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3016. turi deaf. Mq. : tut, id. Sa. : tuli, 

 id. Ma.: turi, id. The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, page 284. 



3017. turuturu posts of a house. Mq. : 

 tuutuu, id. 



3018. tutau to cast anchor. Mq. : tutau, id. 



3019. tutoo a stubborn cough, asthma. 

 Mq. : tutoko, tutoo, a cough. 



3020. tutu a plant. Mq. : tutu, id. To.: 

 tutu, a shrub. Ma. : tutu, id. 



3021. tutufa, tutuha to split. Mq.: tufa, 

 id. Ha.: kuha, id. 



3022. tutui candlenut. Ha.: kukui, id. 



3023. tuturu a support, prop, stay. Ha.: 

 kukulu, a pillar, a post. 



3024. u to touch shore, to strand. Ma. : u, 

 to reach the land. 



3025. ua a land crab which shears iron. 

 Mq. : uka, lobster. Sa. : uga, the her- 

 mit crab. 



3026. ua the back of the neck. Sa. : ua, the 

 neck. Ma. : ua, the back of the neck. 



3027. uai to face about. Sa. : uai, to turn 

 toward. 



3028. uha, ufa to belch. Ha.: uha, to 

 belch, to hawk up mucus. 



3029. uhu a cry of astonishment. Ha.: 

 uhu, a cry of grief. 



3030. ui ringing in the ears. Mq. : ui, the 

 buzzing of flies. Ha. : ui, to squeak, 

 to creak. 



3031. ununu prohibition of fishing on the 

 reef. Ha. : ununu, a stick erected in 

 sign of a tabu. 



3032. upaupa a bird. Sa.: upa, an insect. 



3033. uru the human skull. Mq. : uu, the 

 head. Sa. : ulu, id. Moriori: ulu, id. 



3034. uruhia inspired. Ha.: uluhia, to be 

 possessed by a spirit. 



3035. utai to be wet with sea water. Mq. : 

 utai, ulaiea, kutai, damp, waterlogged. 



3036. ha-utiuti to move oneself incessantly. 

 Ha.: ukiuki, to be gently in motion. 



3037. uvira lightning. Ha.: uwila, id. 



3038. va space between the leaves in a roof. 

 Sa.: va, space between. Ma.: wa, 

 interval. 



3039. vae timbers of a boat. Ha.: wae, 

 knees, side timbers of a boat. 



3040. vae to share out. Sa. : vae, to divide, 

 to share. Ma. : wawae, to divide. 



3041 . vahavaha to disdain, to dislike. Ha. : 

 wahawaha, to hate, to dislike. 



3042. vaianu a plant. Mq. : vaianu, id. 



3043. vairua, vaerua, verua, virua, vaiite 

 spirit, soul. Ma.: wairua, id. 



3044. varea to be sleepy, napping. Ma.: 

 warea, under the influence of sleep. 



3045. varovaro vibration of sounds upon 

 the ear. Ma.: wawaro, to murmur, 

 to sound indistinctly. 



3046. vata opening, space, separated by 

 an interval. Mq. : vatavata, id. Ma.: 

 watawata, full of holes. 



3047. vava sound of wind or rain. Ma.: 

 wawa, to sound like pattering rain. 



3048. vea messenger. Ha.: weawea, a pro- 

 curer. 



3049. verevere pudenda muliebria. Ma.: 

 werewere, id. (labia minora). 



3050. verovero to twinkle like the stars. 

 Ha. : welowelo, the light of a firebrand 

 thrown into the air. 



3051. vihi a wrapper. Ha.: wihi, to roll up 

 as a bundle. 



