HA‘ITALE 
hi‘itale (continued). 
hé‘italenga v. n., a search. 
ha‘italela-(ku) gerund. 
ha‘italenga‘ini tr., to look for. 
ha‘itatanga‘i U., partic., scattered. 
ha‘itelili S., to be unruly. 
hid‘itelilinge v. n., unruliness. 
ha‘ite‘e adj., with whole skin, unpeeled. 
hé‘ileku. 
ha‘iteu v. i., to move quickly, to hasten. 
ha‘itewhi tr., to deliver, to free. 
ha‘itohe v. tr., to dispute with, to refuse to 
listen to; ere ha‘itohe, to contradict. 
hd ‘itohenga v. n., refusal, disobedience. 
ha‘itohela-(ku) gerund. Wango hazitohe, 
haritohe. 
ha‘itoli v. tr., to bury, to be a-burying. 
ha‘itolinge v. n., burial. 
ha‘itolila-(ku) gerund. 
ha‘itolinge ‘ini tr., to bury. 
ha‘itorangi v. tr., to exhort. 
ha‘itotori U., v. i., to await, to expect; hd‘ito- 
tori susuto‘o, to hope (late use); hd‘itoto- 
ringa susuto‘o, v n., hope. 
had ‘iuqeugeni v. tr., to complain of. 
ha‘iuqeugeninge v. n., complaint. 
ha‘iusi U., v. i., to traffic, to barter. 
ha ‘iusunge‘i S., v. i., to send, to despatch. 
ha‘iusunge‘inge v. n., a command. 
ha‘iusunge‘ini tr., to give command to. 
ha‘iuwelina U., n., a man and his sister’s son, 
those who call one another uweli, used 
with ro, mwa. nda 7. 
ha ‘iuwesi v. i., to use oaths, to curse. 
ha‘iwalo v. i., to be choked with vines; mae 
haé‘iwalo, to die prematurely. 
haka 1. v. i., to be torn, to tear; haka to‘oni, to 
tear clothes. 
hakasi tr., to tear something. 
Haka 2. n., the Southern Cross Mission 
schooner; palapala ni Haka, omen of 
the Southern Cross coming, a sign of 
rain. ; 
haka 3. n., a ship; white people, foreign; haka 
lude mwane, a vessel of the labor trade; 
dango ni haka, papaya; hote ni haka, an 
oar; mu haka, white people; hudi ni 
haka, Musa cavendishii; ola ni haka, a 
foreign thing; poro ni haka, a man of the 
ship, white man; i haka, the white man’s 
country; noko lai haka, I am going 
abroad. Probably Mota aka through 
San Cristoval, where Bishop Patteson 
first called and where the word was 
first learned by the peoples of Sa‘a and 
Ulawa. 
haka 4. n., a herd; haka ni poo, herd of swine. 
hakis n., axe (English). 
kdku 1. v.i., to go together, to goin a company. 
hikusi S., hakuni U., tr., to go with, to 
accompany. 
haikusila-(ku) gerund. Wango hagu. 
hiku 2. n., the prow of a canoe, separately 
made and tied on with cane: poop. v., 
to cut out the boards for the prow. 
hala v. i., to attempt, used with ni; nou hala 
ni lae, I attempt to go. 
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halahala firm, taut. 
halai 1. to be bald. 
the bald man. 
halaitana the top of a hill, lit., its baldness. 
halasi U., to be stiff, to stiffen. halahala. 
halata a wound, scar. 
hale 1. ashed, a yam-shed in a garden, nga hale. 
Florida vale, house; Maori whare. 
hale (ku) 2. the gums, palate; idemu ke suu + 
halena, the lime spatula shall pierce 
his gums. 
hale‘ite U., adv., entirely, only. hdlz‘ite, S. 
Lau fala‘ete. 
Halele‘i the island forming Port Adam, Little 
Malaita. 
hali, haliheli 1. v. tr., to break off branches; 
hdli ‘e‘e, to break areca branches. 
‘ahadli partic., broken off. 
halila-(ku) gerund. 
hiliheli‘e adj., broken off; ko hite haliheli‘e, 
breaks in pieces. Wango maharthari, 
ruined. 
v. i., to strive; hali wala, to dispute; héli 
walanga, S., v. n., disputation; wala 
hélinge, v. n., strife; halt ana hurunge, 
foot racing. 
halinge v. n., strife, bad feeling. 
halila-(ku) gerund. Mota valu, 
Viti valu, fight; Malagasy valy. 
hali 3. stingray. Motavar,Vitivai, Maori what. 
halidu‘u‘a U., v. i., to stumble. 
hali‘ite S., adv., entirely, only. hdle‘ite, U. 
haliono U., v. i., to close the eyes. 
halisi 1. harvest, crop, time of ripening; dango 
ni helisi, fruit (nut) tree; mara hdlist, 
northeast wind; mara hdlist 1 matawa, 
north-by-east wind. 2. yam _ season, 
year (late use); hdlisi kire ‘elie ‘oto, last 
yam-digging; hdlisi kire ke‘t ‘elie, the 
coming yam-digging season; hdlisi met, 
next yam-digging; nga hau ni helisi, a 
year. 3. U., grass, onion (late use). 
Mota valis, grass. 4. hdlisi pena, U., 
Coix lachryma, Job's tears. 
halo 1. v. tr., to bore, to drill. 2. n., a drill; 
halo mao, a pump drill: the sections of 
shell for money (haa) are all bored. 
Mota war, to twist. 
halo 3. v. tr., to helve an axe. 
halolo v. i., to come forcibly into contact with, 
used with poss. 3; e halolo ana nume 
ngeena, beat on that house. 
halu 1. n., some; used in Sa‘a with genitive 2, 
also with suffixed pronoun na; mu helut 
‘inoni, mwa hdlu ‘inoni, certain persons; 
héluna ngatni, hadluna ngaile, U., one 
here and there. Florida balu, Niué 
falu. 
halu 2. S., rdui helu, 10,000 coconuts. 
halute‘i v. tr., to paddle and overtake. hdlute‘t 
haka. 
halute‘inge‘ini tr. Ulawa hdéluta, in proper 
names. Wango haruta, to paddle; 
Fate balusa, paddle; Mota alo 3, to 
steer; Samoa alo, to paddle; Motu kalo, 
New Britain walu, Lifu galu. 
hama hatchet, tomahawk (English hammer) 
2. a bald person; a halai, 
hali 2. 
match; 
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