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purulent matter, putrid, foul, slimy, 

 greiisy. 



Palahu, Haw., decayed ; parail, Mang., 

 worn out. 



Palale, Haw., parare, N. Z., to exert 

 one's self with haste and disorder, 

 tumult, confusion ; parari, Tah., bro- 

 ken in pieces. 



Pdldoa, Haw., paraoa, N. 7.. Mang., 

 patwa, Nuk., the sperm-whale, tooth 

 of the whale, ivory. 



Palasi, Sam., scattered about; parahi, 

 Tah., parai, Mang., to sit, remain, 

 dwell. 



Pale, Tong. Haw., pare, N. Z., to ward 



off", parry, turn aside. 

 Pale, Sam. Fak. Haw., pare, N. Z. Rar. 

 Mang., pae, Nuk., hat, bonnet, veil, 

 head-dress (any thing to keep off the 

 sun). 



Parirau, N. Z., pererau, Tah., wing of 

 a bird ; pelcleu, Haw., a short, wide 

 canoe (see kapa). 



Pali, Haw., part, N. Z. Tah., a precipice, 



also a stronghold. 

 Pali (?), pari, N. Z., to flow, as the sea ; 



Mang., to gush out, to pass out. 



Palolo, Sam., mbalolo, Viti, name of a 

 sea-worm which appears on the reef 

 at a certain season of the year ; hence, 

 palolo, Sam., mbalolo, Viti, paroro, 

 Tah. Rar., name given to two of the 

 months (ante, p. 68). 



Palu, Sam., to dissolve ; Tong., to mix 

 with water; Haw., to lick, lap water. 

 Palupalu, Haw., paruparu, Tah., paru- 

 kana, Rar., soft, weak ; paruparu, 

 Rar. Tah., bruised, wounded, hurt. 



Panaki, Rar., to repair, substitute new 

 for old ; panai, Haw., to redeem, give 

 a substitute, -pinai, to repair, mend. 



Pani, Sam. Tong. N. Z., to besmear, 

 plaster; apani, Tah., moparti, Rar., 



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pnpani, Haw., to stop up, close up, 

 cover over. 



Pani, Nuk., cocoa-nut oil for anointing 

 the head. 



Rar. Pau., pae, Tah., paepae, Haw. 

 Nuk., that which supports or sustains 

 any thing, a prop, stool, stand, &c. 



Mang., paku, panu, Nuk., pano- 

 pano, Haw., black. 



Pao, Tah. Rar. Haw., to dig or hew out. 



Pao, Tah., paa, Haw., fast, firm, fixed ; 

 haa-pao, Tah., to make fast, to fix, to 

 appoint, to keep, to comprehend ; hoo- 

 pao, Haw., to establish, fix ; tapao, 

 Tah., a sign, evidence, confirmation. 



Papa, ubiq., any thing flat and solid, as a 



plank, table, rock. 

 Papapapa, Mang., flat, level. 



Papa, Haw., a row, a rank, a file ; pa- 

 paya, Mang., a line. 



Papa, Tah. Mang. Pau., papalayi, Sam. 

 Tong., foreign, foreigner (applied to 

 the whites). 



Papa-ani, Nuk., " a part of the sky ; 

 also, a term applied by them to iron" 

 (i. e. foreign substance). 



Papaliya (?), papariya, N. Z. Rar., 

 papalina, Haw., paparia, Tah., pa- 

 paina, Nuk., the cheek. 



Papaku, N. Z., low ; pipau, Tah. Haw. 



Nuk., shallow. 

 Papu, Tah. Haw., a plain, a level piece 



of ground (perhaps a corruption of 



papa). 

 Pata, Tong., coarse-grained, one pata, 



gravel (i. e. coarse sand) ; pata, Haw., 



rain falling in large drops. 

 Pati, Sam. Tong., to clap the hands 



together ; Haw., to smite with the 



palm of the hand (see pa, paki). 

 Patiti, Tah. Rar., to fasten ; Haw., hard, 



firm, compact, obstinate. 

 PatU, N. Z. Rar. Mang. Tah. Nuk., to 



strike, to beat (see pa and tu). 



