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nu e a, nunu ea, to wipe, to rub ; nunu, a wiper, a rubber. 



Samoa: nunu, to grate down, as turmeric; nuanga, the grating of 

 arrowroot and turmeric. Futuna : nu, nunu, to grate arrow- 

 root. Niue: nu-pia, id. 



Arabic: t'amma, to sweep, to rub, to wipe off. 



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ofiofi, ofi, afi, to be near to, alongside of. 



Tonga: ofi, near at hand, nearness. Futuna: ofi, ofiofi, near, 



close to. Uvea: ovi, id. 

 Arabic: wahaja, wahf, to draw near to, to approach. 



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 rakei, raki, to adorn, to dress. 



Samoa: la'ei, dracaena leaves tied to a stone to attract cuttlefish, 

 to fish with that device, to wear a train, to dress for a review 

 of troops; la'ei'au, to exercise troops at a review, to have all 

 ready for war. Tonga : lakei, leaves made fast to the stone 

 used in catching the catfish as an ornament, to fish therewith. 

 Futuna: lakei, used only of a garment, to have a long train. 

 Nuguria : lagei, to paint the body with turmeric. Mangareva : 

 rakei, to ornament, to adorn, a garland, chaplet, decoration. 

 Rapanui : rakei, an ornament, to adorn, to embellish. 



Ethiopic : lahaya, to adorn, to dress. 



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raku sa, raraku sa, taraku sa, taku-ti, to bind up, to remove one's things 



as in a flitting, to remove, to carry away. 

 Samoa: la'u, to clear off, to carry away; la'u mai, to bring. Uvea: 



laku, to send, to throw into. Hawaii: laulau, a bundle, bag; 



a wrapper of a bundle, the netting in which food is carried; 



lalau, to seize, to catch hold of. 

 Arabic: raka, to dig, to bind up. 



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ras i, tas i, to shave the head, to strip off fruit from a tree. 

 Samoa : lase, to scrape off warts. 



Mota: ras, rasa, to scrape, to scratch, to rub. Malo: rosi, to scrape. 

 Ethiopic: las'aya, to shave. 



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ruru, a cluster; rei, a band of men, a clump of trees. 



Maori : ruru, to tie together. Tonga : lulu, the reeding of a house. 

 Tahiti: ruru, to congregate. Mangareva: rurue, to bring 



together a crowd ; ruruku, to head up leaves. Paumotu: ruru, 

 a coop, a cage ; ruruhanga, an assembly, to collect an assembly. 



Arabic: ra'a, to grow, luxuriate, be congregated; ri'at, a band, a 

 crowd. 



