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PHILOLOGY. 



ffg, u-ga, to hear. Ko uya te kiwi, do you 

 hear the herald 1 Tia uy, I hear. 

 Tiaki uydp, I don't hear at all. (See 

 nardp.) 



* Uggoe, thou (see ygoe). 

 Uygwa, formerly, long ago. 



*Uoua, to swim. Uoua-mak, to swim 



well. 



Umak, to the eastward. 

 Uoiag, two months. 

 Up, a young cocoa-nut, before the pulp is 



formed. 

 *Ura, red, like fire, glowing (see au- 



raura). 



Vr, lobster (species of Palinurus). 

 Uri, spear set with shark's teeth. 



* Ufa, some, a little. Uta ni tebake, a little 



tobacco. 



* Uteute, grass. 



Uti, to rise, appear, come in sight. Kana 

 uti taaik, the sun is going to rise. 

 Iduai uti te bika, the beach is not in 

 sight. 



* Uto, cocoa-nut. 

 Utua, kite-flying. 



w 



* Wa, canoe. 



Wa-ni-matay, ship. 



*Wa, fruit. 



*Wai, leg, foot. 



Waiwai, reef. 



Waka, root. Wakan te kai, root of the tree. 



*Wakaki, they, them (masculine. See 

 nakaki). 



Wanini, husk of the cocoa-nut. 



Wdrigi (qu. wlriki ?), to count. Warigia 

 te katoka in te kawa, count the land- 

 holders in the town. 



Wall or witii, to shout, halloo. 



Wei, to sew. Tia kana we'ia, I am going 

 to sew it. 



*Wari, those. 



Win, to lie down, to repose. Nayinokou 

 win, I am going to lie down. 



Wirara, rainbow. 



Witia \wudia, widia, eti], to carry, bring, 

 take. Witia-mai te idu, bring me 

 the needle. Ko korokoro in witiam, 

 thou art strong in thy carrying. 



