LO‘UW‘E 
lo‘u‘e adj., used as n.; a bend, a verse; ta‘ata’a 
me‘t lo‘u‘e, one verse. 
lo‘uhanga‘a v. i., to be defiled ceremonially. 
lo‘u 3. 
lo‘uloku cf. loku. 
loulou S., ‘u‘ulou U., v. i., to thunder; ngara 
loulou, to resound. 
lounge ha‘alounge, quarreling, bickering. 
lousuu a short string of money made of a 
whitish shell, Big Malaita currency. 
Lau lousuu. 
lu ending of certain forms of pronouns in the 
plural, kolu, melu, molu; an abbreviation 
of ‘olu, three. 
lua U., v.i., to grant. Florida lua. 
luana suli tolai luana, his shoulder blade. 
ludaa v. n., cargo. 
lude S., luda U., v. i., to carry cargo, to be 
heavily laden; lude olanga, v. n., carry- 
ing cargo; lude peli, to “blackbird,” to 
recruit men without giving a payment 
(holite) to their relations; haka lude 
mwane, a labor vessel recruiting men. 
ludanga v. n., U., cargo. 
ludengi tr., to carry as cargo, to recruit 
men. Wango ruta, Florida luda, luluda. 
lue-(ku) S., lua-(ku) U. 1. neck; lue susu, sore 
throat, voice gone; mgora i lue, to growl; 
huui lue, a shoulder of pork given to 
chiefs as their portion at a feast; ‘agaht 
lue, paired back and breast ornament 
of shell money for women. Florida 
lua, Bougainville Straits, lualua. 
lue S., lua U. 2. n., the rising tide; lue gera, 
high spring tide; mnisitana lue, high- 
water mark; salohi lue, a fiddler crab; 
‘uput lue, high tide. 
lu‘e, lu‘elu‘e S., lu‘alu‘a U. 3. a coconut-leaf 
basket for holding yams. 
lueli S., luengi U., to lessen a fire by removing 
some sticks. Mao. ruke, to remove, 
luelu ha‘aluelu, S., v. i., to give a sign. 
luelue S., lualua U., n., a flood; luelue e tahe, 
the flood came. Wangoruarua, Florida 
lualua. 
luhe to remove, to free, to loosen. takaluhe. 
luhe haahi, to be surety for: to take off 
clothing, to become a heathen again 
(late use); luhe lolo, to clear away 
creepers. Florida luba, Viti luva, Wango 
ruha, Motu ruhaia, Mota luka, in tawa- 
luka, to peel off. 
luhesi tr., to loosen, to free, to let go. 
luhesila-(ku) gerund. 
luhu v. i., to cut off branches from a tree. 
luhusi tr. 
lula U., n., a spear; generic term. 
lulu 1. v. i., to follow: used with tsuli, luluisuli. 
luluisulinge v. n. 
luluisulila-(ku) gerund. 
lulu 2. v.i., to fold; @ Lulu-reu, a proper name, 
lit. folder of leaves. 
lulungi tr. 
lulungila-(na, ni) gerund. 
lulu 3. gé@‘ilulu, v.i., to be dismayed. qé‘i 2. 
lulu 4. v. i., to back water with paddles or oars; 
‘ahe lulu, boiling tide. 
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lulu 5. ova lulu, to belch; po‘o lulu, to fill the 
», mouth with food. 
luluhu n., a coconut frond. luluhui niu. 
lulusane n., a gecko lizard with projecting 
eyes, the children catch them with a 
grass noose or a coconut leaflet midrib. 
lume S., a variant of mume, house; huuilume, 
a village. 
lumu, lumute S., moss. Mota lumuta, Malay 
lumut, Macassar lumu, malumu, soft. 
lumu‘e adj., moss-covered. 
lumwe S., lumwalumwa U., to be long and 
matted (of hair); qé‘une e lumwe, long- 
haired. 
lupu, lupulupu U., v. i., to strike; lupu ra- 
koma‘ini, to nail upon, to crucify. 
lupu‘i tr. 
lupunge‘ini tr., 
bruised. 
luge‘i v. i., to pretend; luge‘i laelae, to pretend 
to go; luge‘t hiru, to pretend to be busy; 
luge‘t lalawa haahi, to give a feigned 
excuse. 
lusu n., the ribs in a canoe tied on to cleats 
left on the planks forming the hull. 
M. A., p. 295; ‘enite lusu, what size 
canoe, lit. how many ribs. 
lusuinume S., lusuinima U., a large seagoing 
canoe, lit. ribbed like a house. 
lu‘u v. tr., to move one‘s habitation. hé‘ilu‘u. 
huni lu‘ue mo ola ineu, to remove my 
goods; kira ‘asi lu‘ua hé‘iliu, they 
ceased hostilities. Viti luku, to remove.. 
luu‘i v. tr., to forbid, ere luu‘i. 
luuluu sunge luuluu, elkhorn fern. 
to bump; maelupu‘e, 
M 
mat. adjectival prefix of condition: lingi 
malingi, mena mamenamena. Mota ma, 
Maori ma. 
ma 2.S.,a prefix used with nouns which express. 
relationship; mwa. ro ma hungaona, 
two brothers-in-law; ro ma uweline, two: 
maternal uncles. 
ma 3. as ma 1: mélumu. 
ma 4. a noun ending: ‘ono ‘ono‘onomd, niku. 
ni‘unekume, 
maa 1. the eye: maana e lele, he squints; maa 
noro, to be angry-eyed; maa ngangua, 
blear-eyed from smoke; maa rodo, blind, 
to forget; maaku e té‘iere, I am dizzy; 
maana e waaro, goggle-eyed; hete‘t maa, 
to fix the eyes upon; ‘o hinua maamu, peel 
your eye; hinuhinu (hiruhiru) maa, eye- 
lid; lio « ngaei maa, to look askance at, 
to envy; maranga 4 maa, eyebrow; 
ma‘arusi maa, to wink the eye; mimist 
maa, the mantis, lit. squirt in the eye; 
nokomt maa, to turn the eyes away; 
para‘imaa, eyeshade; rumu nue maa, 
eye ointment; sikili maa, excoecaria. 
tree, lit. stings the eye; ana e tahanie. 
maamu ne, in that he opened your 
eyes; e tditeia maana, he closed his eyes; 
‘oke ‘ulue maamu, you close your eyes}. 
