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tifi, v. To adorn. Kihi (Hawaii), the outside corner or projection of a thing, the apex of a leaf; kihi- 



kihi ( Hawaii), the curving of the horns of the moon, the curving of the wings of a bird; memo kihi- 



kihi (Hawaii), the hammer-head shark, 

 tifitifi, n. General name for chretodonts or butterfly-fishes and small fishes resembling them, 

 tifitifi a'au pulepule, n. Chsetodon ornatissimus. 

 tifitifi 'ao, n. Ch$stodon reticulatus. 

 tifitifi laumea, n. Chsetodon lunula. 

 tifitifi tala, n. Chsetodon trifasciatus. 

 tifitifi, n. Zanclus canescens. 



tifitifi ila, n. Chsetodon ephippium. Ila, a birthmark on the skin, 

 tifitifi i'u-sama, n. Chsetodon pelewensis. 

 tifitifi lauifi, •». Chsetodon citrinellus. 

 tifitifi magina (?), n. Chictodon citrinellus. 

 tifitifi mata-niu, n. Chsetodon vagabundus. 

 tifitifi paipai, n. Chsetodon meriensi. 

 tifitifi pulepule pa'ipa'i, 77. Chsetodon melannotus. 

 tifitifi pulepule samasama, 71. Chsetodon unimaculatus. 

 tifitifi sama, n. Chsetodon setifer. 

 tifitifi taiono, n. Chsetodon ephippium. 

 tifitifi tusa, n. Chsetodon ephippium. 

 tifitifii uli, 7j. Chsetodon citrinellus. 



tito, n. Aulostomus ralentini, a trumpet-fish; tito (Samoa), to dart or fall headlong, 

 tolai, 77. A name of two birds, Petroica pusilla and Myzomela nigriventris. 

 tolai, n. Gnathodonlex aurolineatus. 

 toto, 7). Monodactylus argenteus. 



tui, v. A spine; to thread a needle; to run a string through, 

 tuna, n. An eel, Anguilla sp. Tuna (New Zealand), an eel; tuna (Tonga), an eel; duna (Fiji), an eel; 



tona (Madagascar) , the largest kind of eel. 

 tuna gatala, n. Anguilla mauritiana. 

 tuna iafa'ilautalo, n. See pusi iafa' ilautalo. 

 tusi, n. Scolopsis trilineala. 

 tusitusi, n. Striped. Tusi, to mark, 

 tusa, n. To be equal; the same on both sides, 

 tu'a'u, 71. Name applied to fish with a broad, compressed body, as Pomacentrus nigricans, Abudefduj 



leucopomus, and Abuelefduf dicki. 

 tu'u'u pulepule mumu, n. Holocanthus bispinosus. 

 uga vai, n. Hepalus elongatus. 

 ui, adj. Dark colored; ili-ui, dark-skinned 

 ui, v. To pass along, 

 uisila, 77. Name applied to Alherina sp. 

 'ula, 'ula 'ula, adj. Red. Kula (Tonga), red; kura (New Zealand), red; ura (Tahiti), red feathers; 



ulaula (Hawaii), red; kulakula (Fiji), red. 

 ulavapua, lava-ula-pua, vala-ula-pua, adj. Black in the fore and hind parts and white in the middle, 

 ulavapua, n. Pomacentrus edbofasciatus; Abudefduj' sordidus. 

 ula pua, n. Holocanthus bicolor. 

 uli, uliuli, adj. Dark blue, black. 

 uli, 7j. To steer. 



ulitui, n. Pseuelogobiodon citrinus. 

 uliuli (usiusi?), n. Megaprotodon trifascialis. 

 ulu, n. Head, 

 'ulu, 71. Breadfruit, 

 ulua, 7i. Caranx forsteri. 



ume, n. A name applied to surgeon or lancet fishes, species of Hepalus and Acanthurus. 

 umelei, n. Hepalus matoides, Acanthurus lituraius, Acanthurus unicornis. 



