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PHILOLOGY. 



band, pupu, to bind in a bundle ; 

 pupu, Rar. Tab. Haw., a bunch, knot, 

 bundle, a band, company ; Haw., a 

 bunch, as of grass or leaves. (Seefu.) 

 Pu, Sam. Tah. Haw., a conch, a trumpet, 

 a musket ; N. Z., a cylinder, musket, 

 flute (i. e. any thing to blow through). 



Puhi, N. Z. Tah. Haw. Nuk., buhi, 

 Tong., bua, Mang., to blow, to puff, 

 hence, to fire a musket, which the na- 

 tives at first supposed to be done by 

 blowing into it. 



Pu, Mang., thick ; pu, N. Z., a pregnant 

 woman. 



Bula, bubula, Tong., vuSe, vuvuSe, Viti, 

 pupuhi, Nuk., pite, Mang., to swell, 

 swollen ; puta, Sam., swollen, large. 



Puepue, Haw., large, plump ; bubura, 

 Tar., large. 



Pud, Haw., to appear at a distance, rise 

 up as smoke ; pua, Nuk., foam. 



Pud, N.Z., bua, Tong., a species of plant 

 bearing a large flower ; pua, Rar. 

 Mang. Haw. Nuk., a flower (seefua). 



Puaka, N. Z. Rar. Nuk., buaka, Tong., 

 pua'a, Sam. Tah. Haw., vuaka, Viti, 

 swine, a hog. 



Puaka, Mang., a beast, animal, excla- 

 mation of displeasure ; buakaka, Tar., 

 bad, vile. 



Puaki, Rar. Nuk., pua'i, Sam., to vomit ; 

 puai, Tah. Haw., to flow out, pour 

 forth ; waka-puaki, N. Z., to cause to 

 appear, to utter. 



Puhi (qu. ?), N. Z. Tah. Haw. Nuk.,^, 

 Mang., an eel. 



Puke, Tikop., buke, Tong.,j9w'e, Sam., to 

 lay hold of, seize ; pue, Haw., to 

 assail, attack, to gain what is an- 

 other's. 



Puke, N. Z. Rar., vulce, Viti, pu'e, Sam. 

 Tah., a hill, mound, heap ; pue, Haw., 

 to " weed out and hill up, as potatoes." 

 Puke, Rar., pue, Tah., a collective 

 particle (Gram. 14). 



Puku orpu'u, Nuk.,puu, Tah., any small 

 globular substance, a berry, a joint, 

 knob, ball ; puu, Haw., a protube- 

 rance, bunch, heap, lump, a lot, 

 portion, a collective sign (Gram. 

 14); mbuku, Viti, a knot; puku, 

 N. Z., the stomach, the block of a 

 ship. 



Bukubuku, Tong., puupuu, Sam., pou- 

 pou, Haw., squab, short and thick. 



Pukupuku, Rar., rough, i. e. covered 

 with knobs. 



Pukuwaewae, N. Z., pukuvaevae, Rar., 

 puuvae, Nuk., the ankle. 



Puu-lima, Haw., the wrist-joint. 



Papa-puku, Mang., puk' or buk\ Tar., 

 the buttocks. 



Pula, Haw., pura, N. Z., a small particle 

 of any thing, a mote. 



Pule, Sam., to decree, appoint, govern ; 

 mbuli, Viti, to appoint a king ; bule, 

 Tong., to order, regulate, govern, take 

 council ; mbure, Viti, a house for 

 public meetings and councils, and also 

 for worship ; pule, Haw., pure, Rar. 

 Tah., to pray, to worship, religion. 

 PUK, Sam., bule, Tong., mbule, Viti, pue, 

 Nuk., a spotted shell, a species of 

 ovula. 



Pulepule, Sam., bulebule, Tong., pure- 

 pure, N. Z. Tah., spotted, variegated. 



Pupure, Tah., a leper ; pupule, Haw., 

 insane, a lunatic. 



Pule-lehua, Haw., pue-ehua, Nuk., a 



butterfly. 



Puli (?), puri, N. Z. (passive puritia), 

 puliti, Haw., to take up, to clasp. 



rultiku or pulou (qu. ?), puroku, Mang., 

 to envelope, wrap up ; pulou, Haw., 

 bidou, Tong., puou, Nuk., to cover 

 the head, to veil, a covering for the 

 head ; pulou, Sam., buloija, Tong., a 

 hat, bonnet, covering for the head ; 

 pulou, Fak., a jacket. 



Pul6tu, Sam., bulotu, Tong., mburbtu, 



