HOKA 
hoka 1. to come apart. 2. to have a hole in 
the bottom. 
hokasi tr., to burst, to split. Florida voka, 
to come open; Lau foga, to burst open; 
Maori hokai, to spread out; Niué hoka, 
to pierce. 
hola 1. v. i., to spread. 
holasitr. Maori hora, mahora, spread out. 
hola 2. v. i., to spring forth in a jet. Florida 
vora 
hola 3. v. i., to begin. ha‘ahola; holai na‘o, in 
former times. 
hola‘i tr., atei ni e hola‘ie, who began it. 
hola‘i partic., used as adv., precedes the 
verb: formerly, at first. e hola‘it na‘o 
‘oto wau, he first led the way; nou hola‘i 
‘unue, I first said it. 
holaa 1. v.i., to be calm (of the sea); aau e repo 
kosi holaa, when the nuts are ripe it is 
calm weather. 2.n., a calm, kdi‘holaa; 
holaa totoweru‘e, a flat calm. FE Holaa, 
a rock on the west coast of Ulawa near 
the south cape. 
holaasi tr., to be in calm weather, e hola- 
asire; Met. to be in peace. 
holi, holiholi v. tr., to barter, to buy. ha‘aholi; 
kire to‘oana keni mwala ko holie, they 
own the girl who is being bought. 
holinge v. n., a sale. 
holiholinga U., n., a bought dependent. 
holite-(ku), holiholite v. n., price, payment, 
holitana, the price of it, its being sold. 
Mota wol, Malay beli, Malagasy vily, 
Bugotu voli. 
holo v. i., to divide. ha‘aholo. cf. maholo, 
maaliholo, mouholo. holo ‘ahe, to divide 
the waves by incantation and make a 
way for a canoe; holo onu, to divide and 
cut short; ‘ato holo, to cross over the 
sea; langu holo, to break in two; ‘o holo 
onu‘e gongiku hao, thou hast shortened 
my days. 
holosi tr. 1. to cut a piece off. 2. to cross 
over; holosie ‘asi, to cross the sea. 
holosila (ku) gerund. Wango horo, to 
cross; Mota wolos, to cut across; Lau 
folo, Makula foro; Florida polo, when. 
holosi v. tr., to appoint, to assign. 
holota‘ini determ., to make an appoint- 
ment, to agree upon, to arrange. cf. 
hé&‘iholota‘i. 
holoholo 1. n., interval, part, portion, thing, U.; 
holoholo i sapeku, S., my duty; ngaite 
holoholo, U., a_ different thing. 2. 
irregular, intermittent; mata‘i holoholo, 
intermittent fever. 3. U., v., to barter. 
honi U., contraction for hou ni, a, one, used of 
fish; honi weieu, a bonito; honi mehu, a 
mehu fish. 
hono, hohono v. i., to shut, toshut a door. ef. 
ha@'‘ihonoa‘i; hono sikihi, to shut off by 
itself; hono stsinge‘i, to shut out; e hono 
sisingana, shut him in; ape hono, to 
prevent; ddu hono, S., to hinder; noru 
hono, to be windbound; susu hono, to 
heal over (of a sore). 
honosi v. tr., used as prep., to meet, opposed 
to, over against; ‘ato honosi, to oppose; 
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hono, hohono (continued). 
hulo honosi, to close up an aperture; 
lae honosi, to go and meet; si‘o honosi, to 
interrupt with questions; susu honosi, 
to close in on; ‘ure honosi, to oppose. 
honota-(ku) gerund., protecting, guarding; 
e palo honotaka, our mediator; para 
honotaka, defend us. 
honohonota v. n., a shutter, an obstacle. 
Mota wono, Lau fono, Florida vongo, 
Malagasy fono. 
honu 1. n., a turtle; honu i‘e, green turtle; honu 
hapa, hawksbill turtle; hapa ni honu, 
plates of turtle shell; tarihoa honu, to 
watch for turtles on the sands. ¢. 
karenga. popo ni honu, tailpiece of 
turtle shell used for nose-rings at Santa 
Cruz; su‘ai honu,asummerset. Nifilole 
fonu, Malagasy fano. 
honu 2. v. i., to be full. ha‘ahonu; honu 
makeato, full to overflowing; ere ant 
le‘u honu, to boast; hera honu, a con- 
gregation; 7‘e honu, a hundred fish- 
teeth; honu, honu leu‘ae, poro ni tolo 
e hule ‘oto pe‘i oqai poo, a catch said 
when filling a bamboo raéa at a spring, 
fill, fill quickly, a hill man has arrived 
bearing a pig’s entrails. 
honulaa v. n., a crowd, a company. 
honule‘i partic., filled, full. Wango honu, 
honurat, Florida vonu, Motu honu. 
honu 3. honu ako, to have pulmonary disease. 
hoo 1. exclam., of contempt, of disbelief. 
ho‘o, ho‘oho‘o 2. v. tr., to bind. 
ho‘onga v. n., a binding. 
ho‘osi tr. 
ho‘osila-(ku) gerund. 
iho‘o n., a bundle. Wango hoo. 
ho‘oho‘odara n., a wreath, a crown. cf. dara. 
hoowa S., n., morning, between 8 and 10. Gf. 
hu‘o 2; daéngi hoowa, the next day; ke 
haro hoowa ka‘u, as soon as it is light. 
hora (ku) 1. prep., over against, in order to 
get, for; horana i ola, over against such- 
and-such a place; horana nga taa, what 
for? 2. U., ha‘alu horana, to swear by 
a thing or person; 3. U., concerning. 
Fagani fora, subject to, under the rule 
of; horana mwa alaha, under the power 
of the chiefs. 
horaa‘i v. tr., to turn round (of objects). 
horaa‘ini tr. 
horahora‘apu‘i S., n., first fruits of nuts and 
yams. cf. ‘apu 2. 
hora‘i hd‘ihora‘i, partic., to be daybreak. cf. 
‘auhora. 
horo, horohoro v. i., to beat, to strike, to kill; 
horo ‘asi, to destroy utterly; horo né 
loloto i purine maeta, to kill a man in 
order that men may bathe after cele- 
brating a death feast; horo mwamwaki, 
to kill wantonly; horo suuhe‘ini, to kill 
out, to destroy; horo suulana, to kill 
in revenge; horo i tala, to kill to avenge; 
horo tata‘alasi, to kill without mercy; 
kire tahoa nana mwala e holo. 
koronga v. n. murder, killing; koronga 
