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poga cartilage, nostril. 

 PS Sa. : pogaiisu, nostril. 



Since the community of the two lan- 

 guages Samoan has found it necessary to 

 determine the sense of poga by particular- 

 ization, poga-i-isu signifies the poga-'m- 

 the-nose. 

 pogeha to make a noise, to roar, to cry, to 

 decry, to curse, to laugh uproar- 

 iously, hubbub, tumult, to bluster, 

 to prate, to cackle, to talk, head- 

 strong, fastidious, impertinent, 

 importunate, to give offense, impu- 

 dent, insolent, insupportable, obsti- 

 nate, rebellious, stubborn, to resist, 

 to kick, to prevaricate, to trans- 

 gress. 

 tariga pogeha, to disobey, to infringe. 

 vie pogeha, a howling woman. 

 hakapogeha to make a noise, to stir up 

 anger. 

 pohi fury T, rage T. 



manava pohi, contrition. 

 kokoma hanohano manava pohi, to 

 abhor. 

 pohiuhiu boom (of a sail). 

 pohurihuri (pouri). 

 pohutu to disfigure. 



pohutua defaced. 

 poih uihu bowsprit, prow. 



poihuihu miro, stern, poop. 

 poki child, infant, nephew, grandchild, pos- 

 terity, progeny, race. 

 topa te poki, to lie in. 

 poki aana, legitimate. 

 poki gaapu, abortion. 

 poki itiiti, child. 

 poki puepue, abortion. 

 poki lamaahine, girl. 

 poki tamaroa, boy. 

 poki titika, legitimate. 

 poki tuahuri, abortion. 

 pokihaga childhood. 

 PS Sa. : po'l, a name of contempt for a 

 young man. 

 The accented length of the ultima in 

 Samoa po'l and the imperfect sense accord 

 make this identification of no great value. 

 On the other hand it is to note that neither 

 poki nor po'l is associated with any other 

 known stem. 

 poko 1 sound of the sea. 

 tai poko, breakers. 

 pokopoko to slap water. 

 Mgv. : pokokina, resonant, clear-toned. 

 Mq.: poko, to slap the water in 

 imitation of drumming; pokokina, 

 sound of water. 

 poko 2 rut, beaten path. 



P Pau.: poko, hollow; pokopoko, concave, 

 to excavate. Mgv.: poko, to dig, 

 to excavate, to hollow out. Mq. : 

 pokoko, to crack open; pokona, to 

 hollow out, to excavate. Ta.: 

 poopoo, hollow, deep. 

 poko 3 infernal. 



pokoga hell, infernal, cave. 



poko 3 continued. 



topa ki te pokoga, to damn (lit: go 

 down to hell.) 

 Mq.: pokona, cavity, hole. 

 pokoo I toothache. 



Mq.: pokona, caries. 

 pokoo 2 to unsheathe, to draw out. 



pokoo mai, to arrive. 

 pokopoko 1 womb. 



PS Sa. : po'opo'o, clitoris. Mq. : poko- 

 poko, pudendum muliebre. 

 pokopoko 2 pokopoko vae, footprints. 

 pokopoko 3 concave, deep, ditch, mys- 

 terious. 

 pokopoko ihu, nostril (Ta.: poopoo 



ihu). 

 pokopoko ke, fathomless. 

 pokopoko taheta, concave. 

 hakapokopoko to deepen. 

 pokupoku to overthrow, to capsize. 

 (ponoko) hakaponoko monkey, grimace. 

 poopo whitebait T. 



Mgv. : popo, fry of the fish arua. Mq. : 

 popo, a small fish, fry of the uua. 

 popo 1 waves which strike one another. 

 P Pau.: po-karakara, to strike the hands 

 together. Mgv.: po-kara, to clap 

 the hands loudly and gently in 

 alternation. Ta. : popo, to clap the 

 hands. 

 popo 2 to wrap up, to bundle, to preserve, 

 to put in safety. 

 Pau. : hakapopo, to make into a ball. 

 Mgv.: popo, to take care of a fish 

 net. 

 popohaga morning. 



popohaga atatehe, id. 

 Mq.: popoui, id. 

 popokai (popo 2-kai 4) hare popokai, store- 

 house. 

 popopopo to deteriorate. 



P Mgv.: popopopo, entirely rotten, de- 

 cayed. Mq.: popo, worm-eaten, 

 decayed. 

 poporakau (popo 2-rakau 2) store, ware- 

 house. 

 poporo a berry whose juice is mixed with 

 ashes of ti leaves in tattooing. 

 Ta. : oporo, a capsicum plant. 

 The Tahiti oporo is not a degradation of 

 poporo but is the original poro stem aug- 

 mented by that o which in Tahiti is word- 

 formative in a sense too elusive to find 

 expression in European ideas. 

 poporohiva milk thistle T. 

 popoto (poto). 

 poraa (po 2-raa 2) day. 

 poreko to lie in, to give birth, to procreate, 

 to be born, to bear, birth. 

 poreko hakahou (iho) to be born again. 

 poki poreko iho, new-born infant. 

 porekoa born. 



porekohaga nativity, a brood, a litter. 

 porekoreko fecund. 

 poremo abstinence. 

 poripori 1 negro. 



