;

(fish other than skipjack) limagarnata; (p eo ­ple) tokalirna.

five hundred lima helau; (o f fa thom s) limalau; ( o f peop le , skipjack and birds) limagalau; (fish other than skipjack) matalima.

fix (fasten , attach) fakamau; (m end) fakalelei. flabby (o f the flesh o f a fat person) takapalu­

palu, galemulemu. flag fuka.flagtail (fish sp .) hāfole. flame ula2.flap agina, āgiagia, kapatā. flare ula1, mumū'. flash kemo, lapa1, makalo, napa. flat māfolafola, pālafalafa; ( o f land) laugatahi. fla tten fakam āfolafola, fakapālafalafa, ( o f

land) fakalaugatahi. flavour manogi. fleet n. fuāvaka. flesh kanofi, kakano. fleshy kanofia. flex (the m uscles) fakapona. flick fiti, fitifiti, liaki. flinch meki, memeki. flipper kapakapa. flit lelelele.float n. (o f outrigger or seaplane) ama; (o f

fishn et) uto'; (for supporting a swim m er) lagalagai; v. opeopea, alaga, lagalagai.

flock ( o f an im a ls or ch ickens) lafu; (o f birds) lakaimanu; ( o f feeding sea birds) taumanu.

flood lo lo2. floor fola. flounder (fish) ali2. flour falaoamata. flow gogolo, maligi2, tafe. flower tiale', fuga lakau. fluid hua'. flute fagufagu'.flutter (birds e tc .) lelelele; (in w ind) āgiagia,

agina. fly (in sect) lago'.

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fly v .i. lele; v .t. fa kalele.flying fish mālolo, ha have, hipa', tuali.fold fefetu. gagau, gāugau; (the arm s) pilima;

(the legs) āfetu.-fold see rua-foliage laulākau.follow mulimuli.follower ho1.fond (of) naunau, fiafia.food meakai.food m at laulau1.fool n. vale', tino valea.fool (deceive) fakavalea, fakahehê.foolish hoho, valea.foolisness amiovalea, hoho, valea.foot vae'.foot (12 inches) futu.football (the ball) polo lakapi; (the gam e)

lakapi, tafaoga lakapi. footpath auala. footprint tulagāvae. footwear hēvae. for m ā \ m o \ for (because) auā. forbid fakahā. forbidden hā, fakahā. force n. rnālohi; v. fakamālohi. forearm alolima forefather(s) tupuga. forefinger lima tuhi.forehead lae, muāulu; (o f fish or anim als) tela.foreign kehe, mai fenua kehe.foreigner tino mai nuku kehe.foreleg ālagālima.foremost taulāmua.foreskin laukili.forest vao, togavao.for ever fakavavau, tūmau pea, he gat a mai.foreword fakatomua, kupu kāmata.for example e vē . . .foretell vavaka, vavalo.forget galo2, puli.forgetful puli pea.forgive v. fakamāgalo.forgotten kua puli, kua galo.fork (for eating) tui.fork (o f tree or branch) maga; (o f road) magāala. form (shape etc.) foliga. form (paper to fill in) pepa. form v .t. fai, gaohi.form al hāunia, fak a a lo a lo , fakam am alu ,

migao.former, formerly muamua atu.

forth a tu 3.fortunate amutia, manuia. fortune (w ealth ) koloa; (g o o d fortune) rnānuia. forty fa hefulu; (p eop le, birds, octop u s and

skipjack) tinofā; (fish other than skipjack) laufa ; (cocon u ts) fagapulupulu; (crayfish and crabs) tuafa; (fa th om s) fagakumi.

forward(s) ki mua, a tu1. fountain pen peniutu. found see ‘f in d ’.found (establish) fakavae, fa k a tū '. four f a 1-, (breadfruit and sk ipjack) fāgafua;{ūs\\

other than skipjack) fagamata; (p eop le) tokafa.

four hundred f a helau; (fa th o m s)/a /a w ; (p eo p le, skipjack and b irds) fagalau; (fish other than skipjack) matafā.

four legged vaefa. fourteen hefulu fa. fourth tona fa (see tona'). fowl moa'.fraction vāega, vaegāmea; (tiny bit) tama mea. fracture gau'. fragrant manogi.frame (o f picture) fakavaka', ( o f a person) fuai-

tino ; ( o f hou se) auivi. frangipani puafiti. frank, frankly tautala hako. free haoloto, taga2, (set free) tatala, fakahao'. free (not paid for) kavefua, rnauafua. freedom haolotoga. freeze fakaaiha. frequent(ly) māhani.fresh fou, lelei', ( o f water) rnāgalo', (c o o l) mā/ū. Friday Aho Falaile. friend uo, uomamae. friendly, friendliness lotoalofa, fakauo. friendship māhaniga, uoga, fakauōga. frigate-bird katafa. fright malaku, teki. frighten fakamataku, faka teki. frightened mataku, meki, teki', ( o f fish or birds)

ātagia. frightening matakutia. frog lane. from mai, i.front n. alo', mua'; q u a l./ mua. fruit fua 1, fuālākau. fry falai.fulfil fakataunuku.full tumu, kātoa, mākona; (o f the m oon ) kātoa;

also see Fakatahi'; ( o f the tide) oko. full speed (fano) i te kātoa.

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full stop peliota. funeral oti. maliu. hāuniga. funnel fakatumu. fu nny fakakata. mālie. fur fulufulu2.

furniture meāfale. further mamao atu. fury, furious fekai. fu ss, fussy vevehi. future lumanaki.

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Ggable tala2.gain maua2.gali bladder a u \gallon kālone.gamble pele tupe.game tāfaoga, tākatoga.gang kēgi.gaol fale puipui.gap āvanoa, māvā, pū ', vā.garage fale tāvale, pamu penihini.garbage otaota, lapihi.garden fatoaga, māumaga.gardenia pua, puapua.garfish aku2.garland fa u 2, hei', pale'.garfish aku2, galio, iheloa.garment kofu.gas kēhi.gas stove ogaumu kēhi. gate faitotoka.gather (co llec t) ao 2, tae2, fakaputu; (com e to ­

gether) pōtopoto, maopo, māopoopo, faka- potopoto.

gathering (m eeting o f people) pōtopotoga. gay fiafia. gear kope. gecko moko.geld launiu2, fakamamā, fofō. genealogy gafa2. general, generally māhani. generous, generosity kaimakoi, loto alofa. genitals (o f m en) mea, fua ', fuāpolo, fuāma-

nava, fuamaui; (o f w om en) mea, pali. gentle agamalu, agavaivai. gentleman tamāloa, aliki, tamāliki. gently malie, faifai malie, hē hona fala. genuine moni. germinate tupu', o la '.get (ob tain ) maua2, kaumai. A lso see ‘fe tch ’.get (b et ter, w orse, etc) tau'2. A lso see ‘b eco m e’.get o ff (acqu itted) hao'.ghost agāga, aitu.giant hāuai, mātuā tino.giddy ninimo.gift (present) meaalofa.gift (ta lent) tāleni.gills fuilauvi, fuimea.girl teine, tamaiti fafine.

girlfriend uō teine. girth fuaefa. give fōki.give back fakafoki. give in fakavāivai. give rise to fakatupu. glad fiafia. gladden fakafiafla. glance kelo.glare (stare) matapupula. glare (shine brightly) gigila; (o f sum ) ti lā. glass tioata', (m irror) fakaata'; (for drinking)

ipu mālamalama. glasses (spectacles) mata'. gleam kalapu2. glide heke, hekeheke. glimmer kālapulapu. glint kalapu2. glisten gigila. glitter gigila. pāgilagila. gloom pōuli.gloom y (w eather, e tc .) pōu/i; (person) mara-

fakanoanoa. glory, glorious mamalu lele. glove rotini lima. glue n. ketu; v. fakapipiki.glUt mall 2.glutinous vavate, valevaleloloa. gluttonous kaitele. gnaw gali 2.go fano (pi. olo)',fanaru (pi. ōaru); ( o f m achines

etc .) ola2.go about (sailing boats) maka, taumaka.go down fano ki talo.go in u lu '.go out ulufa/o.go up fano ki luga.goal (score) kai'.goal (am bition ) fakamoemoega, hini. goat o ti2.goatfish spp. afulu i, maileākoa, malili, memea,

moaga, moaga-āheu, ruitā, vele2. god atua'.God A tu a2. godless pōuliuli. godly lototu.goggles (for d iving) mata uku. goitre patō.

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gold aulo.g o o d , g o o d ness lelei, mānaia. go o d s koloa. good -b ye lota. good -d ay mālō', lālofa. g o od -for -n o th in g he aoga.G ood Friday Aho Lalaile Lelei. Aho Maliu. good natured āmioletei, lotoalofa. good-n igh I tofa, moe Id. gorilla kolila. gospel Tala l elei.gossip n. tala, tala ka\e\ v. faitala. gouge (especia lly a fish eye) gape. govern takitaki'. pule '. governor kovana. governm ent m ālō '. grab luimu.grace (b etor m eals) fakafetai. grace (o f G od) alofa tunoa. gracefu l mcmaia, lelei.grade (accord ing (o qu ality e tc .) ilo. fakava­

hega.gradual, gradually malie, faifai malie. graduate fakauku grain fa tu '.grain o f sand fuuoneone.grand (large and im p osin g) lahi ma te matalelei.grand (excellen t) lelei lele.grandchild makupuna.granddaughter makapuna tamaiti fafine.grandfather tupuna, tupuna tamana.grandm other tupuna. tupuna mātua.grandparent tupuna.grandson makupuna tamaiti tane.grant foki, fakaavanoa.grapes vine.grasp pu ke:, tutuku, kuku2, kukuma.grass mutia.grasshopper he.grass skirt titi.grate o lo 2, (cocon u t) valu'.gratefu l fakafetai.grater o lo \ lapa', (for cocon u ts) kahalo, h ih i2.grave n. titgamau.grave adj. mata pāū.gravel kilikili.graveyard fenuatanu.grazed gahele.grease n. gako, huāū, taelolo-, v . fakahuāū, faka-

gako, uku.

greasy pāhekeheke, taeloloa. great lahi, fuaefa, mātuā, tāua1. greatly lahi lele.G reece Eleni. greed fakaloloto. green lanu meamata {m ata1). greet fakatālofa, fakafeiloaki. greetings alofaaga.grey kefukefu, kekefu; (o f hair) hina, tavake­

vake.grey hair, greyhaired hina, uluhina. grief fakanoanoa.grievance mea e tiga ai, fakanoanoaga.grieve fakanoanoa.grim ace fakanini.grin ka taka ta', l i2.grind o lo 2, oloolo, k i li \grind the teeth fakagogi na inifo.grindston e fatu oloolo, fuaga.grip kali, kukuma.groan ōi.groper, grouper see ‘b ass’ .gross (twelve dozen) kolohi1 (tāheni e hefululua).ground kelekele.group (o f th in g s)fakaputuga; (o f people) vāega,

kāuga. grove olo-, pupu-, togā-.grow v .i. tupu, tuputupw, v .t. (cu ltivate plants)

to to 2.grow l muna', kakā; (d ogs) gū2. grow th tupu'.grudge, bear a grudge fakavā. gruel hua', hupo, vaihalo. grum ble tomumu. gu an o kuano.guard n. leoleo; v. leoleo, puipui, taukikila. guess m ate1, pah i'. guest api', mālō \guide n. takitaki'-, v. fakahino, takitaki', tataki.guide b ook tuhi fakahino.guilt agahala.guilty hala'.guitar kitala.gull (bird spp .) see ‘n o d d y ’ and ‘tern’, gum (o f m ou th) tali2, tāinifo. gun fana. gunw ale o a '.gut n. (see intestines); v. (a fish) palu', papalu;

(a pig) hāuni. guyrope tuku'.

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Hhabit aga, māhani. haemmorrhoid uafiti. hail (greet) tapa'.hair lauulu, ulu'; (o f a n im a ls)fulufulu2. hairy fulufulua.half-break (fish sp .) the, ihe mulo, ihefota,

ihelafa half afa.half beat afanota. half an hour afa it uta. half way lototonu. half-witted vale'. halo lio.halve afaafa, vaelua.hammer n. hāmala; v. tuki, tukituki.hammerhead shark mataitaliga.hand lima.handcuffs loka lima.handfish patuki, patuki-laufala.handful lukugā-, lukutaga.handkerchief holoholo.handle n. kau; (o f basket) kāvei.handle v .t. lote.handshake fakatālofaga.handsome lālelei, mānala, mata gali.hand-span aga2.handwriting tuhilima.hang v .t. tautau, tāupe, hihi.hang down v.i. lālā, lōlā, lōlālā.hang out (washing) folafola.hanging n . (m ethod o f execution) hihi'.happen oko, tupu'.happy fiafia, loto fiafia.harbour tāulaga.hard (not so ft) mākeke, mākeketū. hard (d ifficu lt) faigata. hard adv. lahi, fakamālohi, fakamahau. hardly tau hēai (tau'2), heāheā. harm fakakino, fakamata. harmful kino, fakatupu mala. harmles hē kino. harmonize fetaui lelei. harsh (person) paū; (situ ation) mamafa. harvest n. hēieheiega; v. hēieheie. haste, hasten fakavave, fakavili, limalima, nati,

natinati. hastily fakavave, fa i fitoi.

hat pūlou.hatch (o f eggs) fofoa. hate inoino, fakalialia. haul fu ti, toho. have see ei.have to (d o s .th .) tatau '. hazardous fakapokepoke. haze nenefu; (caused by heat) malafu. hazy nenefu. he ia'.head n. ulu; ( o f fish and a n im als) piho;

(d irector) pule', takitaki'; v. muamua, takitaki', pule'.

headache ulu tigā. headland utua, matāfenua. headwind matagi taumua. head-louse kutu. head-rest ali'.headstrong lotomālohi, lototu. heal fa kamālōlō. health mālō hi. healthy malohi, lelei.heap n. p a e2, fakaputuga-, faupuega; v. p a e1,

fakaputu. hear logo, lagona, m āua.2. heart fa tu ', loto'. heartbeat tātā fatu. hearts (in cards) a ta4. heartless hē alofa.heat n. vevela, kakaha; v .t. fakavevela, faka-

mafanafana. heathen pouliuli. heave hiki2.heaven lagi', vānimonimo, vāteatea.heavy mamafa; (o f rain) momoka.hedge n. pālākau.heed apo, fakalogo, tokaga.heel mulivae.height māualuga, loa.heighten (m ake higher) fakamāualuga atu; (in ­

crease) fakalahi atu. heir huli. hell malaia. hello’ tālofa, m ālō '. helm foeuli. help fehoahoani.helper hoa, hoātau, tino fehoahoani.

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hem afe 2.hen moa fafine.hen house fale moa.her (ob ject pronou n) ia'; (p ossessive pronoun)

tona', tana, hona, hana', o n a \ ana2. herd n . lafu'. here kinei, tēnei, m ai2. hereditary e fano i te toto. hermit crab uga. hernia fifipaku. hero toa. heron matuku'. herring (canned) ēieni. hers a ana, o ona. herself ia lava (ia')- hew tā 2, tala talai. hidden lilofia. hide mumuni.hide n. (skin o f anim al) paku. high māualuga. high-jump oho māualuga. high pitched leo māualuga. high school āoga māualuga. high tide tai ōko. high water mark pihipihitai. highly matuā. hill matike, matikega, tama mauga. hinder fakavavale. hip uluālaga. hire (labour) fakagalue. his tona', tana, hona, hana', o n a \ ana2. hit tā 2, tuki, tatū, pahaha, tokia, kini, tau \

lave, pakivaiea. hoard v. putiputi. hoarse f a \ hobble v .i. ketu. hoist hihi.hold (o f a sh ip) ana'.hold v. kukuma, kuku2, tāofi.hold down tatao'.hold fast, hold tight p ik i ', mau'.hold in both arms opoopo.hold out the hand fofola te lima.hole pū', lua2.holed p ū ', takapūpū.holiday aho mālōlō, aho tāfao, mālōlōga.hollow n. om o'; q u a l ōō.hollowed om o'.holy pala, m a malu, ha2.H oly Bible Tuhi Pala.Holy Spirit Agāga Pala, Agāga Hā. home nofoaga, kaiga, fale.

