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t/'lit, to erect, sustain, tttpu, to spring up 

 or grow, tumu, trunk, stem, &c. ; and frorr 

 the third, tutu and tuyi, to kindle, lunu, to 

 roast, and ttittti, candle-nut.] 



u 



U, Sam. Tong. [pass, u-tia], uti, Tikop 

 to bite ; uu, Tong., to bite, peck, sting , 

 uti uti, Haw., to vex, provoke, annoy. 

 U, N. Z., to come together, to join, to 

 cleave to; Tah., to strike against, 

 shock. 



Ud, Sam. Tikop. Fak. Niua, the neck. 

 Ua, Viti, uaua, N. Z. Mang. Tah. Nuk., 



a vein. 

 Ua, Haw., hua, Nuk., tana, aua, N. Z. 



Tah. Rar., this, that (Gram. 41). 



Uaua, N. Z., tough, harsh, stern ; uau, 

 Haw., tough, uaua, proud, vain. 



Ufa, Tah., uwa, N. Z., uha, Haw., pufd, 



Nuk., the thigh. 

 Ufa, Tah. Nuk., uwa, N. Z., female of 



beasts. 



Ufi, uhi, ui, ubiq., yam. 

 Ufi, Sam. Tong. Nuk., uhi, Haw., to 



cover over, to veil, a lid, covering. 

 Ufi, Nuk., pearl oyster (see tifa) ; kala- 



ufiufi (covered pebble), Pau., pearl. 



UMM (qu. ?), Tong., small, the young 

 of any animal ; ufi, Sam., the last or 

 younger; u'i, Haw., young, strong; 

 tcaka-uki, N. Z., to strengthen (see 

 liki). 



ill, Tong., to call, name, summon ; fehui, 

 Tong., ui, hui, N. Z., ui, eui, Mang., 

 ui, Rar. Tah. Haw., to ask, inquire. 



Ui (qu. ?), maui, N. Z. Nuk., kaui, Rar., 

 aui, Tah., left, sinister (see tau). 

 , uira, ubiq., lightning. 



Vkt, Rar., ui, Tah., a generation. 



Uku (?), faa-u'u, Sam., to look sad ; 



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u, Haw., to grieve, uhu, grief, lamen- 

 tation. 



Ula, Sam. Tong., hula, Haw., hura, Tah., 



wra, Rar., a kind of dance. 

 Ula (?), ulo, Tong., wra, Mang., wa, Nuk., 



mura, Rar., auraura, Tar., undre, 



Viti, blaze, flame. 

 /&', uftVft, Sam. Tong. Fak., black ; uli, 



Haw., wra, Tah., ui, Nuk., blue. 



C%, Sam. Tong. Viti, the head. 

 Wuaki, Tong., ulua'i, Sam., the first, 



headmost. 

 Uluga, Tong., o/wja, Sam., uruya, N. Z. 



Rar. Pau., uluna, Haw., wrwa, Tah., 



a pillow. 



Uma, Tong., the shoulder; uma, N. Z. 



Tah., umauma, Rar. Haw. Nuk., 



kouma, Pau., the heart. 

 Umata, Tong. Tikop., rainbow. 



Umea, Tong. Sam., clay, earth, dust; 

 Viti, rust. 



/Z0ft', Tong. Haw., a stopple, cork, 

 bung. 



Umu, ubiq., an oven, or pit for roasting. 

 Una, Sam., uno, Tong., unahi, Haw., 



scales of a fish; una, Haw., uno, 



Tong., shell of a tortoise. 

 Unu, N. Z., wwwAi, Haw., unui, Rar., to 



draw out, as a sword from its sheath ; 



unuhi, Nuk., to strip off clothes. 



Uya, N. Z. Mang., akauya, Rar., una, 



Haw., to send. 

 Usa, Rot., uSa, Viti, uha, Tong., wa, 



Sam. et ca.'t., rain, 

 ubiq., ashore, on land, inland. 



, Nuk., aute, Tah., waztte, Haw., the 

 paper-mulberry tree, (morus papy- 

 rifera.) 



UtO, Tong., the brain, the cocoa-nut, 

 when it is about germinating ; Sam., a 

 name for the head, in irony ; Viti, the 

 breadfruit, the heart ; Tar., the cocoa- 

 nut. 



