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kio 3 to discourage. 



kioa id. 

 kioe (kiore). 

 kiokio foul smelling smoke. 



Mgv. : kio, kiohe, to extinguish, to put 

 out a light. 

 kiore rat, mouse (kioe). 

 kiore hiva, rabbit. 

 P Pau., Mgv.: kiore, rat, mouse. Mq. : 

 kioe, ioe, id. Ta. : iore, id. 

 In this case also we have a Tongafiti 

 survival in present Samoan; common in 

 the Tongafiti the word remotely appears 

 in Sikayana. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 296.) 

 kiraroiti (ki i-raro-iti) abasement. 

 kiraronui (ki i-raro-nui) fathomless. 

 kiraroroa(H i-raro-roa) inferior, inferiority, 

 kirato goddess T. 

 kireira yet, already. 

 kiri skin, hide, bark, surface. 

 kiri ekaeka, leprous. 

 kiri haraoa, bran. 

 kiri hurikuri, negro. 

 kiri maripu, scrotum. 

 kiri ure, prepuce. 

 PPau.: kiri,bark. Mgv.: kiri, skin, bark. 

 Mq. : kit, skin, bark, leather, sur- 

 face, color, hue. Ta. : iri, skin, 

 bark, leather, planking. (The Pol y- 

 nesian Wanderings, 356.) 

 kirikiri pebble, gravel, rounded stone, sling 

 stone. 

 kikiri pebble. 

 P Pau.: kirikiri, gravel, stony, pebbly. 

 Mgv. : kirikiri, gravel, small stones. 

 Mq.: kiikii, gravel, small stones, 

 shingle. Ta. : iriiri, gravel, stony, 

 rough. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 355.) 

 kirikirimiro ragi kirikirimiro , sky dappled 



with clouds. 

 kirikiriteu soft gray tufa ground down with 

 sugar-cane juice and utilized as 

 paint T. 

 kiriputi (kiri-puti) cutaneous. 



kiriputiti id. 

 kirivae (kiri-vae 1) shoe. 

 kiruga (ki i-ruga) high, superior, upon. 

 kirugahaga height. 

 kiruganui to grow up, to raise, high, 



eminent, superior, supreme. 

 hakakiruganui to raise. 

 kite 1 skin T Q. 



kite 2 to see, to know (ite). (Cf. tikea.) 

 hakakite to declare, to disclose, to note, 



to initiate, demonstration, notice. 

 hakakitega demonstration. 

 P Pau. : kite, to know, to perceive. Mgv. 

 kite, to see, to perceive, to hear, to 

 understand. Mq. : kite, ite, to see, 

 to perceive, to know. Ta. : ite, to 

 know, to comprehend, science, 

 knowledge. 

 kiteahaga notion. 

 kiteke consumption. 



kiukiu I to resound, to ring, sonorous, bell, 

 bronze. 



kiukiu 1 continued. 



kiukiu rikiriki, hand bell. 

 tagi kiukiu, sound of a bell. 

 kikiu to ring, the squeaking of rats. 



lariga kikiu, din, buzzing. 

 hakakiukiu to ring. 

 Mgv. : kiukiu, a thin sound, a soft sweet 

 sound. 

 kiukiu 2 to disobey, disobedience. 

 mogugu kiukiu, ungrateful. 

 kikiu ka kikiu ro, to importune. 

 kivakiva united. 



motu kivakiva, a rock out of water. 

 kukumu kivakiva, dourness. 

 hakakiva to smooth, serious. 



hakakiva tae makenu, an agreeable 

 wind. 

 hakakivakiva to smooth, to starch, 

 level, serious. 

 ko 1 negative. 



e ko not, except. 



e ko ora, incurable. 

 ina ko not. 



ina ko tikea, unseen. 

 ina e ko not. 



ina e ko mou, incessant. 

 ko 2 a particle used before nouns and pro- 

 nouns. 

 ko vau, I. 

 ko te, this. 

 ko mca tera, this. 

 ati ko peka, to avenge. 

 ko mua, first, at first, formerly. 

 ko 3 there, yonder. 



P Mgv. : ko, over there, yonder. Ta. : 6, 

 there, here. 

 koa 1 ? 



rori te koa hogihogi, to follow a scent. 

 koa 2 joy. 



koakoa joy, content, happiness, gay, 

 satisfaction, hilarity, mirth, to leap 

 for joy, to please, to fondle, dear. 

 ariga koakoa, good-humored. 

 hakakoakoa to rejoice, to leap for joy. 

 P Pau.: koa, contented, pleased; koakoa, 

 joy. Mgv. : koakoa, rejoicing, joy, 

 mirth, to be content, satisfied; koa, 

 to mourn. Mq. : koakoa, oaoa, joy, 

 happiness, mirth, content, satisfied ; 

 koa, to mourn. Ta.: oaoa, joy, 

 gladness. 

 "After the first expressions of joy, which 

 the South Sea islanders invariably show 

 by weeping." Williams "Missionary 

 Enterprises," page 385. In Nuclear Poly- 

 nesia this is found only in the Samoan, 

 therefore we regard it as Tongafiti stuff 

 held on loan. 

 koe 1 thou, you. 



to koe, ta koe, thine, yours. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq. : koe, thou, you. Ta. : 

 oe, id. 

 koe 2 not (kore). 



hakarite koe, unequal. 

 kohau shaft of a lance, 

 kohe vave kai kohe, inaccessible. 

 kohaga a pear shaped wooden ornament 

 worn by women in the dance Q. 



