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kave continued. 



If, and this is most probable, Samoan 

 'avei represents an augmented stem, we 

 can readily see the handle sense particu- 

 larized by form modification applied to 

 the stem 'ave to take. This secondary 

 form is the only one found in Nuclear 

 Polynesia (Tonga, Futuna, kavei). Thus 

 it appears that the Paumotu and Rapanui 

 received the primitive stem by migration 

 out of Samoa anterior to its modification. 

 The Maori has kawe, kawai and kawei, the 

 first points to the Proto-Samoan migra- 

 tion to New Zealand long before the Great 

 Voyages (The Polynesian Wanderings, 

 49, etc.). In the cord sense we are to 

 include Viti kaweki string. 

 (kavega) hakavega burden, load. 



P Mq. : kave, to carry away. Ta. : paave, 

 to carry on the back. 

 kavei stem of fruit. 



P Mgv.: kavei, the handle of a cup or 

 vessel. 

 See note under kave; the carrying sense 

 is here particular, the stem as that by 

 which fruit is carried, just as a basket is 

 carried by its handles. 

 kaviri to envelop, to wrap. 



Mq.: kavii, to make up in a roll. Ta. : 

 aviri, to bring together in one. 

 ke other, distinct, different, diverse, special. 

 koona ke, elsewhere. 

 tagata ke, some one else. 

 mea ke, contrary, distinct, otherwise. 

 hakake feint, stratagem, to feign. 

 hagake to act contrary. 

 T Pau.: ke, different. Mgv.: ke, another, 

 other, else, different, of partial 

 comparative value. Mq.: ke, e, to 

 be different, changed, no longer the 

 same. Ta.: e, different, strange, 

 other. 

 keke (ke) other, distinct, special. 



hikohiko keke, hide-and-seek. 

 kekee {ke) irregular, uneven, rough. 

 ke avai a superlative expression. 

 hinihini ke avai, ancient. 

 ika ke avai, abuse. 

 kori ke avai, abuse. 

 maori ke avai, skilful, handy. 

 mau ke avai, abundance, to abound. 

 pipiro ke avai, disgusting odor. 

 tupu ke avai, of swift growth. 

 ua ke avai, a shower of rain. 

 keekee niho keekee, long protruding teeth. 

 keete (kete). 

 keetu (ketu). 

 kehokeho dry, arid. 

 (kehu) hakakehu to hide, disguise, feint, 



feign, to lie in wait. 

 kekeho to clot, to curdle, to coagulate. 



toto kekeho, clotted blood. 

 kekehu shoulder Q. 

 kekekeke to crackle, to snap. 



P Pau. : keke, to make a harsh noise, to 

 grind the teeth. Mgv.: kekekeke, 

 to grind the teeth. 



kekekeke continued. 



The sense lies in the quality of the 

 noise produced. Samoa, 'e'e, to squeak; 

 Futuna, keke, to emit a loud cry; Tonga, 

 keke, to bleat; Maori, ke, to produce a 

 sharp abrupt sound, to crack, to snap; 

 keke, to quack, to creak; Hawaii, eeina, to 

 creak, to grate. The common denomin- 

 ator seems to be that of some sound which 

 begins suddenly in full volume, no matter 

 whether that volume be small or great, 

 an idea which we parallel in pop. 

 kekeohe leek T. 

 kekeri a squall. 

 kekeune upper arm G. 

 kekeva (keva). 



(kemo) hakakemo to accuse, to decry, to 

 impute, to incriminate, to incul- 

 pate, to lead into error, to falsify, 

 to debase, to tell stories, to feign. 

 kenu husband. 



noho kenu, married. 

 Mgv.: kenu, said of the consummation 

 of sexual connection. 

 keo stomach, dyspeptic, consumptive. 



mate keo, deranged stomach, con- 

 sumptive. 

 mamae keo, headache. 

 kere to moor, to make fast. 

 kerekere black, dark, blue, obscure, gloom. 

 niho kerekere, blackened teeth. 

 hakakerekere to blacken. 

 P Pau. : kerekere, black, dark, somber. 

 Mgv.: kerekere, blue, dark blue al- 

 most black, the color of the deep 

 ocean, black, somber, darkness. 

 Mq. : kerekere, keekee, black, som- 

 ber, livid; ere, blue, azure. Ta.: 

 ereere, black. 

 I have allowed this item to stand as 

 general Polynesian rather than deal here 

 upon partial material with the problem of 

 the psychology of the color sense of this 

 race. We must note, however, that in 

 Nuclear Polynesia the prime sense is that 

 of earth, in the later migrations it refers 

 only to dark color; there are but two excep- 

 tions, in Samoa po'ele'ele can mean only 

 darkness of night, in Maori kerengeo and 

 kerepei alone deal with earth. In Nuclear 

 Polynesia a secondary sense is dirty qua 

 begrimed with earth. Only in Samoa do 

 we find any true color signification, as in 

 rust (which, of course, is most modern) 

 and blood (and as this forms part of the 

 courtesy speech or is used euphemisti- 

 cally of the catamenial flow it must be 

 regarded as an alien acquisition). We 

 should note that the Samoan red nowhere 

 appears in the color sense of the Tongafiti 

 word. 

 kereki nauseated. 



kerereki to relieve the stomach, nau- 

 seated, eructation, to belch. 

 keretohaga faith (credo). 

 keri to dig, to grub up, to root up, to exca- 

 vate, to mine; rubbish; the wake 

 of a ship; to sow (kekeri). 



