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iti continued. 



hakaitiiti to squat, to crouch. 

 P Mgv.: iti, small. Mq. : iti, id. Ta.-.iti, 

 id. (The Polynesian Wanderings, 

 230.) 

 iuteo Jew. 

 iva nine. 



P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: iva, id. 

 ivi 1 bone, needle. 



ivi ika, fishbone. 



ivi ohio, needle. 



ivi tika, fishbone, backbone. 



kiko o te ivi tika, pancreas. 



ivi heheu, cachalot. 



ivi tupapaku, skeleton. 



ivi uha, to grow (of mankind). 



tooa te kiko e ivi i hakarere, to strip the 



flesh from the bones. 

 kai ivi, to eat remnants. 

 kore te ivi, cooked too much. 

 P Mgv. : koivi, bone; ivitua, backbone. 

 Mq., Ta.: ivi, bone. 

 ivi 2 parent, family, ancestry. 



T Mgv. : ivi, a parent, family, genealogy, 

 related. 

 ivietua (ivi 2-etua) pontiff, priest. 



ivietuahaga pontificate. 

 ivive a wig of women's hair assumed by men 

 to prevent recognition in clandes- 

 tine errands of gallantry Q. 



ka 1 of T. 



ka 2 imperative sign. 



ka oho, ka tere, ka ea, begone! 

 ka ko ia, a greeting T. 

 ka mou, hush. 

 ka oho, goodbye. 

 Mgv. : ka, imperative sign. Ta. : a, id. 

 ka 3 infinitive sign. 



mea meitaki ka rava, a thing good to 



take. 

 ka harai kia mea, to accompany. 

 ka 4 a prefix which forms ordinals from 



cardinals. 

 ka 5 the dawning of the day. 



Mgv., Mq.: ka, to kindle (of a fire). 

 Ta. : a, id. 

 ka 6 different (? ke). 

 kagarae R (hagarae). 

 kahaka abasement. 



Ta.: haehaa, humble, small, of low 

 estate. 

 kahiga the edge of a sword, slip T. 

 kahu clothing, dress, habit, cloth, curtain, 

 vestment, veil, shirt, sheet. 

 kahu hakaviri, shroud. 

 kahu nui, gown. 

 rima te kahu, sleeve. 

 kahu rahirahi, muslin. 

 hare kahu, tent. 

 horega kahu, skirt. 

 hakarivariva ki te kahu, toilet. 

 rakai ki te kahu, toilet. 

 patu ki te kahu, to undress. 

 kahu oruga, royal sail. 

 kahu hakatepetepe, jib. 



kahu continued. 



kahu nui, foresail. 

 hakatopa ki te kahu, to set sail. 

 (hecki keho, canvas T.) 

 P Pau. : kahu, dress, garment, native cloth . 

 Mgv.: kahu, cloth, stuff, garment, 

 clothing. Mq.: kahu, habit, vest- 

 ment, stuff, tunic. Ta. : ahu, cloth 

 in general, vestment, mantle. 

 The primal sense is that of a covering 

 and appears in all Nuclear Polynesia; the 

 Tongafiti extension to the garment sense 

 is but a particularizing which by no means 

 excludes the original meaning. 

 (kahuga) hakakahuga to change place. 

 Kahui bunch, cluster. 



T Mgv. : kahui, a bunch of grapes or pan- 

 danus. Mq.: kahui, a bunch, clus- 

 ter, troop, assemblage. Ta. : ahui, 

 heap, collection. 

 (Cf. Sa.: fui, a cluster of nuts; fuifui, a 

 cluster of fruit, a flock of birds.) 

 kahukai (kahu-kai 4) napkin, tablecloth. 

 kahutova (kahu-tova) jib. 

 kahuvae (kahu-vae 1) carpet. 

 kahuviri (kahu-viri). 



a. a shroud. 



b. matrix, as that which incloses the child. 

 kai 1 negative. 



kai rogo, to fast. 

 kai oho, to forego. 

 kai maa, to be ignorant, to doubt. 

 vave kai kohe, inaccessible. 

 ina kai, see ina 1 . 

 Ta.: ai, no. 

 kai 2 to undergo, to suffer. 

 kai 3 sharp, cutting. 



T Mgv. : koi, koikoi, pointed, sharp, 

 adapted for cutting; kokoi, prickly, 

 stinging, irritating. Mq.:oj,sharp, 

 cutting. Ta.: oi, sharp, keen. 

 Since this is the only language which has 

 kai in this sense the possibility of typo- 

 graphical error should not be overlooked. 

 The form koi outside of Southeast Poly- 

 nesia is found in Maori, Rarotonga and 

 Hawaii. 

 kai 4 to eat, to feed, to feast; food, meat, a 

 meal, repast. 

 kai nui, provision, intemperate, vora- 

 cious. 

 kai no iti, sober, temperate. 

 hue ki te kai, to victual. 

 kai taria te kai, abundance, to abound. 

 hakapee no kai hoao, abundance, to 

 abound . 

 kaia eaten. 

 P Pau.: kai, food, to eat. Mgv.: kai, 

 food, nourishment, to eat. Mq.: 

 kai, ai, food, to eat. Ta. : ai, to eat. 

 (kai 5) hakakai to take, to attack. 



Mgv.: kai, to receive. Mq.: ai, to 

 catch some one, to seek to surprise. 

 Ta. : ai, to receive, to get possession 

 of, to become master of. 

 kaiga land, country, place, region, estate, 

 soil (kaina, land T). 



