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ga'.a-sami, n. Oceanops lutivittata. Gata-sami (Samoa), sea-snake; sami (Samoa), the sea, salt water. 

 (Perhaps rnatasami, said to mean eye of the sea. ) 



gatala, adj. Name applied to a number of spotted fishes, especially sea-basses of the genera Epineplielus 

 and Cephalopholis. Naka (Hawaii), to split or break open, as the ground in a drought; nakaka 

 (Hawaii), full of cracks; ngaiala (New Zealand), full of cracks, as skin which is chapped. 



gatala, n. JSpinepheJis merra. 



gatala aleva, n. Anyperodon leucogrammicus. 



gatala moana, n. Cephalopholis argus. 



gatala uli, n. Cephalopholis leopardus; C. argus. 



gutu-umi, n. Epibulus insidiator. Gutu (Samoa), mouth, snout; umi, drawn out, elongated. 



i'a, n. Fish; the general name in Samoa for all fishes except the bonito. Ika (New Zealand, Tonga, 

 Marquesas, Fiji), the general name for fish; than (Malay); guihan (Guam). 



i'a lanu -moana, n. " Fish color-of-the-ocean," a name applied to Chromis aeruleus and C. analis. 



i'a mai-moana, ». A name applied to Plectorhynchus chsetodonoides. 



i'a pala, n. Awaous ocellaris. 



i'a sina, n. MuUoides samoensis. 



i'a tusitusi, n. Pseudocheilinus hexatxnia. 



i'a ui, n. Name applied to a large eel. 



i'a vai, n. A name sometimes applied to fresh- water eels. 



ifigi (?), n. Ilalichares centiquadrus. 



ila, ilaila, adj. Spotted, or marked. 



'ili, n. A rasp or file; a saw. 



'ili'ilia, )/. Acanthurus lituratus (juv. ); A. unicornis. 



ili, n. A fan. 



iliu (ili-i'u |, n. Zebrasoma rhombeum. 



inato, a. Kuldia rupestris. 



ise, n. A half-beak (Hemiramphus) and Belone platyura. Ihe (New Zealand), a gar-fish or half-beak; 

 ihe (Hawaii, Tahiti), a spear; ihe (Marquesas), a fish with along beak. 



i'u, n. The tail of a fish; the end of anything. Hika (New Zealand), the tail of a fish or reptile ; ilcn 

 (Tonga), the tail of animals ; ikur (Malay), the tail of animals, the train of a garment; hiu (Ha- 

 waii) , the tail of a fish. 



i'u-mumu, adj. Red-tailed. 



i'u-samasama, n. Yellow-tail, Abudefduf lacrymatus. 



i'u-sina, n. White-tail, Pomacentrus melanopterus. 



lae, n. The part between the lip and the chin without hair. Lae (Hawaii), any projecting part; 

 the forehead. 



laea, n. Name applied to several fishes of the genus Callyodon. 



laea galo, n. Callyodon jordani. 



laea mumu, n. Callyodon bataviensis and C. latax. 



laea pulepule, n. Callyodon latax. 



lai, n. A mackerel, Scomberoides sanctipetri. 



lailai (?), n. Pseudipeneus indicus. 



laitiiti, adj. Small. 



lalafi, a. Cheilinus diagrammus. Lafi (Samoa), to hide away. 



lalafi pulepule, n. Cheilinus fascialus. 



lalafutu, n. Caranx annatus. 



lanifi, adj. Thin. (See manifi.) 



lanu, n. Color. 



lanu-moana, adj. Sea-color, sky-blue. 



laolao, adj. Smooth. 



laotale, n. Fishes with poisonous spines, SebaMopsis guamensis, and Sebastapistes laotale. 



lau, n. A leaf. Lau-taro, a taro leaf; lau-ida, hair (foliage) of the head. 



laulaufau, n. Heuiochi.is permutatus. 



