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WeJiewche, N.Z., to divide, separate ; Haw. , 



to open, explain. (See fast and pae.) 

 VaVGO, Sam. Nuk., wawa, Haw., to shout. 

 Vave, waive, ubiq., quick, to hasten. 

 Ve, Nuk., centipede; we, N. Z., caterpillar. 

 Veka, Rar., vea, Tah., a messenger, 



herald ; u-ea, Haw., a procurer. 

 Veld, Sam. Tong., viela, Haw., werawera, 



N. Z., veravera, Rar., veavea, Nuk. 



Tah., hot, burnt. 

 Vera, Mang., fire, conflagration, burning 



of the grass on the hills. 

 Vele, Sam., vere, Mang., vaere, Tah. Rar., 



vade, Haw., to weed, to clear a field. 

 Velo, Sam. Tong., vero, Mang., a lance, 



to throw a lance ; veo, Nuk., to spear ; 



palwlo, Haw., to throw a lance. 

 Verovero, Mang., a flame of fire ; welo- 



welo, Haw., a streamer, or comet; vero, 



Tah., a tempest, a hurricane. 



Vero, Tah., veo, Nuk., hiawero, N. Z., 

 tail of an animal. 



Vete, Sam. Tong., to despoil, plunder, 

 carry off; vete, Tong. Mang. Nuk., 

 wete, N. Z., to unloose, to undo; wete, 

 Haw., to crack or open, as the joints 

 of a floor. 



Veuveu, Mang., weuweu, Haw., grass. 



Vi, Sam. Tong. Tah. Nuk., the Brazilian 



plum, spondias dulcis. 



Viki, vikiviki, Nang.,witi,witiioiti, Haw., 

 quick, to hasten. 



rth, viri, wiri, wili, vii, ubiq., to twist, 

 to turn, wind, bore. (See fill, jtto, 

 milo, nino.) 



Vii, Nuk., round, to turn round, also, 

 to fall. (See taka.) 



Vini, Tikop., to whistle; vivini, Sam., to 

 crow. 



