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clean ; muru, N. Z., to rub, wipe out, 

 obliterate, wash away. 



(?), or (?), itiitKHin/m/i, Sam., to 

 whisper, listless, wearied, unwilling; 

 omuhu, Nuk., mmiiulm, minim, Haw., 

 omumu, Tah., to whisper. 



Kouniiimu, Rar., iJmmii, Tah. Haw. 

 Nuk., anindiiiii, N. Z., to whisper, to 

 murmur together, to grumble ; mui- 

 mui, Sam., to grumble, to be dissatis- 

 fied. 



Mumit, N. Z., mamu, Tah., mamu, 

 in mi/ a, Mang., mitmule, Haw., taci- 

 turn, stupid, sullen. 



Mittu, Mang. Nuk., muteki, liar., silent. 



Murare, Rar., dumb. 

 Mutie, Sam. Tong. Mang. Nuk., tietie, 



N. Z., grass. 



Miitii, Tong. Haw. N. Z., to cut off, cut 

 short, terminate. 



N 



Na, prep., of, for, by (Gram. 20, 69). 

 Na, there, then, that sign of distance in 



place and time (Gram. 41, 52, 59). 



La, ra, ana, and ara appear to be 



variations of this particle. 

 Na (?), nc, Tong., he (used as nominative 



to a verb), naua, they (dual) ; nau- 



tolu, they (plural). 

 Ne, no, Tong., na, Sam. et cset., the 



root of the possessive pronoun of the 



third person singular (Gram. 39, 



40). 



Nd, Sam. Tong. Tah. Haw., quieted, ap- 

 peased, as a child ; faka-na, Tong., to 



hush, make quiet. 

 Na, nand, Sam., liaka-nd, fana, Nuk., 



to conceal (i. e. to hush up). 

 Na! N. Z. Rar., naha! Tah., lo ! behold ! 

 Ndna, Tah. Mang. Haw., to look at, 



observe, behold. 



Na, Sam., nake, N. Z., nae, Haw., but, 



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only ; anake, N.Z. Mang., anae, Tah., 

 only, merely, alone. 

 Na, Tah. Rar., first, beforehand. 



Nafd, Sam. Tong. Niua, a drum. 



NdKU (?), naunau, Sam., to desire, obey, 

 regard , noimon, Tah., to desire, 

 covet ; noonoo, Haw. , to reflect, to 

 think of with approbation (see ma- 

 nako). 



Nanjkll, Sam. Tong., odor, scent ; namu- 

 inunu, Tah., foul-scented. 



NaniU, Sam. Tong. N. Z. Tah., a mus- 

 quito. 



Nanu, Sam., namu, Haw., to speak un- 

 intelligibly, to speak in a foreign 

 tongue. 



Namu, N. Z., to grumble, to murmur ; 

 nanu, Mang., to curse. 



Nase, Sam., nahe, Tah., fern. 



NdtU, Tong., to kneel ; Nuk., to mix up 

 puddings, to wash clothes ; Mang., to 

 dip, soak. 



Nave (?), navenave, Tah. Mang. Nuk., 

 pleasant, delightful, joyful. 



Nea, Rar., neanea, Haw., lonely, desolate. 



Net, ni, here, now, this, sign of present 

 place and time (Gram. 41, 52, 

 59), hence anei, presently, atia-nei, 

 now, to-day. 



Neke (or neki), N.Z. Rar. Mang., ne'e 

 (or ne'i), Tah. Haw., to move, to move 

 along, to remove (act. and neut.) 

 Ne'i, Sam., lest. 



Neva, Sam., poor, destitute ; newe, Haw., 

 to suffer from want ; neneva, Tah., 

 foolish, insane. 



Ni, Sam. Fak., some, a collective par- 

 ticle (Gram. 14). 



Nisi, Sam., nihi, Tong., some; lihi, 

 Haw., a portion, lot (Gram. 12). 



Ni or li, (a number of words having 

 a general connexion in sense, ap- 

 pear to be derived from this root), 

 niania, mania, manie, Haw., ma- 



