HUHUNU 
huhunu 1. v. tr., to poison fish with pounded 
leaves of Barringtonia. 2.n., dynamite 
used to shoot fish with. Mota vun, 
to poison fish; Efaté bunu, death; 
Florida hunu, leaven. 
huhurere‘a adj., dazzling white. cf. rere‘a. 
hui 1. n., taro (Caladium esculentum); hui 
kerekere, a taro shot with veins; kui ni 
matawa, giant caladium, the only kind 
grown on Ulawa; nisi hui, to pull taro 
for eating; poe hut, to pull wild taro; 
tapali hui, to cut off the leaves of taro; 
to‘ont hut, to plant taro; ‘usu hii, to 
grate taro. 
hu‘i 2. S., adj., troublous. hi'u 2. U.; mu ola 
hu‘ithu'i, dangers, difficulties, hard cir- 
cumstances. 
hu‘ihu‘inge v. n., hele hu‘ihu‘inge, unprofit- 
ableness. 
hu‘isi tr., to turn over, to reverse, to turn 
toward, to change the nature of, to 
harm; ddu hu‘isi, to overthrow, to put 
to wrong use, to bring to naught; hele 
hu‘isie nga le‘u, to err in anything. 
hu‘isila-(ku) gerund. 
hu‘itana tr., to change, to alter the nature 
of. cf. ho‘itana. 
hu‘ite‘i, hu‘ihu‘ite‘i partic., upset, undone, 
altered. cf. ho‘ite‘i; e ka‘a me‘t ola ke 
hu‘thu‘ite‘t, unchangeable; saeku e hu‘i- 
te‘z, my heart is undone. Mota vusiag. 
hu‘i 3. v. tr., to pour wateron. Mota vuvui. 
hu‘idada U., v.i., to be level, smooth. cf. dada. 
hu‘ihu‘ite S., a marvel, a wonder, a miracle. 
hu‘ine‘i S., v. tr., to warp, to wrest aside. 
hulaa S., hulahula U., a spring, fountain, hulaa 
nit weit, wat hulahula. cf. hulehule, 
hure‘i. Florida vuravura, Mota vura, 
Viti vure, Niué, Mao. puna. 
hulaaholaa v.i., to be full (of the moon). Mota 
vula, moon; Malagasy volana. 
hule S., hula U., v. i. 1. to arrive; hule éhu‘i, to 
come for; hule odo‘i, to arrive and find; 
hula talahi, to fail to find a person at 
home; ‘asi dodo hule i one, deep water 
right up to shore; lai hule, to reach; nga 
hale e koru hula i sinaha, the shed was 
full right up to the door; lat hulaana, 
till, until. 
hule‘ita-(ku) gerund., up to, reaching to. 
ha‘ahule‘ita. sa‘a hule‘itana ike saena- 
naunge, never coming to wisdom. 
huleta‘ini tr., to come and seek for. 
hule U. 2. to be in danger, distress; maenga 
hulahula, U., danger. 
hulesi tr., to be dangerously ill; e hulesie, 
he has a bad attack. 
hule 3. a convolvulus growing on the beaches; 
hule e ‘a‘a haahia taoha, the convolvulus 
had climbed over the canoe house. 
hulehule (na, ni) 1. n., husks, chaff; hulehuleni, 
the chaff. 
hulehule S., hulahula U. 2. n., water springs, 
mu hulehule. cf. hulaa, hure‘'i. Florida 
vure, Viti vure, Mota vura, Dyak pura. 
hulemotaa S. v. i., to be in agony. cf. motaa. 
huli 1. v. tr., to overtake, to overcome. 
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huli (ku) 2. S.,a bed, a mat. huilite, S. 
huli 3. huli nume, S., the site of a house, house 
plat. cf.talahuli. Lau fuli fera,a village. 
hulihuli n., a black biting ant. 
hulite (ku) S.,a bed,a mat. huli 2. U. 
hulo 1. n., a sponge, a towel (late use). 
hulositr.,towipe. Samoasolo, Maori horoi,. 
Viti vulo, to strain. 
hulo 2. v.i., hulo honosi, to close up an aperture. 
huluhilu S., v. i., to make a sacrificial offering. 
hulumota‘a S., adj., hairy. Mota ului, hair, 
Maori huru. 
huna U., hune, S. 
hunata v. n., stakes driven to moor a canoe, 
an anchor (late use). 
hune S., huna U. 1. to anchor; liki hune, S., 
riki huna, U., to loosen mooring-stakes, 
to get up anchor. 2. to hang up, to 
display; hune haa, to hang up and dis- 
play the bridal moneys at the home of 
the bride, to conduct the initial cere- 
mony of a wedding. 
hunesi tr. 1. to anchor. 
wedding moneys. 
punga, anchor. 
hune S. 3. a snare, a gin. lolohuna, U. lolosi 
hune, to set a trap; toli hune, to lay a 
snare. Wango huna. 
huni (au) S. 1. dative preposition, for, to; hunt 
lu‘ue mo ola ineu, to remove my goods; 
huni lengu ha‘aodohie ‘aeka, to guide 
our feet; dau loli huni, to submit to, to- 
be subject to; e hai lalamoa e mae hunia 
Qai, four dead men for Qai to pay a fine 
for; e ka‘a hunie tke maenga, not unto- 
death; kire husingi‘t hunieu, I have 
become accustomed to it; lae huni‘i, go 
to fetch them; le‘u noko lae hunie, the 
place whither I go; lio hilisie huni hu‘e 
t‘oe, choose her for your wife; lio hunt, 
to choose; e lio hunie huni hu‘e nana, he 
chose her for his wife; lio huni maa, to 
exercise partiality; mdsi huni, to commit 
adultery with; gqdlu huni, to conceive 
by a person; ke sdune huni ke mae, to be 
well mashed. Mota mun, Ulawa muni. 
2.adv.,in order that. muni, U.: also as 
an optative; huni ke lae mai, that he 
may come. 
hunie adv., in order that; hunie esi hute 
‘ulu ‘ie, that he should be born blind 
thus. Wango hunt. ha‘ihuni. 
huni (ku) 3. U., skin disease, ringworm; huniku,. 
my ringworm. 
hunila, adj., suffering from ringworm. 
Niué matafune. 
huni 4. ha‘ihuni, U., hérihuni, S., v. tr., to 
desire, to wish for. 
hunu 1. v. tr., to cut up an animal; hunu poo,. 
to butcher a pig; kira hunu poo mala 
ideni, tomorrow they kill the pigs. 
Malagasy vono, to kill; Borneo bunoh. 
hunu 2. S., n., a mast. 
hunu, huhunu 3. v. i., to poison fish with 
Barringtonia leaves. 
hunu 4. dio hunu, to swoop (of pigeons); dio: 
hunu ni sae, to be faint-hearted, to faint. 
2. to display 
Wango huna, Maori 
