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Toso, Sam., to/to, Tong., to, N. Z. Tab 

 toi, Nuk., to pull, drag ; tot, Haw., to 

 urge, drive, insist. 



TotO, ubiq., blood. 



Tu, ubiq., to stand. (See tika.) 

 Faka-tu, Tong., faa-tu, Sam., pdtu 

 Tab. Rar., to erect, build. (See pa.) 

 T/taya, t/aja, Sam. Tong. N. Z., any 

 thing that stands, as a heap, row, 

 &c., hence, Tong., a collective par 

 tide. (Gram. 14.) 



Tarawa, N. Z., a stand, support, stand 

 ing-place; tulana, Haw., a place of 

 many things together, as a village, a 

 garden. 



Ttt, Rar., appearance, looks, character, 

 kind. 



Til, tiitu, Tong., to cut, to cut off; tua, 



N.Z. Haw., to cut, cut down. 

 Tu, N.Z. Mang., to beat, strike; Haw., 



to hit, strike against ; Nuk., to strike 



with a spear or shot. 

 Tut it, Tab. Haw. Mang. Nuk., to pound. 

 Taki, Tong. N. Z. Nuk., tu\ Sam. 



Haw., to beat, pound, strike ; patuki, 



N. Z., to knock. (See patu.) 

 Tiikia, Tong. Rar. Nuk., tuia, Haw., 



tiaia (for tuia), Tab., to strike against, 



(as the foot,) to stumble. 

 Akatukia, RaT.,faatiaia, Tah., to touch. 

 Tua, ubiq., back. 



Tua-sim, Sam., the back-bone, a chain 



of mountains ; tua-hiwi, Haw., the 



summit of a mountain, mountainous 



country. 



Tua, Viti, a grandfather; tu, Tar., an 

 aged person. 



Matua, Sam. Tong. N. Z. Haw., metua, 

 Rar. Tah. Nuk., matua, Mang., full- 

 grown, mature, elderly ; N. Z. Tah. 

 Rar. , Mang. Haw. Nuk., a parent or 

 uncle (matua-tane, a father, matua- 

 hine, a mother). 



Matua, N. Z., first, beforehand. 



Ulu-matua, Sam., eldest son; oromedua, 

 Tah. Rar., master, elder. 



Tuaka, Viti, tua'a, Sam., tuakana, 

 N. Z. Rar. Pau. Nuk., tuaana, Tab., 

 taituaana, Haw., a brother's elder 

 brother, or sister's elder sister. 



Tuayane (see yane), elder brother, with 

 respect to a sister. 



Tuafafine, Sam. Tong., tuahine, N. Z. 

 Tah. Nuk., tuaine, Rar., taituahine, 

 Haw., elder sister, with respect to a 

 brother. 



Tuai, Sam., a long time ; Tong., slow. 

 Tufa, Sam. Tong. Nuk., tuwa, N. Z., 

 tuha, Tah., tua, Rar., to divide, dis- 

 tribute, share out, give out. 



Tuwa i te huare, N. Z., tuha i te huare, 

 Tah., tutua i te udvare, Rar., tuha, 

 Haw. Nuk., to spit (see ale). 



Tuaya, Rar., a half (i. e. a division) ; 

 tua-tahi, N. Z., first, first part, tua- 

 yahuru, tenth part, tithe. 



TufUTja, Fak. Sam. Tong., tohuya, N.Z., 

 tauya, Rar., tahua, Tah., tahua, Haw., 

 tuhuka, tuhuna, and tahuna, Nuk., 

 one who follows any art or profession, 

 more especially one who performs 

 sacred rites, a priest. 



Tui, Sam. Tong. N. Z., to prick, pierce, 

 hence, ubiq., to sew. 



Tui, Sam. Tong. Fak. Viti, lord, chief 



(prefixed to the name of a place, as 



tui-Aana, tui-Levuka, lord of Aana, 



Levuka). 



Tui (?), tuitui, Tong., tutui, Tah. Haw., 



candle-nut (aleurites). 

 Tube (?), tuketuke, N. Z., tuetue, Haw., 

 ivituke, Rar., tuke-rima, Tikop., the 

 elbow. 

 Tuke-mata, N. Z., tue-mata, Haw., the 



eyebrow. 



Tuke-vae, Nuk., tuetue-wawae, Haw., 

 the heel. 



Tuki, Rar., to', Tah. Haw., to spread, as 

 a report, be published. 



