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kukuo snail. 



Mgv. : kukukuku, a small mollusc. 

 Pau.: kuku, a mussel. Ta. : uuao, 

 uuvao, a snail. 

 kukuto (kutokuto). 

 kumara sweet potato. 



P Pau., Mgv.: kumara, id. Mq.: kumad, 

 id. Ta. : umara, utnaa, id. 

 Under the philology are basic problems 

 of plant dissemination which rob this word 

 of value in such identification studies as 

 these. 

 kume to pull out, to extirpate, to extract, to 

 drag out, to pull, to draw taut, to 

 hoist. 

 T Pau. : kume, to haul, to drag. Mgv. : 

 kume, to pull, to draw, to stretch, 

 to lengthen. Ta. : ume, to draw, 

 to pull. 

 kumi I ten fathoms. 



P Mgv. : kumi, ten fathoms. Mq. : kumi, 

 ten fathoms, twenty fathoms. Ta. : 

 umi, ten fathoms. 

 In Nuclear Polynesia this is found only 

 in Samoan 'umi, and Niue kumi of the 

 same signification. It is quite sufficient, 

 for I cannot see any contact of Samoa 

 and Niue directly save in the Proto- 

 Samoan period. 

 kumi 2 large, great. 



pahu kumi, closet. 

 miro kumi, ship. 

 hakakumi to lengthen. 

 PS Sa. : 'umi, long. 

 kumu to draw back, to withdraw. 

 kunekune blond. 

 kupega seine, net. 



kupega nanai, cobweb. 



kupega maito, a long seine. 



P Pau.: kupega, a string, filament. Mgv. 



kupega, a net, a fishing net. Mq.: 



upena, upe.ka, upea, id. Ta. : upea, 



id. (The Polynesian Wanderings, 



231-) 

 kupu times. 



e hia kupu, how many times? 

 kura tutui kura, shawl. 

 kurakura fair, light. 



hakakurakura to make to blush. 

 P Pau.: kurakura, red, violet. Mgv.: 

 kurakura, red, yellow, scarlet. 

 Mq. : udud, red, ruddy. Ta. : 

 iiraura, red. 

 See note on the color sense s. v. kerekere. 

 kuri cat (gooli T). 



P Pau., Mgv. : kuri, dog. Ta. : uri, id. 

 Mgv. : kuri, cat. (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, 255.) 

 We have here an interesting item to put 

 with a few others as showing the persist- 

 ence of the memory of a name when the 

 object to which it is properly applicable 

 is unknown. Rapanui had neither cat 

 nor dog in its fauna. When the cat 

 appeared it received the name universal 

 in Polynesia for dog, and it will be noted 

 that all ships carry cats because they can- 

 not avoid carrying rats, but a dog is carried 



kuri continued. 



only as a pet, therefore the chances of 

 the cat first becoming known are large. 

 When the dog was introduced it received 

 the onomatopoeia hauhau, its proper name 

 having been already expropriated by the 

 hereditary enemy. This hauhau is really 

 a better onomatopoeia than our equiva- 

 lent, bowwow, for in our usage the appulse 

 is represented by a labial, which is so far 

 from being a possibility of animals that 

 we find the Melanesians scarcely capable 

 of the use of the lips in speech. For other 

 instances of this word memory see the 

 note on karavau, The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, page 388. In Wagap in Indonesia 

 the cat, by way of distant confirmation, 

 bears the dog name, kuli. 



kurukuru to clack the tongue (korokoro). 



Mq.: kurukuru, the glug of a liquid 



issuing from the neck of a bottle. 



kuto a swift canoe. 



kutokuto froth, foam, bubbles, to strangle 

 with water, to mislead. 

 kukuto froth, foam. 



kutoto to make bloody ; to melt (cf . kotokoto). 



kutu louse. 



P Pau.: gutu, id. Mgv.: kutu, id. Mq. : 

 kutu, utu, id. Ta. : utu, id. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 357.) 



ma 1 and, with, in addition. 



P Pau. : ma, together with. Mgv. : ma, for, 

 with. Mq. :ma, and. Ta.:wa,and, 

 with. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 298.) 

 ma 2 shame. 



hakama shame, confusion, timid, to 

 blush, bashfulness. 

 toe hakama, shameless. 

 P Van.: mataki, shame. Mgv.: akama, 

 shame, bashfulness, modesty, shy. 

 Mq. : maamaa, ninny, simpleton. 

 Ta. : haama, timidity, shameful, 

 confused. 

 maa art, experience, competency, power, 

 tact; capable, competent, evident, 

 expressly, manifest, instructed, 

 wise; to know, to learn, to estimate, 

 to recognize, to experiment, to 

 succeed. 

 tae maa, kai maa, ignorant, incom- 

 petent, incomprehensible. 

 tagata maa, a wizard. 

 maa ki, competent. 

 hakamaa to teach, to advise, to in- 

 struct, to initiate, to train, to learn, 

 to study. 

 tagata hakamaa,teacher, preacher. 

 hakamaa ki te evagerio, to preach the 

 gospel. 

 This may be the common ma prefix of 

 condition or ability, which, however, is 

 not elsewhere found in independent use. 

 maaa e maaa, inexperienced. 

 maahaga workman, laborer. 

 maaki {maa-ki 3) sermon. 

 maamaa 1 capable. 



