194 THE POLYNESIAN WANDERINGS. 



presence of, before. Maori: aroaro, the front, presence, face. 

 Tahiti, Mangaia: aro, id. Hawaii: alo, id. Marquesas: ao, 

 before, in front. Rarotonga: aroaro, the presence. Manga - 

 reva: aro, the presence, before. Paumotu: aronga, the visage. 



49. 



bafano, fafano, to wash the hands. 



Samoa: fafano, fanofano, to wash the hands and rinse the mouth. 

 Tonga, Futuna, Niue, Uvea: fanofano, to wash the hands. 

 5o. 



bwefe, fefe, oven cover made of leaves. 



Samoa: veve, leaves covered over an oven to keep in the heat. 

 Futuna : veve, name of a mat of leaves of coconut or other plant 

 placed on the viands in an oven to keep them from being soiled 

 by the earth which covers them. 

 5i. 

 boboi, a mask, cover or disguise. 



Tonga, Uvea : fufu, to hide, to secrete, to conceal. Futuna, Niue : 

 fufu, id. 



52. 



bukubukura, full of little swellings, pimples. 



Samoa : po'u, pimple. Futuna : poku, id. Tonga : bokubaku, a scab. 



53- 

 fet, a bird's nest. 



Samoa: fataninga, a bird's nest. Niue: fata, id. Uvea: fatal, id. 



Tonga : bununga, a nest. 

 Nggela: niku, a nest. Bugotu: gniku, id. Mota : nig, to build 

 a nest. 



54- 

 ata, a man. 



Samoa: ataWi, (li'i, small) son, lit. little man. Rapanui: atariki, 

 oldest son. Nuguria : atariki, son-in-law. 



55- 

 mafa, to be broken, cracked. 



Samoa: mafa, ora vaginae aperta. Tonga: mafaa, to open, to 

 extend; mafaafaa, split, cracked, choppy. Futuna: mafaa, 

 broken, cracked. Niue : mafa, mafafa, a crack, a rift. Hawaii: 

 maha, to make a rent or hole in. Nukuoro : mahaa, to break. 

 Uvea: mafaafaa, to yawn, to gape. 

 56. 

 niaia, a species of banana. 



Samoa : mamae, one kind of banana. Tonga : mamae, the plantain. 



57- 

 makinikini, to be itchy. 



Samoa: ma'ini, to tingle, to smart. Tonga, Futuna: makini, id. 

 Niue: maeneene{9), to tingle. 

 The absence of the k in Niue is anomalous and points to an association 

 with Samoan eneene to tickle. Cf. 227. 