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homeless tamāmanu. homesick manatu. honest moni, fakamāoni. honey meli2.honour mamatu, fakamamatu, fakaaloalo. hook (for hanging th ings) mea tautau, (See also

fish h ook ), hop oho2.hope amanaki, fakamoemoe, tālohia.horizon tafatafalagi, hikulagi.horizontal cf. fakakalava and hako'.horn p ū 2; (o f an anim al) heu2.horrible matakutia, mātagā.horse hotofanua.hospital falemai.hospitality lotoalofa.hot vevela; (to the taste) kakava, feū.hotel faletalimālō, papu.hour itūlā.house fale.household kaiga.hover p epe2, fakapepepepe.how vēfea, vēhea. (See also a 2).however adv. pe vēfea lava.how are you? how do you do? E ā mai koe?howl kekē, tagi.hug fuhi, hapai.huge mātuā, fuaefa lele.hullo' mālō, tātofa.hum gugū.human, human being tagata.humble (not proud) lotomāulalo, fakamāulalo;

(o f sm all im portance) fakatauvā. humble oneself ifo. humility lotomāulalo. humorous malie, fakakata. hundred helau; ( o f peop le , sk ipjack and birds)

lau i .

hunger, hungry fiakai.hurry fakavave, gaoi, nati, nanati, natinati,

t i l i \ titili.hurt v .i. (feel p a inful) tigā, ogohia, mamae; (be

injured) lavea; (feelin gs) tula; v .t. fakaogo- hia, fakatigā.

husband āvaga, tokalua, tāne. husk (o f cocon u t) pulu; v. oka, hoka. husking stake koho. hut tamā fale. hyena haina, halena. hymm vikiga, pehe lotu. hypocritical fakagutugutulua.

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II au i, kō', k ita2. ice aiha.ice-cream aiha-kulimi. idee māfaufau, manatu, fakatatauga. ideal n. tūlaga {faiga, olaga) tāua lele ma te

amanakia. identical tutuha id iot vale 1.idle nofotauanoa, nofo nofo. if ka fai, kana, moi, pe. ill, illness tauale.illu m inate fakamāina, fakamālama, fakahu-

lugia. illum inated hulugia. im age ata1, fōliga. im agination māfaufauga. im agine māfaufau, mahato. im itate fakatakitaki. im m ediately loa1, i te taimi nei lava. im m oral hē gāoioi. im m m ortal tumau. im p gaveve. im p atient hē onohai. im perfect ila.im portance, im portant mamafa, tāua, taulia. im p ossib le he mafai, he tāitai ke mafai. im p rove tau lelei (tau'1). im proved hikitia. in i, i toto i.inaugurate fakauku1, fakaatu1.inauguration fakaukuga.incest holikāiga.inch n. inihi.incline n. kakega.include fakaaofia.included, including aofia, e i ei foki. increase v .i. tupu', tului; v .t. fakalahi. incubate tatao'. indecent mātagā, leaga. indecisive hē mautonu. indeed lava2, moni.independence, independent (o f a person) hao-

loto; (o f a governm ent) tū tokatahi. ind icate aliali, fakaali, fakailoa. ind igestion manava tigā. ind iscrim inately valevale ind ividu al, individually tautokatahi. in d oors i loto fale.

industry, industr ious galue, loto galue. industry (m anufactu ring e tc .) galuega gaohi

mea. in fected aloua. in flam m ab le mil gofie.in flu en ce n. mafuaga. fakarutupuga, peku ;

v. fakamāfua? fakatutupu. in fluence (a person) peku; (the course o f events)

fakatupu 1. in fluenza futu.inform taku1, fakahino, logo.in form ation fakahinoga, fakamatalaga, tala'.inhabited kāinā, nofoia.in itiate kāmata, kimata; (a flight) laga.in itiative māfaufau.in ject, in jection tui.injure fakaogoliia, fa ka lavea.in jured , injury lavea, pakia.ink vaituhi.inland gāuta.inn faletalimālō.inquire fehili.inquiry fehili, hukehukega. inq uisitive fiailoa. insane vale'. insect meaola.insert fafao, fakaofi, huhulu'. inside lo to 3.inspect āhi, āhlahi, taukikila. inspection āhiahiga. instantly loa1. instead o f i lo ( /o ') .instruct fakaako, fakahino, fakatonu, poloaki. instructions fakatonuga.in strum en t (m u sica l) lākau; (to o l) mea fa i

galuega. insult fakalili, fakatauemu. in telligen ce, intelligent p o to '. intend fakatatau, taukikila. in tention fakatatauga, fuafuaga. intercede fautua. interest (m en tal) fiafia. interest (fin a n c ia l) ola', tupe ola. interesting mālie.interfere fakalavelave, fakavavale. interior lo to 3.international i te vā o mālō. interpret liliu, fakaliliu.

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interrogate fakamahino. interrupt oh o2. intervene pupulu2. intestines fifi, gakcni. in to ki loto.in troduce (tw o people) fakafeiloaki; (a custom )

kaumai; (a top ic) kamata, laga; (a speaker) fakatomua.

in troduction (to b ook e tc .) kupu tomua, faka­tomuaga.

in turn cf. fetolifaki. invalid (sick person) tauale. invalid (not valid ) hē aogā. investigate iloilo, fehilihili, taufehilihili, huke­

huke.in vestigation hukehukega. iloiloga.

invitation tuhi valakau.invite kalaga, valakau, valakaulia.inwards ki loto.iridescence, iridescent nanu2.iron (the m etal) ukamea.iron (for ironing c lothes) āuli.iron v. āuli, fakarnāfolafola.is see ‘b e ’.island m otu'.issue (w ater e tc .) gogolo.issue (d istribute) tufa.issue (o ffsp ring) fanau.it ia i, mea.itch mageho.its see ‘h is’.

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Jjack (the too l) hlaki1.jack (fish sp p .) aheu, ataala2, alaalafutu,

amafua, atualo, hoke, ka ta 2, komulo, lupolupo, lupohama, pakeva, tafauli, ulua, uluakata.

jacket peleue. ja il fale puipui. jam hiamu. jaw kauvae. jaw -b one ivi kauvae.jea lou s, jea lousy lotokino, totoleaga, mataua,

fuā.jeer fakatauemu, tauemu.Jeh ovah Ieova. je lly fish pakipaki. jerk hamu.jersey kofu māfanafana.Jesu s Christ Iehu Keliho.

jetty uafu.jo b galuega, togiga, tiute. jo in kau', hoko3, hohoko '. jo in t hokoga.jok e n. leka, ūlaga, mea ula; v. ula, faileka. jou rn ey malaga', folau. jo y fiafia.ju b ila tion agatū, fiafiaga.ju d ge fakamahino.ju dgem ent (legal) fakamahinoga.ju dgem ent (estim ation) mātau, fakatatau.ju g hioki.ju ice hua'.ju m p oho2, fiti.ju st (fa ir), tonu', āmiotonu.ju st (o f tim e) fātoā; ( o f qu estion , degree e tc .)

oioti, nā'. ju stice āmiotonu.

Kk an garoo kāgatū. k ap ok vavae2. keel takele.keen (enthusiastic) māelegā.keen (o f intelligence) matala, kakaha.keep tāofi2, tauhi, teu.keep on (continue) fa i pea.keg paelo.kerosene kalahini.kettle titata.key ki.k ick aka2, kiki2, tavae. kill finau, tāmate.k in d , k in d n ess agalelei, alofa, lotoalofa,

kaimakoi. kind (sort) itukāiga.

kin dle tutu', tafu. king tupu2. kingfish pala. kiss kini, hogi.kitchen umu kuka, potu kuka.kite maua'.knave (cards) hlaki*.knead lomi, natu2.knee tulivae.kneel tōtuli.kn ife naifi.kn ock tuki, tukituki, tum a'.kn ot (in rope etc .) pona, numi; (in w ood ) huma;

v .t. fakapona. kn ow iloa, logo. kn ow led ge p o to ', iloa.

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Llabel fakailoga.labour n. gāluega; v. galue, leipa.labourer leipa, tino faigāluega.lacerated mafole, ma/oke.lack hēai.ladder kākega.ladle ahu2.lady tamātai.lagoon namo.lake vaituloto, lo to 2.lame pipili, ketu.lamp moli, molilolo, mōlimatagi, moiikēhi.lance (b o il, sw elling e tc .) fakapā'.land n. fenua, kogāfenua, kelekele.land v .i. (o f a p lane) tū'.landslide gogolotu, holo*.language gagana.latern moli.lard gako puā.large fuaefa, lahi.larva (o f m osq u ito) tunatuna.lash fa u 3, fafau, li 1.lasso hele2.last adj. toe', mulimuli.last v .i. (be durable) tologa.late tuai, muliakina, aoina, pogia.late (d eceased) kua mavae atu.lately taluai.lather o a \latitude latitū.latrine gātai, vāvā2, lafalafa2. latter mulimuli. laugh kata'. laughter kata', agatū.launch v .t. toho ki te tai, tuku ki te tai; (a new

vessel) auata. lavalava kie, lavalava. lavatory vāvā2, lafalafa1, gātai. law tūlāfono. lawyer lola.lay (p lace, cause to lie) fakatakoto, tuku ki lalo,

fakatātia; (the table) hau ni; (m ats e tc .) fola, fofola.

lay eggs, tukufua. lazy, laziness pale.I.b.w. (in cricket) puniolo. lead n. (the m etal) pulu*. lead v. takitaki', taki, tataki, holomua.

lead astray fa kahehē. lead to (result in) fakatupu'. leader takitaki', ulu'. leadership takitakiga.leaf lau2, lau lākau; (o f pupu, Asplenium nidus)

tau i \ leaf-bud moemoe. leak mama2\ ( o f a hou se) tutulu. lean v .i. teke, totoko, fakalagolago-, v .t. faka-

teke, fakatotoko. lean (thin) paē. leap oho2. learn ako, akoako. learn by heart tauloto. lease lihi2.leather paku, paku manu. leather-jacket (fish sp p .) humu, umu'. leave v .i. fano, teka, tulaki, tukua\ v .t. tuku2,

tuku vē, tiaki', fakatotoe. leave n. (o f absence, from w ork) mālolo, mālo-

loga. lees kalu.left (rem aining) totoe. left (side e tc .) agavale. left-handed agavale, tauagavale. leg vae'.legal (not illegal) taga2; (concerned with the law)

tau tūlāfono. legend kakai2, tala'. lemon tipolo patupatu.length (o f th ings) toa', loaloaga, (o f tim e)

mataloa. lengthen fakaloa, faka mataloa. lengthw ise fakaloaloa. lens tioata.lend fb k i (See a lso m ai2). less taigole. lessen fakataigole. lesson lehona. lest nā2.let (a llo w )fakalaga, tuku2. let me se e ' mea ake'. letter tuhi'.letter (o f alphabet) mataituhi.level n. (height) māuaiuga; (standard) tulaga.level adj. māfolofola, gatahi, laugatahi; v .t.

fakagatahi, fakamāfolafola. lever laga, tue, lulue', tutule.

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liar tino talapepe/o, tino kimoāvao.liberty tulaga haoloto, haolotoga.library fale tuhi.licence laihene.lick h o p o \ eto.lid ufiufi, pupuni, tāpuni.lie, lie down belying tako to '; (th ings on ly) tatla.lie on one’s back taliagalie n. (fa lseh ood ) tala pepelo, kimoāvao.lie (tell lies) pepelo. (See a lso pelogia).life ola1, olaga.lift hiki2, hikihiki; (on the shoulder) amo'; ( o f a

leg, or the outrigger o f a canoe) hahake. ligament u a \ uaua. light mālamalama. light (not heavy) māmā. light-coloured tea. light v. (a fire or lam p) tutu'. lighten (shed light on) fakamalarna, faka-

mālamalama. lighten (w eight) fakamāmā. lightly malie. lightning uila. like (sim ilar) vē. like v .t. fiafia, fofou, malie. lily I ill2.limb see ‘arm ’, ‘leg ’, and ‘branch’.lime (tree) tipolo.lime (the chem ical) pa ni'.limit n. ikuga, gataga, tuākoi.limit v. fakagata', fakaiku.limp v. ketu, ketuketu.limp qual. vavai', malu.line laina, vahe;(oï dancers) hao2, u n u \ (see

a lso ‘fish ing lin e’), line v. (provide with a lin ing) āfei; (m ark with a

line) ago. line up ago. lineage gafa2. liner lualua. linoleum kāpeta. lion leona. lips taugutu, māgutu. liquid vai, huāvai, hua'. liquor (spirits) fagumālohi. list lihi', fakahologa. list (tilt) hipa 2. listen fakalogo. litter (o f sow etc .) ofaga, ui-. little taigole, taikole, tainole, fuaiti, tama. little by little malie.live (be alive) ota'; (reside) nofo, mautū. lively titio, tiotio, matatiotio, mataola.

liver ate.lizard p ili2, moko.L .M .S. La Mo Ha. lizard fish kalapa.load n. uta 2, kavega; v .t. uta1, fakauta; (a gun)

u tu \loan (o f m on ey) kaitalafu tupe.loathe inoino, fakatiatia.lobster uta'.local mea tau fenua.locality kogāfenua, kogamea.location tūlaga.lock loka.locust h ē \lodger api', m ālō\lodgings api', api taga.log lakau, mealākau, kogātākau.loincloth rnalo.lolly lole.lonely (o f p laces) tāligoligoa. long (o f th ings, d istances e tc .) lo a '; (o f tim e)

mataloa.long ago, be a long time since leva.long for naunau, mihi, momoko.look (see) kikila, taukikila, mātamata.look (appear) mata-, vē.look after tauhi.looking glass tioata.loop tipa'.loose tō 2, takatōtō, takavili, ōō, mat ala. loosen tō 2, fakatō ', fakamata/a. loot vete'. lord aliki.Lord’s Prayer Tatalo a te A tiki.lorry to li2.lose see ‘lo s t’.lose (be defeated) tōkiialo.lose one’s way hē2.lost galo2; (gon e astray) hē2.lot see ‘m an y’, ‘m u ch ’, ‘sh are’, ‘p o rtio n ’.lottery lū/ū.loud leo lahi, leo māualuga.lounge (room ) potumālōlō.lounge v. (lie around lazily) tautakafili.louse kutu.love alofa, fofou.lovely manaia, lelei, gali'.lover pele, uō teine, uō tāne.lovesick manatu.loving pele, fakapelepele.low maualalo, māulalo.lower v. fakam āualalo ifo.low-water maha, tai maha.

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loya l, loyalty fakamāoni. lucid manino. luck, lucky manuia, laki2. lu ff (sail c lo se to w ind) tauala2 luggage ato i, ato malaga. lull (to sleep) fakamoe. lu llaby pehe fakam oe pepe. lum p v. pona, patu.

lum p together opo. lunatic vale', valea. lungs m ām ā'.lure n. (feather) fulir, (pearl-shell) pā'. lure v. fakalata'. lustre gigila, nanu2. lying about tātia.

