hdu 4 (continued). 
period of a year. (b) with numeral 
ta‘a, S., ta‘e, U., one, it makes héuta‘a‘i, 
héuta‘e, once: with genitive i, hau 7 
contracts to hdi, hdidinge, S., a day, 
hdirodo, a night. (c) a row of teeth: 
rete hau, to grind the teeth; rete hiunga, 
v. n., talai heune, a row of teeth; kulaa 
talai heune, to loosen teeth; used of 
things that are in succession with 
genitive 7, 1z, ni; hau ni ‘esi, a wave; 
héuliahe, tide-rips; héuliqgongi, one day 
of a series. cf. au in Motu and Hula, 
Keapara hau prefixed to names of 
things of length. T.S.E. iii, p. 475. 
hau 5. U., used of phases of the moon; hau ni 
lemi, full moon; hau ni mwela awara, day 
after full moon; ruana hdu, second day 
. after full moon. 
hau 6. a pandanus with broad leaves used to 
make umbrellas. 
hau 7. an umbrella of pandanus leaf sewn in 
strips, carried on journeys and used as a 
sleeping-mat, also to protect children 
when they are carried by the mother; 
mwela ko kerukeru la‘o hiu, the child’s 
ghost scratches inside the umbrella. 
hau 8. U., hau ni taretare, outrigger. 
ha‘u 9. to plait; had‘u ha‘a, to tie laths in a plat- 
form; hd‘u mwe‘i, to plait a native bag; 
hé‘u ni‘e, to plait a coconut mat; ha‘u 
qgaso, to plait a grass armlet; héa‘u tahe, 
to make a platform. 
hd‘usi tr. 
ha‘usila-(ku) gerund. 
vau, Samoa fatu. 
haudinga U., n., a day; suli hiudinga, daily. 
hauheu‘e adj., used as n., a precipice, rocky 
place. 
hauho eel, used in divination; haéuho ni wei, 
fresh-water eel; hduho 7 dunga e ‘ura 
tlengi, the eel in the fire stood erect; 
haéuho ni ‘esi, conger eel. 
haukama v.i., to be in opposition to, to oppose, 
to revolt: followed by prep. honosi, 
against, with suff. pron. as object. 
haukamanga v. n. 
haukari U., starfish. 
haule 1. v. tr., to nurse, to mind a child, to mind 
a house; xoko haule, I am minding the 
house; noko haulaa mwela, lam minding 
the children. 
haule 2. adj., stony, rocky, rough. 
haulihane a rock from which a voyage starts, 
as at Waingile, Ulawa. 
ha‘ulioku the end purlins of a house. 
hauliu (ku) n., the throat. 
hauni U., adv., altogether; precedes the verb; 
metathetic upon ahuni. 
hauta‘a‘i S., hauta‘e U., once: the final ‘7 may 
be the verb suffix, in which case the 
composite may be regarded as a par- 
ticiple. cf. pele, pele‘it. San Cristoval, 
ta‘a‘i, one. 
exclamation of encouragement; he i‘oe, 
he‘o, bravo. 2. v. tr., to urge, to bid. 
he‘a, he‘ahe‘a 1. to defecate. 2. to rust. 
Mota vau, Florida 
he 1. 
HELEHELE 
he‘a, he‘ahe‘a (continued). 
he‘asi tr., to defecate upon, to dirt upon. 
Possibly metathetic upon Mota tae, 
Motu tage, Polynesian tae, kae. 
he‘a 3. exclamation, with demonstrative na 
or ni added; he‘a na, S., he‘a ni, U., there 
you are. 
he‘asikena‘i U., exclam., not used before 
women. cf. ha‘akena‘i. 
hehe 1. U., hoi hehe ani dunga, tinder, the accu- 
mulation at the outer end of the groove 
caused by rubbing two sticks together, 
tle dunge. 
hehe 2. cf. ha‘ahehe. 
heheoku U., n., a dove. cf. hiroiku. 
hehesi U., v. tr., to be obstinate, to dispute. 
hehesinga v. n., obstinacy. 
heheunge S., v. n., mentioning, speaking. 
heho v. i., to accuse a person of causing death 
by magic. 
hei 1. U., preceded by locative i, thei, U., itei, 
S., where; e kei hei, from whence; nga laa 
nt hei, who is this person. 
he‘i 2. cf. ha‘i 8: he‘i is often used in Sa‘a when 
the preceding vowel is neither 7 nor wu. 
heko v. i., to be palsied. withered, of limbs. 
hele 1. v. i., to hold, to catch hold of, to work 
at, to do; hele dora‘i, to withhold; hele 
dora‘ie ha‘alunge, to break a promise; 
hele dumuli, to repress, to hold down; 
hele hu‘ihu‘inge, unprofitableness; hele 
hu‘isie nga le‘u, to err in anything; hele 
huu, to inherit; hele isuli, to do accord- 
ing to; hele lakoma‘inie, hold it together; 
hele langa‘a, to hold up conspicuously; 
hele lolomi, to keep for oneself; hele 
manekosi, to handie gently; hele manire‘t, 
to live orderly; hele maénu sada, to hold 
level, upright; hele marangana, to take 
from amongst; hele marara, to act with 
diffidence; hele méuli, to do awkwardly; 
hele ngé‘ingedi, hold fast; hele ‘o‘t‘o't, to 
break; hele ola, to act; hele ‘onime‘t, to 
do cleverly; hele ni oraha‘a, to do too 
much; hele pé‘ipesi, to grasp firmly; hele 
ponosie wawana, keep his mouth shut; 
hele po‘opo‘oli‘ili‘i, to do perversely; 
hele pupupu‘e, to keep intact; hele rodi, 
to grip, to hold tight; hele rorodo, to 
grant fair weather, to hold off squalls: 
a phrase used in incantations; hele 
saedami, U., with poss. 3 ana, to have 
enough; hele susuli, to inherit; hele 
suusuu ana, to do in succession, con- 
tinuously; hele tararuru, take hold all 
together; hele temweri, to touch; hele 
tolinge, to hold in subjection; hele toto, 
to get for nothing; hele wa‘ini‘ini, to do 
diligently; hele walamango, to perfect; 
‘ost hele hinoli‘a taha ine, how well you 
have done it. 
helenga v. n., action, acts. 
helela-(ku) gerund., the doing of. 
helesi tr., to hold, to do, to work at. 
helesila-(ku) gerund. Wango herest. 
hele 2. Florida vele, magic. M.A., p. 207. 
helehele 1. containing no coconut milk (of 
