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uru I continued. 



hakahuru to set a tenon into the mor- 

 tise, to dowel. 

 hakauruuru to interlace. 



hakauruuru mai te vae, to hurry to. 

 P Mgv.: akauru, to attempt to enter, to 

 stuff, to cram. Mq.: uu, to enter, 

 to introduce. Ta.: uru, to arrive 

 in port. 

 uru 2 to clothe, to dress, to put on shoes, a 

 crown. 

 hakauru to put on shoes, to crown, to 

 bend sails, a ring. 

 uru 3 festival, to feast. 

 uru 4 to spread out the stones of an oven. 

 uruuru to expand a green basket. 

 PS Sa. : uluulu, to remove the stones from 

 the oven before lighting the fire. 

 Fu. : ulu, to arrange the hot stones 

 of an oven in order to put the food 

 to cook thereon. Niue: ulu, to 

 level stones. 

 uru 5 tnanu uru, kite. 

 uruga (uru i) entrance. 

 uta 1 inland, landward. 



paepae ki uta, to strand, to run 



aground. 

 tnouku uta, herbage. 

 P Mgv.: uta, inland, landward. Mq. : 

 uta, uphill from the coast. Ta.: 

 uta, landward. 

 uta 2 to carry. 



uta mai, to import. 

 hakauta to give passage. 

 P Pau.: utaga, burden, cargo. Mgv.: 

 akauta, to put things one on an- 

 other. Mq. : uta, to carry, to trans- 

 port, to conduct. Ta.: uta, to 

 carry, to transport by sea. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 285.) 

 uu acid, to be sharp, sour (huu). 

 uutu to fill. 



P Mgv.: utuhi, to draw water. Ta. : uutu, 

 to fill. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 erings, 242.) 

 uuu red. 

 uva grape. 



(va 1) hakava judge, judgment. 

 T Mgv. : akava, to judge, to pass sentence. 

 Pau.: haava, to judge, to conjec- 

 ture. Ma.: whakawa, to charge 

 with crime, to condemn. Ta.: 

 haava, to judge, 

 (va 2) hakava to speak. 

 P Mgv. : va, to speak. Mq. : vaa, to 

 chatter like a magpie. 

 The Marquesan retains more of the 

 primal sense although the simile is an alien 

 importation. In Samoa va means a noise, 

 in Tonga va is a laughing noise, in Futuna 

 va is the disorderly cry of tumult, and 

 probably it is the initial element of Viti wa- 

 borabora to speak quickly and confusedly 

 as when scolding. Its only identifica- 

 tion in Tongafiti territory is Hawaii wawa 

 the confused noise of a tumult, and Hawaii 

 was itself the terminus of a Proto-Samoan 

 migration. It would not be out of order, 



(va 2) hakava continued, 

 therefore, to distinguish this stem as 

 Proto-Samoan. 

 vaai to alienate, to give away. 

 vae 1 foot, paw, leg, limb. 

 vae no roto, drawers. 

 karikari vae, ankle. 

 P Pau.: vaevae, foot, leg. Mgv.: vavae, id. 

 Mq.: vae, id. Ta. : vaevae, avae, id. 

 vae 2 pupil. 



vae 3 to choose, elect, prefer, promote, vote. 

 vavae to destine, to choose. 

 vaea predestined. 



Mgv., Mq.: vae, to choose, to select. 

 vaea {vae 2) pupil. 

 vaeahatu (vae i-ahatu). 



moe vaeahatu, to sleep sprawling with 

 legs extended. 

 vaega center, middle, within, half. 

 vaega, younger. 



ki vaega, among, between, interme- 

 diate. 

 P Pau. : vaega, the middle. Mgv. : vaega, 

 center, middle. Mq. : vaena, vavena, 

 vaveka, id. Ta.: vaehaa, half. 

 vaehakaroa (vae i-roa). 



moe vaehakaroa, to sleep with legs 

 stretched out. 

 vaehau (vae i-hau 3) pantaloons, trousers. 

 vaeherehere (vae i-here 1) to attach by the 



paw. 

 vaerere (vae i-rere 1) to run. 

 vaero tail of a kite, tail of a bird (uero). 

 T Pau.: tuavaero, rump; kaero, tail. Mgv.: 

 vero, tail. Mq.:wo, id. Ta. : aero, id. 

 In the association of these comparatives 

 we find another instance (see taukete) of 

 the rare loss of a part of a syllable, in each 

 case the vowel a intervening between / 

 and a second vowel. The alternative 

 form in Rapanui, uero, is clearly asso- 

 ciable with the Mangarevan and Mar- 

 quesan stage of the world. 

 vaha 1 space, before T. 



vaha takitua, perineum. 

 PS Mgv.: vaha, a space, an open place. 

 Mq.: vaha, separated, not joined. 

 Ta. : vaha, an opening. 

 Sa.: vasa, space, interval. To.: vaha, 

 vahaa, id. Fu.: vasa, vasaa, id. 

 Niue: vaha, id. 

 vaha 2 muscle, tendon. 



vahavaha id. 

 vahahora (vaha i-hora 2) spring. 

 vahatoga (vaha i-toga 1) autumn. 

 vahi (ahi 1). 



Ta. : pu-vahi, to fish with torche 

 vahio young. 



huaa vahio, young fruit. 

 vai water, liquid, fluid, sap, juice, gravy, 

 fresh water as differing from tax 

 seawater. 

 hakavai to dissolve, to liquefy, to melt. 

 P Pau.: ana-vai, a brook. Mgv.: vai, 

 water. Mq.: vai, water, liquid, 

 juice. Ta.: vai, sweet water, sap, 

 juice. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 339-) .... 

 vaiapuga lazy, slothful, inactive, inert, 



