VOCABUlvARY OF SAMOAN KAPA TERMS. 



Aasi to scrape fiifuga^ the paper-mulberry, with a shell asi. 



Afu a wrapper of siapo used as a sheet. 



Afuloto bedclothes of siapo, the Hawaiian kapa moe. 



Ago turmeric, Ciircitnia longa; see Lega. 



Ailua to sew two pieces of siapo together. 



Ale, Aleoa the second coat of coloring or varnish on siapo. 



Aoa the banyan fig; the bark used as fibre, the fruit as d3'e (Fig. 78, p. 126). 



Asi sandal-wood ; a shell used to scrape the outer bark from tutuga. 



Aumalute a rod of tutuga stripped of its bark. 



Aute Chinese rose. Hibiscus rosa-siiicnsis; the flower juice colors black. 



Avaptli ginger. Zingiber zenunbet (Fig. 100, p. 166). 



!Elei to put the color on siapo. 



Hleiga a stage in the preparation of siapo. 



!lSina a shining black siapo. 



Hpa Fauepa a pile of mats and siapo on which the body of a dead chief lies in state. 



Faafeia ornamented siapo. 



Faagatagata to mark siapo like a snake; with undulations. 



Faalau a large siapo; one much above ordinary size. 



Faanifonifo siapo with a toothed border; or serrate. 



Fafai to scrape the outer bark from tutuga. 



Fatuvalu an inferior siapo, neither well beaten nor well colored. 



Fauepa a heap of siapo serving for the bier of a dead chief. 



Feia or feie ornamentally marked siapo. l| 



Felanuai variegated siapo. If 



Gafigafi old siapo used as a wrapper for valuable articles. 



Gatu old siapo used for wrapping or as rags in sickness. 



le the grooved mallet for beating out siapo. 



letosi the grooved mallet for beating tutuga. 



leie a rag of siapo. 



lyaei native clothing (of siapo). 



I/aua white siapo not finished. 



I/auua leaf of paper-mulberry; bark of the ua prepared for making native cloth. 



Syn. tutuga for which it has been substituted on account of superstitions connected 



with fishing. 

 I/avalava a printed loin-cloth. This is much the same as the Hawaiian pa'u. 

 I/Cga a paste made of turmeric to dj-e j-ellow. 

 I/euleu or leveleve an old siapo. 

 I/Ufa a large black siapo. 

 lylllu to sprinkle siapo while it is being beaten. 



Malo a narrow girdle, the only garment worn in battle. 



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