HELEHELE 
helehele 1 (continued). 
yam puddings), unleavened. Wango 
herehere. 
helehele S. 2. of phases of the moon: helehele 
mwiéimwei, seventh and eighth days; 
helehele padine, ninth and tenth days. 
helo a small fresh-water fish. 
helu cf. halu. 
hena S. 1. lime, uwunu hena, to burn lime. 2.a 
lime box for use in chewing betel; hoz 
hena hoto, a gourd used for holding lime. 
Lau fena. 
henu a fresh-water cockle found in swamps, 
shell blue inside, used to scrape the 
charred part off sulanga and to kara 
with. 
heota‘i v. i., to slander, to be jealous of, to 
accuse of infidelity; heota‘inge, v. n., 
accusation of infidelity; heota‘ini, tr.; 
heota‘inie pe‘ia ola, to accuse of infidelity 
with So-and-so. 
hera a courtyard; hera honu, a congregation; 
herai usinge, a market-place. Lau fera, 
village; Vaturanga, S. I., vera, Wango 
herahora. 
hereho S., a hereho, So-and-so: a Wango word 
meaning thing. 
hero scraped coconut, mu hero; hero ‘a‘ate, 
dregs of scraped coconut after straining 
the milk. 
herohero v. i., to be mad, out of one’s mind. 
hete‘i hete‘i maa, to fix the eyes upon; hete‘i 
maanga, v. n., a fixing of the eyes. 
hetela sasa hetela, thin, lean. 
he‘u 1. star, hoi he‘u; he‘u to‘oa‘i he‘iliu, planet; 
mu he‘u sisine, shining stars; mu he‘une 
salo, the stars of heaven; ‘u‘ui he'u, a 
Statinccl ale Nis. eee Satsasu, 1).; 
comet. Mota vitu, Maori whetu, Bou- 
gainville Straits bito. 
he‘u 2 cf. ha‘u. 
He‘u‘e the hills at the head of the river 
Walo‘a‘a, Little Malaita. 
heulao v. i., to act the wanton. 
heune cf. hau 4. 
heutaa U., mara'i heutaa, to droop (of flowers). 
hi tr. suff., lae, laehi. 
hi‘a U., cf. hi‘e, S. 
hide, hidehide v. i., to clap the hands; mao 
hidehide, to dance to the clapping of 
hands, not holding the dhui but with 
Ghulili on the fingers. 
hideli tr., to hit with the hand; hideli to‘oni, 
to wash clothes by hitting them on a 
stone. 
hi‘e S., hi‘a U., v.i., 1. to be weary; alingada 
e hi‘e mwaanie rongo; tola hi‘e, to be 
heavy laden. 2. redup. hi‘ehi'e, to be 
pregnant; e hi‘ehi‘e ana a ola, con- 
ceived by So-and-so; nikeku e hi‘ehi‘e 
aku, my mother conceived me. 
hi‘e‘i tr., to weigh heavily upon. 
cf. ulao. 
Wango 
ht‘a, Niué fita, wearied; Maori hia, 
difficulty. 
hihi v. i., to crouch (of dogs), hihi lo‘uloku. 
of. ‘ahihi. 
hii, hiihii v. tr., to be in a state of perception; 
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hii, hiithii (continued). 
noko hiie sapeku, I feel my body, I am 
well. 
hiinge‘ini tr., to perceive, to apprehend, 
to suspect. 
hiinge‘inila-(ku) gerund. Lau fii; Maori 
hia, wish; Niué fia, Viti via. 
hi‘ito‘o U.1.v.i.,tobein pain. cf. sapehi‘ito‘o. 
hi‘ito‘onga v. n., pain. 
hi‘ito‘o S., adv., to excess; e pdine ‘oto hi‘ilo‘o. 
it is far too big. Mota vivtig. 
hiiwala‘imoli v. i., to believe, used with poss. 3. 
hii. 
hiiwala‘imolinge v. n., belief, faith. 
hiiwala‘imolila-(ku) gerund. 
hika U., hika hato, last stage of the moon. 
hikana cf. hike 2. 
hike 1. a roll of cane dyed red (hikei ue), used 
to make bracelets and anklets or collars, 
used also to ornament spears (noma 
ddiedi); nga hike adio, a coil of banyan 
creeper. 
hike (ku) 2. prep., of, among; ngaini hikemiu, 
one of you; mou ka‘a lio hikena nga ola, 
I saw nothing; xgdu hikeni, to eat of it. 
hike 3. ten, of garfish (mwanole), hike ni i‘e. 
hiku, hikuhiku v. i., to be entangled. cf. 
ta‘ihikuhiku. 
hikusi tr., to wind around a thing (of 
creepers); nga walo e hikusie, tangled 
up by a creeper. 
hikute‘ini tr., to wind around, to whip with 
string; e hikute‘inia 1 denumana, he tied 
it round his waist. 
hilehile v. i., to be wounded. 
hili v. tr., to choose for one’s own, to desire 
and take; to‘o hili, with poss. 2. to‘o hilt 
nada, they alone. 
hilisi tr., to pick, to choose. ha‘ahili; lio 
hilisi, to choose; lio hilisie huni hu'‘e t‘oe, 
choose her for your wife. 
hilisila-(ku) gerund. Lau ta‘ifili as to‘o 
hili; Florida vili, to choose; Samoa fili; 
Niué fifili; Motu hidi. 
hilolo U., v., to be warped by the sun. 
hiluhilue‘i S., partic., i‘o hiluhilue‘i, to be 
estranged. 
hinanga U., kara ni mwane, yam pudding used 
in sacrifices. 
hinesu (ku) S., flesh, meat. FI. vinahi. 
hini‘i adv., nearly, almost; precedes the verb. 
cf. hiri‘i. 
hinoli‘a U., adj., beautiful; ‘ost hele hinoli‘a 
taha ine, how well you have done it. 
hinou a fish-hook made of turtle shell, not 
barbed: a steel hook; hinou ni ‘a‘ao, 
hook for fishing; hinou ni semu, a hook 
for deep-sea fish; hinou ni toli, hook for 
deep-sea fishing; wanawana hinou, to 
make turtle-shell hooks. Lau finau. 
hinu 1. shell of shellfish; hinui hangoda, shell 
of haliotis. 2. bark: hinui ue, bark of 
cane. Mota vinui, skin. 3. v. tr., to 
pull up the eyelid; ‘o hinua maamu, 
peel your eye! 
hinuhinu eyelid, hinuhinui ma‘a. cf. hiruhiru. 
hiohio U. 1. mwahiohio, swayed, bent; tata- 
