dau 1. (continued). 
p.212. ddueu,to play tunes; déu haahi, 
to omit; déu hahota, S., to act the hypo- 
crite; ddu heu, ordeal with hot stones, 
M.A., p. 210. ddu hono, S., to hinder; 
déu lalo ana, S., to be plunged into the 
midst of; déu parasi, U., to hinder; dau 
ramoramo‘a, to do violence; ddu suu‘i, 
to importune; déu wala (ku), to trans- 
gress; mu ola nou deu walaku eni, my 
offenses; ddéu wei, to catch fish in pools 
when the river is low; daéudéu poo, U., 
to sacrifice pigs; e dau ni ere, he made 
to speak; lopo‘'s deu, to feign; mala kire 
manata‘i deue, as they were wont; nou 
deu ni lae, I attempted to go; sulu 
déuddéu, to make songs on. 
daiulana gerund.; mu ola saemu eni deuleni, 
the things your heart is set upon doing. 
Wango dau, to touch; Viti ndau, to do. 
dau 2. to come to rest, to be stationary (of 
canoes). ha‘adéu. déu suu weu, move 
farther up. 
daiunge v. n., 7‘o ni deunge, to be a sojourner. 
Lau dau, to reach; Samoa tau, to anchor; 
Maori tau, to rest. 
daure‘i U., v. i., to put layers of sago-palm leaf 
sewn on reeds on a roof to thatch it. 
daure‘ini tr., to thatch a house. 
dawa (ku) 1. n., the mouth. mngidu, lip, is 
more commonly used in Sa‘a for the 
sake of politeness. 
dawa 2. v., to be toothless. 
dawari U., v. tr., to chew with the gums 
because toothless. 
dede 1. v. i., to fill with fluid; dede ha‘ahonu 
ana, fill it full; kara dede, yam mash 
run into a bamboo and cooked over a 
fire. 
dede‘i tr., to fill with liquid. Lau dedengi, 
Florida dode. 
dede 2. v. tr., to drip, to protrude; ahutana 
‘ogana e dede ‘oto, all his bowels gushed 
out; ‘apu e dede, the blood dripped. 
dede 3. dede qalu, an arrow. 
dele U., v. tr., to wrap up a parcel. 
deni U., as dani: e deni ‘oto; ident. 
dere 1. U., to throw away; with ‘asi 3, dere 
‘asta, throw it away. 
dere 2. deresi S., dereha‘ini U., to insert, to 
sheathe. 
dere 3. U., dere unu, to get in between; dere 
unu ana para, between the pickets of 
the fence; u‘i dere unu, to pierce with a 
blow. 
deu cf. déu. 
di 1. with adv. ‘oto; ‘oto di, a long space of time 
either past or to come, forever, from of 
old; may be reduplicated, ‘oto di ‘oto di, 
forever and forever. 
Di 2. a bay in ‘Olu Su‘u just north of A‘ulu. 
diana S., diena U., adj., good, proper, accurate, 
beloved. ha'‘adiana, daé‘idiena. ke haro 
diana, when it is well; itettana nga ola 
sa‘a diana, nothing will be good; ke‘s 
ne‘s meuta‘a diana, it will become quite 
strong; koni diana, to take good care 
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diana (continued). 
of; e la ‘oto i diana, it is good; lado 
diana, U., to explain; loo diana, to look 
good; maelona e ngaéu diana, when ripe 
it eats well; mwane diena inau, my dear 
friend; ngdéulana e diana, it is good to 
eat; e rako diana, it causes a pleasant 
sensation; sama diana, to correspond 
exactly. 
diananga, dienanga v. n., goodness; walu 
diananga ineu, all my goods. 
didiana‘a, didiena‘a adj., exceedingly good. 
dianaha S., dienala U., v. n., used with ana 
1; dianaha ana mu t‘e, the good fishes; 
Lau diena, Tolo sieni, Malay dian, dien. 
The addition of the noun suffix nga 
seems to show that diana is a verb; 
possibly the a is a verb suffix and dia 
equates with Mota wia, good. ha‘adiana. 
to be small, undersized, dwarf. 
to chop with an axe, to carve, to quarry; 
didi hato, to make a shell armlet; didi 
opa olanga, discrimination, partiality. 
didie‘inge v. n., opposition. 
die n., a club, long-handled and straight, used 
mostly on Big Malaita. Lifu jza, club. 
Die‘i U., Su‘u i Die‘'i, the landing-place at 
Mwouta on the east coast of Ulawa. 
dile S., v. i., to slip, to slip out of place, to be 
in vain. Florida dila. ‘aeku e dile, my 
foot slipped; zoru dile, to trust in vain, 
to be disappointed. 
dilehi tr., ‘ala dilehi, to bite at and miss. 
dili 1. n., a dracaena; dili alaha, a dracaena 
with bright red leaves used in incanta- 
tions, also in drawing lots: a leaf (‘apas 
dili) is held in the fingers and pulled, 
the test is according as the leaf breaks 
easily or not: the process is called 
héhuto'o and ilala. 
dili 2. n., mwa‘a dili sato, a snake observed as 
anomen. M.A., p. 221. 
dimwe n., a tree fern. 
dinge S., dinga U., a day. déngi, dani, dent. 
ana nga‘eta dinge, on another day; 
ha@‘idinge si‘iri, to-day; nga hd‘idinge, 
S., nga haudinga, U., a day; mu dinge 
hunge e liueu, many days passed over me. 
Motu dina, sun, day; Viti simaa, day. 
dingadinga U., to be clear (of voice); walaku 
e dingadinga, my voice is clear. 
dingale a littoral tree whose hard wood is used 
in making paddles. 
dio v. i., to swoop (of pigeons), to jump from an 
eminence; dio hunu, to swoop; dio hunu 
ni sae, to be faint-hearted; ‘oke dio hou, 
leap down; urou e dio i‘ano, the pigeon 
swooped down. 
diohi tr., to swoop down on;.diohi malau, 
name of a canoe in a story, literally, 
swoop down ontheislands. Wango dio. 
diodioru to chatter (of wisi, a bird observed 
as an omen. M.A., p. 221). 
dionga‘i 1. v. i., to be squally (of wind). 
2. n., a wind squall. 
dionga‘ini tr., e dionga‘ini ‘emelu, a squall 
descended upon us. 
didi 1. 
didi 2. 
dio. 
