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plane iron; otaota, Haw., saw-dust, 

 filings, dregs, crumbs ; otaota, Tong., 

 N. Z. Tab., rubbish, refuse ; kola, 

 Viti, the dregs of kava. 

 Kote, Tong., to chatter, gibberish ; ote, 



Sam., to scold ; Haw., talkative. 

 Koti, 'oti, ubiq., to cut. 

 Kotukll, N. Z. Mang., otuu, Tah., ma- 

 tuku, Nuk., matmi, Sam., a heron, 

 crane. 



Oti/tt, Haw., to sit in a meditating pos- 

 ture, with head reclined. 

 Ku, Tong., 'u, Sam., I, used only as 

 nominative to a verb, also the root 

 of the first possessive pronoun in all 

 the dialects (Gram. 39, 40). 

 Kua, 'ua, a verbal particle (Gram. 49). 

 Kufane, Nuk., kuane, Mang., uhane, 



Haw., a spirit. 



Kui, N. Z. Mang. Nuk., mother. 

 KuJlU (qu. ?), N. Z., to put in, mix in ; ku, 



Rar. Mang., to saturate, to fill with. 

 Kukina, Mang., hiccough ; uina, Haw., 



to snap, crack as a whip. 

 Kukll, Tong., VM, Sam., to hold fast, to 

 grasp; kuku, N. Z., any thing that 

 holds fast, as a vice, pincers, tongs. 

 Kuku, Tong. N. Z., VM, Sam. Haw., 



the muscle (shell-fish). 

 Kuku, Viti, the nails, to hold by the 

 nails ; Tong., to grasp, a handful (see 

 matikuku). 



Kuku, Nuk., a green dove; kukupa 



N. Z. Pau., uupa, Tah., pigeon, dove 



Kula, Viti, kulokula, Tong., kura, N. Z 



Mang., 'ura, Tah., via, Haw., kua 



Nuk., red. 



Kula (?), kura, N. Z. Mang., via, Haw. 

 lobster, crayfish. 



, Tong., 'uli, Sam., &wri, Rar. Mang 

 uri, Tah., a dog. 



, Niua, &wra, Rar. Pau., uru, Tah. 

 WM, Haw., the breadfruit. 

 Kumala, Tong., 'umala, Sam., kumara 



N. Z. Mang., kumaa or fo 

 Nuk., umara, Tah., wo&z, Haw., the 

 sweet potato (convolvulus batatus). 



N. Z. Mang., <te, Tah. Haw., to 

 pull, draw out, lengthen. 



(umete, 'umete, ubiq., a bowl, wooden 

 trencher. 



N. Z. Mang., kukumi, Nuk., wmt, 

 Tah. Haw., to squeeze, to extend by 

 pressure, to choke, strangle. 



Tong., ten, used only in numbering 

 fathoms; kumi, N. Z. Nuk., umi, 

 Tah., ten fathoms ; kumi, Mang., 

 umi, Haw., ten (Gram. 32). 

 Kumi, Viti, kumikumi, Mang. Pau. Nuk., 

 umiumi, Tah. Haw., the beard ; ku- 

 mikumi, Tong., the chin. 



Kuokuo, Mang. Pau., uouo, Tah. Nuk., 

 white. 



Kupa, N. Z., to belch; upa, Haw., to 

 devour with greediness. 



Kupeya, 'upega, 'upena, 'upea, ubiq., a 

 seine, net. 



Kupu, N. Z., 'upu, Sam., word, lan- 

 guage; upu, Tah., an invocation to 

 the gods ; kupu, Nuk., to curse, to 

 blaspheme. 



KutU, 'utu, ubiq., louse, vermin. 



Utu-rere, Tah., musquito; utu-lele, Haw., 

 flea. 



La, the root of the pronouns of the third 

 person, dual and plural, in all the 

 dialects but the Tongan (Gram. 39). 



La, ra, a, ubiq., the sun, a day. 



La, Sam. Tong., ra, N.Z. Rar., a, Nuk. 

 a sail. 



La, or laid, Sam. Haw., rara, Tah. Mang., 



branch of a tree. 



Rara, N. Z., a rib ; alaya, Tong., a 

 limb, a haunch (qu. branch ?). 



