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abu, afu, au, ashes; abuabu, afuafu, to be dusty, to fly in the air (dust); 

 libu, lifu, to be ashy, ash-colored, dirty or covered with ashes, 

 as in mourning for the dead; mafu, a thick vapor like dust, 

 uncleanness (ritual) which makes the sight dim. 

 efu. 



Samoa: efu, efuefu, dust, to become dust. Tonga: efu, dust; 

 efuefu, ashes; efuhia, dusty, covered with dust; fakaefu, to 

 raise a dust; maefu, dust; ngaehu, muddy, turbid. Futuna: 

 efu, dust in general. Niue : efu, efuefu, dust; efuefu-afi, ashes. 

 Uvea: efu, ashes; efuefu, dust. Marquesas: ehu, fragments, 

 to fall in particles ; ehu ahi, ashes ; ehuehu, twilight of morning 

 and evening. Maori : ehu, turbid, mist. Tahiti : ehu, dis- 

 colored, muddy. Hawaii : ehu, spray, steam ; ehuehu, darkness 

 arising from dust, fog or vapor; kuehu, to shake the dust from 

 a mat. Mangareva: ehu, dust, ashes. Rapanui: ehu, fire- 

 brand, ashes. 



lefu. 



Samoa: lefu, ashes; lelefu, to be burnt to ashes; fa'alelefu, to reduce 

 to ashes. Niue: polefu, mist, fog. Futuna: lefu, ashes 

 slacked in water for dressing the hair. Uvea: lefulefu, ashes. 

 Nukuoro: lefu, ashes; rehu, dust. Nuguria: lehulehu, ashes. 

 Hawaii: lehu, ashes; lelehu, to see with difficulty, to become 

 blind. Maori: rehu, mist; pungarehu, ashes; rehutai, sea 



spray; turehu, indistinctly seen. Tahiti: rehu, ashes, soot, 

 powder in general; rehurehu, the dusk. Rapanui: rehu, dust. 

 Mangareva : rehu, reu, ashes ; rehurehu, the morning soon after 

 sunrise; reureu, morning. Sikayana: rehu, lime. Rarotonga: 

 reu, ashes; reureu, dark. Moriori: purungehu, ashes. 

 nefu. 



Samoa: nefu, to be stirred up, turbid, muddy; nenefu, to be dim, 

 indistinct. Tonga: nenefu, twilight, dimness, dim, dull, 



uncertain. Futuna: nenefu, dimness of vision. Uvea: 



nefunefu, darkness, gloom, mist, vapor, turbid, dusty. Maori: 

 nehu, dust, steam; nehunehu, dusky. Mangareva: panehu, 

 to dry up, to wither; paneu, gray, covered with dust. 



Viti : ndravu, ashes ; ndravundravua, ashy ; ndravukasi, dust, dusty ; 

 ndravusa, ashes, to rub the head with ashes. Rotuma : roh, 

 ashes. 



Marina : avuavu, ashes. Arag: taniavu, id. Lakon: tangehav, id. 

 Maewo : ndigevu, id. Fagani, Vaturanga, Nggela, Guadalcanar : 

 ravu, id. Bugotu : pindaravu, id. Nggao: parafu, id. Motu: 

 rahurahu, ashes, a fireplace. Doura : kokorahu, ashes. Kabadi : 

 rauna, id. Savo: lavu, id. Roro: r abu, id. Vni : labu, id. 

 Wedau, Galavi, Boniki : lapukare, id. Duke of York : kabu, id. 

 Taupota: gabuwari, id. Wedau: ai-gabuwari, id. Sesake: 



