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Nuk., to hit with a stone or shot ; 

 powa, Haw., to kill and rob. 



Poi, popoi, Tong. Tah. Mang. Nuk., a 

 paste or jelly made of fermented vege- 

 tables (ma or masi), mixed with the 

 juice of the cocoa-nut, or of the dra- 

 ciriia root. (See poki.) 



Pokd (?), boka, Tong., poa, Haw., to cas- 

 trate. 



Pokai, N.Z. Nuk., to fold, roll up ; poai, 

 Haw., to encircle, go round. 



Poki, N.Z. Rar. Mang., p6"i, Tah. Haw., 



covered. 



Hipo/ci, N. Z., tapoki, Rar., tapoi, Tah., 

 pf/i, Haw., to cover. 



Poki, Nuk., po'i, Haw., a paste or pud- 

 ding made of the talo or arum root, 

 baked, mashed, and mixed, (at Nuku- 

 hiva,) with cocoa-nut juice, or (at 

 Hawaii), with water. (See pot.) 



Pdko (?), poka, N.Z., apoo, Tah., a pit; 



pokopoka, Mang., deep, dug out. 

 Tapoo, Haw., to sink, as into water ; 

 tapoko, N. Z., to enter, also, a bag. 



Poko (?), po'o, Haw., upoko (qu. for ulu- 

 poko ?), Rar. Mang. Nuk., upoo, Tah., 

 the head. 

 Ulu-boko, Tong., ulu-po'o, Sam., -gavo- 



kavoka, Viti, the skull. 

 Poko-iwi, N. Z., poo-hivi,Tah., poo-kiwi, 



Haw., the shoulder. 

 Poko-luli, Tikop., the knee. 



Poro, Tah., to proclaim ; Mang., to call 



upon, demand. 



Pola, Sam., bola, Tong., poa, Nuk., 

 thatch of cocoa-nut leaves. 



Polo (?), poloa'i, Sam., poroi, Tah., to 

 charge, command ; poroaki, Rar., to 

 command, commission, to take leave 

 of; poroporoaki, N.Z., to take leave of. 



Polo (?), polofeu, Sam., auporo, Tah., 

 aupoo, Nuk., pepper. 



Pololi, Haw., porori, Tah., pooi, Nuk., 

 hungry, to fast. 



Pond, Sam. N. Z. Rar. Nuk., a knot ; 

 Haw., the parts of a sugar-cane be- 

 tween the joints ; ponapona, N. Z., 

 joint ; pona, Nuk., a bunch or knot of 

 four bread-fruits tied together. 

 Pono, N. Z. Haw., right, just, good. 

 Poyi (?), mboyi, Viti, boy, Tar., po, Sam. 

 Tong. et cset., night (used also for day, 

 in enumerating, as, tasi po, one day; 

 pofia, how many days?) 

 Poyia, Sam., benighted, poyisa, dark. 

 Napo, Haw., to set or disappear, as the 



sun. 



Boyiboyi, Tong., mbopimbogi, Viti, po- 

 poyi, Rar., poniponi, Haw., poipoi, 

 Tah., morning, hence, 

 Bogiboyi, ToDg.,mboyimboyi,Viti, popoi, 

 Nuk., apopo, Rar. Mang. Haw., to- 

 morrow ; apopo, Nuk., some time 

 hence. 



Pouli, Sam. Haw., bouli, Tong., pouri, 

 N.Z. Mang., poiri, Rar. Tah., poeleele, 

 Haw., dark. 



Poao, Sam., fog, mist (qu. day-dark- 

 ness) ; poa, poao, N. Z., smoke. 

 PoTji (?), poni, Haw., popofci, Nuk., to 

 besmear, daub with a coloring matter. 

 Pojji, Rar., poia, Tah., hungry. 

 PopO, Sam., an old cocoa-nut; bobo, Tong., 

 rotten, mouldy ; popo, Haw., a mass 

 of matter of a globular form, rotten, 

 decayed, as vegetables ; popo, Nuk., 

 dust, especially from decayed wood, 

 a fungus. 



Potiki, N. Z., potii, Haw., the youngest 

 member of a family ; potii, Tab., a 

 girl. 

 PotO, Sam., boto, Tong., wise, shrewd, 



cunning ; tupoto, N. Z., suspicious. 

 PotO, N.Z. Rar. Mang. Tah. Haw. Nuk.. 



short. 

 Botoboto, Tong., round ; potopoto, Sam., 



close together, assembled. 

 Poll, ubiq., post. 

 Pu, N. Z., a bundle, bunch, a tribe, 



