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hihi 1 continued. 

 Tonga, and perhaps Samoa fifi the small 

 intestine. 



In the only two languages which have 

 both senses a phonetic difference is noted: 

 i, Ta. : hihi, Ma. : hihi; 2, Ta. : fifi; Ma. : 

 whiwhi. 

 hihi 2 to tear, to strip. 



tutae hihi, constipation. 

 momore hihi, to injure, to damage. 

 hihiga (higa 2). 

 hihimata (hihi \-mata 1) eyelash. 



Ta.: hihimata, id. 

 hihiri difficult to reach. 

 hiho to come. 

 hihoi 1 to divine. 

 hakahihoi id. 



Ta.: hiohio, diviner, wizard, spy; to 

 observe. 

 hihoi 2 to turn into, to transform. 



hakahihoi to infuse, to mix, to blend, 

 to falsify. 

 hiihii to laugh. 

 hika a netting needle Q. 



PS Sa.: si' a, id. Fu., Viti: sika, id. 

 hiki tail fin Q (? hikii) 

 hikohiko keke hide-and-seek. 

 hikuvera brown T. 

 himene hymn, song, to sing. 

 hinihini remote in time. 



hinihini ke avai, ancient. 

 hakahinihini to delay, to postpone, 

 to prolong, to prorogue, to retard, 

 to put off. 

 hio to grasp. 



kia hio, to arrest. 

 hakahio to attach, to fix, to force, to 

 favor, to rent. 

 hiohio 1 by force, strong, earnestly, urgency. 

 tae hioa. flexible. 

 Mq.: fio, to grasp, to take by force. 

 hiohio 2 steel (cf. ohio, iho 4). 

 hiohio 3 to affront, to insist, to demand. 

 hiohio 4 to clot, to coagulate. 

 hipa to incline, to lean, to deviate, to slope; 

 deviation; oblique, tortuous; to 

 avoid, to evade, to shun. 

 hiriga hipa, to go obliquely. 

 hipahaga obliquely. 

 hipahipa to incline. 

 P Mgv. : akahipa, akaipa, to lift up the 

 chin of another person with the 

 hand. Mq.: hipa, curved, crooked, 

 athwart, oblique, zigzag; to warp, 

 to step aside, to limp. Ta. -.faahipa, 

 to turn aside. 

 hipofcerita, hypocrite. 

 hipotati hypostasis. 



hipu calabash, shell, cup, jug, goblet, pot, 

 plate, vase, bowl, any such recep- 

 tacle. 

 hipu hiva, melon, bottle. 

 hipu takatore, vessel. 

 hipu unuvai, drinking glass. 

 P Mgv. : ipu, calabash, gourd for carry- 

 ing liquids. Mq. : ipu, all sorts of 

 small vases, shell, bowl, receptacle, 



hipu continued. 



coconut shell. Ta. : ipu, calabash, 

 cup, receptacle. 

 hira to turn the eyes away, to leer. 



hakahira mata hakahira, squint-eyed. 

 P Mq. : hiri, crosseyed. Ta. : hira, bash- 

 fulness; hihira, to look askance. 

 From the fact that in Samoa this is used 

 only in the courtesy dialect, which is char- 

 acterized by much loan material, we may 

 regard this as of Tongafiti source persist- 

 ing in Nuclear Polynesia from the time of 

 contact in the special Samoan use; in 

 Tonga hila to look askant. 

 hiri 1 to elevate, to mount. 



hiriga to elevate; elevation, mounted, 

 ascension, assumption, declivity. 

 hiriga mouga, hillside. 

 hiri hiri a swing, seesaw. 

 P Pau.: iri, to be put up in a place, to 

 lodge. Mgv.: iri, placed in a 

 higher position than the observer, 

 as a box on a high shelf. Ta. : iri, 

 to lodge or stick up in a place. 

 The germ signification is "above, 

 higher." In Samoa it is used most com- 

 monly in a tropical sense, but the primal 

 sense is sufficiently retained in the signifi- 

 cation to lodge, to stick in, to show general 

 concord with Rapanui and particular har- 

 mony with the other languages of South- 

 east Polynesia. 

 hiri 2 to make a bag. 



taura hiri, to make a cord. 

 rauoho hiri, plaited hair. 

 hiri hiri frizzed. 



rauoho hirihiri, lock of hair. 

 P Mgv.: hiri, to weave, to plait; akahiri, 

 to make a mat. Mq.: hii, large 

 plait of coconut fiber. Ta. : firi, to 

 plait, to braid. 

 When we interpret in the sense of local 

 conditions Pere Roussel's definition "to 

 make a bag" the concord is perfect, for 

 bags are woven. The germ sense is 

 plainly the act of twining in and out, over 

 and under, which, with specific differences 

 due to manner and material, may result in 

 plaiting or weaving; see hiro. 

 hiri 3 to go, to walk, to voyage, to arrive, to 

 appear. 

 hiri t& reka, to go without noise. 

 hiri koroiti, to go softly. 

 hiri tahaga no mai, to go without a 

 m halt. 

 hiriga voyage, journey. 



hiriga hakapa, to go by twos. 

 hiriga hipa, to go obliquely. 

 hiriga kokekoke, to go by sudden steps. 

 hiriga okorua, to go by twos. 

 hiriga tahataha, to go across. 

 hiriga tekiteki, to go hopping. 

 hiriga ti mataku, to go fearlessly. 

 hiriga tot or 0, to go on all fours. 

 hiriga varikapau, to go in a ring. 

 hiriga veveveve, to go boldly. 



