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to awake 

 sick 



evening salutation 

 to see 



morning salutation 

 servant 

 to laugh 

 to come 

 to live 

 name 

 to kill 

 to disperse 

 anger 

 to sleep 

 to eat 



Taiimafa " " 



Taute " " 



Taula, pass, taulayia matamata, tioa to see 



Tulci tala,fa'i to speak 



The dialect of Tonga has also several words of ceremony, but not so many as the 

 Samoan. Some of these have synonyma, which are especially used in addressing the 

 "divine chief" Taitonga. The following list was obtained from two high chiefs of 

 Tonga, Tuiiou Tautai and Tubou Latike, whom we met at the Feejee islands. It will 

 be seen that several of them are the same as the corresponding terms in Samoan. 



CEREMONIAL. TUITONGA. COMMON. 



alio taka aa to awake 



alo folia son 



fofoya layi mata face 



huafa kiyoa name 



ilo taumafa kai to eat 



mamata taka tio to see 



mea haere hau, alu to come, go 



moui lelei well, not sick 



ofai hala mate dead 



teyitayi buluhi mahaki sick 



toka ' tofd moe to sleep 



In the other dialects of Polynesia there is nothing of this description. The Tahitian 

 has, indeed, some expressions which are used with a peculiar, metaphorical meaning, 

 when applied to the sovereign. " His houses were called the aorai, the clouds of heaven ; 

 anuanua, the rainbow, was the name of the canoe in which he voyaged ; his voice was 

 4 thunder ;' the glare of torches in his dwelling was denominated lightning, &c. When 

 he passed from one district to another on the shoulders of his bearers, they always used 



