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PHILOLOGY. 



TaU, Tong. Tab. Haw., to hang, to over- 

 hang, to impend ; tautau, Tong. Nuk., 

 suspended, hung up. 



Tau, Mang. Nuk., to carry on the back. 



TdU, Tong. Mang., to reach, to extend 

 to ; Nuk., to arrive at, come on shore ; 

 N. Z., to meet ; Sam. N. Z. Haw. 

 Nuk., to rest upon, light upon ; Sam. 

 Tab., to fall upon. 



Tau, Tong., to fit, to suit, fit, suitable ; 



tatau, Sam., tau, Rar., tautau, Mang., 



tau (au or tia), Tab., fit, proper, 



right ; matau, Haw., ready, prepared ; 



N.Z. Mang., expert, dextrous, shrewd. 



Matau, Sam. Tong. N. Z., katau, Rar., 



atau,Tah. Haw., right (hand), dexter. 



Tau, Rar., tatau, Sam. Tong., like, 



equal ; fa'atatau, Sam., to compare. 

 Tau, Tong. Tar., enough. 

 Fakatau, Tong., fa'atau, Sam., to ex- 

 change, trade ; akatau, Rar., to cove- 

 nant ; wakatau, N. Z., to meet. 

 Taui, Sam., a reward. 

 Faitau, Sam., tatau, N. Z. Rar. Tab. 



Nuk., to count, reckon. 

 Tau, Tab. Nuk., a collective particle 



(Gram. 14). 

 Tauna, Nuk., a pair, couple ; Haw., 



four, a quadruple. 

 Tau, Tong., taua, Sam. et caet., war, 



to fight. 

 Mataua, Sam., envious, revengeful ; hoo- 



mataua, Haw., to vex, harass. 

 Taukupu, Rar., tau'upu, Sam. Tab., 



the waist, loins. 



Taula, Sam. Tong., an anchor, a cable ; 

 taula, Haw., taura, Tab. Rar., taua, 

 Nuk., a cable, rope. 



Taulaya, Tong., tauraya, N. Z., an an- 

 chorage, a landing-place. 

 Taula, Sam., taura, Tab., taua, Nuk., a 



priest ; taula, Haw., a prophet. 

 Taulaki (?), taulai, Haw., tauaki, Nuk., 



to put in the sun to dry. 

 Taumafa, Sam., to eat (said of a chief) ; 



taumaha, Tab. Haw., a sacrifice or 



offering to a god. 



Tautua, Sam., tauua, Haw., a servant. 

 Tausi, Sam., to nurse ; touhi, Tong., to 



attend, cherish, minister to. 

 Tavatava, Nuk., tawatawa, N. Z. Haw., 



a species of fish (the albriore ?). 



Tavake, Nuk., tava'e, Sam., toae (qu. 

 tawae ?), Haw., the tropic bird ; hence, 

 white, fair, as that bird, applied in 

 Nukuhiva to " natives with white 

 skins," perhaps albinoes. 



Te, Fak. et cat. (le, Sam., te or ta, Haw.), 

 the definite article (Gram. 11, 44). 



Tea, Tong. Tah. Rar. Mang. Nuk. Haw., 



white, fair, pale ; N. Z., clear, open. 

 Tetea, Sam., leprosy ; ua-tea, a shower 



in sunshine (i. e. a fair rain). 

 Atea, N. Z. Tah. Rar. Haw., wide, spa- 

 cious, clear, open. 



Tefe, Tong., te/ie, Tah. Nuk., to circum- 

 cise ; take, Haw., to cut or slit longi- 

 tudinally ; tctehe, Nuk., to extract 

 splinters of bone. 



Teka, Nuk., tea, Tab., Haw., a cross, a 



cross-piece. 

 Teka, Tong., to string a bow ; tea, Tah., 



archery. 

 Tea, Sam., to separate ; Haw., to hinder, 



stand in the way of (i. e. to cross). 



Teke, Tong., te'e, Sam., to push, thrust, 

 drive away. 



Tele (?), tere, N. Z. Tah. Rar. Mang. Pau., 



telepele, Haw., teg, Tong. Nuk., to 



move, glide, sail as a ship. 

 Hoo-tele, Haw., faa-tere, Tab., haa-tee, 



Nuk., a pilot, steersman. 

 Tele, Sam., great, large ; teletele, Haw., 



fat, plump, rotund. 

 Tepau, Mang. Nuk. Haw., tapau, Tah., 



any thing readily fusible by heat, 



gum, wax, lead, &c. 



Tete, Sam. Nuk., tete, tetemi, Tong., 