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Mmachine mahini.mackerel at ute, u li\mad (insane) vale', valea; (angry) it a.madman vale'.made up (o f the m ind) tonu'.Magellanic Clouds Lefulefu1.maggot gāio'.maggoty gāioa.magical fakataulāitu.magistrate fakamahino.magnificent aupito mānaia, pito lelei lele.maiden teine, teine muli.mail n. meli', tuhi meli; v .t. lafo2.mainly see ‘generally ’ and ‘m ajority ’.maize hana2.majesty maiehetete.majority lahiga, tokalahiga.make f a i3, gaohi, fa u 3; see a ls o faka-make use of fakaaoga.make up ( in v en t)fa tu 2.male tāne, tagata.mallet hāmala lakau.man tamāloa, tāne, taulealea, tino, tagata. manage (be the m anager) pule', takitaki'. manage (be able) mafai, lavā. manageable faigofie. manager pule'. mango mago'.mankind tagata, tagata o te lalolagi. manly loto toa.Manta ray lautiapua. manners aga, amio, uiga. man-of-war (battlesh ip) mānuao. mantle (o f pressure lam p) vavae2. manual (instruction b ook ) tuhi fakatonu. manufacture f a i3, fa u 3, gaohi. manure taemanu. many lahi, tokalahi. map fafanua.marble, marbles (gam e) mapu.marble (stone) m āk.march v. havali fakafitafita.March Māti. marine tai', o te tai.Marine(s)- maligi', malini.mark n. ila, iloga, fakailoga, māka, (in ex­

am inations) māka. mark v. fakailoga, māka, togi2.

market niāketi.marriage fakaipoipoga, āvaga. married āvaga.marry fakaipoipo, fa i te kaiga. marvellous ofoofogia.mask n. ufimata; (for div ing) matatai; v. ufiufi,

mumuni, fakaleku. mass (o f th ings) fakaputuputuga; (o f p eop le)

pōtopotoga, tokalahiga, numi.Mass Mihahā.massage mill, rnilimili, fofō. mast fanā, tila. master pule'.mastery (contro l) pule'; (sk ill) poto'; (strength)

mālohi. master fishermen tauiai. masticate lamu. mat moega, takapau. match (gam e, contest) tāfaoga, tau-. match (correspond) fetaui. match (cause to correspond or fit) fakafetaui,

fakatuhatuha. matches (for lighting fire) afi, afi tuhi. matchmaker fakahohoko. mate hoa, uo, tokalua; (o f an im als) ulugā- . mate v. (hum ans) momoe; (an im als) pipiki. material mea; (fabric) kie. materialize tafa2. mathematics matematika. matter (affa ir) mea. ‘ It d o esn ’t m atter’ He

āfāina. mattress fāmalū.mature (o f p eop le and an im a ls) matua; (fruits

etc .) pula; (p andanu s) leu.May Me.may (p erm ission) see taga2, fakataga, tuku2.may (p ossib ility) see hōvē, mata-, ātonu.may (p urpose) see ke.maybe hove, ātonu.mayor pulenuku.me a u '. See also m ai2.meal kaiga, meakai, tonai, katiga.mean (stingy) kaifufu.mean (in tend) fakatatau.mean (sign ify) see ‘m ean in g’.meaning uiga, kakano.means (m ethod) faiga; (property) koloa.meanwhile kae i te taimi tēnā.

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measles mihela.measure, measurement fu a 2.meat kanofi, kakano.meaty kanofia.mechanic tino fa i mahini.meddle fakavavale.mediate pupulu2, puluvā.mediator puluvāga.medicine vai, fuālākau. vai lakau.meekness agamalū.meet fetaui, fakafetaui, feiloaki, fakafeiloaki;

(o f an assem bly or com m ittee) fono; ( o f tw o ends o f s .th .) katit.

meeting feiloakiga, fe ta uiga, (for d iscussion ) fon o ', talanoaga.

meeting house fale fono. melody fa ti'. melon meleni. melt v .i. liu, v.t. fakaliu. membrane kafukafu. memorial fakamanatuga. memorize tauloto. memory māfaufau.mend fakafou, fo n o 2, mono, monomono.meningitis fiva falai.menses, menstruation tauale o fafine.mention see taku2, lea.merchant tino fakatau, tino fa i koloa.mercy alofa.mere, merely noa', n ā \merit lelei.merry fiafia.mesh ( o f a net) mata'.message fekau.messenger kavefekau.Messiah Mehia. metal ukamea. meter mita.method faiga, ala', aua la, togafiti. metre mita. midday aoauli.midday lototonu, vaeluaga tonu.midget āvilu.mid-morning aoauli.midst lototonu, lo to \might see ‘m a y ’ .mile maila.military fitafita.milk n. huhu; v. tatau2.milkfish a v a \Milky W ay Kaniva. million miliona. millionaire milionea.

milt tama moto. mimic fakatakitaki. mind n. māfaufau.mind (look after) taukikila; (take care, be heed­

fu l) tokaga, fakaeteete. mind ‘do you m in d ?’ malie to loto. mine a aku; o oku. mine (for m inerals) maina. mine (exp losive) maina. mineral minelale.minister (o f relig ion ) faifeau; (in governm ent)

minihitā. minor tama. minute qual. tamaki. minutes (o f m eeting) minute. miracle vāvega. mirror fakaata. misapply fakaaogā hehē. miscalculate fuafua hehē. miscarriage, miscarry fafano \ tafe, fanau hēau. mischievous ula1, ulavale. misconduct āmiokino. misdirect fakatonu hehē, fakahino hehē. miserable fakanoanoa ; (p h ysica lly w retched)

logokino. miserly kaifufu.misfortune mala, malala, fakalavelave.misgovern v. pule kino.misguided fakahehē.misinformed tauhehē, pelogia.mislead fakahehē.miss mi hi, hē fetaui, femaomaoaki.mistake hehē, pahala, tauhehē.mistrust hē talitonu.misunderstand tauhehē, hē hāfia.misuse fakaaogā hehē.mix palw', heo, hakeu.mixture pa luga.moan oi; a lso see ‘com p la in ’.mock fa i fai, fakatauemu.model fakatuha.moderate feoloolo.modern o nā aho nei, fakaonaponei.modern times onapo nei.modest, modesty fakamāulalo.m oist, moisten hauhau2.molar (too th ) ga o '.moment tama taimi.M onday A ho Gafua.money tupe2.monster hauai.month māhina.m oon, moonlight māhina.

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Moorish idol (fish sp .) laulaufau, luāfine. more lahi atu\ a lso see lo '.Mormon M ām om . morning star fetuao. mosquito namu. mosquito larva tunatuna. most tahiga, pito, aupito. moth telefua.mother mātua; (an im al) kaumatua.motherly fakamātua.mother-of-pearl t ifa '.motion gāoioiga.m otor afi, mahini.motorcycle uila afi.motorist kavetavale.mould (fungus e tc .) lega.mould v. (with the hands) poi'.mouldy legalegā.mound (o f things) fakaputuga.mount v. (clim b) kake; (a horse) oh o2.moutain mauga.mountainous maugā.mourn fakanoanoa, tagi.mouse kimoa.mouse trap faga kimoa.moustache avāluga.mouth gutu.mouthful mama'.

mouth-organ failigutu.move v .i. gāoioi, hōhō, tōiō; v .t. hiki2, kave

kehe.move house hiki2, hifi. movement gāoioiga, gāhologa. much lahi lele2. mud kelekele, palapala. mud-guard kapakapa. muddy palapala, kelekelea. mulch kaiao, nahu.mullet spp. aua', kafa', kanae, fuafuaika.multiply (in a r ith m etic )fa te le2.multiply (increase) tupu', fanafanau.multitude (o f peop le) lalolagi, pōtopotoga.murder fahioti tagata, finau tino.murky nenefu, lepu.muscle maho.music muhika.musical fakamuhika.musician tino pehe, tino fa i muhika.mussel maho.must tatau3.mutter tomumu.my toku', taku', hoku, haku, oku, aku'. myself au lava (au '). mysterious uigakehe; and c f. tupua. myth ka ka i2.

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Nnail f a o 2; v .t. tutuki. nail (finger and toe) moeninia. name n. igoa', v .t. fa ka igoa. nap matāmoe. nape o f the neck tuāua. napkin napekini. narrate ta la ', fakamatala. narration, narrative fakamatalaga. narrow, narrowness lauiti, fuaiti; m ake narrow

fakalauiti. nation atunuku, fenua, mālō, nuku. national tau atunuku. nationality te fenua na ola ai he tino. nature natula, uiga. naughty ulavale, kino, vāogatā. nausea, nauseated fakafaufau, jiapuai. navel pute. navigate fakauli'. neap tide taiōko. near lata, p ili', tafa-, vāvāpipili. nearly tāi, tāli, kāmea, toeitiiti. neat niamā, lelei. necessary tatau'. necessity mea tāua, mea tatau. neck ua2. necklace kahoa. need n. (poverty) mativa. need (require) ta ta u \ f iam aua. needle (for sew ing) nila, gila. needle (for in jections) tui. neglect hē lokaga. neglected hē tau}ita. neigh (horse) tagi. neighbour tino tuākoi. neighbourland kogāmea. neighbouring tuākoi mai, p ilo mai. neither . . . nor hē ko . . ., hē ko . . . foki. nephew n. tamaiti tāne a he uho/taufafine/tua-

gāne o he tino. nephew (a m an ’s s ister’s son) mate', ilamutu;

oth erw ise tamaiti. nest moega, moegāmanu, ofaga. nest v. ofaki.net kupega, tili2, heu', kalele. never heki . . . lele. neverthelss e ui lava (ui2), p ea '. nervous popoke, mataku. new fou.

new-born fa toā fanau. news tala', ta lafōu, logo.New Testament Feagaiga Fou.New Year Tauhaga Fōu.New Zealand Niu FI ila. next pito', (o f tim e) ka hau. next year te tauhaga kā hau. nib nipi, matāpeni nice mānaia, lelei. nicely fakalelei. night p o ' .niece tamaiti fafine; and see ‘dau ghter’, nimble tiotio.nine iva; (breadfruit and skipjack) ivagafua;

(fish other than skipjack) ivagamata; (peop le) tokaiva.

nine hundred iva helau; (p eo p le, skipjack and birds) ivagalau; (fa th om s) ivalau; (fish other than sk ipjack) mataiva.

nineteen hefulu iva.ninety iva hefulu; (p eop le, birds, octopu s and

sk ipjack) tinoiva; (fish other than skipjack) lauiva; (cocon u ts) ivagapulupulu; (crayfish and crabs) tuaiva; (fa thom s) ivagakumi.

nip kati, tipi. nipper ( o f crab) vaefua. nipple matāhuhu. nit Ila i. no heai, he'.noble (ran k ) aliki; (ch a ra cter , b eh av iou r)

fakaaiiki. nobody hē he tino. nod (the head) lue; and c f. geno. noddy (bird spp .) gogo, lakla. noise piha, ki ki, leo. noisy piha.nominate fakutū, fakatū te igoa.nonchalant he tokaga.none hēai he mea.nonsense tautala valea.noon aoauli, te hefulu lua, te tūtonu o te la.no-one hēai he tino.noose matāhele, matātipa, tipa', mahaga. nor hēai foki, hē foki. north mātū.north-east i te vā o mātū ma hahake. north-west i te vā o mātū ma hihifo. nose ihu.

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nostalgia manatu.nostril pūihu.not hēl, hēki, aua2.note n. (in m usic) nota.note v. (observe) mātau, tokaga.notebook ap i3.note-paper (pad) api1.nothing hē he mea, hēai he mea, helo'notice n. fakaaliga.notice v. rnātau.noticeable iloga.notification fakaaliga.notify fakailoa, tālaki.notwithstanding e ui lava (ui2), pea'.not yet hēki.noun nauna.

nourish fafaga.novel n. tala fai, tala fatu.novel qual. kehe.November Novema. now nei', taimi nei. nowadays nā aho nei, onapō nei. nude telefua.nuisance ulavale, fakalavelave, fakavavale. number nūmela, aofaiga. numeral fuainumela.numerous lahi, tokalahi; ( o f fish , anim als e tc .)

mātolu.nurse n. teine fōmai; v. tauhi. nut (seed) fa tu ; (m ech an ical) nati. nylon nailoni.

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ooar foe.oath tautō; (bad language) palauvale. obed ient, obed ience uhitaki, vaogōfle. obese (people)/7W /o; (an im als) peti. obey uhitaki, fakalogo. object n . (thing) mea\ (aim ) tini. object v. teteke. objective n. tini. objective (real) moni. obligation, obligatory tatau'. obscure (m eanings e tc .) hē mālamalama, hē

manino. Ulo. observant matapulapula.observe, observation mātau, agoago, mātamata.observer tagata mātamata.obstacle fakalavelaveobstetrician fōm ai fakafanau.obstinate, obstinacy lotomālohi, lototū.obstruct kopikopi, fakakopikopi, fakalavelave.obstructed kopikopi.obtain maua2.obvious manino.occasion (tim e) taimi, aho'.occasion v. (c a u se )fakatupu '.occasionally i iētahi aho.occupation galuega.occur oko.ocean moana, vaha.October Oketopa. octopus fake. odour manogi, nanamu. of a', o'.o ff prep, mai tuga.o ff (aw ay) a tu \ kehe.offence (w rong act) agahala, hehē.offence (resentm ent) tauhuai.offend tauhuai.offer o fo 1.office ōfiha.officer ōfiha.official a te mālō.often hō.oil n. huaū, lolo, taelolo', v. fakahuaū, uku2. oilfish palu1, palugatae, paluloa, palupō, palu­

tupua.oily taeloloa, /0 /0 /0 ; (m eat) gagako; (fish ) tinae. old ( o f peop le) matua-, ( o f th ings) leva, gatu,

popo, mataloa.

old fashioned fakaanamua. old man toeaina. old woman lomatua.Old Testament Feagaiga Tuai. omen kaumana. omit tiaki', titina. on i, i luga.once (on one occasion ) fakafokotahi.once (previously) muamua.one tahi, fokotahi; (p eo p le on ly) tokatahi.one by one takitahi.one-eyed matatahi.one-legged vaetahi, vaemutu.one-sided itū tahi.one-way kuitahi.onion agiagi', aniani.only oioti, nā ko.on purpose fa i mautinoa.onwards ki mua, a tu \ooze v. gotogoto.open matala, magamaga2; v .t. tatala2, faka­

maga, fakamagamaga. openness, open space laolao; malae. opening n. tatalaga, pū, āvanoa. operate (use) fakaaogā. operate (surgically) tipi, tipitipi. operating theatre potu tipitipi. operation tipiga. opinion lagona, manatu, tāofi'. opponent pāga, f i l i ' . opportunity āvanoa. oppose teteke, fakahagatau. opposite fakahaga, fakafehāgai. optician, optometrist fom ai mata. or pe.oral fa i gutu.orange m oli1-, (co lour) hamahama.oration lauga.orchard fatoaga fua lakau.ordain fakauku2.ordained minister faifeau.ordeal puapuagā.order (arrangem ent) fakahologa.order (com m and) fakatonu, poloaki.order (good s e tc .) o ta ] .ordinary noa, māhani.organ (m usical instrum ent) okeni.organ (part o f body) tōtōga.

