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Z, Sam., yaohi,Tong., to make. (Se 

 masi.) 



riase, Sam., weak, 'ano-yase, lean ; na 

 hinalii, Haw., soft and thin. 



IQdta, Sam. Tong., a snake; yarara 

 N. Z., a reptile of any kind, a snak 

 a large kind of lizard ; kaka, nana 

 Nuk. (qu. kakaa for yayala?), th 

 large house-lizard. 



Plata, Sam. Tong. Rar., difficult, har 

 (Gram. 78); taiata, Tah., with diffi 

 culty. 



't, N.Z. Rar., ati, Tah., a member o 

 a tribe, as Hati-Maru, one of the 

 Maru tribe; flati- Karika, one of the 

 Karika tribe; ati-Juda, Tah., a Jew 

 (The original meaning was, perhaps 

 a descendant of Maru, Karika, &c.) 



N. Z., to scratch, scrape; natu 

 Haw., to seek, search, look after (i. e 

 to feel about with the hands). 



> Tong., a kind of disease, a cutane 

 ous eruption; yaua, N. Z., newe, 

 Haw., to suffer from illness, be in 

 pain. 



(?), yere, N. Z., lazy ; yere, Rar., 

 nele, Haw., poor, destitute. 

 Mayere, N. Z., idle, slow ; maere, Tah., 

 careful, doubtful, hesitating. 



Mang., tender, soft, yielding 

 to the touch ; nepunepu, Haw., full in 

 flesh, plump. 



e, Sam., yoie, Rar., yofua, Tong., 

 easy, facile (correlative to yatd, 

 Gram. 78). 



Fiolo (I), yoyolo, Sam., a rushing, bubbling 

 noise; yoyoro, N. Z., a noise like 

 snoring, to snore; nonoo, Haw., to 

 snore. (See yulu.) 



ItotO, Sam., to sink; N. Z., to make 

 deep, to sink, as a well. 

 ; (?) ??, Sam., waha-yu, N. Z., 

 dumb; nunu, Haw., taciturn, unsocial. 

 (?), tayulu, Tong., to snore; yuyuru, 



Rar., nuru, Tah., to groan, growl, 

 roar; yuyuru, Pau., to grunt, yuru- 

 yuru, a hog; nurntlu, Haw., to growl, 

 grunt. 



Nu and nunu, Haw., to groan; mayuyu, 

 Rar., thunder. 



Flutu, Fak. Sam. Tong., mouth of any 

 animal, beak of a bird ; yutu, N. Z. 

 Pau., utu, Tah., MM, Nuk., lip, beak 

 of a bird; nutu, Haw., snout, beak. 



O 



O, prep., of. (Gram. 17.) 

 O, Sam. Tong., conj., and. (Gram. 68.) 

 O, Sam. Tong., to go (used only in the 

 plural); o, Tah. Rar., to enter; faa-6, 

 Tah., aka-d, Rar., ho-6, Haw., to cause 

 to enter. 



O, Haw., to extend, reach out the hand ; 

 oo, Sam., to reach ; oo, ta-oo, Rar., to 

 receive. 



Ofa, Tong., owa, oha, N. Z., kaoha, 

 aoha, oha, Nuk., alofa, Sam., aroha, 

 N.Z. Tah., aroa, Rar. Mang., aloha, 

 Haw., love, good-will, esteem, com- 

 passion. 



'; Sam., to have space to enter ; Tong., 

 near, to approach; awi, N. Z., oi, 

 Haw., to approach, draw near. (See 

 kofi.) 



Ofo, Sam. Tong., oho, N. Z., ho-ohuoe, 

 Haw., to wonder. 



Ohana, Tong., a husband or wife, a 

 spouse ; ahana, vahana, Nuk., a hus- 

 band. 



Oka, Nuk., oa, Haw., a rafter. 



Okioki, N. Z., oioi, Haw., rest, repose. 



Oko, Mang., hard, firm, solid; Nuk., 

 strong, powerful, large, full-grown, 

 ripe; oo, Haw., ripe, mature, odea, 

 strong, hard. 



