POLYNESIAN LEXICON. 



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Rar. Mang., ao, Tong. Nuk., the front 

 face, presence. 



Alu, Sam. Tong., ao (or qu. au ?), Nuk. 

 to go ; alo, Tong., to hunt ; aru, N. Z. 

 Tah. Rar., alualii, Haw., to follow, 

 pursue; also, aln, Haw., to combine 

 for mutual assistance, to help. 



Alu, Haw., to relax, be loose, hang down ; 

 aniarit, Haw., toaruaru, Tah., loose, 

 slack. 



Aruaru, N. Z., a small hand-net. 

 Affia, Haw., amanai, Sam., grieved. 



Amo, ubiq., to carry on the shoulder; 

 hence, a burden so carried. 



Amu, amuamu, N. Z. Haw., to revile, 

 abuse. 



An<Z, ubiq., a cave, den. 



Ano, Tah., desolate ; anoano, Haw., soli- 

 tary, still, retired. 



Ano, Rar., to wish, to be willing; anoi, 

 Haw., to desire, to covet. 



Anoyi (?), anoni, Haw., anoi, Tah., to 



mix, mingle. 

 Ann, Rar. Mang. Nuk. Tah. Haw., cold. 



Anit, Sam. Tong., to spit ; anuanu, Nuk., 



spittle. 

 Anuantia, ubiq., rainbow. 



Anufe, Sam., anuhe, entihe, Haw., enue, 

 Mang. ; nufe (prob. anufe), Nuk., a 

 caterpillar. 



a, Sam. Rar. Mang.; haya, N. Z., 

 haka, hana, Nuk., hana, Haw., work, 

 labor, to do, to make ; aya, N. Z., to 

 begin. Aya, Tong., habit, custom, 

 knack ; aya, Sam. Tong., yaya, Viti, 

 disposition, temper of the mind ; haya, 

 N. Z., state, condition. 



(?), ayaaya, Tong., a corpse ; heaka, 

 heana, Nuk., the corpse of a human 

 victim offered to the gods ; heana, 

 Haw., the body of a person slain in 

 battle ; ayaya, N. Z., a human skull. 

 Ayaya, Sam., a spirit. 



Ape, Tong., ane, Sam., ae, Tah. Haw., 

 yonder, aside (Gram. 58). 



A~gi, Rar. Mang., aneane, Haw., a gentle 



breeze, to blow softly. 

 Matayi, Sam. Tong. N. Z. Rar. Mang., 

 mataki, or matani, Nuk., matini, 

 Haw., matai, Tah., Sayi, Viti, wind. 



Ao, ubiq., daylight, as distinguished from 

 po, night; hence, the created world, 

 as distinguished from the ancient night, 

 or chaos; also, a cloud. [The original 

 meaning was probably the sky or 

 visible firmament, from which, by 

 opposite transitions, the two senses of 

 " light" and " cloud" were derived.] 



Aomati, Nuk., the sun. 



Awatea, N. Z. Pau. Haw., avatea, Tah. 

 Rar. Mang. Nuk., noon (i. e. ao-atea, 

 broad day) ; oatea and aotea, Nuk., 

 daylight. 



Awake, N. Z., avake, Mang., the day 

 after to-morrow (i. e. ao-ake, the day 

 beyond). 



Aoa, Tah. Rar. Haw., to bark, howl. 



Apt, Sam., obi, Tong., a residence, lodg- 

 ing-place. 



Abi, Tong., buapiya, Rar., property, 

 possessions. 



Aptapi, Sam., narrow, strait ; abiabi, 

 Tong., crowded, as a road. 



Ase, Sam. Viti, ahe, Tah., puahe, Nuk., 

 iliahi, Haw., sandal-wood. 



Asiosio, Sam., puahiohio, Tah. Haw., a 

 whirlwind. 



Aso, Sam., aho, Tong., a day. 

 Tiaho, N. Z., to give light. 



Aso, Sam., aho, Tah. Haw., the small 

 rods or rafters on which the thatch of 

 a house is fastened. 

 AJio, N. Z., the web of a woof of cloth. 



Aso (?), aho, Tah. Haw. Nuk., ao, Rar., 

 breath ; hence, patience, endurance ; 

 ahoaho, Tah., suffering, distress. 



