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slide, to slip ; hee, Tah. Haw., to slip, 

 glide, melt away, flee ; eke, Mang., to 

 give way, to go to ruin ; Iteke, N. Z., 

 eke, Rar., to descend ; fake, Nuk., to 

 retreat, ebb, as the sea. 



Sefce (?), heku, Tong., eke, N. Z., ee, Tab. 

 Haw., to embark, to mount, as a horse ; 

 hekaheka, Tong., to sit upon. 



Sela (?), held, Tong., fatigue, breathless, 

 short of breath ; hera, N. Z., gaping 

 (qu. gasping ?) ; era, Mang., a pause. 



Sele, Sam. Viti, helc , Tong., Mcfitle, Haw., 



to cut, to cut in two. 

 Mahele, Haw., to divide, to cut off a 

 portion for one ; maltere, Tab., to 

 portion out, to give over, to grant. 



Sele (?), hele, Tong. Haw., a snare, noose ; 

 lii-/-e, N. Z., to tie, bind; ere, Rar., to 

 hang with a noose (see fele). 



Selu, Sam., seru, Viti, helu, Tong., heru, 

 N. Z., a comb ; helu, Haw., to paw or 

 scratch the earth. 



Sema (?), hema, Tong. Haw., ema, Mang., 



left, sinister. 



Hema, Tab., to tempt. Hemahema, 

 Haw., want, need, necessity. 



Semo (?), hemo, N. Z., to slip away, to 

 sink down ; Haw., to get loose, to 

 move away, to loose, to set sail ; Nuk., 

 to loose, also, to catch or overtake ; 

 emo, Mang., unstable, not fixed ; ma- 

 hemo, Tab., slipped off, past away. 



Sen, Sam., to stir about ; heu, Tong., to 

 ward off, to avoid ; heu, Tab., eu, 

 Rar., to open a door ; heu, Haw., the 

 first shooting of beard in boys. [The 

 primary meaning seems to be, " to 

 push out" or " away."] 



Sia (?), faasiasia, Sam., haaheo, Haw., 

 proud, lofty, haughty. 



Siapo, Sam., hiabo, Tong., hiapo, Nuk., 

 native cloth dyed brown ; also, Nuk., 

 the ficus prolixa, from whose berries 



the dye is obtained (which is probably 

 the original meaning ; see koka). 



Sifo (?), ivo, Viti, hifo, Tong., ifo, Sam., 



iho, N. Z. Tab. Haw. Nuk., io, Rar., 



Mang., down, downward (Gram. 58). 



Sisifo, Sam., hihifo, Tong., leeward, 



westward (i. e. down ; see sake). 

 Iho, Tab. Haw., io, Rar., a particle of 

 emphasis, used to form the reflective 

 or emphatic pronouns, myself, thyself, 

 &c., and frequently affixed to other 

 words (Gram. 45). 



Siki (?), hiki, Tong., N. Z., si'i, Sam., 

 hii, Tah., to raise, lift up ; hii, Haw., 

 ikiiki, Mang., to hold in the arms, as 

 a child ; iki, Rar., to select, choose, 

 draw out. 



Siko (?), hiko, Tong., to take up, collect ; 

 Nuk., to snatch or take away ; iko, 

 Mang., to take away, carry off. 



Siku (?), s?u, i'u, Sam., hikit, iku, Tong., 

 iku, Rar. Mang., hiu, Haw., iku, 

 Tong., fu, Sam., end, to finish. 

 Silt, Sam., to exceed, to go beyond ; hili, 

 Tong., to leave off, or finish, to be 

 completed, to put or place upon, to 

 lodge or be fixed, as a body thrown 

 into a tree ; iri, N. Z., to hang from, 

 to rest upon ; iri, Tah., to rest upon, 

 a seat, a table ; Hi, Haw., to strike 

 or strand, as a ship ; to lodge, stick 

 fast ; akairiya, Mang., a lodging- 

 place, dwelling, nest. 



Hairi, Rar., to creep, to crawl ; nahili, 

 Haw., slow, lagging behind. 



liairi, Rar., ahiri, Tah., if, suppose, 

 used only of past time ; (i. e. " that 

 being supposed," suppositus laid 

 down). 



llihia, Haw., offended (i. e. sh eked) ; 

 iria, Tah., angry, irritable ; iriea, 

 Rar., sorrowful. 



Sind, Sam., hina, Tong. N. Z. Haw, ina, 



Mang., white or gray, applied to hair. 



Sina, Fak., sinasina, Sam., hinehina 