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organization fakalāpotopotoga, kalapu. organize taupule. fakatonutonu. organized pūlea, pūlea lelei; bad ly organized he

pulea.origin māfuaga, kāmalaga. kimataga.original (first) mea muamua.original (new ) fōu.originally muamua.orignate māfua, tupu'.ornamental teuteu, fakamānaia.ornament teu, tēuga.other tētahi, he tahi. iētahi. niētahi, kehe.otherwise (if not) kāfai e hēai.ought tatau '.ounce aunehe.our, ours (dual inclusive) a tāua. o tāua', (dual

exclusive) a māua, o māua; (p lural inclusive) a tātou, o tatou; (p lural exclusive) a mātou, o mātou; (and see ha, ho. ta, to).

out ki fafo, a tu '.out (o f fire, light, batsm an) m ate2.outcom e ikuga.outcry Iauēga.outdoors / fafo, ki fafo.outdoor (q ual.) taufafo.outer i fa fo atu, mamao atu.outflow gogolo.outlet auala ki fafo', (in reef) ava2. outline (sum m ary) fakapukupukuga. out o f (from ) mai'.

out o f tune pāutua. outrigger ama. outside fafo, tua fafo. outwards ki fafo , atu-.oven (trad ition a l) a n i u (gas, e lec tric e tc .)

ogāumu.over (ab ove, upon etc .) luga, /'; and see ova. over (fin ished) uma. over, overly (excessive) ātili. overboard ki te tai. overcast aoaoa. overcome mānumālō. overcooked o f ulu2. overdue tomuli, tuai. overflow ma hua, oh o2. overhand faka fale fa le'. overhear lagona. overland, go overland kui a uta. overlook (forget, neglect) puli, hē amanakia. oversight hehe, mea kua puli. overtake fakahao. overtime (o f w ork) ova taimi. overturn fuli, mafuli. overweight mamafa ātili, fuaefa atili. owe kaitalafu. owing to auā, pogai. own see ‘m v ’, ‘h is’ etc, and use lava2. own v .t. (p ossess) maua2, and see ei. owner the ow ner o f the house: te tino e o ia te

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ppace la ka, lakahaga.Pacific Pāhefika.Pacific pigeon lupe'.pacify fakatotoka ; (babies only) fakanā.pack v.t. fafao, fao-, afifiy fakatumu-package afifiga.packed tumu.pad(for writing) apP .padded, padding fakamalu.paddle n. foe; v. alo, aloalo, keu.paddock lōtoā.padlock loka.pagan pōuliuli.page (o f book) itulau.pain tigā, kakala, mamae, mahimahi2.painful tigā, ogolita, mamae.paint vali.painter (o f houses etc.) tino vali fale; (o f

pictures) tino vali ata. pair p ea 2, (o f fruit or fish) heaoa. pale fakalautetea; (o f colours) vaivai. palm (o f hand) alofilima. pan ulo, apatānoa. pancake panikeke, pagikeke. pandanus fala. pane of glass tioata. pant v. gae, hela, ulia. pants kofuvae. panties kofuvaeteine.paper pepa, nuhipepa; (sheet o f paper) tau pe pa.paper money tupe pepa.parable tala fakatuha.parade holo; (show off) havali fakaaliali.paradise palataiho, palatiho.paragraph palakalafa.paralysed gahe.parcel afifiga; (o f food) afi, kofu. parched magumagu, makaka. pardon fakamāgalo; I beg your pardon! Tulou

mua! pare hahala'. parent rnātua. parliament palemene.parrotfish spp. ufu2, ulafi, galo', kāmutu, koti,

kulapo, laea, taeafatu, laeamea. part n. vāega.part v. (o f peop le) māvae, teteka, māvete. partial (incomplete) hē kātoa.

partial (b iased) fakapito. particularly kae maihe, fakapitoa. partly i he tahi itū hē katoa. partner pāga, hoa. party (o cca s ion) fiafia. party (group o f peop le) vāega. party (p olitical) itū.pass (give e tc .) foki, kaumai, kavatu; (overtake)

fakahao2; (an exam ) pāhi2; (be over) teka'; (go past s .th .) see teka'.

pass around fakaholo. pass by fanatu, oatu. pass over (om it) fakateka. passage auala, fanoga, kuiga. passenger pāhehe. passover pāheka.past n. nā aho kua teka; (d istant past) anamua.past qual. kua teka, kua uma, kua galo atu.paste n. mea fakapipiki; v. fakapipiki.pat pōpō.patch fono.path ala', auala.patience, patient onohai.pattern (for m ak ing s .th .) a ta2.pattern (d ecoration) tēuga, mamanu2.permit v .t. fakataga, fakavanoa.pause fakavā.pave paepae2.pavement paepae2, itū auala.paw n. lima'.pay totogi.pay-day aho totogi.pea pi 3.peace f ile mu.pear p e a \pearl penina.pebbles kilikili.perceive ilo, hafia, lagona, kitea. peck togi 3.pectoral fin aha'; ( o f shark) kapakapa; (o f sm all

fish) hēhē. peculiar kehe.peel, peeling mafole, mataka. peel v .t. f o f ole, fihi. peep fatio. pen peni, peniutu. pencil penitala. pen-friend penifeleni.

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penicillin penihini2.peninsula penihula.people tagata, tino.perceive lagona, iloa, hāfia.perceived (o f a sm ell) hogitia.perfect, perfectly lelei tonu, hako lelei.perform f a i1.performance faiga.pefume hauhau1, fagu hauhau.perhaps ātonu, hōvē.permanent tūmau.permission fakataga, āvanoa.perplexed popole, hē mautinoa, hē hāfia.person tino, tagata.personality uiga, aga, āmio.perspiration āfu.perspire āfu.persuade cf. fakamālohi.perversity lototū, uiga kehe.pestle haha i, tukituki.pet (an im a l) fagafao; (bird) manufagaigai; (per­

son ) pele. petition talohaga. phosphorescence (o f sea) pulatai. photograph n. ata1', v. puke he ata. photography puke ata. pick n. p ik i1. pick v. (choose) filifili. pick v. (flow ers etc.) tau4. pick up tae1; (a portion o f fo o d , w ith the

fingers) om o1. picnic pikiniki, tāfaoga. picture ata1. picture (cinem a) tifaga. pie pai.piece vaega, mea. pierce fakapū, huki. pig puā, puaka. pigeon tupe i.pile pae1, fakaputuga-; v .t. fakapulu.pillow aluga; (w ooden) a ii'.pilot fish talitaliuli.pimple fuafua', pou 2.pin n. pine\ v. pine, tamau.pinch unati, kati.pink piniki.pint paina.pipe paipa.pistil (of flower) pula.pith (of trees) uho1.pity alofa.place n. kogāmea, tūlaga. place v. (put) tuku, fakatū, pale1.

plague n. mata. plain n. tauga tahi. plain (clear) manino. plain (unadorned) hē teua. plait f i l i3.plan n. tonu', fuafuaga, fakatatauga; v. fua­

fua, fakatatau, fa i he tonu. plan (diagram) a ta1. plane (tool) tele1. plane see ‘aeroplane’, plank laupapa. plant lakau.plant (including trees) ehi, ufi', ulu1, f a i1, fala,

gagie, gahu, kanava, limugāuta, timutākau, maile1, māhoā, mati, mutia, niu, nonu, pua, puapua, puka, pulaka, pupu, tāmū, talo, tlaletiaie, totolo', tauhunu.

plantation fatoaga. plate ipumāfolafota. platform tulaga.play n. tata; and cf. fale aim; v. takato, tāfao;

(musical instrument) ta 1. playground matae tākalo. plea, plead gogō, tagi. pleasant logolelei, mānaia. please v.t. fakafiafia. please' fakamolemole. pleasure fiafia, fiafiaga. plenty lahi, lava', tai-'. pliers katikati. plough v. hua3. plover tuli3.pluck (flowers) faki, f a t i1; (a chicken) futi.plug momono.plunge v.i. oh o1; v.t. lolo.ply (3-ply etc.) tua1, tua-.pocket taga'.poem tauloto.point (o f s.th. sharp) mata'.point (score) kai'.point (o f land) matāfenua.point v. (with finger or stick) tuhi1; (aim s.th.)

M, (point out) fakahino. pointed matakaha. poison n. vai kona; v. fakakonā. poisonous kona. poke hoka'.poke out the tongue fatelo. pole n. pou', toko, tokotoko; v.t. (a cause)

tokotoko. police, policeman leoteo. poliom yelitis tauale pipiti. polish fakagigita.

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polite, politeness fakaaloalo, āva. political fakapolitika. politician tino fakapolitika. politics politika.pool lo to 2, vaivai2, vaituloto, tāfeta. poor (not rich) mativa. poor (p itiab le) hāloa'.Pope Pope.popular (p eop le) takuleleia; (good s) alumia. population fenua, tagata o te fenua. porcupine fish tautu. porpoise tākaga. port taulaga.portion vāega, inati, tufaaga. position tūlaga, tofi'; (p hysical p osition in

place) kogāmea. possess see ‘h a v e’, possessed (by a spirit) ulufia. possessions koloa. possible mafai. possibly hovē, mahalo. post (p o le) pou'. post (m a il) meli; v .t. meli, la fo2. post (p o sition) tūlaga, tofi'. postage stamp fakailoga. posterior (o f person) nojoaga, muli', kaulemu. postman tino tufa meli. post-mortem tipiga. post office fale meli. postpone to lo 2, tolopō, fakamoe. pot ulo.pound n. (currency) pauni; (w e ight) pauna. pound v. tuki. pounder tukituki, haha'.pour v.i. maligi2, gogolo; (rain) tō 2, momoko,

honitu; v .t. liligi. pout fakamemu. poverty mativa. powder pau ta. power mālohi, pule', mana. power (electric) eletihe, uila. powerful mākeke, mālohi, mana. practical ( to o l, course o f action) matuā aogā;

(p erson) fuafua lelei. practically (a lm ost) tai, tāli, toeitiiti. practice (rehearsal e tc .) akoga-. practise ako, akoako, koleni, fakatakitaki. praise n. vikiga; v. takuleleia, vikia, viviki. pray tatalo, tālohia. prayer tatalo, tālohaga. prayer book tuhi tatalo. preach lauga, tālaki. preacher failāuga.

precious tāua. precise tonu'.precocious tautalaitiiti, fiamatua. predicament faigatā, fakalavelave. prediction vavalo, valoaga. preface see ‘forew ord ’, prefer manako; and see hili2. preferable, preferably lelei atu, hili atu. pregnancy, pregnant manavakiki, t ō \ premature (delivery, baby) fanau hē au. premier (prim e m inister) pālemia. preparation(s) hāuniga', hāuniuniga. prepare hāuni, tapena, laga, c f. hahalu. presence in the presence o f s .o . / mua o; the pre­

sence o f s.th . or s .o . te i ei o. present (not absent) e i ei, e i kinei. present (tim e) vaitaimi nei, onapō nei, aho nei. present (g ift) meaalofa.present v .t. (give) fōki; (put forw ard, show )

fakaaliali. preserve puipui, tauhi. president pelehitene.press v. lolomi, tatao'\ (in hands) kokoma; (in­

to a container) fōnoti. press n. (printing press) mahini lomi tuhi;

(printing com pan y) fale lomi tuhi. pressure mamafa; (p sych olog ica l) tūlaga fai-

gatā.pressure lamp mōti kēhi. prestige mamalu. presumably hovē.pretence fakataga faiga, faiga pepelo.pretend fakataga.pretty gali', mānaia.prevail tūmau; and see ‘persu ade’.prevailing wind matagi agi pea.prevent puipui; tāofi.previous, previously muamua.price tau1.prick tui, tutui.prickly mākahakaha, matuitui.pricked tula.pride mimita, maualuga, fakamāualuga, fafia. priest patele.Prime M inister Pālemia. print v. lomi, lolomi. printer tino lomi tuhi. printing press see ‘press’, prior muamua. prise open or up laga, tue. prison fale puipui. prisoner pāgotā.private e o he tino tautahi; and cf. tōtino.

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prize n. fakailoga, togi2. prized tāua2.probable, probably hovē; and cf. einā. problem matākupu faigatā, fakalavelave. faka-

fitāuli. proceed holomua, kāmata. procedure faiga, fakahologa. procession holo1. proclaim folafola. proclam ation folafolaga. procreate see ‘reproduce’, prod hoka'.produce n. mea na to tō ; v.t. (make) gaohi;

(reveal) fakahula. product mea na gaohi. profession galuega, faiva, tofiga. p roffer see ‘offer’, proficient po to '. profit tupe hilia. program m e polokalame.progress n. fakahologa; v. see fakaholo and

fakafano. prohibit fakahā, fakatapu. prom ise folafola. prom ote hiki'. prom oted hikitia. prom otion hikitaga. prom pt vave2. prom ptly nei lava, vave2. prong mata', matā-. pronou nce fakaleo. pronou nciation fakaleoga. p r o o f mau 3.prop lago2, lagolago, teke, totoko. propeller (of seacraft) tapela, tapili, papela; (of

aircraft) pekapeka. proper hako', tonu', tatau'. properly fakalelei. property koloa. prophecy vāloaga. prophesy vavalo. proportion vāega, vaegāmea. propose, proposal fa k a tū '. prosecu te fakamahino. prosperity mānuia.protec t puipui, fakahao', fakamamalu. protector malu2. protection puipuiga, malu-.Protestant Polotehano. protrude lālā, lōla, pona, hili2. proud mimita, fafla, fakamāuaiuga.

prove, proven fakamāonia. provide foki, kaumai. p rov ide for s .o . tauhi. provisions oho . prow (aunma. psalm halamo. pub fale pia, papu. pub ic hair fimu.public o /m ō tagata uma. tau mālō. publication lōmiga. puddle vaivai2. puerile see ‘ch ild ish ’, p u ff (pant) hela. pu ff out (e .g . cheeks) fakapona. pu fferfish spp. hue, tētē, taunt. pull toho, fafalo, futi; (pull out) heki, unn\ and

cf. ma futi; (on oars or paddles) keu. pulpit pulelā. pum p pāmu.pum pkin mauteni. pamukini. punctual tauhi ki te taimi. puncture p a 2; v .t. fakapā'. punish fakahala. punishm ent hala'. pupil (sch oo l) tamaiti āoga. pupil (o f the eye) tama mata. pure, purity m am a2. purple vaiole, viole, vaioleti. purpose tini. fakam oem oe; (on purpose) fai

mautinoa. purse atotupe. pursue see ‘ch ase’ , pus alou.push feke, keu, kekeu, keukeu, papa/e; (push

over) fakaino. push through or in fakaofiofi. push under lolō.put tuku; (s .th . into s .th .) fafao, fao-; (aw ay)

teu.put back (a c lock ) tuku ki tua. put o f f (p ostp on e) to lo 2. put on (c lo th es e tc .J /cr /3, kofu. put forw ard (c lock ) tuku ki mua. put out (extinguish) tapē. p u trefaction , putrefy pala'. putrid pala', elo. putty pa te2.puzzle mea hē mālamalama; (toy) tāfaoga. puzzled hē h a fia. pu zzling fakanimonimo. pyjam as kafu moe.

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Qquadruplets māhaga fa. quake gatutu.qualifications (for jo b etc .) tuhipāhi, po to '. quality uiga', (good qu ality) uiga lelei.(|uantity lahiga, lahi.quarrel n. mil ia. āvauga, tauaikupuga. tauaimi­

haga. ināheiga', v. miha, tauaimiha, tauai­kupu, mahehei.

quarter (on e fourth) kuata. quarter (area, location ) kngāfenua, kogamea. queen kuini.

question n. fehili; v . fehili, fehilihili, huke, huke- huke', (in court) fakamahino.

quick, quickly vave, fakavave, gaholo, hao­haoa.

quiet filemu. quietly filemu, malie. quite (fairly) tau'1', (quite g o o d ) feoloolo. quite (com p letely) lele1, matuā. quiver tele, tatapa. quote hiki1, tūlau'. quotation kupu hiki.

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Rrabbit lapiti.race n. tukuga; v. tutuku2.race (o f people) lanu, tagata, itukaiga.radio Iētiō, lakau'.raffle lūlū.raft vakaama.rag gatukle.ragfish mutu2.raid n. ohofakiga; v. ohofaki. rail, railing puipui, lakau kalava. railway ala ukamea. rain ua'. rainbow nuanua.Rainbow Runner (fish sp .) kamai. raindrop matāua.raise hiki2, hihi', laga, fakatū, fakamāualuga

ake; (children) fakaolaola; (crops e tc .) to to 1', (an im als) tauhi.

raisin vine. rake halu'. ram v .t. tuki. ramble evaeva. rank tūlaga. ransack hagole. rap pakē2, tum a'. rapid, rapidly vave, fakavave. rare mauagatā, hē takalahi. rarely heāheā lava. rasp n. tārnatau, lapa '; v .t. kill*. rat kimoa.rate see ‘speed’, ‘charge’, ‘grade’.rather (quite) tau'1, tama.rather (preferably) lo'.rational fuafua lelei.rat trap faga kimoa.rattle v.i. pakē2, pākēkē; v .t. fakapake.ravine vanu.raw mata2; (fish ) o ta 2.ray (o f light) kave2.ray ( f is h ) fa i'.razor tafi'.razor-blade matātafi.reach (reach out to tou ch s .th .) falo te lima,

papae2, kakapa; (ab le to reach) pāea; (arrive) pa, tau6, taunuku, papaki, p a k ē ', I ini.

react, react ion tali'. read lau*, faitau.ready hauni, tapena; (for eating) atakaia.

real moni.reality mea tonu, mea moni.realize atafia, hāfia.really moni lava.rear muli, muli-, tua', tua-.reason (cause) ala ', māfuaga, pogai.reason (in telligence) māfaufau.reasonable (sensib le , right) tonu', lelei.rebellion mau*, fouvale, fo u '.rebuke munala.recede māui, holomuli.receipt lihiti.receive maua2; (gu ests e tc .) tali', talimālō. recent, recently taluai. recite lau*, laulau. recognize matea. recommend fautua. reconcile fakalelei'. record n. tala; v .t . mātau. recover (get back) toe maua; (get w ell) mālōlō,

toe mālohi. rectangle, rectangular tāfafā. rectum ala'. red kukula.redeem, redeemer, redemption togiola. reduce fakafuaiti, fakataigole; (prices) faka-

pakū. reef akau, lauakau. reef channel koko, ava2. refer (in speech etc .) fakatatau; (a m atter to a

com m ittee) tuku2. referee lafali.reflect (in m irror e tc .) fakaata.reflection ata2, ataata.refuse n. otaota, lapihi.refuse v. teteke, fakafiti, muhu.regard see ‘con sid er’, ‘th in k ’, ‘h eed ’, ‘lo o k ’.regardless tuha lava.region kogāfenua, kogāmea.register tuhi'.regret nāpā, halamō.regular mahani, tūmau.rehearsal akogāpehe, akogāhiva.reheat fakamāfanafana, fakavevela.reject teteke.rejoice fiafia.relapse (o f an illness) gau te tauale {gau'). relate (tell) tala', taku2.

