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the birds and cooked them in coconut milk. Hence, the name Vailupesia be- 

 stowed upon the well close to the cooking place. 

 Vaimalau. Mound turkey's water [vai, water; malau, the mound turkey peculiar 



to Niuafoou (Megapodius burnabyi)]. Tract on Niuatoou island (NF). 

 Vaimalo. Water of the winner in games [vai, water; malo, a winner in games]. 



Village on Vavau island (V). 

 Vaimalumalu. Shaded water [vai, water; malumalu, shaded]. Tract near Tuane- 



kivale, village on Vavau island (V). 

 Valmate. Extinct water [vai, water; mate, extinct; formerly there, but now 

 gone]. Tract near Kei, village on Vavau island (V). Also tract near Ahau, 

 village on Niuatoou island (NF) — Fotofili, landlord. 

 Vaimea. Brown water [vai, water; mea, brown]. Tract near Vaipoa, village on 

 Niuatoputapu island (NT) — Maatu, landlord. Also tract near Mataaho, village 

 on Niuafoou island (NF). 

 Valmofakaafu. To get water and to prepare the oven by heating the stones for 

 cooking food [vai, water; mo, and; fakaafu, to prepare the oven by heating 

 stones for cooking food]. Tract near Haavakatolo, village on Tongatabu island 

 (T) — Ahomee, landlord. 

 Valmohe. Congealed water [vai, water; mohe, to congeal, to concrete by cold]. 



Tract on Niuafoou island (NF) — Fusitua, landlord. 

 Vaimomoho. The ripe stream [vai, stream; momoho, ripe]. Tract near Lapaha, 



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

 Vaimua. First water [vai, water; mua, first]. Tract near Makave, village on 



Vavau island (V)— Tui Afitu, landlord. 

 Valnafa. The drum stream [vai, stream; nafa, drum]; falling of water like the 

 beating of a drum. Tracts near villages on Tongatabu island (T): near Nukua- 

 lofa, Kolonga — Nuku, landlord, and Nakolo — Luani, landlord. Also two tracts 

 near Hihifo and Koulo, villages on Lifuka island (H). Also tract near Ngau- 

 noho, village on Utungake island (V). Also tract near Mataaho, village on 

 Niuafoou island (NF). 

 Vainl. This water [vai, water; ni, this]. Village on Tongatabu island (T). Also 

 tract near Vaini, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Maafu, landlord. Also 

 tract in Folaha, village on Tongatabu island (T). 

 Vainiaku. Girdle streamers. Tract near Uiha, village on Uiha island (H) — Ma- 



lupo, landlord. 

 Vainialau. Tract near Mua, village on Niuafoou island (NF). 

 Vainifao. Tract on Niuafoou island (NF). 

 Vainlketl. Tract near Toula, village on Vavau island (V). 



Vainiua. Niua water [vai, water; nlua, Niuatoputapu]. Tract near Makave, vil- 

 lage on Vavau island (V) — Tui Afitu, landlord. 

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

 Vainui. Tract on Niuafoou island (NF) — Fotofili, landlord. 

 Vainga. To play. Tract on Fetoa island (H). 

 Vaingahele. To play with a knife [vainga, to play; hele, knife]. Tract near 



Neiafu, village on Vavau island (V). 

 Vaingalo. Water of forgetfulness [vai, water; ngalo, to forget]. A name be- 

 stowed by Queen Charlotte in 1921 upon the site of the Nukualofa boarding 

 house. Tract in Nukualofa, village on Tongatabu island (T). 

 Vaingana. Water, the name of which is spread abroad [vai, water; ngana, to 

 spread abroad, as a name]. Tract in Nukualofa, village on Tongatabu 

 island (T). 

 Vaiokiu. Water of plovers [vai, water; o, of; kiu, plover (Charadrius fulvus)]. 

 Tract near Fakakakai, village on Haano island (H). 



