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Kafu, Niua, kofu, Tong., 'ofu, Sam., 

 kahu, N. Z. Pau. Nuk., kau, Rar. 

 Mang., Wt, Tah. Haw., clothing, 

 to clothe ; kafn, Tong., bed-coVering. 

 Kahi, takahi (qu. ?), N. Z., takahi, 

 Nuk., toA-ai, Rar. Mang., taa/w', Tah., 

 teehi, tiahi, held, Haw., to tread, tram- 

 ple, stamp with the foot. 

 Kdi, 'ai, ubiq., to eat. 



Fia-kai, Tong., fia-ai, Sam., hia-kai, 

 N. Z., desire to eat, hunger ; hia-ai, 

 Tah., thirst. 



Kaiya, N. Z. Mang., 'aipa, Sam., <wza, 

 Haw., kaina, kaika, Nuk., kaina-ga, 

 Tong., food, a meal. 

 Kaiya, Sam., aiya, Tong., family, kin- 

 dred (i. e. those who eat together) ; 

 hence, kaiga, N. Z., a home, resi- 

 dence, town; kaiya, Mang., kaika, 

 fazza,Nuk.,aza, Haw.,land,country. 

 Kai, N. Z. Viti, a native, inhabitant, per- 

 son in general ; kakai, Tong. people ; 

 'a'ai, Sam., town, village. 



Kaisa (?), kaiha, Tong., keid, Rar. Pau., 

 eid, Tah., tafiae, N. Z., to steal. 



Kaka (?), , Tah. Haw., to insult, defy ; 

 makaka, Nuk., affronting, vexatious, 

 annoying. 



KdJti, N. Z. Rar. Mang. Nuk., 'a'i, Tah. 

 Haw., the neck, properly the nape of 

 the neck. 



Kola (?), kakala, Tong., kakara, N. Z. 

 Mang., kakaa, Nuk., ala, aala, Haw., 

 fragrant. 



Kald (?), kard, Pau., ara, Tah., o&z, Haw., 

 a pebble, a smooth, round stone; ked, 

 Nuk., a stone, or stone pestle. 



Kalaea (?), kaaea, Nuk., araea, Tah., 

 afoea, Haw., red ochre. 



Kalqfau, Niua, ofo/aw, Sam., fau, Rot., 

 the cheek. 



Tong., to cry out, to shout; 

 'alaga, Sam., karaya, N. Z., to call, 

 to summon ; karaya, Rar., to call, to 

 name. 



Kale (?), kare, Rar. Mang., are, Tah., ale, 

 Haw., wave, billow, undulation of wa- 

 ter ; kare, N. Z., kaekae, Nuk., reflec- 

 tion of light from running water, 

 glancing, flashing. 



Kali (?), td'ali, Sam., the spathe or sprout 

 of the cocoa-nut; hakari, Pau., 1w?ari, 

 Tah., akari, Rar., the cocoa-nut ; ha- 

 kari, N. Z., a feast, also, birds'-eggs, 

 roes offish, seed, &c. 



Kali, Tong. Viti, ali, Sam., a wooden pil- 

 low. 



Kalioi (?), karioi, Pau., to sing and dance ; 

 arioi, Tah., a class or society of per- 

 sons who passed their time in festivities 

 and the practice of debauchery, under 

 the sanction of religion ; kaioi, Nuk., 

 a peculiar class of people, under cer- 

 tain restrictions from the tabu ; karioi, 

 Mang., immodest. 



Kalo, Tong., to turn aside or parry a 

 weapon; kalokalo, to shake, as the 

 head; alo, Tah. Haw., to dodge, to 

 elude the stroke of a weapon, to move 

 out of the way ; aloalo, Haw., to turn 

 this way and that, as in fear. 



KamO, Tong., kakamo, N. Z., amo, Haw., 



to wink. 

 Kakamo, Tikop., a flash of lightning. 



KamO, Mang. Nuk., to steal. 



Kanae, Tong. N. Z., anae, Sam. Haw., 

 a species of mullet. 



Kanapa, N. Z. Rar., anapa, Tah. Haw., 

 kaapaapa, Nuk., to flash, to shine 

 forth. 



Kano, Tong., 'ano, Sam., the inmost sub- 

 stance of a thing, the kernel, flesh; 

 'ano, Haw., meaning, signification, 

 moral quality, character, likeness; 

 kakano, N. Z. Nuk., kanokano, Mang., 

 anoano, Haw., seed, kernels. 

 Kano o he mata, Tong., ball of the eye ; 

 kanohi, N. Z., the eye ; onohi, Haw., 

 ball of the eye. 



Kajja, N. Z., to swear, to curse ; anaana, 



