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tanu to bury, to plant, to sow seed, to inter, 

 to implant, to conceal. 

 tagata tanukai, farmer. 

 tanuaga burial. 



tanuaga papaku, funeral. 

 tanuga plantation. 

 tanuhaga funeral, tomb. 

 P Pau.: tanu, to cultivate. Mgv.: tanu, 

 to plant, to bury. Mq.: tanu, to 

 plant, to sow. Ta. : tanu, to plant, 

 to sow, to bury. (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, 308.) 

 tao 1 to cook in an oven, to sacrifice. 



P Mgv., Mq., Ta. : tao, to cook in an oven. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 248.) 

 tao 2 to carry away. 



tao 3 abscess, bubo, scrofula, boil, gangrene, 

 ulcer, inflammation, sore. 

 Mgv.: taotaovere, small red spots show- 

 ing the approach of death. Mq. : 

 toopuku, toopuu, boil, wart, tumor. 

 Ta.:taapu,taapuu, scrofula onneck 

 and chin. 

 taora convulsive, convulsion. 

 tapa 1 border, fringe, edge, groin, cloth, 

 clothing, dress, garment. 

 tatapa lateral, bank. 

 tapatapa edge. 

 P Mgv. : tapa, the edge of bast cloth, bast 

 cloth in general. Mq.: tapa, fringe, 

 cloth. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 248.) 

 tapa 2 to name, to mention, to count, to cal- 

 culate, to reckon, to number, to 

 figure up, to recapitulate. 

 tapa ki te igoa, to take a census. 

 tapa igoa, list. 

 tatapa to count, to number, to reckon. 

 tapatapa to mention. 

 P Mgv. : tapa, to give a pet name. Mq. : 

 tapatapa, to recite, to invoke ; tatapa, 

 to take the name of some one, 

 to announce by name. Ta.: topa, 

 to call by name. 

 tapani chisel, scissors, chopper, to shear, 



comb. 

 taperenakero tabernacle. 

 tapoke to go hither and thither, to stumble, 



to trip, to waver. 

 (tapona) hakatapona irresolute, to talk to 



oneself. 

 tapu to forbid, to prohibit, sacred, holy. 

 hakatapu to forbid, to prohibit, to 

 make holy, to consecrate. 

 P Pau.: tapu, to swear; fakatapu, to give 

 sanction to. Mgv., Mq., Ta. : tapu, 

 sacred, holy, forbidden, prohibited. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 263.) 

 tapua holy. 

 tapuna (tupuna). 

 tara 1 dollar. 



moni tara, id. 

 tara 2 thorn, spine, horn. 



taratara prickly, rough, full of rocks. 



P Pau.: taratara, a ray, a beam; tare, a 



spine, a thorn. Mgv. : tara, spine, 



thorn, horn, crest, fishbone. Mq.: 



tara 2 continued. 



tad, spine, needle, thorn, sharp 

 point, dart, harpoon. Ta. : tara, 

 spine, horn, spur. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 238.) 

 tara 3 to announce, to proclaim, to promul- 

 gate, to call, to slander. 

 tatara to make a genealogy. 

 P Pau. : fakatara, to enjoin. Mq. : tad, to 

 cry, to call. 

 tarai 1 deluge, sound of water. 

 ua tarai, a smart shower. 

 tarai 2 to carve, to square, to rough-hew, 

 to shape. 

 taraia rough-hewn. 

 P Pau.: tarai, to cut, to hew, to carve. 

 Mgv. : tarai, to rough-hew, to carve. 

 Mq. : tadi, to cut, to rough-hew, 

 to work wood or stone. Ta. : 

 tara i, to cut, to fashion. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 310.) 

 tarake maize. 

 tari 1 to pluck, to gather, to reap, to load. 



kai taria te kai, abundance. 

 tari 2 to lead, to carry. 



hakatari to conduct, to guide, to direct, 

 to escort, to carry, to bring, to pay. 

 hakatari miro, pilot. 

 hakatariga payment. 

 T Pau. : tari, to carry. Mgv. : tari, to 

 carry, to transport; a katari, to lead, 

 to accompany. Mq.: tai, to carry. 

 Ta. : tari, to carry. 

 I am never cordially inclined to suggest 

 that there is such a thing as a "natural 

 metaphor," which some students have 

 employed, for the habit of thought varies 

 in gross and in every minute detail 

 between the undeveloped savage of these 

 islands and the European. But we may 

 note an interesting parallel: in English 

 we may say "take me to Boston" and 

 "take the barrel to Boston," lead and 

 carry in the same word. Accordingly we 

 need not segregate these senses in this 

 stem. 

 tariga ear, earring. 



tariga hakarogo, faithful, observant, 



submissive. 

 tariga kikiu, din, buzzing. 

 tariga meitaki, to have good hearing. 

 tariga pogeha, deaf, to disobey. 

 tariga puru, disobedient. 

 tariga purua, stubborn. 

 P Pau.: tariga, ear. Mgv.: tariga, dar- 

 ling; teriga, ear. Mq. : puaina, 

 puaika, ear. Ta.: taria, id. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 415.) 

 tarigariga chain. 

 tarirapa to gather. 

 taro Caladium esculentum T. 



P Mgv., Ta. : taro, id. Mq. : tao, id. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 415.) 

 tarotaro to chide, to censure, to curse, to 

 reproach; cross, angry, impatient, 

 irascible, quarrelsome, rude, severe, 

 vindictive. 



