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neke continued. 



Pau. : neke atu, to change out of place. 

 Mgv. : akaneke, to come near. 

 neku neku ravatotouti, agile. 

 nekuneku to grate. 

 nemonemo independent, independence. 

 (nemu) hakanemu to compress. 



hoe hakanemu, clasp knife. 

 nene pulsation. 



ua nene, the pulse. 

 nene ki te puoko, to shake the head. 

 hakaneenee physician. 

 nenehu (nehu). 

 nenenene 1 agreeable, suave. 



Ta. : nenenene, agreeable, sweet smelling. 

 nenenene 2 intestines T. 

 nenere weak. 

 neranera (? nevaneva, nivaniva). 



mata neranera, drowsy, sleepy. 

 nevaneva mata nevaneva, drowsy, sleepy 



(nivaniva). 

 ?nevhive (? hiva). 



maca nevhive, granite used for stone 

 axes T. 

 nieve snow (neige). 

 nihinihi obtuse. 



tuaivi nihinihi, hunchback. 

 ninihi surge of the sea. 



manava ninihi, colic. 

 hakamanavanihinihi indigestion. 

 niho 1 tooth, tongs. 



niho gaa, toothache. 

 niho iiakakikaa, protruding teeth. 

 niho hakarite, regular teeth. 

 niho hati, broken teeth. 

 niho keekee, protruding teeth. 

 niho kerekere, black teeth. 

 niho momomomo, decayed teeth. 

 niho para, decayed teeth. 

 niho reeree, black teeth. 

 niho ritorito, white teeth. 

 niho uneki, to show the teeth. 

 niho urei, to show the teeth. 

 P Pau., Mgv.: niho, tooth. Mq.: niho, 

 tooth, horn, tentacle. Ta.: niho, 

 tooth, horn. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 302.) 

 niho 2 to speak evil, surly. 

 nihogau to clench the teeth. 

 nihotete to gnash the teeth, 

 (nli) hakanii to enlarge (? hakanui). 

 nikoniko tortuous. 



PS Sa. : ni'o, to do things in a semicircle. 

 To.: taka-niko, circles around the 

 moon. Fu.: niko, to turn about. 

 Niue: nikoa, a halo. 

 ninaa terrific. 

 nini dysentery. 



nininini to flow, to fall into, diarrhea, 

 to pour out, hemorrhage, to leak, 

 to fall drop by drop, to fly off in 

 sparks. 

 hakanininini to water, to pass any 

 liquid. 

 niniko garland. 

 niniro garland. 

 ninitoto (nini-toto) dysentery. 



nira needle. 



nire virgin. 



nironiro garbage. 



niu coconut, palm, spinning top. 



P Pau., Ta. : niu, coconut. Mgv.: niu, a 

 top; niu mea, coconut. Mq.: niu, 

 coconut, a top. (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, 390.) 

 niuhi shark T (niiiki T). 



Mq.: niuhi, a large fish resembling the 

 shark. 

 nivaniva absurd, stupidity, bungler, deli- 

 rium, madness, to err, to wander 

 in mind, folly, foolish, heedless, 

 frenzied, imbecile, senseless, odd, 

 inconsistent, simple, dupe, stupid, 

 flighty (nevaneva). 

 nivaniva te mata, lethargy. 

 hakanivaniva queer, bewitched, stupe- 

 fied, to tell lies. 

 PS Ta.: nivaniva, neneva, foolish, stupid, 

 mad. 

 Sa.: niniva, giddy, dizzy. 

 The duplicity of form in Tahiti is suffi- 

 cient warrant for the same duplicity in 

 Rapanui. Pere Roussel has overdefined 

 the word, a common result of his method 

 from outside, and this has obscured the 

 Rapanui signification. We lack data for 

 a satisfactory comparison, but I venture 

 upon the suggestion that this word de- 

 scribes the situation of one who is not in 

 perfect control of his faculties; he would 

 recognize in himself the physical effect 

 or condition as giddiness or dizziness, a9 

 in Samoan; his friends would characterize 

 his actions as frenzied or any other of the 

 hodful of meanings which Pere Roussel 

 has been at pains to discover. 

 no 1 of (na). 



no te mea, because (of the thing). 

 no te ragi, celestial (of the sky). 

 no ira, wherefore (of that). 

 PPau.: no, of, belonging to. Mgv., Ta. : 

 no, of. Mq. : no, of, for, on. 

 no 2 intensive. 



hakapee no kai hoao, abundance. 

 riva no iti, convalescence. 

 haga no iti, to plot mischief. 

 hare itiiti no, hut. 

 no mai intensive, spontaneously. 

 tuhi no mai, to accuse. 

 hiri tahaga no mai, to go on without 



stopping. 

 topa tahaga no mai, wholly unexpected. 

 Mgv.: noa, wholly, entirely, without 

 end. Mq. : no, wholly, entirely. 

 no 3 exclusive, unique, that and naught else. 

 gutu no, vain words. 

 noho no, stay-at-home, apathy. 

 Mgv. : noa, to do nothing else, without 

 others, unique. 

 noa 1 though, although. 



Pau., Mgv.: noa, id. 

 noa 2 intensive. 



e kore noa, never. 



garo noa, to go on forever. 



