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PHILOLOGY. 



Tafiti (?), tawiti, N. Z., far, distant; 

 tahiti, Haw., a foreign country. (Qu. 

 hence the name given by the first colo- 

 nists from Samoa to the island of 

 Tahiti, " the far, or foreign land" 1) 



TafitO, Sam., tawito, N. Z., tahito, Tah. 

 Haw., taito, Rar. Mang., old, ancient. 



Tdfold, Sam. Fak., tofod, Tong., tohora, 

 N. Z. Tah. Haw., a whale ; tahod, 

 Nuk., a porpoise. 



Tafu, Sam. Tong., tahu, Tah. Haw., tau, 

 Rar., tahuna, N. Z., to light, to kindle, 

 as a fire. 



Tahu, N. Z., a husband ; Haw., a guar- 

 dian, keeper, nurse. 



Tahua (qu. ?), Tah. Haw. Nuk., an open, 

 clear space, a public square. 



Tai, Sam. Fak., a collective particle. 

 (Gram. 14.) 



Tai, Tong., te, N. Z. Mang., not, a nega- 

 tive prefixed to adjectives. (Gram. 

 63.) 



Taka, Tong., to go round, to stand round 

 about, to turn round, to trundle, roll 

 along on the ground, a top, the wheel 

 of a carriage, &c. ; N. Z., to move 

 round, to change round, as the wind, 

 to fall ; ta'a, Tah. Haw., to roll over, 

 to roll down, to fall, to move off, de- 

 part ; Haw., a top ; ta'a-lolo, Sam., to 

 disperse (cerem.) ; taa-hde, Haw., to 

 go round ; potaka, Mang., potakataka, 

 N. Z., round, to go round ; porotaka, 

 N. Z., round, annular ; takako, Rar., 

 to encompass. 



Hoo-taa, Haw., to roll off, to remove; 

 haataa, Tah., akataka, Rar., to sepa- 

 rate, put asunder. 



Takai, Fak. Tong. N. Z., taai, Tah. 

 Haw., to bind round, to gird ; Sam., to 

 roll up. 



Takao, Mang. Nuk., to speak, tell, 

 word, information ; taao, Haw., a le- 

 gend, story. 



Takapau, Tong. N.Z., ta'apau, Sam., a 

 floor-mat, a sleeping-mat. 



Taki, Fak. Tong. Mang., ta'i, Sam. Tah. 

 Haw., to convey, bring along, lead, 

 direct, pilot ; taki, Nuk., to take out. 

 Fetaki, Tong.,fetai, Sam., tutaki, N. Z. 

 Mang., to meet; tutaki, Rar., to pay, 

 reward. 

 Fakafetai (?), Tong., fa'afetai, Sam., 



wakawetai, N. Z., to thank. 

 Matakitaki, N. Z., mataitai or matai, 

 to look on as a spectator, to examine, 

 inspect. 



TakdtO, tokoto, Tong., taoto, Sam., to lie 

 down, repose ; takoto, N. Z., to lie 

 down, to lay down, put down ; tokoto, 

 Mang., to put down, lay down, cease, 

 terminate ; taoto, Tah., to sleep, re- 

 pose. 



Tata, Tong., to speak, tell, bid; tala, 

 Sam., conversation, news, tautala, 

 to talk ; tala, Haw., taa, Nuk., to pro- 

 claim, as a crier, to call, to summon ; 

 talau, Mang., to call. 



Tah, Sam. Haw., tara, N. Z. Tah., to 



loose, untie, set free. 

 Matala, matara, loosed, freed. 



Tata, Tong., tara, Tah. Rar. Mang., taa, 

 Nuk., thorn ; tara, N. Z., the upright 

 poles of a fence ; taa, Nuk., a needle, 

 a fish-spear; tara, Tar., a spear. 



Talatala,taratara,taataa, rough, thorny, 

 prickly. 



Hootala, Haw., taa, Nuk., to sharpen. 



Tala, Haw., totara, Tah. Rar., totaa, 

 Nuk., the sea-urchin, echinus ; totala, 

 Haw., spines of the echinus. 



Talafa, Fak. Tikop. Niua, Vaitupu, beard. 



Talat, Haw., tarai, Tah. Mang., taai, 

 Nuk., to carve, hew, shape. 



Tali, tari, ubiq., to wait, tarry. 



Tali, Sam. Tong., to receive; tari, Rar. 

 Mang., to carry, to bring ; tai, Nuk., 

 to lay hold of. 



