POLYNESIAN LEXICON. 



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Tab., Jietili, Haw., thunder (qu. thun- 

 der-bolt, stone thrown ?). 



FdtU, Tab., hatu, Haw., atu, Rar., lord, 

 master. 



Fail, Sam. Tong. Nuk., the hibiscus tilia- 

 ceus, a tree from whose bark the 

 natives make their twine; hence, to 

 tie, to bind ; au, Mang., to bind ; fau, 

 Tong. Fak., frontlet, wreath for the 

 head, cap ; Tab., cap, helmet. 

 Vau, Viti, the hibiscus, also, the cinc- 

 ture worn by the women, which is 

 made from its bark ; fau, Fak., pan, 

 Haw., the cincture worn by the women. 



FaU ([),faufau, Tab. Nuk., unclean, foul, 

 bad ; haumia, Haw., unclean, impure, 

 to defile. 



Fe, fea, hea, &c., ubiq., which ? where ? 

 when ? (Gram. 42, 65.) 



Fefe, Sam., wehi (qu. u-ehe ?), N. Z., 

 hohe, Haw., afraid, fearful. 



Fife, Sam., a disease producing swelled 

 limbs, a kind of elephantiasis ; Nuk., 

 elephantiasis, an ulcer, boil ; wewe, 

 N. Z., helie, Haw., an ulcer, a boil. 



Feke, Tong. Nuk.,_/'e, Sam., he^e, Haw., 

 the squid. 



Fele (?), fee, Nuk., to strangle ; hele, pa- 

 hele, Haw., a noose ; werewere, N. Z., 

 to hang, suspend. 



Fetu, Sam. Tong. Nuk., wetu, N. Z., etu, 

 Rar. Mang., lietu, hetia, Tab., Jietu, 

 hetika, Pau., hotu, Haw., a star. 



Fia, Sam. Tong. Fak., hia, Haw., to 

 wish, want, desire ; fiafia, Sam., de- 

 sire ;fiefia, Tong., pleasure, joy, pride; 

 hiehie, Haw., neat, good, lively ; ieie, 

 Rar., neat, elegant. (Gram. 54.) 



Fill, Sam. Tong., wiri, N. Z., iri, Rar., 



to choose. 



Fill, Sam., an enemy, or rather an oppo- 

 nent at a game, an adversary whom 

 one selects to contend with. 



Fili, Sam., fii, Tong., faufii, Nuk., firi, 



Tab., iciri, N. Z., hili, Haw., to plait, 

 to braid. (See Vili.) 

 Ofili, Tah., owili, Haw., to roll up, twist. 



Filinaki (?), u-irinaki, N. Z., irinaki, 

 Rar., hilinai, Haw., to lean upon, 

 hence, to trust in. 



Filo, Sam. Tong., twine, thread ; fo, Nuk., 

 hilo, Haw., iro, Rar., to twist, thread, 

 twine. 

 Fejiloi, Sam., iroi, Rar., awili, will, 



Haw., to mix, mingle. 

 [It is deserving of remark that Jili, filo, 

 milo, mino, and vili, although, accord- 

 ing to the principles of Polynesian 

 etymology they must be considered 

 distinct words, yet show, both in sound 

 and meaning, a degree of resemblance 

 which cannot be considered accidental. 

 The same may be remarked with re- 

 gard to other words, such as fasi and 

 vase, fele and sele, fisi and fose, kapu 

 and sapo, kave and lave, kole and soli, 

 kosu and asu, fulu and mulu, neke, 

 peke, seke, and teke, peka and teka, 

 lema and semo, li and ti, lua and 

 pita, &c. This resemblance must be 

 ascribed to the natural tendency, in 

 all languages, to represent similar ideas 

 by similar sounds.] 



Finaydlo, Sam. Tong., hinayaro, N. Z., 

 ina-garo, Rar. Mang., hinaaro, Tab., 

 hinanao, hinakao, Nuk., will, desire. 



Fio (?), wio, N. Z., vivio, Mang., hiohio, 

 Pau., to whistle; hio, Haw., eructa- 

 tion, hiohio, " to draw in the breath 

 as if eating a hot potato." 



Fisa (>.),fiha, Tong.,via,Viti,jia,hia,M, 

 Sam. et caet., how many? how much? 



Fisi, Sam., ihi, Haw. Nuk., to peel. 



Fisi (?), fihi, fihifilii, Tong., to entangle, 

 entwine ; wi (contracted from u-ihi, 

 Gram. 4), wlwi, N. Z., rushes ; also, 

 to be entangled in rushes ; flfl, Tah., 

 ti, Rar. Mang., entangling, ensnaring ; 

 hihi, Haw., the running, branching, 



