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Apitaki. Bartered home [api, home; taki, to barter]. Tracts near villages on 

 Tongatabu island (T) : near Houma — Vaea, landlord, Haateiho — Tui Haateiho, 

 landlord, Havelu — Fielakepa, landlord, Folaha, and Nukuleka — Pangia, land- 

 lord. Also tract near Pangai, village on Lifuka island (H). Also tract near 

 Fangaleounga, village on Foa island (H) — Niukapu, landlord. 



Apitalatala. Home or tract with thorny, prickly undergrowth [api, home; talatala, 

 thorny, prickly]. Tract near Utulau, village on Tongatabu island (T). 



Apitamaikiia. Home possessed of children [api, home; tamaiki, children; i, 

 with; a, belonging to]. Tract near Longomapu, village on Vavau island (V) 

 Veikune, landlord. 



Apivao. Home in the woods (bush) [api, home; vao, woods, bush]. Tract near 

 Haavakatolo, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Ahomee, landlord. Also tract 

 near Pea, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Lavaka, landlord. Also tract near 

 Navutoka, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Tungi, landlord. Also tract near 

 Leimatua, village on Vavau island (V) — Fotu, landlord. 



Apivaolalo. The lower home in the woods [api, home; vao, woods; lalo, below]. 

 Tract near Navutoka, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Tungi, landlord. 



Apo. To burn lights in the night with one very ill or one dead. Tract on Ofu 

 island (V) — Tui Lakepa, landlord. 



Aponima. To feast five times following the reception of something valuable 

 [apo, to feast upon the reception of something valuable; nima, five]. Tract 

 near Lapaha, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Pangia, landlord. 



Apopo. Rotten fence [a, fence; pope, rotten]. Tract near Nukualofa, village on 

 Tongatabu island (T). 



Asiale. Enclosure of gardenias [a, enclosure; siale, gardenia]. Tract in Fa- 

 heta, village on Tongatabu island (T). 



Asiu. A shrub (Cucumis acidus). Tract on Niuatoou island (NF) — Fusitua, land- 



Ata. A shadow. Island. Pylstaart, the southernmost Tongan island, eleva- 

 tion 1165 feet. Also tract near Teekiu, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Mo- 

 tuapuaka, landlord. Also tract near Utulau, village on Tongatabu island (T). 

 Tract near Fataulua, village on Niuafoou island (NF). 



Ata. Space, room. Island (T). On reef lying north of Tongatabu. 



Ataatahau. Approaching twilight [ataata, twilight; hau, to come, to arrive]. 

 Tract near Kolovai, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Ata, landlord. Also 

 tract near Houma, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Vaea, landlord. Also 

 tract near Lapaha, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Pangia, landlord. 



Atafau. Space in which to gather things in bundles [ata, space, room; fau, to 

 gather in bundles]. Tract on Tungua island (H) — Tui Haateiho, landlord. 



Atafolo. To swallow a shadow [ata, shadow; folo, to swallow]. Tract near Uiha, 

 village on Uiha island (H) — Malupo, landlord. 



Atalama. Shining reflection [ata, to reflect as a mirror; lama, to shine, the re- 

 flection or light from a distance]. Tract near Koloa, village on Koloa island 

 (V). 



Atalanga. To erect, or to originate, space [ata, space; langa, to erect, to origi- 

 nate]. Tract near Koloa, village on Koloa island (V). The reputed home of 

 Maui Atalanga, the deity who thrust up the sky, which, mythology says, once 

 lay so close over the earth that human beings could not walk upright. 



Atalao. Perhaps a misspelling of Ataloa, which means "space without bounds." 

 Tract near Makave, village on Vavau island (V) — Tui Afitu, landlord. 



Atamaiotua. Mind of god [atamai, mind; otua, god]. Tract near Mua, village on 

 Niuafoou island (NF). 



Atata. Shadow of the curved end of a Tongan house [ata, shadow; ta, curved 

 end of a Tongan house]. Island (T). Also tract near Kolovai, village on 

 Tongatabu island (T) — Ata, landlord. 



