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katikati continued. 



to sting. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 355.) 

 kato 1 to catch T. 



kato 2 to construct, to build, structure, 

 edifice. (Cf. ato.) 

 Mgv.: kato, a wall of stones like a 

 dyke. Mq. : ato, to build a house, 

 to spread a tent. Ta. : ato, to 

 build, to construct. 

 kau to bathe, to swim. 



hakakau to make to swim. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq.: kau, to swim. Ta.: 

 du, id. 

 kauae jawbone (kaua Q) (Cf. kauvae). 

 PPau.: kauae, the jaw. Mgv.: kouae, id. 

 Mq.: kouae, the chin, the jaw. Ta.: 

 auae, inner part of the lower jaw. 

 kauaha jaw of fish, gills. 

 rei kauaha, fin. 

 Mgv.: kouaa, the lower jaw; kouaha, 

 the part of the face between the 

 jaw and the cheek. Mq.: kauaha, 

 small tuft of hair which hangs at 

 the side of the ear, gills of fish; 

 kouaha, gills. Ta. : peihaha, gills; 

 pepeiaha, jaw of fish. 

 kauga two by two. 



hakakauga to align, in file, two by two. 

 PS Sa. : 'auga, a succession of. To. : kauga, 

 a fellow, associate. 

 kauha (ka uha) anus. 



hami kauha, diaper. 

 P Pau. : huha, the groin. Mgv. : uha, the 

 thigh, the breech. Ta.: hufa, the 

 thigh. 

 The two stems in Samoan, not exactly 

 dissociable and possibly deriving from a 

 common parent, seem to have undergone 

 confusion in Southeast Polynesia. Ra- 

 panui, divested of its local formative agent 

 ka, and Mangareva derive from uha, Pau- 

 motu huha homfufd. Tahiti hufaa comes 

 from the same source, as is shown by the 

 prolonged quality of the final vowel, al- 

 though it is unusual to subject the same 

 consonant to diverse mutations within the 

 same word; but see hahie. 

 kauhaga (kau) swimming. 

 kauihaga sewing. 



T Ma.: kaui, a stick on which eels are 

 threaded. 

 kauiui to mend, to patch. 



PS Sa. : 'auiui, to wind around. 



I am very doubtful about the proposed 

 Samoan identification and therefore about 

 the assignment to the Proto-Samoan 

 source. This, and kauihaga, may be refer- 

 able to a kaui meaning to stitch, but that 

 is nowhere found. The Maori kaui is a 

 very uncertain identification, therefore the 

 Tongafiti assignment of kauihaga is in 

 equal doubt. 

 kaukau 1 tai kaukau, tide. 

 kaukau 2 rafter. 



PS Sa. : 'au'au, the ridgepole of a house. 



Particularly from the architecture of 

 the Samoan house this may very properly 



kaukau 2 continued. 



be assigned to the Proto-Samoan kau tree, 

 which is now known in Polynesia only in 

 composition (The Polynesian Wanderings, 

 353). The reduplication would accent 

 the idea of strength, for the 'au'au sup- 

 ported by the central posts is very impor- 

 tant structurally. Moved by similar con- 

 siderations we parallel the idea in English 

 by the locution rooftree. 



kauvae chin (kauae) (kavai chinbeard Q). 

 P Pau.: kauae, id. Mgv.: kouae, id. Mq.: 

 kouae, kouvae, id. Ta.: auae, id. 

 See kauae. The parallelism of these two 

 words extends back into Nuclear Poly- 

 nesia. 



A. Sa. : 'auvae, chin. Fu.: kauvae, chin, 

 jaw. Niue: kauvehe, chin, cheek. 



B. To.: kouahe, cheek. Uvea: kauahe, 

 jaw. 



Both forms occur in Rapanui, Marque- 

 sas, Maori and Hawaii. 

 kava bitter, salt. 



vai kava, brackish water. 

 hakakava to embalm. 

 kavakava acid, sharp, bitter, salt, 

 spirituous, vinegar, poisonous, dis- 

 agreeable. 

 akavakava to make sharp. 

 hakakavakava to make acid. 

 P Pau.: kava, disagreeable to the taste; 

 kavakava, acid, sharp. Mgv. : kava, 

 to be bitter, sour, acid, salt. Mq.: 

 kava, bitter. Ta. : ava, bitter, acid, 

 salt. 

 kavahia 1 comfort, comfortable, to feast. 

 hakakavahia comfort, comfortable. 

 kavahia 2 repulsive (of food), disgusted. 



hakakavahia repulsion. 

 kavakava rib. 



moi kavakava, a house god Q. (See 

 Fig. 147, British Museum Hand- 

 book Ethnographical.) 

 P Mgv.: vakavaka, the breast. Mq. : 

 vakavaka, vadvad, rib. 

 Ma.: ivakawaka, parallel ridges. 

 We shall need all the available material 

 in order to determine the germ sense of this 

 word. Sa. : va'ava'a, the breast-bone of 

 a bird; fa' ava' a, the frame as of a slate. 

 To.: vakavaka, the side. Fu.: vakavaka, 

 the side below the armpit. Ha. : hoowaa, 

 to make furrows. In all these we may 

 see the idea of ridge or depression, or of 

 both, as primal (Rapanui, Samoa, Mar- 

 quesas, Maori, Hawaii), and as secondary 

 the part of the body where such appear- 

 ance is common (Mangareva, Tonga, 

 Futuna). 

 kavava to fight TQ. 

 kave ekave, fish snood T. 



P Pau.: kavekave-makei, the end of a 

 cord. Mgv.: kavei, a very small 

 fish-hook. Mq.: kavei, thread which 

 is whipped about the fishing-line 

 next the hook ; avei, end of the line 

 where the hook is attached. 



