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Haw., the piper methysticum ; also 



the beverage made from its root. 

 Kava, N. Z., the piper excelsum. 

 Kawa, N. Z., kava, Rar. Mang. Nuk., 



'a'ava, Sam., awaau-a, Haw., sour, 



bitter, pungent. 

 Kakava, Tong., kakawa, N. Z., sweat. 



Kava, Tong., ava, Sam., beard. 



Kavake (?), kawake, Pau., avae, Tah., 

 the moon. 



Kave, Tong. Nuk., fowe, N. Z., owe, 



Sam., awe, Haw., to carry, take. 

 Kavekave, Tong., to swing; kave, Mang., 

 ta'ave, Tah., ta'awe, Haw., to sus- 

 pend, hang up. 



-K.6, Tong., V, Sam., thou, used only as 

 a nominative to a verb in certain cases 

 (Gram. 39). 



J\e, Tong., to quarrel, dispute, wrangle; 

 ee, Sam., ie, Tah. Haw. Nuk., to 

 insult, provoke, pick a quarrel. 



Kea, Nuk., ea, Haw., tortoise-shell. 



Kefu, Tong., flaxen ; kehu, Nuk., brown 

 (applied to hair); ehu, Haw., red or 

 sandy-haired. 

 ) N.Z., ei, Sam. Rar., prep., at, with, in. 



Kek (?), kelekele, Tong., eleele, Sam., 

 earth, soil, dirt; kelea, Tong., elea, 

 Sam., dirty, stained with earth. 

 Kerekere, Rar., ereere, Tah., e&e/e, Haw., 

 Aeefee, Nuk., black, brown, dark- 

 colored. 



Keli, Wi, keri, Wi, &ei, ubiq., to dig. 



Kemi, Mang., to depart, disappear ; emi, 

 Haw., to retire, subside, ebb. 



Kese (?), 'ese, Sam., A*;*, Tong., ke, N. Z. 

 Rar. Mang. Nuk., e, Tah. Haw., dif- 

 ferent, other, strange, foreign. 



Keta (?), ketaketa, Rar., eta or etaeta, 



Haw., foul, gross, filthy. 

 Kete, Rar. Mang., 'efe, Sam. Haw., a 

 basket. 



Kete, Tong. Viti, the stomach, the belly. 



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Ketu, Nuk., to jump, to jerk, to excavate 

 with a sudden motion; ketu, Tong., 

 lame, to hobble; etu, Haw., to root, as 

 a pig ; ketu, N.Z., to displace a corpse; 

 ketu, Mang., to seek, search for. 

 Keu, Nuk., Rar., keukeu, Mang., eueu, 



Haw., to move, agitate, excite. 

 Eu, Sam., to remove, as a mote from 



the eye. 



Keu, Nuk., eu, Haw., mischievous. 

 Kl, 'i, ubiq., to, towards (Gram. 21). 

 Kl, N. Z. Rar., I, Tah., full. 

 -KV, Mang., i, Haw., to speak; ki, N. Z. 



Rar., to answer. 

 Ki, Tong., to whistle, chirp, squeak, 



as birds, rats, &c. 



Kia, 'ia, ke, con]., if, that, sign of con- 

 ditional and subjunctive moods (Gram 

 53). 



Kie, Tong. Viti, 'ie, Sam., mat; kie, 

 Mang., ie, Tar., sail of a canoe (com- 

 monly made of mats). 



Kiko, N. Z. Mang. Nuk., io, Haw., flesh, 

 meat. 



Kill, Fak. Tong., jfcm, N. Z. Rar., in, 

 Tah., i/z, Haw., kit, Nuk., skin, bark, 

 rind, also, a file or rasp (originally 

 made of shark's skin). 



Kilikili (?), iliili, Sam. Haw., tonkin, 

 N. Z. Tar., gravel, pebbles. 



Kilu, Tong., 'ilu, Sam., a hundred thou- 

 sand; kiu, Mang., twenty thousand; 

 Fak., a large, but indefinite number ; 

 iu, Tah., a million (Gram. 30). 



Kimi, Rar., imi, Tah. Haw. Nuk., kumi, 

 Tong., to seek, search. 



Kimoa, Tong. Tar., imoa, Sam., rat, 

 mouse. 



Kinald, N. Z., inaki, Mang., iwai, Nuk., 

 victuals added at a meal, as a relish 

 to the principal dish. 



Kini, N. Z. Viti, teniki, Tar., initi, 

 Haw., to pinch. 



Kino, N. Z. Rar. Mang. Nuk., ino, Tah. 