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relate (on e th ing to another) fakatuha. related (to s .o .) kaiga.relation, relationship fehokotakiga, hokotaga,

vā.relation, relative kaiga.release tatala1, fakahaoloto; (from bon dage,

repression e tc .) ea te pologa (ea2); (rope, k n ot, e tc .) fakamalaga.

relief (rest) m apu2, mālōtō; (aid) fehoahoani, (from an x iety) m apu2.

relieve hui', faka mālōlō, fakamapu, fak ma­nava.

religion lotu, Ekalehla. religious lotu; (a ffa irs e tc .) tau lotu. reluctant kaugatā, kokono, muhu. rely fakamoemoe, fakalagolago. remain (stay behind) nofo, fakamuli; (le ft over)

totoe.remains mea totoe, toega; (o f fo o d ) toe kaiga.remark n. kupu; v. lea.remedy n. fo fō , togafiti, vai, vailakau.remember manatua.remind fakamanatu.remora teletelevakaniu, talitaliuli.remote mamao'.remove kave kehe, tōkehe, hamu, u il. removed (taken aw ay) vāea; (o f a proh ib ition )

taga2. render see ‘g iv e ’ , render (fa t) uhi, fakauhi. renew fakafōu. rent tihi2, totogi he fale. repair fakafōu, fakalelei', tipea. repeat toe fai; and cf. ta-. repent halamō. replace hui'. reply tali'.report n. lipoti, tala'; v. tala', taku2, logo. reporter tuhitala. represent, representative hui'. reprimand muna', munala. reproach tautalagia; and see ‘rep rim and’, reproduce fanau, fanafanau, titikia; (a d o cu ­

m ent e tc .) fa i he kopi. reproduction fanauga; kopi'. republic mālō'. repugnance fakallalla. repugnant mātagā, fakallalla. reputation g o o d reputation takulelei; bad reput­

ation tukuvalea; W hat is h is reputation?; E ā tona igoa?

request ōle, gogō, tagi, tālohaga, tauānau. require, required manakomla, fofou.

rescue fakahao', lavea ki; (save s .o . ’s life) fakaola.

research hukehukega. resemble vē, hoko2, fōliga. reserve (put by for later use) fakaleoleo, faka-

totoe. reside nofo, mautū. residence nofoaga. residue toega. resign fa k amāvae. resist teteke.respect n. āva, fakaaloalo, mamalu, mi gao;

v. āva, fakaaloalo, fakamamalu, migao. respectable takulelela. respected mamalu. respite manava, koma. responsible (d ep en dable) see ‘rely ’, responsiblity tiure.rest n. mālōlōga, m apu2, koma; v .i. mālōlō,

m apu2, kom a; v .t. lagolago2, fakalagolago. rest (rem ainder) toega. restaurant fale kaiga. restless hē filemu; ( o f sleep) moefiti. restrain tāofi, vavao. restriction ha2.result n. ikuga, fakaikuga; v . iku; (result from )

māfua. resume toe kamata. resurrection toetū. resuscitate fakamanava. retire (from w ork) litaea. retirement fakamālōlōga. retreat holomuli.return v .i. fo k i', liliu, toe hau v .t. toe kave,

fakafoki. reveal fakaali. revenge taui, taui ma hui. revenue tupe2. reverence migao, fakaaloalo. reverse n. tua'; v . liliu; (a car) holomuli, faka­

holomuli. review iloilo. revolt v. f o u \revolution f o u \ mau*, fouvale.revolution (m ovem en t in a circle) tāmilohaga.revolve (on an axis) tāvili; (in an orbit) tāmilo.reward n. taui, taui lelei, togi2; v .t . taui.ribbon lipine.rib, rib-bone ivikahokaho.rib (in h ou se construction) kaho.rib-cage (o f birds) vakavaka.rice alaiha.rich maukoloa, maumea; (fo o d ) lololo; (fish)

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tinae. riches koloa.rid, get rid o f kavekehe, tiaki, tuli kehe. ride tiketike. rider tiketike.right(not w rong) hako1, to n u le le i , tatau 3. right (n ot left) taumatau. righteous, righteousness āmiotonu. rim n. kaugutu.ring n. mama3, ho, hiko; v. (encircle) faka-

tamilo.ring v. (a bell) tā 2, tagi; (on the te lephon e) vili2. rinse fakamamā, vaimamā. rip hae.ripe matua, pula; (pandanus on ly) leu. ripen fakapula.ripple, rippled, rippling galugalu, mimiha2. rip-saw ilivavae.rise tu; malaga1, maneke, mat ike; (to the sur­

face) puna, manu; ( o f sun e tc .) oh o2, hopo2; (o f dough) fefete; ( o f sm ok e etc .) puha3; (prices etc .) hiki2.

risk, risky mea he mautinoa, fa k aeteetegatā. rival n. tino tauvā; qual. tauvā. river vaitafe.riverbank kaugutuvai, kauvai. road auala, ala'. roadside itū auala, tafaala. roam eva, taka2. roar gugulu; (w ild anim als) tagi. roast tao', lagilagi', hunuhunu. rob kaihohoa, ohofaki, ha mu. robbery oho fakiga. rock n. fa tu ', papa'.rock v .i. galulu; taumalua; v .t. lue, luelue. rock cod gatala.rod lakau; and see ‘fish in g ro d ’, roe tama' (o he ika).roll n. takai', takaiga; v .i. takafili, tāvale;

v .t. (roll up) pelu', takai', pepetu; (cause to roll) fakatāvale, fakatolotolo.

roller tola. roo f ato2.roofin g m aterial ato (lau; apa, pola etc.) room p o tu 2; (space) āvanoa. rooster toa.root aka'; (cause) pogai; māfuaga. rope maea.

rose n. loha.rot, rotten pala', kino.rotate tāvili.rough (surfaces) tālatala1, mākahakaha; (land)

gāoā, gāohā; (sea) hou, peaua, galu; (w ork) hōna fa i

round , roundness lapotopoto. round adv. and prep, see ‘arou n d ’ , rouse fafagu, fakaalor. route kuiga, ala'. row (line) atu1. row (a boat) tauālo, a lo1. row (n o ise , quarrel) piha; and see ‘quarrel’, row dy piha.rub o lo 1, mili, kikili; (w ith o il) uku1. rub ou t titina.rubber (the substance) paku.rubber (for erasing) titina.rubbing-stick (for m ak ing fire) kaunatu.rubbish otaota, lapihi.rubbish dum p fakaāfuga1.rudder foeuli.rudderfish nanue.rude hē āva, hē fakaaloalo, hē māfaufau, amio

fakamanu. ruffled lala2. rugby fo o tb a ll lakapi. ruin v .t . faka kino. rule (regulation) tulafono. rule v .t. pule'. rule (a line) vahe. ruler pule', tupu1. ruler (for draw ing lines) vahe. rum ble gugulu, patapatatu. rum our tala kave, tala togologohala. run vili, kale; (stream s e tc .) tafe, nialigi2;

(engin e, m achine) ola'. run aground kake; v .t. fakakake; and see tukia. run an errand fa i he fekau. run aw ay hola', tāvaka. run in to (c o llide w ith) tau \ fetā, tatū. running (four days running, e tc .) see hohoko'. rupture p ā 1; (h ernia) fifipakū. rush lo lofi1, fakavave. fa i fito i, oh o2, laga. rust palatokia.rustle gahē, gāhēhē, gat olo. gātolotolo. ruvettus see ‘o ilf ish ’.

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sSabbath Hāpati. sack taga'. sacred paia.sacrifice n. tāulaga1; v .t. fa i he tāulaga. faka-

māumau. sad fakanoanoa. saddle n. nofoa v .t. fakanofoa. safe haogaiēmū, puipuia, hefe, m alu2. safe (fo o d cupboard) hefe. safety haogaiēmū. sago heko.sail n. la2; v. fakatele, folau. tele'. sailor heila, tino kauvaka, tino folau. sake (for the sake o f) m ō \ ona ko. salad hālati. salary totogi.sale faka tau1; (w ith reduced prices) paku. salesman tino fakatau koloa. saliva faua. saloon fale pia.salt n. māhima; v. fakamāhima, māhima. salty, saltiness kona2, kokona. salutations alofaaga. salute fakaalo.salvation olataga, fakaolataga.same te me lava efokotahi; or use tê', iē, etc.sample tofo, tofotofo.sandal taka'2.sandbank kauāfua.sand oneone.sandy oneonea.sanitary pad hafe.Satan Hātani.satisfaction malie, maliega. satisfactory lelei lava. satisfied malie; (ap petite) mākona. satisfy fakamalie.Saturday Aho Tōnai.sauce hohi, hua'; and see lolo'.saucer haha\sausage hohihi.savage fekai.save (rescue) fakaola, fakahao, hefe. save (m oney) teu, fakaputu, hefe. savings tupe hefe. saviour fakaola. saw ili'.sawdust taeili, penuili.

say lea, tautala, taku2.scab pakupaku.scabies mageho, pou.scale (o f a fish) unafi; v .t. unafi.scale (for w e ig h in g ) /« a 2.scale v. (grade, sort out) fakavahega.scandal (gossip ) tale kave mamafa.scandalous (action s e tc .) fakalialia.scandalized (shocked) tauhūai.scar maila.scarce tau uma, tau hēai, maua gatā. scarcely heāheā lava, tau hēai. scarcity mauagatā, oge. scare fakamataku.scatter fakahalalau, fakatakape, hakeu; (school

o f fish) mafuta. scene, scenery kikilaga. scene (o f a play) vāega.scent (od our) manogi, nanamu; (the liquid)

hauhau1; v .t. fakamanogi. scented manogi, ncinamu; cf. hogitia. school āoga, ākoga; (sch oo l hou se, building)

faleāoga, faleākoga. school (o f fish) fagota. fāgotā-; (o f sharks or o f

tafauli, black jack) kata1. science haienihi. scientific fakahaienitihi. scientist tino hukehuke, haienitihi. scissors heleulu. scold muna, munaia. scoop v. ahu2. scoop-net kalele, heu.. score n. kai'. H e scored , Na maua tana kai. scorn fakatauemu. scorpionfish nofu. scrape o lo 2, valu2, hali.scratch n. kohi, kohihohi, makohi; v. hae,

valu', alati.scratched makohi, mākohikohi, gahele, gāhele-

hele.scream kekē, kiki; ( o f a num ber o f people) lauē. screaming (o f several people) Iauēga. screen puipui.screw n. hikulū, fao hikulū; v. hikulū. scribble tuhituhi.Scripture(s) Tuhi Pala. scrotum laho (not in p o lite use), scrub fufulu, o lo 2.

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scrub (bush) vao.scrutinize iloilo.scrum takāpia.scurf ma funafuna.sea tai', moana, vaha.sea-cucumber funafuna, loli, veli'.sea-egg tuitu i', vana.seagull see ‘n od d y’ and ‘tern’.seal v. pupuni, tāpuni.seaman tino kauvaka, tino folau.sear lalagi.search hakili, taukikila. seashell figota. seasick gaegaea. sea-slug funafuna, gau2. season (o f crops or fish) tai'. seat n. nofoa; v .t. faka nofo. sea voyage folau. sea-wall p ā \sea-water vai kona, huātai. seaweed limutai. second n. hēkone.second v. (a m otion in a m e e tin g )fakalua'. second qual. tona tua (see tona'). second hand (o f clock) vae hēkone. secret lilo, mumuni, hē takua. secretary failautuhi. sect ion vaega, vahega, kogā-. section (plot o f land) fenua. secure mau', haogalemu; v .t. (fasten) tamau,

fakamau, nonoa. see kitea', cf. kite, kikila', (understand) hafia. seed fatu i.seedling lakau totō; ( o f cocon u t tree) pulapula. seek hakili, taukikila. seem aliali mai, fōliga mai, vē. seep gologolo.seize hamu, popoki, tāofi2, fāo . seldom heāheā lava. select f i l i1, filifili1, to fi2.-self, -selves see lava1', by m yself ko au tau-tahi,

nā ko au. self-conscious m ā1, māhiahi. self-control, self controlled pūlea. self-governing, self-governm ent (mālō) tūto-

katahi. selfish manatu fakapito. self-possessed pulea. self-reliant tūtokatahi. self-willed lotomālohi, lototu. sell fakatau (atu). semen hua1 (not polite), send (a thing) kave', kavatu, la fo2, momoli; (a

person) uga2, tu ti1. send for fekau. senile valevale matua. senior matua. sennit kafa1. sensation lagona.sense n. (m eaning) uiga', (co m m o n sense e tc .)

māfaufau', v .t. lagona, logo. senseless (u n co n sc iou s) matapogia; (m ean ing­

less) he uiga, valea. sensible māfaufau.sensitive (o f the skin) kiligati; (nature) c f. fulu­

fululele, maitaita, totovāivai. sentence n. fuaikupu. sentence v .t. fakahala'. sent iment lagona.separate v . i . rnāvae, fak a m ā va e , m ā ve te ;

v .t. vavae', fakavā; qual. kehekehe. separated (o f a cou p le) tēteka. separately fa i kehekehe, tautokatahi.September Hētema. sequence see hohoko', fakahologa. serene filemū, toka1. series fakahologa. serious (m atter) faigatā, mamafa. seriously moni lava; (take s .th . seriously) fa i

mea moni; (dam aged) kino lele. seriously ill tigāina. sermon lauga. servant tāvini, kaukauna. serve kaukauna, galue (mō). serve out ( fo o d ) laulau'.service (relig ious) lotu, mihahā, ifoga, faka-

manatuga, tāpuakiga. servitude nofo pologa. set n. heti, kātoaga. set v .i. (sun , m oon etc .) goto, tō 2. set v .t. (put) tuku2\ (a trap, net e tc .) tatao4; (the

table) laulau', hāuni. set an example fa i he fakatakitakiga. set on fire tu tu '. set-square hikuea.settle (take up residence) nofo; (birds e tc .) tū;

(sedim ent) toka. settle (resolve, decide) fakaiku fakamautū. settle (d ifferen ces) teuteu. settlement (village) nuku, kakai', fale, nofoaga. seven fitu; (b readfru it and sk ipjack) fitugafua;

(fish other than skipjack) fitugamata; (p eo ­ple) tokafitu.

seven hundred fitu helau; (p eop le , sk ipjack and birds) fitugalau; (fish oth er than skipjack) matafitu.

