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Viti, an island described as a terres- 

 trial paradise, situated towards the 

 northwest, and supposed to be the 

 abode of divinities ; purotu or poratu, 

 Tah. Rar. Mang., poot.u, Nuk., fine, 

 handsome, exquisite, perfect (i. e. hea- 

 venly, paradisaical). 



Rohutu, Tah., terrestrial paradise, coun- 

 try of souls. 



Pulu, Sam., Imlu, Tong., puu, Nuk., the 

 husk which envelopes the cocoa-nut, 

 used for binding, caulking, &c. 

 Pulupuht, Sam., bulubulu, Tong., to 

 wrap up closely, to cover the body; 

 *mbulu, Viti, to cover, to bury ; puru, 

 N. Z., to hold fast, a cork or stopper 

 for a bottle. 



Eitlu, Tong., gum, pitch, or any adhesive 

 substance ; pupuru, Tah., slimy, ad- 

 hesive. 



Puna, Sam., buna, Tong., to jump, spring 

 up, fly ; puna, Mang., to gush up, 

 a spring, fountain ; puna, N. Z., a 

 spring ; Haw., a well, v \l,puna-wai, 

 a spring, mapuna, to boil up, as 

 water out of the sea. 



Puni, Sam., to enclose, as a net ; puni, 

 Tah. Haw. Nuk., pini, Rar., to go 

 round, surround, enclose to close up, 

 finish, complete ; puni, N. Z., close, 

 closed up ; Mang., finished, puniya, 

 a seal (i. e. that which closes up); 

 ta-buni, Tong., to shut, a bolt or 

 bar ; vuni, Viti, to shut up, to con- 

 ceal ; pupuni, Nuk., to conceal ; pu- 

 nipuni, Haw., to deceive. 

 Pun6u, Sam., bunau, Tong., to incline, 



bow down, stoop (see Id, tuloru). 

 Punua, Nuk. Mang. Rar., the young of 

 any animal. 



a, Sam. M&ng.,puka or puna, Nuk., 

 puna, Haw., pua, Tah., coral stone. 

 Pttya, N. Z., pumice, also, an anchor, 

 (which, where coral is found, is usually 

 a fragment of that stone.) 



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PupU, Sam., rocky coast, arched way; 

 Haw., roughly, heavily, kele pupu, 

 to drag a log or canoe through brush 

 among rocks ; pupu-mau, Nuk., rough. 

 Pusa, Sam., buha, Tong., pouaka, N. Z., 



pilui, Tah., pia, Rar., a box, chest. 

 Puta, N.Z. Mang. Haw. Nuk., to rise up, 

 come in sight, appear, enter, an en- 

 trance, an aperture; puta, Tah., a 

 wound. 



Uputa, Tah. Haw., a door. (See pit.) 

 Pute, N.Z. Rar., a bag. 

 PutU, putuputu, N.Z. Rar. Mang. Tah. 

 Nuk. .close, thick together, to assem- 

 ble ; fa'a-putu, Sam., aka-putuputu, 

 Rar., haa-putuputii, Tah., &c., to col- 

 lect, gather together, convene. 



Purverervere (qu. ?), N. Z., punawele- 



wek, Haw., punaveevee, Nuk., a spe- 

 cies of spider. 



[There seems to be a thread of connexion 

 running through most of the words be- 

 ginning with pu; the primary idea 

 seems to be to increase, either in size 

 or number, whence, to swell, enlarge, 

 rise up, flow out, to be joined together, 

 assembled, formed into a bundle or 

 into a heap or into a solid sub- 

 stance, to be united, tied up, wrapped 

 round, &c. &c.] 



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Sa, Sam., ha, Tong., some one. (Gram. 



12.) 

 Sd, Sam. Fak., sacred ; (<?d, Viti, bad, qu. 



sacer, accursed 1 See laa.) 

 Sae, hoe, ae, ubiq., to tear, rend ; N.Z. 



Tah. Haw. Nuk. Rar. Mang., wild, 



furious, contentious. 

 Masae, Sam., mahae, Tah., -gaae, Rar., 



nahae, Haw., torn. 

 SaJca, Fak., sa'a, Sam., haka, N.Z. Nuk., 



ha'a, Haw., a dance. 



