452 BULLETIN OF THE BUKEAU OF FISHERIES. 



pa'u-mai-moana, n. A poetic name applied to the bonito. 



pa'u-masunu, n. A poetic name applied to the bonito. 



pa'u-mea, n. Monacanthus melanocephalus. 



pauli, adj. Purple. 



paumutu ( ? ) , n. Hemigymnus melapterus. 



pe'ape'a, n. A bat; a swift (bird). 



pe'ape'a uli, n. Platax orbicularis. 



pela, n. A name applied to the Jiloa (Lethrinella miniata). 



pelupelu, n. Harengula commersoni. 



pine, n. A shoal of young fishes. 



pipi, n. Abudefduf metallicus. 



pipine, n. The name of a fish. 



poi, n. The name of a small fish. 



pone, n. A name applied to surgeon-fishes, Hepatus species. 



pone i'u mumu, n. Hepatus achilles. 



potati (?), n. Cirrkitus marmoratus. 



pua'a, n. A hog; mata-pua' a, hog-faced. 



pula, adj. Shining, glowing. Pura (Tahiti), a spark of fire; pura (Mangaia), having anything like 



dust in the eyes, 

 pulepule, adj. Spotted; striped with various colors. Pulepule (Hawaii), spotted, speckled, of various 



colors; bulebule (Tonga), spotted, 

 pusi, n. General name for sea-eels [Gymnothorax, Eckidna, Leptocephalus) . Pulii (Hawaii), a sea-eel; 



puhi (New Zealand), a large eel; puhi (Tahiti), an eel; puhi (Mangaia), a sea-eel, which bites 



severely, 

 pusi 'ai'aiuga, n. Echidna leihala. 



pusi gatala, n. Gymnothorax pictus; G. flavomarginatus. 

 pusi pulepule, n. Gymnothorax undulatus. 

 pusi sulusulu, n. Scuticaria tigrina. 

 pusi tafa'ilautalo, n. Same as tuna tqfa'ilautalo, an eel. 

 safole, ?!. A fish found in salt water, Kuhlia tseniura. 

 saga, n. Flipper of a turtle, 

 sama, samasama, adj. Yellow, 

 samasama, n. Zebrasoma ftavescens. 



sami, ii. The sea; saltwater. Gata sami (" sea-snake" ) , Oceanops lativittata. 

 sausau, v. To flutter the wings. 



sausaulele, n. "To fly fluttering," Dendrochirus sausolele. 

 sega, 7?. A paroquet kept in captivity for the sake of its red feathers, 

 segasega, n. Iiolocentrus ruber. 

 segi, (J. To burn a scar as a beauty-spot. 



segisegi, n. Acanlhurus unicornis, a species having brightly colored spots about the spurs on the tail. 

 sele, n. A bamboo knife. Hele (Tonga), a bamboo knife; sele (Fiji), a bamboo knife, 

 sesele, n. A perch-like fish found in fresh water, Kuhlia marginata; when full grown called inato. 

 sila, n. Extremity of rainbow, 

 si'u, ii. The name of a fish. 



si'u muti, n. The name of the lalafi. (Cheilinus diagrammus) when full-grown, 

 siuli (?), n. ChcTtodon setifer. 

 sisi, n. Eyes of a cocoanut. 



sisitui, n. Amanses scopas, a file-fish with spines on each side of tail. 

 sola, v. To run away; to escape, 

 solasulusulu, (i. To flee and hideaway, 

 soloalalo, n. One kind of sea-eel. 

 sue, adj. To be puffed out; to project, as a fat belly, 

 sue, n. A name applied to puffers (Tetraodon). 

 sue mimi, n. " Urinating puff er, " Canthigaster solandri. 



