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puke continued. 



P Pau.: pukega, a heap, pile. Mgv.: 

 puke, a heap, a pile, to pile up, to 

 heap up, to amass, to assemble, the 

 peak of a mountain. Mq.: puke, 

 a small hill, heap, pile, to accu- 

 mulate. Ta. : pue, to hill up the 

 soil for plants, a heap, pile. 

 (pukou 1) hakapukou a knot, to tie. 

 pukou 2 germ, shoot, to sprout. 



pukou mat, to appear, to arrive, to 

 dawn. 

 puku 1 puku haga oao, east, east wind. 

 puku 2 pubes. 



T Mgv.: puku, clitoris; pukuhou, the age 

 of puberty ; pukutea, a man between 

 30 and 45. 

 puku 3 unripe. 



puku no, unripe. 

 pukupuku green, immature. 

 Mgv. : puku, to be unripe. Mq. : puku, 

 a fruit which has not yet reached 

 its maturity. 

 puku 4 to gorge. 



mahaga puku, to take the bait greedily. 

 PS Sa. : pu'u, to take the whole at one 

 mouthful, to put into the mouth 

 whole. Fu. : pukupuku, to rinse 

 the mouth, to gargle. Niue : puku, 

 to take into the mouth. 

 pukuhina (puku 4) to choke on a fishbone. 

 Pau.: pukua, to choke with a fishbone. 

 Mgv. : pukua, to be suffocated by 

 anything that sticks in the throat. 

 Mq. : pukua, bad deglutition. Ta. : 

 puunena, puufeto, to choke, to gag. 

 Ha.: puua, to be choked, to have 

 something sticking in the throat. 

 pukupuku 1 elbow Q. 

 pukupuku 2 wrinkled, knotty.wen, scrofula. 

 gao pukupuku, scrofula. 

 T Pau.: puku, a swelling; pukupuku, 

 a wrinkle, knotty, rough. Mgv.: 

 puku, a knot in wood; pukupuku, 

 knotted, rough, uneven, lumpy. 

 Mq. : puku, knot in wood, boss, 

 protuberance, tumor, boil; puku- 

 puku, wrinkled, knotty. Ta. : puu, 

 boss, protuberance, swelling; puii- 

 nono, tumor; puiipuu, wrinkled, 

 knotty. 

 pukuraga servant T. 

 puma pu max puma, good night. 

 pumahana heat. 



hakapumaana to heat, to scald. 

 Pau.: pumahanahana, lukewarm. Mq. : 

 pumahana, heat, sweat. Ta. : puma- 

 hana, heat, lukewarm. 

 puna spring, fountain, well. 



P Pau. : mapunapuna, to bubble, to boil 

 over. Mgv., Mq., Ta. : puna, a 

 spring. 

 puneki germ, to spring up. 

 raa puneki, sunrise. 

 punekineki to bubble, to boil. 

 punene 1 to bound, rebound. 

 punene 2 to leak. 



punipuni to dull. 



punua new-born of animals, a bird in the 

 down, small. 



punua horu, suckling pig. 

 kevare punua, foal. 

 mamari punua, chick in the egg. 

 P Mgv. : punua, the young of animals. 

 Mq. : punua, the young of animals, 

 small. Ta. : punua, pinia, the young 

 of animals. 

 puo 1 to dress, to clothe, to dress the hair. 

 puoa clothed. 



puoa tahaga, always dressed. 

 puo 2 to daub, to besmear (cf. pua 2). 



puo ei oone, to daub with dirt, to smear. 

 puo 3 ata puo, to hill up a plant. 

 puoko head, skull, crown of a hat. 

 puoko garuru, headache. 

 kiri puoko, scalp. 

 T Mgv.: upoko, head (men or animals). 

 Mq. : upoko, upoo, head. Ta.: 

 upoo, human head. 

 (Sa.: ulupo'o, skull. To.: uluboko, id. 

 Niue: ulupoko, id.) 

 puopuo 1 to display. 

 puopuo 2 to whip, to beat, to flog, to box, 



to chastise, to maltreat. 

 pupa rat's nest. 

 pupapupa bubble of water. 

 pupu 1 to collect, to accumulate, collection, 

 to embellish. 

 pupu mat, together, in a body. 

 pupu la, a register. 

 pupupu to agglomerate. 

 P Pau. : pupu, society, a company of per- 

 sons. Mgv.: pupu, to amass, to 

 heap. Ta. : haapupu, to class. 

 pupu 2 



puga pupu, branched coral. 

 pupu taura, whiplash. 

 pupugarauahi soot. 

 pupuhi (puhi). 

 pupupuke {pupu 1 -pwfce) a gathering to hill 



yams. 

 puputa (puta). 



(pura) pupura to shine, bright, crystalline, 



to glitter, luminous, lustre, radiant, 



to light, resplendent, splendid, a 



star. 



maea pupura, hard cellular stones 



used in the platforms T. 

 pupura mai, to ogle. 

 pupurahaga splendor. 

 hakapura to illuminate, to make bright, 

 to flame, a torch, lantern. 

 ahi hakapura, match. 

 hakapupura to shine upon, lustrous. 

 hakapurapura phosphorescence. 

 PS Pau: pura, phosphorescent. Mq. : 

 pupua, brilliant, luminous, phos- 

 phorescent, sparkling. Ta.: pura, 

 a spark, to light up, phosphores- 

 cent, to glitter. 

 Sa. : pula, to shine. (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, 329.) 

 purariki tattooing on the back. 



