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2243. pekepeke a crab. Ha.: pee-one, a 

 crab that burrows in the sand. 



2244. pena so, like that. Sa.: fa'apend, id. 

 Ma. : pena, id. 



2245. penei so, like this. Mq.: penei, id. 

 Sa. : penei, id. Ma.: penei, id. 



2246. pepa to substitute one word for 

 another. Ma. : pepa, to forget a word 

 in an incantation. 



2247. pera so, like that. Sa. : pela, as if. 

 Ma.: pera, so, like that. 



2248. perepere to put to soak. Mq.: pere, 

 to dilute poi. 



2249. pereue a garment. Ta. : pereue, a 

 long garment. Sa. : peleue, id. 



2250. peta a bunch of bananas. Mq. : peta- 

 vii, a kind of banana plant. 



2251. peti not to remain, to disappear and 

 never return. Ta.: petipeti, ended, 

 finished. Ma.: peti, entirely con- 

 cluded and done with. 



2252. peti short. Mq. : petipeti, a pig with 

 short legs. Ha. : peke, short. 



2253. pi full, complete. Mq.: pi, id. 



2254. piere a cake of soft breadfruit. Ta. : 

 piere, dried fruit. Ha. : piele, a cake 

 of finely grated taro. 



2255. pigao a winged insect. Mq.: pinao, 

 a dragonfly. Ha.: pinau, id. 



2256. pihe war cry, joy cry, dance. Ta. : 

 pehe, to sing. Sa. : pese, id. Ma.: 

 pihe, sound of wailing. 



2257. pio to put out, to extinguish. Ma.: 

 pio, quenched, extinguished. 



2258. piri a very large package of food. 

 Mq. : piri, package, bundle. 



2259. piritia packed close together. Ha.: 

 pilikia, crowded close together. 



2260. tai-piro a calm sea. Mq. : pioo-pe, 

 calm. 



2261. pito end, extremity, boundary. Mq. : 

 pito, beginning of a cord. Sa.: pito, 

 the end of anything. Ma. : pito, end, 

 extremity. 



2262. poa bait, chum. Ta.: paru-poa, bait. 

 Mq. : poa, to bait, to allure, to poison 

 fish. Sa.: poapoa, fishy smelling. 

 Ma.: poa, to bait, to entice. The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, page 276. 



2263. poatuastone. Mq. : pohatu, a round 

 hammer stone. Ma.: poivhatu, a 

 stone. 



2264. pogi quick. Mq.: poki-hoo, poni-hoo, 

 poi-hoo, quickly, promptly. Ha. : 

 poni, suddenly, in an instant. 



2265. poha open. Mq.: poha, open, to 

 split, to crack, to break, to disclose. 

 Ha. : poha, to burst, to come to view. 



2266. pohatahata large open eyes, wide 

 stalk end of breadfruit. Mq. : pohata, 

 pofata, pofafa, wide open, hollow 

 within. Ha. : pohaha, round and deep. 



2267. pohore to escape, to get away. Mq.: 

 pohoe, to escape, safe, free, at liberty . 



2268. pohue a large-leaved seaside vine. 

 Ta. : pohue, generic name of the con- 

 volvulus. Mq.: pohue, bindweed. (Sa. : 

 fue, id.) Ma.: pohue, id. 



2269. pohuri banana scions. (Sa.: suli, id.) 

 Ha. : pohuli, scion of any plant. The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, page 211. 



2270. pokai an anchor. Mq.: pokae, sinker 

 of a fish line. 



2271. poki to cover. Ta. : poi, to be covered 

 Ma. : poki, to cover. 



2272. ponini to allow oneself to become 

 defiled. (Sa.: nini, to smear.) Ha.: 

 poni, to besmear, to daub over. 



2273. poniuniu dizzy, giddy, vertigo. Ha.: 

 poniuniu, id. 



2274. aka-poniu to dazzle. Mq.: ponio- 

 nio, id. 



2275. popoi cooked paste. Ta. : popoi, id. 



Mq. : popoi, id. Ha.: poi, id. 



2276. pori the lower belly. Ha. : poli, id. 



2277. poroaki to send word, to deliver an 

 order. Ta.: poroi, to order, to take 

 leave. Mq. : pooai, to send word to, 

 to command. Sa. : poloa'i, to com- 

 mand at a distance. Ma.: poroaki, 

 to leave instructions, to take leave. 

 The Polynesian Wanderings, page 291 . 



2278. pororo the July season when the 

 leaves fall. Mq.: pororo, dry, arid. 

 Sa. : palolo-mua, July. Ma. : paroro, 

 cloudy weather. 



2279. porotu beautiful, pleasant. Ta. : pu- 

 rotu, id. Mq.: pootu, beautiful (of 

 women only). Sa.: Pulotu, the abode 

 of the dead. Ma. : purotu, pleasant, 

 agreeable. 



2280. pota a kind of radish. Ta.: pota, 

 small vegetables. Mq.: pota, mus- 

 tard, chicory. Sa. : pota, taro leaves. 



2281. potaka round. Ta. : potaa, round, 

 oval. 



2282. potea a shellfish. Mq.: potea, id. 



2283. potiki children as the parents' sup- 

 port. Ta. : poti, a young girl. Mq. : 

 poiti, potii, child. Ma.: potiki, the 

 youngest child. 



2284. potipoti an insect. Ta. : popoti, cock- 

 roach, beetle. Mq.: poti, a crab. 

 Ma. : potipoti, the sandhopper. 



2285. pouhu a fish. Ha.: pouhu, id. 



2286. poutu a stay, a prop. (Ta. : poutu, 

 erect, upright.) Sa.: poutu, the prin- 

 cipal post of a house. (Ma. : poutu, 

 steep, perpendicular.) 



2287. pu the middle. Ta.: pu, middle, 

 center, interior. 



2288. pu suddenly. Mq.: pu, id. 



2289. aka-pu to thicken poi. Mq.: haapu, 



to stir up poi for serving. 



2290. puga breadfruit which is scirrhous. 

 Ha.: punapuna, tough, hard to eat. 



2291. pupu a bundle, package. Mq. : pupu, 

 a small fagot. Ha. : pupu, a bundle. 



2292. pupu a bushy, branchy place. Mq. : 

 pupu, to clear away brush. Sa. : 

 pupu-vao, a thicket. Ha. : pupu, to 

 be rough, uneven. 



2293. puhara the pandanus. Mq. : puhaa, 

 pufaa, foot of the pandanus. Ma. : 

 puhala, the body of the pandanus. 



