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PHILOLOGY. 



Tera ko tayiria, what are you crying 

 about? Tia tar/irigo, I pity you. 



Tagitayi, to stick up. E tayitayi riu te 

 mat maiou tan, the dead man's bones 

 are sticking up through the ground. 



Tapa [tap], place. Au tap 1 in te kawa, 

 my place in the town. 



Tapa, a knife ; to cut. Antina tapa ai, 

 whose knife is this? Antina tapaia 

 iaia, whose knives are these 1 Antai 

 tapago Vz te tapa, don't cut yourself 

 with the knife. 



Tapap, a species of shark. 



* Tara, barbed spear. 



Tara, sight, appearance. Tiaki kuna 

 taram, I can't bear your sight. 



Taramaur, offering of food to a god. 



Taratara, to look, to see ; seeing, awake. 

 Tiaki kunan taratarago, I cannot 

 bear to look at you. 



Tarawa, a conical cap. 



*Tari, brother (of a man); sister (of a 

 woman). 



*Tau, satisfied, enough. 



Tau or taua, to take, keep, take hold ; to 

 look after, take care. Tau e te mo o 

 kapeia, catch the hen and tie it. Taua 

 te orak e mairur, keep sickness from us. 



Tau (G.), the game of boxing. 



Tau, ready. la tau parau, ready to sail. 

 (See tawa.) 



* Taubere, fly-brush. 

 Taubuki, top, roof, ridge. 

 Taugara, cinder. 



Tauna, to bury. Ko taunaia la, where 

 wilt thou bury him ? la tian taunak, 

 he is buried. 



Taut, stingy, penurious. 



Tautau, to keep, protect, preserve, take 

 hold of. Tautauir in buirar, keep us 

 from sin. Tautau maiuar, save our 

 lives. Tautau nukau, clasp his waist. 



Tautau (G.), spot on the skin. 



Tautauna, to smother, strangle. Tia tau- 

 taunago, I will smother thee. 



Tawa, ripe, ready for gathering. Iduai 

 tawa te tai, the crop is not yet ripe. 



Tawa, to dry. la tian tawaia, I have 

 dried it. 



* Te, one ; a, an ; the (numeral and article). 

 Teberi, to disturb, trouble. Antai teberia, 



don't disturb it. Ko tebcri, you are 

 troublesome. 

 Tebu, grandparent. 



* Tebuina, ten. 



Teia, to wipe. Teia mom, wipe your face. 



* Tekateka, to sit. 



* Teiti [tit^i, ditgi], a boy ; a person, one 



engaged in any employment, people. 

 Teiti katia bat, a man who builds 

 houses. Teiti tan e te ro, one who 

 keeps the peace. Teiti n'aiine, a 

 girl. 



Tekoe (G.), elder. 



Tenana, one ; another. 



*Teni, three. 



Tenimuimui, a small, young cocoa-nut. 



Tenikabuyabu-ga, sea-urchin, echinus. 



Tenikadaradara, beads (made of wood and 

 shell). 



* Teyaun, ten. 



* Teua, he, that man. 



Tewa, to break. Anoko ni tawaia te 

 tabu, go and break the club. Tewak, 

 broken. 



Tewini [qu. wini ?], shooting star. 



Ti, to stand. Tia tl o tia tekateka, shall 

 we stand or sit? E tl e taaik, the 

 sun is high. 



Tl or tii, to resemble, correspond, agree. 

 Ti te bakir apar ma apami, the size 

 of our land agrees with yours. Ti 

 tuan o terau batar in rauirui, our 

 houses are one and the same in great- 

 ness. Ti te eran -gai ma teua, I am 

 equal to him. Ti-te-eran, the same, 

 similar, equal. 



* Tia, prefixed to verbs and verbal adjec- 



tives, is a sign of the first person, sin- 

 gular or plural. Tia roko mai te 

 maniapa, I come from the council- 

 house. Tia roko -gaira, we come. 

 Tiaki (from tia and akea), I will not, I do 

 not, &c. 



