oa (ku) 2. a pair, fellow; oaku, my fellow, my 
mate; oa ni ola, a pair of things; oa ni 
puli, two cowries. Samoa oa, a pair. 
Oa 3. the two islands at the south end of San 
Cristoval; Oa Raha, Santa Anna, Oa 
Riki, Santa Catalina. Spelt wrongly 
as Owa. 
. a tree, the bark used for purposes of 
staining; the red juice is extracted by 
pounding and squeezing and is mixed 
with charcoal. 
o‘a‘i v. tr., to stain with o‘a. Samoa ‘o‘a, 
Bischoffia javanica; ‘o‘a‘i, to dye with 
its stain. 
fo'a 5. to settle (of birds), to squat on the 
haunches. Samoa to‘a, to settle; Mota 
toga, Niué tokai. 
‘oa 6. U., ‘o 2, thou, ‘a 7, verbal particle. 
‘O‘au an island in the Mara Masiki Channel. 
oda ‘i wa‘t oda‘, to quarrel. 
odo, odoodo 1. to be straight, to go forward. 
ha‘aodo, ha‘iodo‘i, tamwaodo. e odo ‘oto 
ta‘au, he went straight on; manu odo, 
to be level, upright; e odo, that’s right 
(Mwouta, U., use); sulu odoodo, to go 
straight. 
odoodonga v. n., straightness, uprightness. 
odoha v. n., used with poss. 3. odohaana 
mei ‘ano mola, in good ground; mu 
odohaana wala, words to the point; 
odohaana mu ola, correct, exact things; 
odohaana i ola, opposite to, off, such- 
and-such a place; ‘uri odohaana tala, 
walk straight along the path. 
odo (na, ni) 2. odona maa, a gate opening 
directly opposite a person; nga odoni 
kana, a song sung straight through; nga 
odoni heu, a row of stones; odoni sae, 
moral uprightness. 
odo‘i v. tr., to meet, to come across. lio odo‘t, 
to find; hule odo‘i, to arrive and find; 
taha odo‘i, to come upon. 
odonga U., dau odonga, to make trial of. 
odota‘i partic., just, fair, righteous; 
odota‘i, to act righteously. 
odota‘inge v. n., justice, righteousness. 
o’e, ofeo0'e U., to be crazy, delirious. 
‘oha betel leaf (Piper betle), both leaves and 
catkins are eaten. ‘oha ni me‘esu 
(ma‘usu, mou, U.), a wild variety; pute 
ni ‘oha, a packet of betel leaf; sili ‘oha, 
to get betel from the bush; hu‘usi, to 
pluck leaves of betel. 
oha‘i to be capsized; melu oha‘i ‘oto, we are 
capsized. 
oha‘ini tr., to cause to capsize. 
ohe 1. v. tr., to drive away. 
fohe 2. adv., perhaps, possibly, most likely; 
or it may be used at the beginning of a 
sentence, of supposititious cases. wa 
‘ohe, unless; so ‘ohe, perhaps; wdi e 
mapipt ‘ohe ‘oto ta‘inie kolune mwakano, 
whether the water had receded off the 
face of the earth. 
ohera v. i., to race, to compete. hd‘iohe. 
‘ohi 1. (au) v., after, for, to fetch; lae ka‘'u 
‘ohi‘i, please go bring it; tau ‘ohi, U., to 
sulu 
OKU 
‘ohi 1 (continued). 
seek; tola ‘ohi, to search for. Florida 
goht, varigohi; Maori ohia, to long after. 
‘ohi 2. U., ha‘i‘ohi, to be doubtful about, to ask 
questions. 
‘ohi‘a U., adv., perhaps, most likely. 
ohisi perineal bandage, T bandage of pandanus 
leaf worn by men. 
oho v. i., to fight, to strive with, to attempt. 
ohoa hurunge, to race; ohoa mao, to 
practice the dance. 
ohotaa v. n., a battle. 
ohongi tr., to make trial of, to practice. 
ha‘iohonginge. Wango ohongi; Niué 
oho, to rush at. 
ohonga U., n., lae ohonga, to go tentatively; 
mala ohonga, to tempt; mala ohonganga 
(double n. ending), temptation, trial; 
mami ohonga ana, taste and try it. 
ohu 1. v. i., to be boiling, to boil (of water). 
ha‘aohu. 
ohu 2. various, different; e ohu ‘oto adaru‘i, U., 
there is a difference between the two; 
ohu ‘inont ohu sae, many men of many 
minds. 
ohusi v. tr., to differentiate, to distribute. 
ha‘aohust. Florida ovu ni tinoni, a 
crowd of men. 
‘ohu 3. n., sugar cane; ‘ohu nunu. M.A., p. 
21. Mota tou, Motu tohu, Florida tovu. 
oi 1. exclamation, aha. 
‘ofl 2. v. tr., to break. ma'‘o‘'i. ‘o‘t ri‘iri‘i, to 
break in pieces; hele ‘o‘t‘o‘i, to break; 
tale‘t ‘o‘t‘o'2, to trouble oneself. 
So‘ifo'i n., mu ‘o‘t‘o't, sections of roof for 
thatching. Florida goti. 
oka 1. U., to eat areca nut along with betel 
leaves and lime. 
oka 2. to eat food raw. Viti ndroka, Niué ofa, 
Maori ofa. 
oka, okaoka 3. v. i., to destroy gardens (of 
pigs); poo okaoka, a mischievous pig. 
oke, okeoke 1. v. tr., to draw, to drag. 
okenga v. n. 
okeni tr. Wango oge. 
‘oke 2. ‘o, thou; ke, verbal particle. 
oko 1. a band, a creeper used in tying. 
oko 2. a tree (Acacia sp.) ; tarasi oko, a cuckoo. 
oko, okooko 3. black (earth) pigment used for 
the teeth, the idea being that the gums 
are hardened thereby. 
‘oko 4. ‘o, thou: ko, verbal particle. cf. ‘oke, ‘o‘a 6. 
okooko a basket, a receptacle; okooko ni pasa, 
basket containing bonito hooks. 
okolu okolu tewa, eleventh and twelfth day of 
the moon. 
oku 1. n., a marine annelid, palolo (Eunice 
viridis, the epitokal segments). oku e 
hirusia maana, said of the migratory 
plover, cf. Rarikeri‘ala. 2. names of 
certain months: oku lade, September; 
oku mwaa, October; oku denu, Novem- 
ber; oku peine, December. 3. summer 
time, as distinguished from aau, winter. 
4. names of certain days of the month: 
qa‘t oku, toohuungei oku, S., second and 
third days after full moon. 
cf. ‘o‘a 6. 
