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okorua continued. 



Mgv.: okorua, to replace another, to 

 act as substitute. 

 okotahi {oko $-tahi) alone, by oneself, single, 

 lonely. 

 kai okotahi, to eat without waiting for 

 others. 

 omo rima onto, infidelity, faithless, unfaith- 

 ful. 

 omoomo to smack the lips, to suck the 

 breast, to smoke tobacco, to taste 

 of (ono Q). 

 hakaomoomo to suckle, to pant. 

 Pau. : omoomo, to suck. Mgv. : omoomo, 

 omo, to suck; akaomo, to suckle. 

 Mq. : omo, to suck, to pump, to 

 smoke a pipe, to inhale, to swallow 

 up. 

 one sword. (Cf. oe, dorsal fin; de, sword.) 



Ta.: 66, sword, lance. 

 ono 1 six. 



P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ono, id. 

 ono 2 to pull one another about. 

 oo (oho), 

 ooa cry, noise of a child. (Cf. ohoa.) 



Ta.: oo, borborygmus. 

 oohia absurd. 

 ooku mine. 

 oona his. 



oone sand, clay, dirt, soil, mire, mud, muck, 

 gravel, filth, manure, dust, to dirty. 

 ao oone, shovel. 

 egu oone vekuveku, mud. 

 moo te oone, shovel. 

 oone hekaheka, mud. 

 puo ei oone, to daub. 

 kerihaga oone, husbandman. 

 oone veriveri, mud. 

 oone no, muck, to dirty, to powder. 

 vai oone, roiled water. 

 oone rari, marsh, swamp. 

 oonea dirty T. 

 ooneoone sandy. 

 oonevai clay T. 

 hakaoone to pollute, to soil. 

 P Mgv.: one, land in general, earth, soil. 

 Mq. : one, sand, beach. Ta.: one, 

 sand, .dust, gravel. (The Polyne- 

 sian Wanderings, 250.) 

 ootea noon. 



T Mgv.: avatea, noon, afternoon. Ta. : 

 avatea, noon, from 10 to 3. Ma.: 

 awatea, noon. Ha. : awakea, id. 

 PS Mq. : oatea, day; oatea nut, noon. Sa. : 

 oatea, noon. 

 ootu 1 to draw up, to take. 

 ootu 2 to cook. 



tae ootu, ill cooked. 

 hakaootu to cook in an oven. 

 oou you, thou. 



opata perpendicular, vertical, cliff, precipice, 

 promontory, path among rocks. 

 noho opata, to stand on a cliff. 

 Mgv. : opata, the end of a piece of land 

 at the foot of a mountain. Mq.: 

 opata, cliff, precipice. 

 opatatai shore. 



opeope spiritless, to waste away, to fast, to 

 be hungry. 

 T Mq. : hopi, infirm, ill. Ta.: hopii, the 

 falling sickness. Ma.: hopi, to be 

 afraid, faint-hearted. 

 ora 1 December, January. 



ora nui, November, October. 

 ora 2 to live, to exist, to draw breath, to sur- 

 vive, to subsist, to be well, healthy, 

 safe, to refresh, a pause, rest, ease. 

 e ko ora, incurable. 

 ora tuhai, previous existence. 

 ora iho, to resuscitate, to revive. 

 ora nui, vigorous. 

 oraga life, existence. 



oraga roaroa, oraga roaroa ke, oraga 



ina kai mou, immortality. 

 oraga kore, lifeless. 

 oraga man, oraga ihoiho, vivacious. 

 oraora oraora no iti, to be better. 

 hakaora to draw breath, to revive, to 

 strengthen, healthy, to sanctify, to 

 animate, to save, to repose, to cure, 

 to rest, to comfort, to assuage. 

 hakaora ina kai mou, to immortalize. 

 hakaoratagata Messiah, Saviour. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Ta.: ora, life, health. 



This is essentially Tongafiti despite its 

 presence in Samoa and Niue. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 259.) 

 ora 3 to give water to. 



kua ora te kevare, to water a horse. 

 hakaunu ora, to water. 

 ora 4 to staunch, to stop the flow of a liquid. 

 ora 5 to make an escape. 



hakaora to discharge, to deliver, to set 

 free. 

 P Pau.: fakaora, to set free. Mgv.: ora, 

 to escape. Ta.: ora, to be set free. 



6 to be awake (probably ara). 

 hakaora to guard. 



7 a zephyr, light wind. 



kona ora, a breezy spot. 

 ahau ora, agreeable breeze. 

 Mgv. : oraora, wind in the stomach. 

 oriare miro oriare zigzag. 

 (oriori) hakaoriori profanation. 

 oroina to choke on a fish bone. 

 orooro to whet, to sharpen (horo). 



P Mgv. : oro, to whet, to sharpen. Ta. : 

 oro, to rasp, to grate. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 391.) 

 oru (horu). 

 oruga (ruga). 



(otaota) hakaotaota to slacken, to unbend, 



to crumble. 



P Pau.: ota, residue. Mq.: ota, otaota, 



crumbs of kava, of coconut meat 



when grated and oil is expressed, 



wood dust which accumulates in 



plowing fire, ashes of a pipe. Ta. : 



ota, chaff, refuse. (The Polynesian 



Wanderings, 207.) 



This is found in Nuclear Polynesia, 



Southeast Polynesia, Maori and Hawaii. 



It is not reported from languages which 



we may regard as uncontaminated Tonga- 



ora 



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