horo horohoro (continued). 
maapala, murder; horonga 7 talada, 
revenge for them; horonga tataraaraa, 
indiscriminate slaughter. 
horotaa v. n., murder, killing. 
horo‘i tr., ha@‘ihoro‘i. 
hota 1. ‘aehota, talaa‘ehota, to begin. 
wola. 
hota 2. hota ni mwane, all the boys who are 
eligible for ha‘amalaohu; e mou ue ena 
ngaini ka‘a hota ni mwane lo‘u, e mou 
ana Wateha‘aodo, it is still in desuetude, 
no boys are initiated into bonito catch- 
ing, it ceased with Wateha‘aodo. M.A., 
p. 234. 
hote 1. v. i., to paddle, to row a boat (late use). 
2.n., a paddie, an oar; hote ani henue, a 
paddle; hote ni haka, an oar; hote ni 
monaki, bone‘of the cuttlefish; palupelu 
ni hote, handle of the paddle; tarasie ‘isi 
ana hote, to feather the oar. 
hotenga v. n., paddling, rowing; ani 
hotenga, by paddling. 
hotela‘ini tr., to propel by paddling, by 
rowing. 
hotela-(ku) gerund. Mota wose, 
hode, Maori hoe. 
hoto n., a gourd used to hold lime for betel 
chewing; hoi hena hoto, a lime gourd. 
hotohoto 1. to shake (of gourd or bottle). 2. to 
rattle the spatula in the lime gourd; 
é hotohoto ana lo‘u hoi sehu. 
hoto‘i, hotohoto‘i tr. 
hotohoto‘i U. v. i., to swing. 
hotohotomolita‘a U., round in shape. cf. moli. 
hoto‘i to bore (of beetles or worms in wood); 
hou e hoto‘ie, it is wormeaten. 
hou 1. article, a; more frequently used in 
Ulawa; with genitive nz contracted to 
hont, U.; probably connected with hoi 1. 
hou atea, a coconut water-bottle; hou 
kao, a bottom plank in a canoe; honi 
mehu, a mehu fish; hou mei, an ebb tide; 
hou ola, a thing of a round shape; hou 
pua, an areca nut; mai nga hou pua, give 
an areca nut; houhi, a yam; hou wei, a 
bamboo for carrying water; honi weteu, 
a bonito. 
hou 2. S., adv., down: not used of direction; 
with locative 7 contracts to hoi. stho 
hou, lae hou, to descend; hoi sae, in the 
heart; hoi ‘ano, underground. 
hou 3. dry rot, worm in wood, hou e hoto‘te. 
hou 4. v. i., to proclaim, to be proclaimed; 
e hou lilikeli, how keli, proclaimed 
abroad. 
houle‘i partic., proclaimed, made public. 
houle‘ini tr., to proclaim, to tell out. 
houle‘inila-(ku) gerund. Fagani fou. 
hou 5. U., dem. pron., this, these. cf. nihou. 
laa hou, vocative you! 
houhou n., a bier. 
houlaa v. n., a feast; diu houlaa, to have a 
feast. hou 4. 
houlana n., fame, kingdom; a Wango word 
hourana. 
Houlanga a proper name. 
Mota 
Motu 
HUHUDARO 
houliwo U., hoiliwo S., n., a hill. 
huasa n., a crocodile. Mota vua, crocodile, 
puasa lizard; Malagasy buaya, crocodile. 
Hu‘atea a rock off Cape Arona, Ulawa. 
hudi 1. n., banana; hoi hudi, a banana fruit; 
hud: tolaka, a variety with erect bunch, 
plantain; hudi ni haka, introduced 
banana (Musa cavendishii); hungui 
hudi, a bunch of bananas; tangisi hudi, 
a hand of bananas; pi‘e ni hudi, pi‘et 
hudi, banana sucker; nga hudi e mata 
‘asi‘a, the bananas are rotting away 
unpicked. Florida vudi, Viti vundé. 
Niué futi, Motu dui, Malagasy ontsy. 
hudi 2. S., first and second days of the moon. 
hudihudi n., a stripe, bruise, weal. 
hudihudi‘e adj., bruised (of the body). 
hue S., hua U. (na) 1. article, a, one, used of 
fruits only; huana i‘ada, the fruit of 
their womb; huani ‘ei, U., fruit; huest 
dango, kidney (si genitive); kau mei nga 
hue, give me one. Wango hua, Mota 
woat, fruit; Motu huahua, fruit; Maori 
hua, Malay buwah. cf. pue. See M.L., 
eee 
hu‘e S., hu‘a U. 2. a married woman, wife; 
women in general in distinction from 
mwane, male; the demonstrative na, 
S., ni, U., may be added, a hu‘ena, 
the woman. to‘o hu‘e, to be married; 
to‘o hu‘anga, v. n., the being married; 
sike hu‘e, to divorce a woman; sike 
hu‘anga, v. n., divorce; e lio hunie hunt 
hu‘e nana, he chooses her for his wife; 
lio hilisie huni hu‘e t‘oe, choose her for 
your wife; hu‘e kive konite mola, a con- 
cubine; ta‘e hu‘a saena e diena, there’s a 
good-hearted woman. 
hu‘e 3. v. tr., to carry suspended from the head 
as native women do. Niué fua, to 
carry on the shoulder; Motu huai, to 
carry from the shoulder. 
hu‘e 4. v. i., to reverse; hu‘e asi, to overturn, 
to overthrow; hu‘e hau, to dig up stones 
suitable for use in cooking hdéhi; hu‘e 
tekela‘ini, to uproot and destroy. 
hu‘eli tr., hu‘eli ‘ato‘ato, to wind rolls of 
dyed cane. 
hu‘esi tr. 1. to reverse; hu‘esi ‘elinge, to 
turn the ear to. 2. to open a native 
oven. 
hu‘esila-(ku) gerund. 
hu‘eta‘ini U., tr., to reverse. Niué veux, to 
uncover; Mota sug, to dig up, uga. to 
lever, vut-uga-uga, to dig; Wango huke, 
reverse; Florida vuka; Maori hua, lever, 
overturn; huke, dig up; Malay bukai, 
open; Sulu wkati; Viti tevwka, open. 
huehue (na) fruit, mu huehuei ola, fruits; 
huehuana, its fruit. 
huhu 1. v. i., to leak, to drip, to spill out. 
huhusi tr., to pour upon. Wango huhu, 
spill; Lau fufusi, to sow broadcast. 
huhu 2. v. i., huhu la‘ola‘o ana wé‘i, to be in 
contortions with tetanus. 
huhu 3. v. i., to pluck, to pick off. 
huhudaro U., v. i., to smite, strike. daro. 
