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PHILOLOGY. 



Lad, Haw., raa, Tab., sacred (perhaps 

 more correctly Id and rd, see sd). 



Lae, roe, ae, ubiq., forehead. 



Lafa, lafalafa, Tong., flat ; salafaZafa, 

 Sam., laha, palaluilaha, Haw., paa- 

 haaha, Nuk., parard, Rar., para/iu- 

 rahu, Tab., rambaramba, Viti, broad, 

 wide. 



Laha, Haw., to extend, spread out, to 

 publish, circulate ; raha, N. Z., to 

 show. 



Lafa, Sam. Tong., spots burnt in the 

 skin ; Fak., a cutaneous disease, ring- 

 worm. 



Lahui (qu. ?), Haw., rahui, N. Z. Tah., 

 ahui, Nuk., to prevent, prohibit, re- 

 strict. 



Lailai (?), rairai, N.Z. Tah., lahilahi, 

 Haw., thin. 



Lakau, Fak., la'au, Sam. Haw., akau, 

 Tong., rakau, N. Z. Rar. Mang., 

 raau, Tah., akau or kaau, Nuk., 

 kaSu, Viti, tree, wood (qu. from kau, 

 stalk, stem?). 



Ldku (?), rakuraku, N. Z. Mang., ra', 

 Tah., to scratch, scrape ; lau, Haw., 

 to feel after a thing. 



Laid (?), lalau, Haw., salalau, Sam., pu- 

 rora, Tah., scattered ; parard, Nuk., 

 broken to pieces. 



Lali, Haw., rari, Tah., wet. 



Lalo, raro, ao, ubiq., below. 



Maualalo, Sam. Tong., moraro, Rar., 

 low, not high. 



Lama, Sam., awa, Nuk., the candle-nut 

 (aleurites triloba), hence, ubiq., a torch 

 or candle. 



Malamalama, Sam. Haw., maramara- 

 ma, Tah., maamaama, Nuk., wza- 

 rawza, N. Z. Rar. Mang., wdma (for 

 maama), Tong., ramarama, Viti, 

 light, lustre. 



Malama,, Haw., mardma, N. Z. Tah. 

 Rar. Mang., maama, Nuk., the moon. 



Lamalama, Sam., to watch, spy ; wa- 

 lama, Haw., to observe, regard, obey, 

 take care of. 



Lamu, Sam. Tong., to chew, craunch ; 



hamu, Haw., amu, N. Z. Mang., to 



eat fragments, to eat what is left after 



a meal ; amu, Tab., to eat. 



Lanu, Sam., ttdranu, Viti, rau\ Tar., 



, N. Z., fresh water. 

 , Tong., a lake. 

 Ranu, N. Z., a mixture, as gravy. 

 La~ga, lalaga, Sam. Tong., r?), raraya, 

 N. Z. Mang. Pau., raa, raraa, Tah., 

 ulana, Haw., to weave, braid. 



(?), araa, Tah., aka, ana, Nuk., 

 light, not heavy ; lana, Haw., to float, 

 swim on the water. 



?), rayatira, N.Z. Rar. Mang., 

 raatira, Tah., petty chief, freeman ; 

 lanatila, Haw., conqueror. 



rayi, lani, lai, aki or ani, ubiq., 

 the sky, heaven. 



Ragi-marie, Rar., fair weather ; N. Z., 

 mild, gentle, good-natured. 



Sam. Tong. Viti, rayo, Rar. Pan., 

 rao, Tah., yaro, N. Z., nalo, Haw., 

 woo, Nuk., a fly ; naonao, Tah., a 

 gnat. 



Sam., rayona, N. Z., to under- 

 stand, perceive. 

 Laoa, Sam., /aim, Haw., to be choked. 



Ldpakau (?), rapakau, Rar., rapaau, 

 Tah., lapaau, Haw., apaau, Nuk., 

 medicine, to physic. 



ipw (?), rapw, N. Z., to search, look 

 for; lapulapu, Haw., to collect to- 

 gether, to pick up, as small sticks for 

 fuel. 



Lapuvak, Sam., a mistake, slip of the 

 tongue : lapuwak, Haw., foolish, 

 worthless. 



Last, Sam., lahi, Tong., rahi, N.Z. Tah., 



rai, Rar. Mang., great, large. 

 Raverahi, Tah., raverai, Rar., many. 



