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kuka U., ‘u‘e S., a mud crab, kuka pulu. 
kukao‘e U., a cry to call distant attention. 
kuku U., ‘u‘u S. 1. v. i., to hang down, to 
depend. ha‘akuku, mwakuku. 
kuku U. 2. to be bent; Jordan e kuku eliho'i, 
Jordan was turned back. Motu 
magugu, to crinkle; Maori kuku, pin- 
cers; Salakau, Borneo, kuku, a claw. 
kukulu U., v. i., to swing. 
kule 1. n., the shore, the beach, dry land; ta‘z 
kule, on the beach; lai kule, to go up 
on to the beach. 
kule, kulekule 2. v. tr., to loosen, to be loose; 
kulaa talai heune, to loosen the teeth. 
Viti kurekure, to wag the head. 
kulu v. i., to bury at sea, kulu rae, M. A., p. 
262; two canoes take the body out for 
burial, the body is weighted with stones 
and the knees hunched up and tied; 
after the committal one canoe paddles 
several times at a fast pace around the 
spot, the other paddles out to sea taking 
a mdngite, q. v. 
kulu‘i tr. 
kulu‘ila-(ku) gerund. 
kuluhi v. tr., to sustain. cf. manikulu‘e; 
é kuluhie haénue, he sustains the land. 
kumara sweet potato (Polynesian), called 
occasionally uhi ni haka, the imported 
yam; susu kumara, to plant the vines. 
kumu, kumukumu 1. v. i., to punch, to beat 
with the fist. 
kumu‘i tr. 
kumu‘ila-(ku) gerund. 
kumu 2. v. i., to be blunt, dull of edge. 
kumuri v. tr., to quench. 
kumwe S., kumwa U., v. i., to ebb, to go down, 
to abate, to slacken, to diminish, to wane. 
kumwesi 1. to shorten. 2. kumwesie tete, 
to take a stone wall to pieces. 
kure, kurekure 1. v. tr., to heal sickness; 
mwane kurekure, a witch doctor. 
kuranga v. n., healing, curing. 
kure S. 2. pers. pron., dual 1, incl.: we two, us 
two; used as subject and also suffixed to 
verbs and prepositions as object. 
kure 3. exclam., often reduplicated; kurekure, 
come on with you, let us (two) be off. 
kuru n., a ripe areca nut. cf. pue. hoi kuru; 
metaph. a full-grown person. 
kurukuru 1. U., a wood-pigeon, generic term. 
2. S., a pigeon without wattles on the 
beak, kurukuru ni Malau. 
kururaga U., adj., deceitful (derived from the 
name of a person). 
kusi cat (English pussy). 
kute, kutekute v. tr., 
violently. 
Samoa ngose. 
to shake, to move 
L 
ja 1. v. i., to be, to go; e la ‘otoi ‘aela, it goes 
(is) bad; e la ‘otoi ‘aela mwaani nonola, 
it is worse than yesterday; e la ‘oto i 
diana, it is good; saeku e la ‘otoi wana, 
my heart was hot; e lai ‘aela, it is bad. 
Tolo ra, to go; Mota al; Keapara laa, 
walk; Maisin raz, come; Trobriand la, go. 
la 2. verbal suffix; apa, apala. 
14 3. noun ending added to verbs. mae, maeld. 
14 4. adjective ending added to verbs and 
participles. maho, naholé, ereerea‘ile. 
14 5. gerundive ending, to which pronoun (ku) 
is always suffixed. sau, saunilina, 
saunileku. 
la 6. root of langa, to lift; léngi, sky. 
laa 1. noun ending, added to verbs. hou, houlaa, 
honu, honulaa. 
laa 2. U., a person; nga laa ni hei, who is this 
person? wngaite laa, a different person; 
laa hou, vocative, you; ‘o si ta‘ata‘a, 
laa, don’t, I say; ‘oto thei, laa, where to, 
boy. 
la‘a 3. adjective ending. mamaela‘a. 
la‘a 4. U., adv. up; sulu la‘a ana, lift it up. 
la‘alapa v. i., to complain, to moan. Jlapata‘t. 
La‘alanga Alite Harbor, Langalanga, Big 
Malaita. 
la‘alapasi cf. lapasi. 
lada 1. v. i., to pierce, to thrust through. 
ladami tr. 
ladamila-(ku) gerund. 
lada 2. ladaa‘ini, to bow, to bend down; e 
ladaa‘inie maana, he fell on his face. 
ladama‘i partic., headlong, prostrate. 
Florida lada, to bend, to worship. 
lade 1. lade mae, deep sea. 2. deep-water 
anchorage at the end of a harbor, 7 Lade, 
e. g., at Tawaniahia. 3. S., name of 
certain months; hure‘a lade, August; 
oku lade, September. 
lado 1. v. tr., to knot, to join, to graft. 
ladoha na v. n., a joint; ilado‘ihaana, ina line 
with, joining onto; 7 Jadohaana, thereby. 
ladoha‘ini tr., to join on. 
ladola-(ku) gerund. 
lado, lalado 2. v. tr., to recount, to tell, to 
recite a tale; lado diena, U., to explain; 
lado tiliheku, to make my defense. 
laladonga v. n., story, tale, folk lore. 
ladoha‘ini tr. Florida lada. 
lae, laelae v. i., to go, to come, lae mat, lae wau; 
to be, e lae uritaa, how is it; with loca- 
tive i, lae i contracts to lai; kiratei e lae 
mai, who are coming; kiratei kire lae, 
who went? lae ha‘t‘oli, to go and return; 
lae ha&‘iore, to stay behind; noko lai haka, 
I am going abroad; lat henue, to goa 
journey; lae honosi, to go and meet; lae 
hou, to descend; lai hule, to reach; lat 
hulaana, till, until; lae huni‘i, go to 
fetch them; ‘oke lae kd‘u, you had better 
go; nou lae ké‘u, I went; lae kd‘u ‘ohi‘t, 
go fetch it; lae kaé‘u pot, come up here; 
nou lae kokela‘i, 1 came away ina hurry; 
‘oko lae mai ‘ure itei, where are you from? 
lae mélumu, go quietly; ngeni nou lae mdi, 
that’s why I came; lae molai rako, go 
gently; lae mone, let us be gone; kira ‘a 
mune‘t lae, were they to go; muni ‘e lae, 
go gently; muni ‘e lae mai, let him come; 
muni nge‘ia e lae mai, if he comes; lae 
ohonga, to go tentatively; lae nit oraha‘a, 
to go very fast; na‘a lae ‘oto, 1am going; 
e lae ‘oto ni mae, he went like every- 
