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sugale, a. General name applied to wrasse-fishes of the genera Anampses, Thalassemia, and Cheit-nws; 



meaning choice, 

 sugale, n. Gomphosus tricolor; Thalassoma fnscum; Cheilinus diagrammus. 

 sugale aloa, n. Hemigymnus melapterus. 

 sugale 'ele (?), u. Thalassoma dorsale. 

 sugale gasufi, n. Cheilinus chlorurus. 

 sugale sa'a'ele'ele, n. Thalassoma dorsal,. 



sugale lupe (pule ?), n. Anampses cueruleopunctalus, a blue-spotted wrasse, 

 sugale mata-mumu, n. Cheilinus trilobatus. 

 sugale pulepule, n. Thalassoma dorsale. 

 sugale uliuli, n. Labriclilhys cyanoltenia. 

 sulu, v. To take refuge in. 

 sulusulu, v. To hunt with a torch. 

 sumu, c. To stick into the body like a spear. 



sumu, sumusumu, n. Name applied to trunk-fishes or trigger-fishes {Balistes). 

 sumu i'u-mumu, u. Balistes vidua. 

 sumu-pa'epa'e, n. Balistapus chrysopterus. 

 suma-pa'epa'e mumu, n. Balistes flavomarginatus. 

 sumu pulepule, n. Balistapus rectangulus. 

 sumu uli, n. Balistapus aculeatus. 

 sumu uliuli, u. Balistapus aculeatus. 

 susu, n. Nipples, teats, 

 susu umi, n. Chorististium susumi. 



ta, a. To jump a somersault. Lupo to, Caranx plumbeus. 

 tafa'i, 11. To break off, as a leaf, 

 tagi, v. To weep; to mourn, 

 tagitagi, n. Hemigymnus melapterus. 

 tagau, n. Lulianus marginatus. 

 tai, n. Sea, salt-water. 



taiva, n. Name applied to a snapper, Lulianus marginatus, and to Scolopsis trilineata. 

 taiva uliuli, n. Lulianus monostigma. 

 ta'i-ono, adj. Six by six; by sixes; six on a side, 

 tala, a. The spur of a cock, barb of a spear. 



talae, n. J'eriophthalmus barbarus, air-breathing fish found in mangrove swamps; mangrove-hopper, 

 tali, v. To wait for; to stand by to do something, 

 taliuli, v. To steer, without assisting to paddle, 

 taliialiuli, n. One who follows in the train of another; one who waits about for food. Name applied 



to the pilot-fish, Leplecheneis naucrates. 

 talinga, n. Ear. Taringa (New Zealand), ear; dalinga (Fiji ), ear; talinga, tainga (Malay), ear; talanga 



(Guam), ear. 

 tamala, n. Name applied to young taiva. 

 tanifa, n. A large man-eating shark ( Carcharias) . Taniwha (New Zealand), a water-monster; daniva 



( Fiji), one kind of shark. 

 tao, v. A spear. Tao (Polynesia generally), a spear; kao (Hawaii), a spear or javelin; to throw or dar f 



a spear, 

 taotao, n. Microphis brachyurus. 



tao-tito, n. Aulostomus valentini. Tito, to fall headlong. 



taoto, ?i. Parape.rcis tetracinclus; Zenarchoplerus vaisiganis; Yalenciemiea violifera. 

 ta'uleia, n. Pseudupeneus indicus; Ps. barberinus. 

 taupou, n. A virgin; the princess of a village. A name applied to several demoiselle-fishes, especially 



to Pomacentrus pavo, Abudefduf unioc.ellatus, and Abudefduf taupou. 

 tea, teatea, tetea, adj. White, light-colored, albino. Kea (Hawaii), white, 

 tega, ». Thigh; upper arm. 

 ti'ava, n. Lulianus gibbus. 



