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Lata, Sam. Tong. Haw., rota, N. Z., 



tamo, domesticated ; lasa, Viti, quiet, 



contented. 

 Lata (?), rota, a kind of tree, at Tah., 



tuscarpus edulis ; at N. Z., metrosi- 



deros robusta. 

 Lau, la, Sam., lau, lou, Tong., rau, N. Z. 



Rar. Mang., Pau.; rau, rou, Tah., 



law, Haw., an, ou, Nuk., ndrau, 



ndra, Viti, leaf, foliage. 

 Lait-ulu, Sam., lou-ulu, Tong., rauru, 



Rar., rouru, Tah., rowoo, Mang., 



lauoho, Haw., a?<oAo, Nuk., ndra-ni- 



ulu, Viti, hair of the head. 

 Lau-mata, Sam. Tong., eyelash. 



Lau, Tong., surface, area, lau-lahi, 

 broad ; laulau, Sam., a plain, a table ; 

 raurau, N. Z., a plain ; laula, Haw., 

 broad, laumania, level surface. 



L(ZM, Tong., to tell, discourse, reckon ; 

 lauya, Sam., speech, sermon ; launa, 

 Haw., friendly, social,' intimate. 

 Para!/, Tah. Mang., peau, Nuk., to 

 speak ; palau, Haw., to lie, tell false- 

 hood, fioo-palau, to betroth : para- 

 parau, N. Z., to command. 



Lau, Tong.,felau, Sam., to pinch. 



Lau, Sam., aw, Tong., rau, N. Z., ndrau, 

 Viti, a hundred; row, Tah. Rar. Mang., 

 aw,Tahu.,two hundred; lau, Haw., aw, 

 Nuk., four hundred. (Gram. 31.) 



Laua (?), raw&a, Rar., fooa, Haw., noaa, 

 Tah., koaka, Nuk., rawa, Viti, to 

 have, possess, obtain ; rawa, N. Z., 

 possessions. 



Lava, Sam., enough, indeed, exceedingly; 

 rava, Rar., te>a, Haw., enough ; rawa, 

 N. Z., a remainder, to the utmost, 

 exceedingly; leva, Tong., thereupon, 

 indeed. 



Lava (?), fa'arava, Sam., tarava, Rar., a 

 beam in a house, a rafter; kaava, 

 Nuk., a round log serving as a beam 

 along the front of a house. 



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Lavakai(l), ravakai, Rar.,rat>aai,Tah., 

 lavaia, Haw., avaika or avaia, Nuk., 

 to catch fish, a fisherman. 



Lam, Haw., rave, Tah. Rar., rawe, Pau., 

 ave, Tong. Nuk., to take, to take 

 away. 



Laveai, Sam., to protect; rave, Tah. 

 Rar., to do. 



Le, ele, Sam., kore, hore, N. Z., kore, kare, 

 Rar., ore, ere, Tah., o&, Haw., koe, 

 Nuk., no, not. (Gram. 63.) 



W or ^M, Sam., efu, Tong., rete, N. Z. 

 Tah., ra, Rar., fe&w, Haw., ehu, Nuk., 

 ashes. 



Pew, N. Z., dust, to fly as dust; 

 puehu, Tah. Haw. Nuk., pueu, Rar., 

 scattered, blown about like dust. 

 Rehu, Tah., two hundred thousand ; lehu, 

 Haw., four hundred thousand. (Gram. 

 30.) 



Lei (?), /mi, Viti, &/, Sam. Tong. Fak., 

 good. 



Leka (?), reka, N. Z., rekareka, Rar. 

 Mang., rearea, Tah., feo&a, Haw., 

 reAz, Viti, pleasant, delightful, joyful ; 

 eka, Nuk., melodious, pleasing to the 

 ear. 



Taulekaleka, Tong., poea, Nuk., hand- 

 some (applied only to men) ; taulealea, 

 Sam., a young man ; taurekareka, 

 N. Z., a captive, a slave. 



Lek, Sam. Haw., rere, N. Z. Tah. Rar. 

 Pau., to fly ; lele, Tong., to run. 



Lelea, Sam. Tong., to drift away ; rerea, 

 N. Z., to depart. 



Felelei, Tong., to run together, or in com- 

 pany ; farerei, Tah., to meet. 



Wakarere, N. Z., quickly, immediately ; 

 akarere, Mang., thereupon, straight- 

 way. 



Marere, N. Z. Mang., to perish, to pass 

 away. 



Karere, N. Z. Rar., elele, Haw., a mes- 

 senger. 

 Lemo, Sam., to drown ; malemo, Sam., 



