THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 45d 



sugale, II. General name applied to wrasse-fishes of the genera Atiiiiiipxi:', Tni/ansomri, and Vluil.nus, 



lueaiiinj; choice, 

 sugale. ,1. GiiiiipliiKiix (rimliv: ThalnxxoDia fufscum; Clieilitiiis iliai)rnni>niis. 

 sugale aloa, /;. Ihiniiiiinnnix iin lnjitn-us. 

 sugale 'ele (?i, ». TJiiil'issinii'i ilnrsnli-. 

 sugale gasufi, n. (Jieiliiias r/ilnninis. 

 sugale sa'a'ele'ele, n. rii<i/asso,itii domi/i'. 



sugale lupe (pule ?), ii. AiuiiniisfK r:n-iilenpviirtahi,\ a lihie-pjicittcd wrasse, 

 sugale mata-mumu, n. CJiiHiiiut: Irilohiifiix. 

 sugale pulepule. //. I'liiilnssninii iliirxiilr. 

 sugale uliuli, ii. f.iihi-irhlli,,, ,-,,,uiol:riiiii. 

 sulu, r. To take refuge in. 

 sulusulu, r. To hunt with a torch, 

 sumu, r. To stick into the body like a spear. 



sumu, sumusumu, n. Name apiilied to trunk-fishes or trigger-fishes (BalisU's). 

 sumu i'u-mumu, ». l:ii/i.st,s i n/nn. 

 sumu-pa'epa'e, //. HnlislnjHis ilni/siiplcnis. 

 suma-pa'epa'e mumu, u. Hnlixlis jlnnnitiiri/iiiiitu.'i. 

 sumu pulepule, u. Hiili.slnjiii.i rrrtniKjulmi. 

 sumu uli, //. Hiilistii/ii'x <ii-iijfiilii.s. 

 sumu uliuli, ii. Baiiidtjiuf; aculcatus. 

 susu, )(. >'ipples, teats, 

 susu umi, )i. Cliorintistmm susumi. 



ta, /I. To jump a somersault. Lujiota, Cnrnn.r plumhetis. 

 tafa'i, „. To break off, as a leaf, 

 tagi, I. To weep; to mourn, 

 tagitagi, )i. Hemigymnus inetapterus. 

 tagau, ?!. Luliamis marginatum. 

 tai, ),. Sea, salt-water. 



taiva, )i. Name applied to a snapper, Luliaimx niargiiidliix, and to Smlopnin triliiinita. 

 taiva uliuli, n. Lutianus monostigmu. 

 ta'i-ono, nrlj. Six by six; by sixes; six on a side, 

 tala, ;). The spur of a cock, barb of a spear. 



talae, ii. 1: rmplillialmus harbarvs, air-breathing fish found in mangrove swamps: mangrove-hopper, 

 tali, /'. To wait for; to stand by to do something, 

 taliuli, V. To steer, without assisting to paddle, 

 talitaliuli, n. One who follows in the train of another; one who waits about for fipcid. Xairu- a|iiilie<i 



to the pilot-fish, Leptecheneis nauprn<es. 

 talinga, ?i,. Ear. Taringa (New Zealand), ear; (?((//;(f/(i (Fiji ), ear; /c/i/i;/", '«'",'/" (-^lalav ), ear; Uilmuin 



(Guam), ear. 

 tamala, n. Name applied to young la'ua. 

 tanifa, n. A large man-eating shark (Varchiirias). Timiirha (New Zealand), a water-munstcr; ilmiin, 



(Fiji), one kind of shark, 

 tao, ?(. A spear. Tao (Polynesia generally), a spear; kao (Hawaii), a .spear or javelin; tn thmw or dari 



a spear, 

 laotao, n. Microphis brachyurus. 



tao-tito, n. Aidostomiis valcntini. TO«, to fall headlong. 



taoto, /(. Para/irrrix Ii IrnciiirlKf:: ZiiiiirrhiijiliTUK vaixiganis; Valenciennea violifera. 

 ta'uleia, //. /'.-,■, ,„/»y„»,».. „,'„„,v; /•.. I.„,l.n;ni,s. 

 taupou, /(. A virgin; the |>ru)ie>s "fa \illage. A name applied to several demoiselle-fishe.s, especiall.\ 



to I'liinnceiitrux pavu, Abudi'JdiiJ umorellnliix, and Abudefduf taupoii. 

 tea, teatea, tetea, adj. White, light-colored, albino. Kea (Hawaii), white, 

 tega, j(. Thigh; upper arm. 

 ti'ava, ?(. Lntianux gihbus. 