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seventeen hefulu fitu.seventy fitu hefulu; (p eop le, b irds, octop u s and

skipjack) tinofitu; (fish other than skipjack) laufitu; (cocon u ts) fitugapulupulu; (crayfish and crabs) tuafitu; (fa th om s) fitugakumi.

sever v .i. m otu2; v .t. m omotu, titipi, hehele;(w ith teeth) kokoto.

several ni, kehekehe.severe (o f a person) pau; ( o f storm s e tc .) kino

lele, lahi. sew hui2, hui hui.sewing machine lakau huihui, mahini huihui. shade (sh ad ow s) m alu2; v .t. fakamalu. shaded maluhia, malumoea. shadow ataata.shake v .i. galulu, lue; (w ith fear) gatete;

v .t. Iū2, lue, lūlū; (the head) lialiaki. shake hands fakatālofa. shaken by wind (o f trees) lūgia. shaken (d isturbed, troubled) lūtia. shaking (p eop le) tatapa, tete; (furniture etc.)

lue.shall (future) see kā and e 2. shall (certainty) see mautinoa. shallow papaku.shame m ā2, māhiahi, luma, gao2; v .t. fakamā,

faka luma. shameful fakamā, fakamāhiahi. shameless hē mā.shape n. fōliga, tino; v .t. fakafoliga; (w ood )

talatala i. shapeless foliga kino.share n. vaega, hea, tufaaga, inati v .t. felau,

tufa, vāevae, fakahoa; (have or do in co m ­m on ) fa i fakatahi. c f. tofuhia.

shark (genera l term ) magō. shark spp. ikapō, kanae lauvaka, kapakau

hakana, kili', lalaila, malu, mata i taliga, mokohā, palumagō, toke kimoa.

shark fishing pae'.sharp ala2, kakaha, kaha; ( o f poin ted objects)

matakaha; ( o f eyes) matamaiama, matapoto; (alert) matatiotio, tiotio, titio.

sharpen fakamata. shatter fakamomo, momoi, nuti. shattered momo. shave tafi.shavings (w o o d ) telegālakau. shawl kletāpulu, kiepulupulu. she la'.sheath huluga, huluga. sheathe hulu'.shed tama fale, fale faigāluega.

sheep māmoe.sheet (for bed) kie, kieufimoega, kietāpulu; (o f

paper) laupepa. shelf fata.shell figota; ( o f clam ) agati, kauagati; and see

atigi-.shell (exp losive) pulufana. shellfish (general term) figota. shellfish spp. fa o ', f a hue, fahuataka, kalea.

kamutoa, makulu, mimiha', pāua, p ip i2, pule2, tio, tuitui', vana.

shelter n. m alu2, fakamalumalu; v. fakamalu. shelter (from sun) m alu2, maluhia; (from wind)

loki, malutia. shepherd leoleo-māmoe. shield n. talitu; v .t. puipui. shift v .i. hōhō atu, hiki2, tōtō, papale; cf.

hikitia. shilling hē/eni.shine v .i. gigila. pupula, huh ulu; (o f sun only)

ti'; v .t. (a torch) hulu*; (m ake shiny) faka­gigila-

shiny, shining gigila, huhu hi, pupula. ship n. lualua, vaka; v .t. laku, u ta2. shipment uta2. shipwreck vaka tukia. shirk kalo2, kalofia. shirt kofutino.shiver, shivering makalili, memege. shoal (o f fish) see ‘sch o o l’, shock n. teki v .t. faka teki, fakaofo. shoe hēvae.shoemaker tino fa i hēvae. shoe polish polehi hevae. shoot fana; (w ith a speargun) ū. shop n. fale koloa; v. fakatau, fano fakatau. shopkeeper tino fakatau koloa. shore matāfaga, one, gāuta; ( o f river) kaugu-

tuvai. short pukupuku. short (scarce) oge. shorts kofu vae pupuku. shortage oge. shorten fakapukupuku. shortly (soon ) toeitiiti. shortly afterwards hē mataloa. short o f breath hela, fitā . short-tempered itagōfie.shot n. (bullet) pulufana; (act o f shooting)

fana, fanaga. should see ‘o u g h t’, shoulder n. takuau. shoulder-blade ivi vāitakuau.

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shout kalaga, taukalaga, taufolua; c f. vākai. shove feke, fakaino, keu, papale. shovel huō.show n. (display etc.) fakaaliga. show (be visible) hula.show v .t. fakaali, fakahino, fakatino, fakailoa,

fakamātamata. show me! mea ake.show o ff faka fafine, fakatagata, mimita, fafia.shower (rain) afuafu.shrewd p o to ' , fa i togafiti.shriek kekē.shrill, shrillness kiki.shrink memeki.shrivel mimigi.shuffle v.i. tautevateva; v .t . hakeu, tōtō.shut (be shut) mapuni; v .t. tapuni, pupuni.shuttle (netting needle) hika2.shy kakalo', m ā2.sick tauale, hē mālohi.sickness tauale.side itu, tafa'.side (team ) kau'.side with fakapito.sidle fakatafa, havali fakatafa.sideboards, side whiskers fagafaga.sidestep ka to 2.sideways fakatafa.sieve fakamamā.sift (flour) fakamamā.sight (ability to see) kikila; (th ing seen) kikilaga. sign n. fakailoga, māka; v. haini, māka. signal tālo. signature haini.silence n. file mu; v .t. fakafilemū, fakatotoka.silent f ile mu.silk hilika.silly valea.silver hiliva.similar see ‘lik e ’.sim ile fakatuha.simple faigofie, tama mea.simultaneous(ly) tutupu fakatahi.sin agahala.since talu, taluai.sincere loto fakamāoni.sincerely mōni lava, fakamāoni.sinew uaua.sing pehe, uhu2, lagi2.singe lama.singed (accidentally) mahunu.singer tino uhu pehe, tagata pehe.single tahi, fokotahi, tautahi; (not dou ble)

tuatahi; (not married) hē āvaga, (w om en only) nofofua.

singlet mitlafu. singly takitahi. sink goto.sink (k itchen) fakatānoa. sinker (fish in g) pulu*. sip (a drink) inu mātle. sir tau huhuga.sister (o f a fem a le) uho; ( o f a m ale) tuafafine.

(n .b . T hese term s a lso ap p ly to collateral kin o f the sam e generation from a com m on an cestor.)

sit nofo; (on a chair) tiki tike. sit on eggs (o f hen) tatao'. site tūlaga.sitting room potu mālolō, potu nofonofo. situation tūlaga.six ono'; (breadfruit and sk ipjack) onogafua;

(fish other than skipjack) onogamata; (p eo ­ple) tokaono.

six hundred ono helau; (fa th om s) onolau; (p eo p le, skipjack and birds) onogalau; (fish other than sk ipjack ) mata ono.

sixteen hefulu ono.sixty ono hefulu; (p eop le , birds, octop u s and

sk ipjack) tinoono; (fish other than skipjack) lau ono; (cocon u ts) onogapul upulu; (crayfish and crabs) tuaono; (fa th om s) onogakumi.

size lahi, fu a 2. skill, skilled po to ', iloa. skin n. kili2, paku; v .t. fofoke, fofole. skink (lizard) p ili2. skinny pae. skin rash kiligano. skip, skipping tafue. skipjack atu'. skirt laulavalava. skite gugutu. skull ulupoko, poko. sky lagi'.slack (rope etc .) m atuku2.slacken (a rope e tc .) tukutuku.slander tala fakakino.slanting hipa2.slap p ō 2.slash ha ha2.slave, slavery pologa.sleep m oe '; sleep restlessly moefiti; sleep soundly

moegahe. sleeping mat moega. sleepy, sleepiness fiamoe. sleeve lima'.

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slice n. tipiga, mea-; (o f raw fish) ane';v .t. hehele, tipi; (fish on ly) ane', aneane.

slide heke, hekeheke, fakaheke, fakahekeheke. slight tauānoa, tamā (mea); (slender) fuaiti. slimy valevaleloloa, vavale; ( o f fish) kola2. sling n. fanamemeki. slip n. (m istake) pahala. slip v. see ‘s lid e ’, slip away fakagalo, makalo. slip from one’s mind puli. slippery momole, pāhekeheke. slit n. ihi, gaihi; v .t. ihi, ihiihi. slope kakega, malifa, matike. slough unu'.slow(ly) gehe, telegehe, tuai, malie; and see

fakataugākoa. smack p ō 2.small tiki2, liliki, taigole, fuaiti, tama.smashed talepe, lepeti, fakamomo, nuti.smashed momo, malepe.smear n. pānupanu; v .t . nini.smeared pānupanu, takanini.smell n. manogi, nanamu; (fish y — ) kokou;

v.i. hogitia; v .t. hogi, hogihogi. smile kata k a ta ', matafiafia. smoke, smoky ahu'. smoke (treat w ith sm ok e) fakaahu. smoke (tob acco ) uta1, ulaula. smooth lāmolemote, momole, molemole; and

see ‘f la t’ and ‘ca lm ’, smudge pānupanu. smother titina. smoulder tau mate. snake gata'. snake mackerel kapoa. snap (break) m otu2, gau'. snapper spp. fagamea, hāputu, tāea, tāiva,

tagau, havane, utu', paluutu, patumalau, paluhega, paluvakaalo.

snarl gu2. snatch hamu. sneeze māfatua. snore tāgutu. snow koina.so (thus) vē, vela, vēnā, vēnei.so (very) lele, matuā.so con j. see ‘th erefore’ .soak fa ka vai.soap moli 1.soapy oā.soar lele, tifa 1.sob mahūhū.sober (not drunk) hē konā.

society (club etc .) kalapu ', fakalapotopotoga, hohaiete.

sock n. tōtini.soft malū, vaivai'; (lenient) amio malū.soften falamalū, fakavaivai.softly faifai malie.soil kelekele.soiled kelekelea.solar-plexus moa*.solder fakapulu.soldier fitafita.soldier fish spp. anaoho, malau, malaufagamea,

m a/au nau nefe, m alau tea , p u ta ta to a , tala ta la2; (see also squirrel-fish),

sole (o f foot) alofivae. sole (only) oioti, tautahi, fokotahi. solemn hē kata; (solemn oath) tautō moni. solid mākeke, mālohi, make ketu; (not hollow)

hē ōō.solids (food) meakai rnākeke. solidly fa k amākeke, fakamālohi. soluble liu2.solution (o f a problem or difficulty) faiga tonu,

faiga tatau.solve (a problem) fakamatala he fakalavelave,

tali ki he fakalavelave. some ni'; Is there some sugar: E i ei ni huka? som ebody he tino. somehow / he faiga. som eone he tino. something he mea. som etime i he taimi. somewhere / he mea.son (o f a man) ataliki; (o f a women) tama'. song pehe, fatele; (o f celebration) viki. soon toeitiiti; and see ‘as soon as’, soothe fakamālū; (a baby) fakaha, fakaeva. sore n. p o u 1.sore (painful) tigā, mamae1. sorrow fakanoanoa.sorry (repentant) halamō; “ I’m sorry” : Malie tō

loto, fakamolemole. sort out fakavahega. soul agaga.sound n. leo; v.t. tagi.sound (in good condition) lelei, mālohi, m au'.sound (measure depth) fua te loloto.sound (dive to bottom ) uku ].soup hupo, hua'.sour kona2, kokona.south toga, haute.south-east i te vā o haute ma hahake. south-west i te vā o haute ma hihifo.

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southwards ki haute, ki toga. sow (seed) toto, lūlū.sow kaumatua, puā fafine, and cf. tiale2 and

tānoa2.space n. vā, āvanoa, vāi-\ v.t. fakavā, faka-

valavala. spacious ātea. spade huōtipi.span n. loa'; (hand-span) aga2. spare qual. hefakaaogā, e āvanoa. spark hipaka. spark-plug hipaka.sparkle gigila, kālapulapu, pāgilagila. spathe taume. spattered pihla. spawn v. fakapā'.speak lea, tautala, taku, gagana, kiki. spear n. tao2; v. velo'. special fakapitoa.specialist qual. fakapitoa; (eye specialist)

fōmaimata fakapitoa. specialize fakapitoa(ki). specially matuā, fakapitoa. specific, specifically fakapitoa. specify fai tonu, fakapitoa. speck togi2. spectacles matafaitau. speech lauga, tautalaga. speed vave, haohaoa. speedy kakalo, vave, haohaoa, gaholo. speed up fakahaohaoa. spell, spelling hipela.spend fakafano; (wastefully) fakamāumau. sperm hua'. spew lua3.spherical lapotopoto.spider kūmā, apofāleveleve.spill v.i. maligi2; v.t. fa ka ma ligi.spilt maligi2.spin tavili, vili2.spine ivitū.spinning-top moa2.spirit agaga, aitu.spirit (alcohol) hipili, fagumālohi.spiritless lotovaivai.spit anu, feanu.spit out puaki.spittoon anu; ānuga.spite, spiteful agaleaga.spittle feanuga.splash pihi', pipihi.spleen atepili.splendid mānaia lahi, matua lelei.

splice hoko1.splinter mea lakau; (have a splinter in one’s

flesh) hulufia. split v.i. gaihi, mavete; v.t. ihi; (a coconut)

pepe.spoil (damage) fakakino.spoil (plunder) vete'.spoil (a child) fakapelepelevale.spokeshave halu'.sponge n. oma.spongy omaoma, vatavata.spoon hipuni.sport tāfaoga, tākaloga.sportsman tino takalo.spot (dot) ila, togi2.spot (place) mea, kogāmea.spotted ilaila, pulepule', takapulepule.spotty (face etc.) fuafuā.spouse āvaga, tāne, tokalua.spout (of teapot etc.) gutu.sprain gau', makuku, mapeva.spread v.i. halalau, hoholo'; (disease) pehi;

(news) ka kave; v.t. fola, fofola. spread one’s legs fakamagamaga. spring n. vaipuna, puna. spring back fiti, mafiti. spring up oho2; (of water) puna. sprinkle (with liquid) hauhau2; (with salt etc.)

lulusprout n. moemoe; (of a young coconut tree, or

pulapula) homo; v. ola'. spurt pipihi, hahana. sputum feanuga. spy hipai.square n. (the shape) tāfafā; (the tool) hikuea;

v. (be square) tāfafā, hikuea; (make square) hikuea, fakahikuea, fakahako.

squat fātū. squeak gogi, kiki. squeal kekē, kiki.squeeze kokoma, kuma, kukuma: (to extract

liquid) tatau2; and cf. natu2. squid gū', gūfeke.squirrel-fish (adioryx spp.) malauloa, tāmalau.squirt pipihi, hahana.stab tui.stability mau'.staff (stick) tokotoko.stage (platform) tulaga.stage (phase of work etc.) lakahaga.stagger tau teva teva.stain n. togo, togoia; v.t. fakatogo.stained (accidentally) tōgola.

