VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



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Tasere, loose. 



Tasi, rotten (used of cocoa-nuts). 



Tasivori, to shave the head. 



Tasova, split. 



Tata, to hack, to cut. 



Tata, a mallet used in pottery. 



Tata, border, hem. 



Tataka, revengeful ; to revenge, retaliate. 



Tatalavi, to warm one's self. 



Tatama, quick. 



Tatara, the cover of a book. 



Tau, a part of a canoe. 



Tau -fa, to place. 



Tau -<?a, to gather fruit. 



Tau -va, to cleave to. 



Tau -ra, to catch, take. 



Tau ! exclamation of surprise. 



Taiifit, drawn forth. 



Taumbialayi, to rain heavily. 



Tauki, a keeper, proprietor. 



Taundonu, early in the morning. 



Tauya (O.), a swinging shelf. 



Tauggayga, strength, vigor. 



Tauri, to eat or drink ; food (cerem.) 



Tautau, to agree ; agreement. 



Tautauvata, like. 



Tautauu-alili, to swing. 



Tau -vu (R.), persons who have the same 

 god. 



Tauwake -na, to take. 



Tava, to cut, make an incision. 



Tavaia (R.), a bottle. 



Tavale, a brother-in-law. 



Ttifn.ngaica, a large axe. 



Tave, son or daughter of a chief. 



Tavi, a task, a piece of work, an under- 

 taking. 



Taxi -a, to strike on the cheek. 



Tavitavi, a broom ; to sweep. 



Tavo, tatavo, to sleep (cerem.) 



Tavofi, flayed, skinned. 



Tavola, that part of the beach which is dry 

 at low-water. 



Tavufu, to rage as the waves. 



Tavuki, to turn about. 



Tavntu, to strike the foot. 



Tavutu (R.), a whale. 



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Tawa, a negative particle having the same 

 force as the English un- ; it is placed 

 almost at will before adjectives and 

 verbs. 



Tawa, inhabited. 



TawaSa, the firmament. 



Tawafawa, everlasting, without end. 



Tawake, a flag. 



Taicakina, to arrange a sail so as to catch 

 the wind, to brace in. 



Tawamundu, constantly. 



Tawdse, divorced. 



Taieayar/a, useless. 



Taya, to cut, to hack (see to). 



Tayana, to spread. 



Tei, to plant. 



Tei, a kind of club. 



Teiteikevu, to go or come down, to descend. 



Teisoso, the flower of the banana. 



Tckevu, to begin ; beginning. 



Teki, not. 



Tele, razor ; -a, to shave. 



Tembeniyusu, lip. 



Tembenikula, mouth (cerem.) 



Temo, calf of the leg. 



Tere -pa, to touch. 



Tele, to stretch out, extend (as branches). 



Teve, to circumcise. 



Tevu -ka, to spread out. 



Tt, very young yam. 



Tika, to roll. 



Tiki, a place, a part. 



Tiko, to sit, to remain, to be fixed, to 

 dwell. 



Tikotiko, a seat. 



Tilatila, to knock. 



Tilo -ma, to swallow. 



Tilou, a word spoken by way of apology 

 for standing up in another's presence. 



Tilotilo, the windpipe (qu. gullet ?). 



Timbi, a flash ; to blow a conch. 



Timea, the large intestines. 



Tina, a mother. 



Tinara, dysentery. 



Tinatinu, tinanitu, a sow. 



Tini, ten. 



Tini -a, to conclude. 



