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Nukutupu. The growing land [nuku, land; tupu, to increase]. Tract near Puko- 

 tala, village on Haano island (H) — Tui Haangana, landlord. 



Nukuvai. The land of water [nuku, land; vai, water]. Tract near Fuaamotu, 

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



Nunukava. To assemble together for kava [nunu, to assemble; kava, the bever- 

 age]. Tract near Houma, village on Eua island (T). 



Nusila. To rub a sail in the hands [nusi, to rub in the hands; as washing 

 clothes; la, sail]. Tract near Tuanuku, village on Vavau island (V) — Uluka- 

 lala, landlord. 



Nuumasia. Land of masi trees [nuu, land; masi, a tree]. Tract in Tua- 

 nuku, village on Vavau island (V). Also tract near Neiafu, village on Vavau 

 island (V). 



Nuusafeo, Land of the coral [nuu, land; sa, of the; feo, coral]. Said to be a 

 Samoan word. Tract near Vaipoa, village on Niuatoputapu island (NT) — Maa- 

 tu, landlord. 



Nuuseilala. Land of the heilala tree [nuu, land; seilala, heilala tree]. Said to 

 be a Samoan word. Cemetery near Hihifo, village on Lifuka island (H), on 

 the tract Talaivai. Tract near Ngaunoho, village on Utungake island (V) — 

 Motuapuaka, landlord. 



Nuusila. Land of the sailyard [nuu, land; sila, sailyard]. Tract near Nukunuku, 

 village on Tongatabu island (T) — Tui Vakano, landlord. Also tract on Haafeva 

 island (H) — Tuuhetoka, landlord. Also tract near Pangai, village on Lifuka 

 island (H). 



Ngaakau. Entrails, garbage. Village on Vavau island (V). 



Ngaakulu. Group of kulu trees [nga, group; a, of; kulu, a kind of tree, apparently 

 the same as Samoan ulu, breadfruit tree]. Tract near Lapaha, village on 

 Tongatabu island (T) — Pangia, landlord. 



Ngaangehina. Gourd family [ngaange, family; hina, gourd]. This meaning, given 

 me by a single informant, remains unsubstantiated. Tract near Vaini, village 

 on Tongatabu island (T) — Maafu, landlord. 



Ngafa. A portion of work. Tract near Maufanga, village on Tongatabu island 

 (T) — Fakafanua, landlord. 



Ngafeso. Tract on Matuku island (H) — Tui Haateiho, landlord. 



Ngahe. A kind of tree. Tract near Haakio, village on Vavau island (V). 



Ngahi. To work. Tract near Mua, village on Niuafoou island (NF). 



Ngahi Hakaufatafehi. Reef of the loft of fehi wood [ngahi, sign of the plural; 

 hakau, sunken reef or rock; fata, a loft; fehi, a tree called vesi in Fijian]. 

 A cluster of reefs on the west side of Lifuka island (H). A number of reefs 

 near Lifuka are named for Tongans of high rank who reside or have recently 

 resided on Lifuka. Apparently the present name was given in honor of Fata- 

 fehi, the father of the late King George II. Tupou. These names appear to be 

 recent and may have been bestowed by the British officers who made the hydro- 

 graphic survey of the archipelago. I have taken the names from the Ad- 

 miralty charts and not from native Tongan records. 



Ngahi Hakaulevaleva. The long reefs [ngahi, sign of the plural; hakau, reef; 

 levaleva, long, according to one Tongan informant, whose opinion remains un- 

 substantiated]. A cluster of reefs on west side of Lifuka island (H). 



Ngalakihaamoa. To cry for Samoa [ngala, to cry; ki, for; haamoa, Samoa]. Tract 

 on Ofu island (V) — Tui Lakepa, landlord. 



Ngaloa. Long forgotten [ngalo, to forget]. The meaning "long forgotten," 

 given me by a Tongan informant, remains in part unverified; ngalo means "to 

 forget," but a does not mean "long." Perhaps a is to be regarded as an 

 abbreviation of loa (some time past), the lo of ngalo and the lo of loa being 