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stairs, sta irway hitepu. ala hitepu. stalk kau2 (o he tiale). stall (en g ine) m ate2.sta m p (p o s ta g e , or o th er o f f ic ia l m ark )

fakailoga. stam p (w ith the feet) takatū. stand n. tūlaga.stand v . i . tū'; v .t. fakatū', tuku1. stand up tūlaki. standard tulaga.standard o f living tulaga o te olaga.star fetii.starch n. rnāhoā.starfish alomea, feketalivai.start (begin) kāmata\ and see uhu1, laga \start (jum p) teki.startled hegia.state (con d ition ) tulaga.state (governm ent) mālō.state v. see ‘sa y ’.statem ent kupu, fakamatalaga, mānavaga. sta tion see ‘p o s itio n ’, ‘rank’ etc. stationary tū', tūmau. status tulaga.stay nofo; (beh ind) fakamuli. steady , steadily totoka. steal gaoi, kaihohoa, kiilo. stealthy fakatolotolo. steam n. auha.steam -engin e afi e fano i te auha.steam er (ship) lualua.steel ukamea, hila1.steep tu hako.steep v .t. (soak) lolo.steer uli', uliuli'.steering oar foeuli.steering w heel (b oat or car) foeuli.stem n. pogati.stem v .i. rnāfua.stem v .t. (check) lāofi1.stench elo.step (d oorstep) hitepu; (stride) laka, lakahaga;

v.i. laka. step by step lakalaka. stern n. (o f a boat) taumuli. stern (severe) pau, mataita. stew n. hitiū; v .t. haka . stick n. lakau.stick v .i. (adhere) pipiki; v .t. fakapipiki. stick to (a custom etc .) tauhi, tauhihi. sticky pikipikia.s tiff (o f m uscles, jo in ts e tc .) malohi; (o f objects)

makeke, mākeketū.

stiffen fakamākeke. stigm a ila, gao1.still (m otion less) totoka, mau', he gaoioi; (o f

weather) mālū. still (continu in g) koi, pea'. sting (insects e tc .) n. and v .t. kati, tui; (feel a

stinging sen sation) kakala, makini; (cause a stinging sen sation , e .g . iod ine) kakala.

stinging (o f skin e tc .) kakala, makini, tigā. stingray fai, fafalua. stingy, s tinginess kaifufu. stink manogi (kino), elo. stir v. heo, heoheo, hakeu. stir up (sedim ent e tc .) fakalepu; (trouble etc.)

fakatupu. stitch hui3, huihui.stock n. (good s) koloa; (cattle e tc .) lafu-.stock ings tōtini fafine.stom ach manava, puta; (o f a fish) kōpū.stom ach-ache manava tiga.stone fa tu ', m ā6.ston efish nofu.stony fatufatua, gāoā.stoo l (b lood m otion ) fekaumamao.stoop punou.stop v .i. tu, nofo, gata2, uma, pau; (o f sweat,

bleeding etc .) utu1; v .t. tāofi, tuku1, vavao. stop! (im perative) hoia. stop w ork mālōlō, fakamālōlō. stopper (o f bottle) nwmono. store n. (shop) fale koloa. store v .t. ten. store-room potu teu koloa. storm n. afa.story tala', kakai1, logo, fakamatalaga.stout see ‘fa t’.stove ogāumu.straight hako2, hagatonu.straighten fakahako.stra in (sprain) gau'.strain (m ake intense e f fo rt) kokono.strain (w ith sieve) fakamamā.strand (o f rope, fish ing line e tc .) tua1, tua-.strange kehe, he mahani.stranger tino kehe.strangle titina.strap (handle) kāvei.strap v .t. (beat) kini.stream vaitafe.street auala.strength malohi.strengthen fakamākeke, fakamalohi; (o f a rope)

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stress (em phasize) fakamamafa. stretch, stretch out fālō; (o f a new fishing line)

fakamate; (o f ropes in general) fakam ālō2. strew hakeu, fakahalalau. stride laka.strike tā 2, tuki, kini, pahaha. string uka. mea uka; and see fauato; (o f fish)

tui; (o f flow ers) fa u 2. strip n. (o f c loth) mea kie; ( o f land) kogāfenua;

(o f w eaving m aterials) see laufala, laukie, lauhulu, laufenū.

strip v .t. kavekehe. fofoke, fofole. stripe, stripes h ele\ (on a unifoVm) mua*. striped h ele\ helehele2, tuhituhi strive fakamākeke, lohi, naunau, taumafai.

vili*. stroke (b low )/ā . stroke (drawn line) vahe. stroke (caress) milimili. stroll eva, hāvalivali.strong rnalohi, mākeke; (o f w ind or rain)

makini.strongly fakamākeke, fakamālohi. struggle hālutu; and see ‘strive’, stubborn, stubborness lototū. stuck pipiki, lave; (o f boats) kake, tukia. study (learn) ako, akoako; (exam ine c lo se ly)

ago, iloilo, hukehuke. stuff n. mea.stuff (s.th . into a container) fafao, fao-. stumble tautevateva, palalū, higa. stunned cf. matapogia. stunted see āvilu, pukupuku. stupid valea, hoho, āmiovalea. sty hai i.subject (topic) matākupu. submarine vakātofu. submerge goto, uku'. submit (give in) gāuai. submissive loto māualalo. subscription lafoga. subside māui, goto. substance mea. subtract tōkehe.succeed manuia, m ālō1, mānumālō, tau nuku,

tini.success manuia, mālō.successor hui'.such vē; and see k a i\suck m iti1, mimiti; (b reast-feed in g) huhu.sucker (o f octopu s) tane1; ( o f plant) huti.suckle huhu, fakahuhu.suction mimiti.

sudden, sudden ly see teki, meākē. su ffer tigāina, māfatia, puapuagātia; and see

maua 2 . su ffering puapuagā. su fficien cy mauagofie. sugar huka. sugarcane to to 1. suggest fa i atu he manatu. suggestion manatu. suit (o f clothes) huti. su it, su itab le fetaui, lelei. su itcase ato', atopaku. sum m er tau māfanafana. sum m on tālo, fekau; and cf. talaki. sun n. lā'; v .t. fakaiā.Sunday Aho Hā. sun-dry v. fakala. sunglasses matalā. sunny la2.sunrise hopoga o te lā. sunset gotoga o te la. sunshine la'. supernatural see tupua. supervise kikila, taukikila. supper ōmoe. supple vavai.support lago2, lagolago2, teke, fehoahoani.suppose mahalo, māfaufau, vēake.sure mautinoa, talitonu, iloa.surf n. galu; v. fakaheheke.surface n. see fa fo and luga.surface v. ea2, manu, puna, pupuna.su rge n. galu, gogolo; v. (w ater) gogolo;

(crow ds etc .) lolofi. surgeon fish spp . apalani, ap i1, a logo, pone,

ponelolo. surgeon fōm ai tipitipi. surprise v .t. fakaofo.surprised ofo', teki; (caught unaw ares) pokia. surrender ifo'.surround hiko, hikohiko, popono, fakatāmilo.survive hao'.suspect mahalo.susp icion māhalohaloga.sw agger mamapo.sw allow v. fo lo , puku.sw am p see vailaloa.swarm to lo 2, kafufu.swash gatulu.sway tue, luelue.swear (take an oath ) tautō; (p rofan ity ) palau­

vale, fa i kupu kino. sweat āfu.

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sw eep halu', haluhalu, hahalu. sw eeper (fish sp .) mānifi. sw eet, sw eets n. lole, meakai hua malie. sweet qu al. hua malie, māgalo. malie. sw eeten fakahuamalie: (w ith sugar) fakahuka. sw eetheart pele.sw ell, sw elling fula. puta', (o f sea) matua. sw im kakau2, kaukau. sw ing lue, liaki switch n. ki.

switch on ki. switch o f f tape. sw ollen futu; and see hanaia. sw oon mole, matapogia. sw ord pelu2.sw ordfish spp. hakulā, tiuvaka, tuāniu. syllable hilapela.sym pathetic alofa, lotoalofa, agalelei. sym p ath ize, sym path y alofa. system faiga.

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Ttable n . laulau'. table-cloth kie laulau, ufilaulau. tack (o f sa iling vessels) maka, laumaka. tacky pikipikia.tail (o f fish) hiku, ave; ( o f anim als) toke.take kave, kavatu; (m edicine) inu.takeback (return) fakafoki', (receive) toe talia.take care fakaeteete.take care o f tauhi.take down to ifo, u i'.ta k e o ff kave kehe, ui'.take part in kau'.take sides, take the side o f kau ki, fakapito. take to pieces tala'. talent tāleni.talk talanoa, lālatala, faitala.talkative tautalatala, faitala, gututautala.talk in one’s sleep moetautala, moevavale.talk to oneself tautala tautahi.tall māualuga, loa i.tame lata; v .t. fa ka lata.tangled numi.tank tane*.tap n. paipa, gutu.tap v. (hit) pakē', tātā.tariff (custom s duty) tiute\ (hotel fee) totogi.taro talo.task gāluega.taste n. manogi; v .i. manogi; v .t. rofo, tomi. tatoo tatau*', and see tā 2. taut mālō*. tax lafoga.taxi tāvale taku pāhehe.tea t i 2; (tea-leaves) lauti.teach ako, fakaako, akoako.teacher faiākoga, faiāoga.teachings akoakoga.team kau'.tear, tears loimata.tear v .t. hae, hahae2', and see ‘to rn ’.tease taufakalili, fakatauemu.teaspoon hipuni ti.teat matāhuhu.teeth nifo.telegram, telegraph uaea, uaealehi. telephone n. telefoni; v. telefoni, v ili 2. tell lea, logo, taku2, tala', tatala'-, (a story) f a i ! temper (anger) ita, lili', fekai.

temperature vevela', (o f a s ick person) fiva. temple (part o f head) mānifinifi'. temple mālumalu. tempt fakaohooho. temptation fakaohoohoga. ten hefulir, (p eop le, b irds, octop u s and skipjack)

tinoagafulu; (fish o th er than sk ip jack ) lauagafulu-, (crayfish and crabs) tuaagafulu; (b readfru it and other fruit) fuaagafulir, (cocon u ts) fuiniu; (b unches o f cocon u ts and pandanus) fuiagafulu; (fa th om s) kumi.

tend (incline to) see tau'2. tend (look after) tauhi. tender malu. tender-hearted lotoalafa. tendon uaua.tent fale kie, fale tāpōleni. tentacle kavei.term (period) taimi, vāitaimi. term (nam e) igoa. termite manemane.tern (bird sp p .) akiaki, tala, talagogo, tōvivi. terrible kino lele, logokino, mataga, fakalialia,

matakutia. terribly see ‘terrib le’ and ‘extrem ely’ , terrifying fakamātakutaku, matakutia. test kite, huke, tomi, tofo. testicles fuāpolo, fuāmiti, fuāmanava, f u a '. testify mōlimau. testimony m a u \ mōlimau. text matua. than / lb.thank, thanks fakafetai.thankful fiafia.thank-you fakafetai.that (d em onstrative) tē ' , tēnā, tēia.that (p urposive con ju n ction ) ke.thatch a to 2, lau2.the (sing) te; (p l.) nā.theatre (cinem a) fale tifaga; (op eratin g) potu

tipitipi.their (dual) ta laua, to laua, ha laua, ho laua, a

laua, o laua; (p lural) ta latou, to latou, ha latou, ho latou, a latou, o latou.

them see ‘th ey ’, themselves see ‘th ey ’ and lava2. then (next) o i2, loa2; (at a certain tim e) i te taimi

lava tēnā; a lso cf. la \

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there i ei, i kō, i kinā (a lso ki ei etc.); there is, there are e i ei; there it is! tē '.

therefore ko tēnā lā, ko te mea la ia. these ie, ienei.they (dual) la*, lāua, ki lā, ki laua; (p lural)

lātou, ki lātou. thick maflafla; ( o f rope, tw ine e tc .) tuaefu; (o f

liquids) to tō \ th ief tino kaihohoa, gaoi. thigh alaga.thin (slender) fuaiti; ( o f flat ob jects) mānifinifi;

(o f peop le o nly) paē. thing mea.think māfaufau, manatu, vēake. thirst fia inu. thirteen hefulu tolu.thirty tolu hefulu-, (p eop le, birds, octop u s and

skipjack) tinototu; (fish other than skipjack) lautolu; (crayfish and crabs) tuatolu; (co c o ­nuts) tolngapulupulu-, (fa th om s) tolugakumi.

this tē ', tenei. thorn tala>.thorny tālatala2, matuitui. thorough maea. those iē, iēnā, iēia. though ui2, tiga2. th ought māfaufau, manatu. th oughtfu l mafaufau. th oughtless he mafaufau. thousand a fe '. thrash kini. thrash about tajiii.thread n. filo; v. (thread a needle) tui te filo ki

te gila.threat, threaten fakaniataku'; (w ith a physical

gesture) fakapoi. three tolu; (breadfru it and skipjack) tolugafua;

(fish other than skipjack) tolugamata; (people) tokatolu.

thrice fakatolu'. throat koki, kopu. throb tātā.throng n. pōtopotoga, lalolagi, nunu; v. nunu,

h o lo \through prep, i; and see kui. throughout see kātoa.throw togi2, a lo \ lafo2, liaki, maka; (throw

dow n) apati. throw a handful o f gravel at s .o . kulukulugā-

fatu. throw aw ay tiaki'. thrust hohoka, veto'. thud patatū, takatū.

thum b lima matua. thunder faititili, tāgulu.Thursday Aho Tofi.thus vē, vēia, venei, vēnā.thwart fakahetaunuku, vavao.thy, thine see ‘you r’.ticket tikiti.tickle tekoteko.ticklish tekoteko.tide tai i; and cf. maha, huhua.tidy qual. mamā, lelei; v .t. tapena, ten.tie (n eck-tie) fuhiua.tie v .t. nonoa, li', Uli, fuhi, tamau; (a knot)

fakapona. tiger taika2.tight m an', fifita; hold tight, piki ke mau. tighten fakamau. till ke, ke pā ki. tilt, tilted hipa2. tim ber lakau.tim e taimi, vātaimi, āvanoa. tim ely tona'.timid kakalo', atagia, hegi', hehegi. tin (can) apa.tip (point) mata', matā-; (topm ost point) tumu-

tutnu'. tip out liligi.tip over mafuli, fakamafuli. tired, tiredness fita, vāivai, kiva. tired o f fiutiresom e fakafiu, fakafitā.title see igoa, tulaga.to ki; (expressing purpose) ke.toast (bread) fakapaku.toast (drink to health o f s .o . ) fakamanuia.tob acco tapaka, utufaga.tod ay te aho nei.to d d \ (from cocon u t palm ) kaleve'. toenails moeninia vae. together fakatahi'. toil fitā. pologa.toilet (lavatory) vāvā2, tafatafa2, gātai.toilet paper pepa vāvā, pulufailu.tom ahaw k tigi.tom orrow taeao, aho taeao.ton , tonne tone.ton gue alelo, laulaufaiva.tonight āpō.too (a lso) foki.too (excessively) ātili.tool mea faigāluega.too l-b ox pulia mea faigāluega.tooth nifo.

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tooth less lali2.top (upper surface) luga; (sum m it) tumutumu';

(lid) tāpuni. top (spinning) m oa2. top ic matākupu. topm ast ulutila. top o f a sail uiula. top ple higa. torch lama, hulu*. torch battery māmōli. torn gahae.toss Ilaki, maka, to g i1.total qual. kātoa, uma; n. aofaiga, kātoaga;

and cf. tapula. touch tote, tago, pā', papaki; be in tou ch feho­

kotaki.tough tutue2, mākeke; and see ‘d if ficu lt’.tour malaga', malaga mātamata.tourist tagata matamata, tagata maimoa.tow v. toho.towards ki; and see āgai.tow el holo2.tow n tāulaga', kakai 1.toy rāfaoga, mea tāfao, mea takalo.track it. ata'.tract (o f land) kogāfenua.trade n. fefakatauakiga v. fefakatauaki.trade n. (occu p ation ) galuega, faiva.trader tagata fakatau koloa.trade wind matagi agi pea.tradition aganuku, āmioga, kupuruku.traditional fakaanamua.tragedy mala.train v. (practise, coach ) koleni, akoako.tramp n. maumauholo.tram ple holi, holiholi.tranquil filemū.transacton fefakatauakiga.transfer, transferred hiki2, hikitia.translate liliu, fakaliliu, fakamatala.translation fakaliliuga.trap n. faga, mailer, v. māilei.travel malaga', fo lau .tray laulau'tread holi, holiholi, hoholi. treasurer tino teu tupe. treasury fate teu tupe. treat n. mea fakafiajia.treat v. (m edically) tauhi; (behave tow ard s)f a i2,

and see amio. treatm ent faiga. treble n. uhu2. tree lakau, lakau ola.

tree-top laulu, ululākau. tree-trunk pogati. trem ble tete, latapa, galutu. trench utu2.trevally, trevelly (fish spp .) see ‘ja c k ’, trespass holi fenua.trial (in court) fakamahinoga; (test) fakaiaki-

takiga; (h ard sh ip) puapuaga triangle tafatolu.trick n. togafiti, tifaga; v. fakatogafiti, fakahê. trickery fa i togafiti. tricycle uila. trigger amoti.triggerfish spp . humu, umu, ikutea. trim (a plant) hala2; (pulaka on ly) una2. trip n. malaga, tafaoga. trip (stum ble) lave. tripod vaetolu.troll takitaki3, taki-'; (for b ig fish) toho. top ic(s) teropika.T ropic o f C ancer Teropika o Kanesa T ropic o f C apricorn Teropika o Kapelikonu. Tropical Porgie (fish sp .) m u2. tropic-bird tavake.trouble n. fakalavelave, puapuaga, fitā , galu;

v .t. fakalavelave, fakavavale, fakahoehā. troub lesom e ulavale, hoella, fakafiu. fakamiha,

fakavavale. trousers kofuvae. truck lo li2.true moni, mōni. liako', tonu'.truly moni lava, tonu lava, hako lava.truth mea moni.trum pet p u 2.trunk (o f tree) pogati.trunk (o f body) kogātino.trunk (b ox) puha tahi, ato lahi.trust talitonu, fakamoemoe, fakatuatua.trustw orthy fakatuatuagla.try (attem pt) taumafai; (sam ple) faitaki. kite.try (in court) fakamahino.try (R ugby foo tb a ll) hikoa.tuber / o ’ .Tuesday A ho Lua. tum bler ipumālamalama. tum our patu.tuna spp. kakahi, takuo, tavatava, valu ', lalā-

valu.tune n . fa ti'; v .t. ki.turn (m y turn etc .) āvanoa; and see hohoko. turn v .i. liliu, mimilo, pale'; and see tagaki.

a fe2, mafuli, tavili; v .t. u, afe2, pa pale. turn aside afe2.

