HARO‘A 
haro‘a U. (Su‘uholo use), as hara 1. 
harua U., exclam. of assent, yes. 
hasi, ha‘ihesi S., hasihisi U. 1. v. tr., to plant. 
of. ‘u‘uhesi. 
hdsinge v. n., a planting. 
hasila-(ku) gerund. Wango hasi, Lau fasi. 
hasi U. 2. maana e‘a hési i saroha, his eyes roll 
up to the ceiling. 
hasi‘ei‘ei S., twist tobacco in sticks. Wango 
hasi‘ei, a tree; the first tobacco came to 
Sa‘a from Wango. 
hasikokosi U., v. tr., to cause distress to. 
koko 2. 
hasile‘ini U., v. tr., to set, place. 
Hasimo a bay on the west side of Ulawa 
between Lenga and Ripoo, the site of 
an old village. 
hasi‘o (ku) n., flesh of body; me‘i hesi‘o i‘e, this 
flesh. 
hasi‘onga v. n., ngdu hesi‘onga, cannibalism; 
to‘ont e mada‘a ani hesi‘onga ant, gar- 
ments defiled with the flesh. cf. 
hinesu. Wango hasi‘o, Mota visogot, 
Maisin visoa, Wedau vioa. 
hasi‘ola adj., fleshy, with plenty of flesh on. 
hasipe‘ule S., adj., hard, close in grain. 
hata, hatahata 1. v.i., to go together, to accom- 
pany one another. tola hatahata, to act 
in harmony. 2. v.i., to set well, to be 
easy, comfortable; tori ineu e hata, my 
yoke is easy. 3. v. i., to be gentle (of 
wind); mawa hatahaia mola, a gentle 
breeze. 4. suli hata, 40 dogs’ teeth, a 
unit in reckoning money. M. A., pp. 
238, 325. 5. maraau wet hata, south- 
southeast wind, strong but with no rain, 
cloudy skies. 6. a tree of hard wood 
used to make drums; pig-proof fences 
are made of it in Guadalcanar. San 
Cristoval hata. 7. hata koula‘a, to be 
noisy, chattering. 
hatanga v. n., fellowship, communion, 
palea tahanga, to keep fellowship. 
hataa‘i v. i., to arrange, to place one along- 
side the other; hataa‘i diena ana mwa 
ola, to put things in due order; hataa‘i 
sae talani, to be careful to; le‘u kire 
hataa‘i heu ana, a pavement. 
hataa‘ini tr. to cleave to, to accompany, 
to arrange. 
hatale, hatahatale v. i., to go along the beach 
as opposed to lin i henue, take the 
upper road; awalosi i hatale, the north 
wind. 
hatalea v. n., shore, coast. 
hatara v. i., to rest upon, to lean, to press 
against. 
hataranga‘ini tr., to cause to lean upon. 
San Cristoval hatara, to reach. 
hatare on the side of, toward, used with suff. 
pron. a. hatarea i ola. 
hato 1. a large armlet made of clam-shell; 
daraha‘ini hato, to fit the shell ring on 
the arm; didi hato, to make the shell 
ring: a hole is made by tapping with a 
piece of flint tied to a handle, then a 
stick studded with flints is inserted and 
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hato 1 (continued). 
the hole made larger, the outside is 
rounded on coral rock and a groove is 
made; the old men, and often the blind, 
make the hato. 2. U., hika hato, the 
moon on the fifth day. 
hato 3 (ku) U., knee-cap. 
hatonga S. 1. suited to, used with poss. 3. 
e hatonga aku. 
hatonga‘i v. i., to explain, to set out in 
words; hatonga‘i wala haahi, to accuse. 
hatonga‘ini tr., to cite an example, to illus- 
trate, to give instructions about. 
hatonga U. 2. to be small. 
hau 1. rock, stone; hoi heu, arock. of. liliheu, 
suluheu. hau haa, red madrepore coral; 
héu hana, coral limestone; Hau Hari, 
a rock at the east entrance of Mara 
Masiki Channel; hau ni iu, twin rocks; 
Hiu ni Keni, rock at Ali‘ite where 
female ghosts congregate; haéu ni lilie‘t, 
a rock from which men cast for gar- 
fish; Hau Loho, a boat harbor south of 
Port Adam; Hdaéu Maelo, a rock near 
Ngorangora on the east coast of Ulawa: 
prov. raa hitelia Hau Maelo, dry 
weather enough to crack Hau Maelo; 
hiu menu, pumice; héu mou, an isolated 
rock; héu ngedi, flint; hdu ‘ono‘ono, to 
swallow stones in an ordeal; héu pawa, 
soapstone; hdu pie, a precipitous wall 
of rock; héu pulu, hard volcanic rock; 
hiu pu‘opu‘o, a grindstone; haéu susu, 
an immovable rock; héu suusuui karo, 
cornerstone; ‘ato‘ato héiu, to perform the 
hot-stone ordeal; déu heu, the hot-stone 
ordeal. M. A., p. 210; dau dunge, 
dunga ni heu, to undergo the ordeal; 
i‘e hé‘u, a stone fish; ipelu eni heu, to 
fight with stones; kakatai heu, iron rod; 
ki‘iki‘t heu, a rod of iron; lengine hau, 
above the rock; leu kire hataa‘i heu ana, 
a pavement; nga odoni heu, a row of 
stones; gd‘une hiu, rocks on shore seen 
from the sea; rete hau, to grind the 
teeth; sae héu, hard heart (late use); 
e ‘u‘ile‘inie nga hoi heu, a stone’s throw. 
Mota vatu, stone; New Guinea vau: 
possibly pronounced hau and not ha‘u 
in order to distinguish it from ha‘u 
(Mota vaz). 
hau 2. axe, stone axe, iron (late use); Adwkile- 
kile, a long-handled tomahawk with 
iron blade; hau roroho, a stone axe; rere 
héu, to sharpen an axe; rere haunge, 
v. n., axe sharpening; warei heu, ware 
ni hau, a short club with a stone head 
made at Waisisi, Big Malaita. 
hiaule adj., stony. 
ha‘u 3. n., a log of wood; hau i contracts to hat, 
hai dango, S., hai ‘ei, U., a log; hau lilt 
gana, a boom; nga héiuheui niu, U., nga 
haihei, S.,a log of coconut wood. Mota 
vat 3, Batak hau, tree; Malay kayu. M. 
Lar Df. 95> 
héu 4. n., (a) denotes a period of time; nga héu- 
dinga, U., a day; nga héu ni hélist, a 
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