4^)2 BULLETIN OB^ THE BUREAU OF FISHEKIES. 



pa'u-mai-moana, n. A poetic name applied to the bonito. 



pa'u-masunu, n. A poetic name applied to the bonito. 



pa'u-mea, ii. Monacaiitlius melanocejihalus. 



pauli, ((((/. Purple. 



paumutu (?), n. Hemigymnusi iiielajiteriis. 



pe'ape'a, n. A bat; a swift (bird). 



pe'ape'a uli, i(. Fliita.r orhicukiriK. 



pela, II. A name applied to the filoa (Lethrinelhi. miniata). 



pelupelu, /(. Iliiretigiila (■omiiiersoiii. 



pine. /I. A nhoal of young tishi-.«. 



pipi, „. Ahinl.fdnf mdaUiniK. 



pipine, /;. The name of a tit?h. 



poi, II. The name of a small fish. 



pone, II. A name a|>plitMl to surgeon-fishes, Ilepntua speoies. 



pone i'u mumu, n. Ileputus (irhilUs. 



potati (.'), n. Cirrhitus marmoratus. 



pua'a, n. A hog; mata-pua'a, hog-faced. 



pula, adj. Shining, glowing. Pura (Tahiti), a spark of fire; }mra (^Mangaia), having anything like 



dust in the eyes. 

 pulepule, adj. Spotted; striped with various colors. Pulepule (Hawaii), sjiotted, speckled, of various 



colors; hnlehule (Tonga), spotted. 

 pusi, n. General name for sea-eels (Oymnothora.i; Echidna, Leptocephalus). Paid (Hawaii), a sea-eel; 



puhi (New Zealand), a large eel; puhi (Tahiti), an eel; puM (Mangaia), a sea-eel, which bites 



severely, 

 pusi 'ai'aiuga, n. F.rlinhin hilinln. 



pusi gatala, //. CiiniiiuHiurn ,■ /iniiix: 0. fliii-omari/iiiiitnii. 

 pusi pulepule, ;,. (lijiiiiinOinni.i- iimhilalus. 

 pusi sulusulu, )i. Scuticaria tigriiia. 

 pusi tafa'ilautalo, n. Same aa tuna tafa' ilavialo, an eel. 

 safole, ;(. A fish found in salt water, Kuhlia tsmiura. 

 saga, II. Flipper of a turtle, 

 sama, samasama, iidj. Yellow. 

 samasama, /;. Zihrasoinii Jiarescens. 



sami, )(. The sea; saltwater. Goia sami (" sea-snake" ) , Oceanop.i Ititiritlata. 

 sausau, ;■. To flutter the wings. 



sausaulele, n. "To fly fluttering," Dendrocidrm sausokle. 

 sega, n. A paroquet kept in captivity for the sake of its red feathers. 

 segasega, n. Holocentrus ruber. 

 segi, V. To burn a scar as a beauty-spot. 



segisegi, n. Acanthurus tmicornis, a species having brightly colored spots about the spurs on the tail, 

 sele, n. A bamboo knife. Hele (Tonga), a bamboo knife; sete (Fiji), a bamboo knife. 

 sesele, n. A perch-like fish found in fresh water, Kuhlia marginata; when full grown called inato. 

 sila, n. Extremity of rainbow. 

 si'u, n. The name of a fish. 



si'u muti, n. The name of the lalafi {Cheilinus dingnimmn.i) when full-grown. 

 siuli (?),)j. Chaiodon setifer. 

 sisi, n. Eyes of a cocoanut. 



sisitui, n. Amanses scopas, a file-fish with spines on each side of tail, 

 sola, r. To run away; to escape, 

 solasulusulu, r. To flee and hideaway, 

 soloalalo, n. One kind of sea-eel. 

 sue, adj. To be puffed out; to project, as a fat belly, 

 sue, H. A name ajiplied to puffers (Tetraodon). 

 sue mimi, n. " Urinating puffer, " Canlhigaster solandri. 