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turn o f f tape. turn o n e ’s back on fulitua turn over v .t. fufuli; (o n to the back) fakatu-

liaga.turn to face forw ards fulialo. turning afega.turnstone (bird sp .) vahavaha. turtle fonu. turtle egg fuāfonu. turtle-shell una'. tusk heu2.tw enty lua hefulu; (sk ip jack) tekau; (p eop le,

octop u s and birds) tinolua; (fish other than skipjack) laulua; (crayfish and crabs) tualua; (cocon u ts) leāmoga; (fa th om s) luagakumi.

tw ice fakalua'.

tw in(s) māhaga.tw inkle kemo, kemokemo, takemokemo. twirl vili2, fakatāvili. tw ist mimilo, fakapiko. tw isted mamio, takapikopiko. tw itch , tw itch ing tete, tatapa. tw o lua; (p eop le) tokalua; (breadfruit and skip­

jack) heaoa; (fish other than skipjack) luagamata.

tw o -fo ld tualua. type (k ind) itūkāga. type (on a typewriter) taipa. typew riter taipa, lomituhi. typical see māhani. tyre paku.

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udder huhu.ugly mātagā, matakino, auleaga. ulcer papala. umbilical cord pute. umbrella fakamalu.umpire (cricket) fakamahino; (R ugby fo o tb a ll)

lafali.unanimous lototahi, laugarahi. uncertain hē mautinoa, hēki tonu, ailoga. uncle tamana-, (m oth er’s brother on ly) tuātina. uncluttered ātea. uncomfortable logokino. uncooked m ata1. uncooperative muhu, kaugatā. uncoordinated falufalu. uncover tatala1-, (an oven) fake, fufuke. under, underneath lalo2. underpants kofuvaeloto. underside (o f fish or anim al) a lo '. understand hāfia, mālamalama, iloa, logo,

māua2. underwear kofuloto. undo tala3, tatala2, fakamatala. unhappy, unhappiness fakanoanoa, lotovāivai. unicorn fish ume, tātifi. uniform n. tōniga, tōgiga'. uniform (even) gatahi, laugatahi. unimportant fakatauvā. union, unite hokofakatahi. universe vāteatea.university āoga maualuga, iunivelittē.unkind hē alofa, agaleaga.unless vāganā, heiloga.unmarried hē āvagu; (w om en on ly) nofofua.

unoccupied (h ou se e tc .) gāogao. unpleasant kino, logokino. unravel tala3. unripe m oto'. unruly vaogatā, ulavale. unselfish lotoalofa, alofa hē fakapitoa. unsteady (on o n e ’s feet) raurevateva; (o f a boat)

taumālua. unsure see ‘uncerta in ’, untie tala 3. until ke, ke pā ki. untrue pepelo. unusual kehe.up luga, ake2-, (not in bed) ala2, ala ki luga.upon i luga o.upper i luga (atu).upright (vertical) tu hako.uproot (a tree) laga, tiaki.upset (em otion ally ) vēhia, atuatuvale, hēfiafia.upset (container, boat) see ‘sp ill’, ‘tip over’ .upside-down fakapūlou.upwards ki luga, ake2.urge fakamālohi, tauānau.urgent fakavave.urinate mimi, p i 2.urine mimi, miaga, p i 2, fekaulata, fekauvai.us see ‘w e’.use fakaaogā, fa i 3.used to (d o s .th .) nae māhani.useful aogā.useless hē aogā, kino.usual māhani.uterus moegātama.

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Vvacancy, vacant āvanoa; and see a tea.vaccination fakagata'-.vagabond maumauholo.vain (o f appearance) fiagali. fiamānaia.valley vanu.valuable taua, tauha.value ta u \ aogā.vanish galo \ mou, r iim o U lo .vapour auha.variety (kind) itūkāiga.various kehekehe.varnish vānihi.veer paleJ.veil n. veli2; v. (conceal) mumuni, pupuni,

ratao'; (wear a veil) veli2. vein alatoio. vengeance taui ma hui. ventilate fakaea, fakahavili.V enus (the planet) lenu. verandah poletito. verb veape. verdict ikuga.verified, verify fakamāonia verse fuaikupu. ver\ lele2, malua.vessel (boat) vaka, /uaina; (container) see ‘can’,

‘bow l’ etc. vest mitiafu.verterinary surgeon fomai manu. vibrate galulu, tcita, tatapa. vice (clamp) fau.

vice (wrong conduct) agahala, āmiomātagā.v ictim ised amuhia.victoriou s, victory m ālo2, mānuālō.view n. kikilaga.v illage kakai', nuku, fale.vine lakau totolo.vinegar vinika.vineyard togāvine.vio lence mālohi.violent fakamālohi, fakamiha.violet viole, valole, vaioleti.virgin teine muli.virtue lelei, leleiga.viscera gākau.viscosity kola1.viscous kola, valevaleloloa, vavale. visible see kitea, manino, fo tu 2, hula. visit n. āhiga, āhiahiga; v . āhi, āhlahi, faka-

hula. visitor m ālō3. visualise mālau.voice n . leo\ v. (an opin ion etc.) fakakupu.voluntarily see malie.volun teer v. o fo 1.vom it lu a \ puai, fakahuati.vote n. hikigālima, pālota; v. hikilima, palota.vow tauto.vow el vaucli.voyage folau, malaga.vulture ōleva.

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wwade āha. wage(s) totogi. wager p e ti1. w ahoo (fish ) pāla.w aist hugulākie, hulugātiti; (o f a garm ent) fuhi.w ait ta li1, faka tali, heavea.wake v .i. ala1; v .t. fafagu, fagufagu.w akeful alapo.walk havali.w alking-stick tokotoko.wali p ā puipui, lotoa.wallet atotupe.wander eva, evaeva, taevaeva.W andering T attler (b ird sp .) kolili. want fofou, manako, f ia 1, loto'. want (poverty) mativa. war taua.warden see leoleo and fakatamana. ward o ff teteke.-wards see ‘tow ard s’, warm māfanafana.warm up (fo o d etc .) fakamāfanafana.warn lapataki.warning lapalakiga.warp, warped mapiko, mimigi.warrior toa.wart faletona, lafitona.wash (on ese lf) tākele; (another person) faka-

tākele; (hands) fa fa n o '; (laundry) ufi2, nuti, tā1; (the body and objects generally) fufulu.

washing tāgāmea, nutigākie. waste māumau, fakamāumau. w atch n. uati.watch kikila, mata mata, leoleo, kite, taukikila,

onoono1.w atchful mataala, mataola, mat alio lio. w atchm an leoleo.water n. vai, huāvai; (drinking water) vai inu;

(see water) huātai, vai kona. water v. (p la n t s ) /u /2, ufi1; (an im als) fakainu. w ater-bottle fagu vai. w aterfall afu. water-pipe paipa.w aterproof rnalu1; (canoes on ly) pulu '. w aterspout āhiohio. w ater tap paipa, gutu. watertight malu2, pu lu1. watery huāvaia.

w ave n. gain. wave v. tālo, lialiaki. w ave-crest fakafalefale. w avelets galugalu.w ax n. (cand lew ax) moli gako; (ear w ax) tae-

taliga.wax v. (o f m oon ) tupu 1.way (path) ala, auala; (m ethod) faiga; (custom )

aga-we (dual, inclusive) ta, taua; ki ta, ki tāua;

(dual, exclusive) mā, māua; ki mā. ki māua; (plural, inclusive) tātou, ki tātou; (p lural, ex ­clusive) mātou, ki mātou,.

weak vāivai.w ealth koloa, o a 1, Iupe .w ealthy maumea, mau koloa.w ean fakateka ma te huhu.w eapon rnediau, kaukupega.wear (c lo th es e t c .) fa i', kofu; (a hat) pulou '.w eather tauw eave lalaga.w eaving mea lalaga.w eb (o f spider) apogāleveleve, ukākūmā, fale o

te kūrnā.w edding fakaipoipoga, avaga, avavaga. w edge line.W ednesday Aho Lulu. w eed n. vao v. vele. weedy (full o f w eeds) vaoa. week vāiaho, vāiahohā. weekly i vaiaho takitahi. w eigh fu a 1.weigh d o w n, w eight d ow n tatao'.w eight fu a 1. mamafa.w eighty mamafa.w elcom e tali', tali mālō.weld uela.w elder tino uela.w ell n. vai. vaikeli.w ell adv. lelei, fakalelei.weil (heaithv) malohi, inālōlō, manuia.w ell kn ow n iloga, lauiloa.W est hihifo, tout a.wet huhu; v .t. fakahuhu, lolo, fufui.w hale tafolā.w harf uafu.what interrog, ā 1.w hatever hō he me, pe he ā lava.

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w heat haito.w heel n. uili; v .t. fakatāvale. w hen con j. (fu ture tim e) kafai; (past) i, i te

taimi.w hen interrog (fu ture) āfea2; (past) anafea.w henever hō he taimi lava', and see ‘w h en ’.where fea, tefea, iefea.w hether pe.w het o lo 2, fakamata.w h etston e fuaga.w hich interrog, fea.w hichever te mea lava.w h iff (o f tob acco etc .) m iti1.w hile ka koi.w hip kini.w hirlw ind āhiohio.w hiskers ava'.w hisper n. muhumuhuga', v. mumuhu, muhu-

muhu.w histle n. (the so u n d )fifio, mapu'; (the instru­

m ent) ulili; v. fifio, fiofio , mapu'; (w ith a whistle) ulili.

w hite paepae', lanu paepae, hina. w hite hair(ed) hina, ulu hina, tavakevake.W hite Tern akiaki. w ho interrog, ai', hei1. w hoever pe ko ai lava. w hole kātoa, uma. w hom interrog, see ‘w h o ’, w h oop in g-cou gh tale vivini. w h ose interrog, see ‘w h o ’, why interrog, heā, aiheā. w ick vavae2. w icked kino, agahala. w icket o lo 3.w ide lauefa, tulau, laolao. w iden fakalauefa.w ideness (o f space, ocean e tc .) lāolao. w idespread takalahi. w idest part lauefaga.w idow fafine kua oti tona tokalua, tamāmanu. w idth lauefa, lauefaga. w ife āvaga, tokalua, faletua. wild see vao, fekai, hegi'. w ilderness vao, togavao. w ilfu l lototu. w ill (d ocu m ent) māvaega. w ill (in ten tion etc .) lo to 1, malie. will (future tense) see kā, e 1. w illin g(ly) malie, loto malie, loto fiafia, kau

gōfie-w illingness kaugōfie, loto malie. w in m ālō2, mānumālō, manuia, maua1.

w ind n. matagi, havili.wind v .t. takai', numi; (fish ng line) hiko.w inding (road etc .) takapikopiko.w indm ill pekapeka.w indow famalama, fakamalarna.windward see ama, matagi, vēake.w indy matagi, matagia, havili.wine vino, uaina'.w ing (o f bird) kapahau; ( o f rays and aeroplanes)

kapakapa. wink kalapulapu, kemo, fakakivi. w inter tau mālūlū.wipe holo1, holoi, tafi2, tatafi; (use to ilet paper)

failu. w ipe out ta fi1. wire n. uaea. w ireless uaealehi. w isdom po to ', atamai. w ise po to ', atamai.wish momoko, manako, loto', fakamoemoe. with ma', i.w ithdraw (statem ent e tc .) fakafoki; and see

‘leave’, w ither mamae', mimigi. w ith in / loto o. w ith out aunoa, kae hēki. w ithstand lavā. w itness mōlimau. w o lf luko.w om an fafine; a lso see lomatua, tamaitai. w om b moegātama, fakamoegātama, fakamoega. w onder ofo'; (th ings to be w ondered at) mea

ofoofogia; no w onder that he tioa. w onderfu l fakaofo, mānaia, lelei lele. w ood lakau, laupapa' (firew ood) fafie; (forest)

vao, togavao. w ood en lakau , w ood en bow l kumete. w ood en gon g pātē, tali'. w o o l, w oo llen vulu, fulufulu1. w oolly fulufulua. w ord kupu.w ork n. galuega; v. galue, faigāluega, leipa. worker leipa, tagata faigāluega. w ork gang kaufaigāluega. w orksh op fale faigāluega. w orld lalolagi.w orldw ide i te lalolagi kātoa.w orm kelemutu, anufe.worn (th ings) kaina, tau pala, tau kino.w orn, w orn ou t (exhausted) fita , vāivai.w orried , worry ātugia, popole, fakaatu.w orrying (causing worry) fakapopole.

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worse kino i lo. . . worsen gaholo e kino. worship ifo', lotu, tāpuaki. worst p i to kino.worth see ta u \ aogā, lelei, taulla. worthless (useless) hē aogu; (f in an c ia lly) hē

taulla.wound, wounded lavea, manuka. woven goods mea lalaga. wrap afifi; (fo o d for baking) kofu. wrap up s.o . (in blanket e tc .) tāpulu. w ra sse s p p . g u tu lo a , m o la li, hu gale,

hugalepaea, hoa-o-te-puhi, malatea, lalafi,

lafilafi, papo. wreath pale', fa u 2. wreck (ship ) vaka tukia. wreck v .t. fa ka ki no, lepeti, ve te '. wrench v. hamu. wriggle migoi. wring mimlo, mimilo. wrinkle, wrinkled fenu , manumi, mafenu. wrist tapulima. write tuhi', tuhi tuhi. writer tuhitala. writhe migoi.wrong hehē, tauhehē, pa ha la, hē tatau \

XX-ray fakaata1.

Yyam ufi'.yard (m easurem ent) lata.yard (enclosure) lotoā.yarn (thread) filo.yarn (tell stories) talanoa.yawn māvava.yaws pagi.year tauhaga.yearly i tauhaga takitahi.yeast fefete.yell kekē.yellow hehega', hama hama. yellowfin tuna kakahi, takuo. yes /o ' .yesterday ananafi.yet H as he gon e yet? Kua fano? He hasn’t gone

yet: E hēki fano lava.

yield (give in) gāuai, i fo '. yoke n. am o'.you (singular) koe, kē\ (dual) koulua-, (p lura l)

koutou.young hē matua, koi tamaiti, talavou. young taumalo, tamaiti tāne. young man taumalo, tamaiti tāne. young woman taut it i, tamaiti fafine. your (sing) tau', tō ', hau1, hō', au2, ō', āu',

ōu; (dual) taulua, toulua, haulua, houlua, aulua, oulua; (p lura l) tautou, toutou, hautou, houtou, autou, outou.

yourself, yourselves see ‘y o u ’ and lava2. youth (you n g m an) taumalo, tamaiti tāne;

(you n g peop le in general) kau talavou; in my youth: / nā aho o toku talavou, i na aho koi talavou ai au.

zzealous māelegā. zebra fish hakuhakulele. zephyr hāvilivili.

zero helo'. zig-zag takapikopiko. zip fastener hipi.