POLYNESIAN LEXICON. 



A, Tah. Rar. Mang., a particle prefixed to 

 nouns and pronouns. (Gram. 11.) 



A.) prep., of. (Gram. 18.) 



A, N.Z. Haw., conj., and. (Gram. 68.) 



A, pron., what? (Gram. 42.) 



A, N.Z. Tah. Haw., an expression to de- 

 note protracted time, continuance of 

 an action, &c. 



A, Sam. Tong., a fence. 



Kau-a, Tong., aua, Tab., an enclosure. 



Afd, Sam. Tong., awa, N. Z., avd, Viti, 

 a hurricane, a storm ; avaava, Tah., 

 to be disturbed by a storm, as the sea ; 

 awaawa, Haw., a mist, spray. 



Afe, Sam. Tong., a thousand. (Gram. 

 30.) 



Afi, Sam. Tong., ahi, N.Z. Haw. Nuk., 

 ai, Rar. Mang., auahi, Tah., fire. 



Afidfi, Sam., efiafi, Tong., ahiahi, N. Z. 

 Tah. Haw. Nuk., aiai, Rar. Mang., 

 evening, (perhaps so called from the 

 custom of lighting fires at that time.) 



Afo, Niua, Tong., ako, N.Z. Haw. Nuk., 

 cord, twine. 



Ai, pron., who? (Gram. 42.) 



Ai or ei, relative particle. (Gram. 60.) 



Ai (?), ai-ala, kai-ala, tai-ala, Fak., no ; 

 ikai, Fak., ikai, tai, Tong., kihai, 

 N. Z., not ; aita, aima, aina, aipa, 

 Tah., aie, aima, Nuk., no, not. 



AltU, Sam. Rot., maitu, Pau., a spirit. 



Aka, Tong. Rar. Mang. Nuk., a'a, Sam. 

 Tah. Haw., waka, Viti, Tar., root of 

 a plant. 



Akl, Tong., eki, Mang., prep., with, (inst.), 

 by means of. 



Aki, Rar., still, fair, as the weather; <zWz, 

 Haw., fair, clear. 



Ako, Tong. Rar., a"o, Sam. Tah. Haw., to 

 teach, instruct ; ako, Nuk., to admit a 

 person into a class or society. 



Aku (?), a'u, Sam. Tah., needle, pin ; 

 aku, Nuk., a'u, Tah. Haw., the sword- 

 fish, gar-fish, &c. 



Aid, Sam. Haw., ara, Tah. Rar. Mang., 

 aa, Tong. Nuk., awake, watchful. 



Alai, Haw.,arai, N. Z. Mang., to obstruct, 

 hinder, oppose. 



Alalo, Sam., to come, used only in speak- 

 ing of a chief; alalai, Haw., to conse- 

 crate, to render sacred by coming in 

 contact with some sacred object. 



Ale (qu. ?), tale, Sam. Tikop., to cough ; 



tare, N. Z., to groan. 

 Male, Haw., mare, N.Z. Tah., maemae, 

 Nuk., to raise phlegm, expectorate, 

 cough. 



Huare, N.Z. Tah., udvare, Rar., spittle, 

 phlegm ; (qu. sua-ale, liquid of cough- 

 ing?) 



Alelo, Sam. Haw., elelo, Tong., arero, Tah. 

 Rar. Mang. ; eeo, Nuk., tongue. 



Aliki, Fak., ali'i, Sam. Haw., ariki, Rar. 

 Pau., ari'i, Tah., eiki, Tong., ariki 

 and akariki, Mang., aiki and hakaiki, 

 Nuk., a chief, noble ; ariki, N. Z., a 

 chief distinguished from other chiefs 

 by a peculiar sacredness of character; 

 vaali'i, Sam., a high priest. 



Alo, Sam. Tong., to paddle, to fan; Haw., 

 to swim, to make the motion of swim- 

 ming. 



Aw, Sam., the inside ; also, in speaking of 

 a chief, the belly ; Haw., the front, 

 face, breast, belly ; aro, N. Z. Tah. 



