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PHILOLOGY. 



nia, Tab. Mang. Nuk., maninoa, 

 Sam., marino, N. Z. Rar., smooth, 

 calm, as the sea ; manino, Sam., 

 clear, pure, as water ; manino, Nuk., 

 clear, serene, calm ; maninonino, 

 Haw., the abating of fierce winds; 

 malili, Haw., to be assuaged, grow 

 calm ; marire, N. Z., calm, peaceful 

 (see also malie). 



Niji (?), manifi, Sam. Tong., thin, nar- 

 row; nihinihi, Haw., difficult, straight, 

 a narrow ridge. 



Nifo, niho, nio, ubiq., tooth. 



Nino, Tah. Nuk., to twist. 



Niu, ubiq., cocoa-nut. 



No, prep., of, for, from (Gram. 20, 69). 



Nd (?), nowd, Sam., to borrow; noi, nonoi, 

 Haw. Nuk., faka-noi, Tong., inoi, 

 N. Z. Rar., to beg, to entreat. 



Nod, N. Z. Tah. Rar., common, free, not 

 restricted. 



Nofo, noho, noo, ubiq., to sit, to dwell. 

 (In Tahitian, parahi has been of late 

 substituted for noho). 

 Nofoa, Fak. Tong., nooya, Mang., noho, 

 Haw., a seat. 



Nohinohl (qu. ?), N. Z., noinoi, Haw., 

 little ; nore, Mang., a dwarf. 



Nono, Fak. Sam. Tong. Tah., noni, Haw. 

 Nuk., the morinda citrifolia. 



Nui, N. Z. Rar. Haw. Nuk., great, large. 



Nuku, Mang., place, spot; nu'u, Sam., 

 town, district ; nuku, Rar., nu'u, Tah., 

 army ; nuku, Viti, sand, a sand-bank 

 (In Nukuhiva, Nuku-nono, &c., i 

 seems to mean island or country.) 



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na, ubiq., the plural article prefixe( 

 to nouns (Gram. 14). 



, Sam., to sigh ; naenae, Haw. 

 the asthma, difficult breathing ; kaikai 



nainai, Nuk. (qu. naenae?), exhaust- 

 ed, spent, referring to a person's 

 patience or breath. 



a, Sam. Tong., yd, Tar., aya, Mang., 

 ana, anana, Haw., a fathom. 



(qu. ?), aftele, Tah., yayaere, Rar., 

 nahele, Haw., wild grass, herbage, 

 underwood. 



Tong., ne, Haw., to gnash the teeth. 



Flakau, Tong. N. Z. Rar., the bowels, 

 the viscera, supposed by the natives 

 to be the seat of the mental operations, 

 hence used for the heart or mind. 



, Tong. N. Z., ya'o, Sam., kahua, 

 nahua, Nuk., tonahua, Haw., fat, lard. 



Fldlafu (?), yarahu, N.Z., soot; nanahu, 

 lanahu, Haw., charcoal. 



Flak, Tong., right, becoming, proper ; 

 yari, Rar., good, pleasant, agreeable. 



Sam. Tong., yaro, N. Z. Rar., nalo, 

 Haw., aro, Tah., hid, forgotten, lost ; 

 also, mayalo, mayaro, maaro, with the 

 same meanings. 



Waka-yaro, N. Z., to hide, cover, over- 

 whelm. 



, Sam., yaru, N. Z., nalu, Haw., 

 surf, billow. 



, Viti, a brother or sister; tua-yane, 

 Sam., tuyane, N. Z. Rar., tunane, 

 Nuk., taitunane, Haw., elder brother 

 (of a sister, see tua). 



, Tong., nono, Haw., red-faced, 

 flushed. 



, N. Z., noise, uproar; nana, Haw., 

 to bark, growl. 



IQdO, Sam., the gum, the grinders ; yau, 

 Tong. N. Z. Haw., to chew, to champ 

 with the teeth ; auau, Tah., to gnash 

 the teeth. 



Kahu, nanahu, Nuk., nahu, nanahu, 

 Haw., to bite ; kahu, nahu, Nuk., to 

 scold, rebuke. 



, Sam., naonao, Haw., to steal. 



