‘duru to be uprooted, to fall down (of a tree). 
San Cristoval auru, down; Maori auru. 
‘dusala v. i., to be a gadabout, to neglect the 
home. Mota sala 1. 
‘4uta‘a to proceed from, to come forth. ‘au 4, 
ta‘a 4. 
‘dutala ere ‘dutala, to speak to the air, for 
naught. 
awa 1. to be a sojourner in a foreign place; in 
proper names, Wateawa. noko awa 
mdi, I am a stranger here. 
awa 2. v. i., to roar (of flood, etc.); taa ni ko 
awa mdi, what is that roaring? pine 
awa, the hornbill, from the rushing noise 
made by its wing. . 
awaawata-(na) gerund.; awaawatana naho, 
the roaring of the surf. 
awa 3. to be brown in color; ‘usu awa, a brown 
dog; hana awa, a pinkish-colored yam. 
awa 4. the walking-fish (Periophthalmus sp.). 
awa 5. U., awa tahu, to slip, to come loose (of 
bands). 
awa 6. U., tahanga awa nusi, a measure, just 
on a fathom. 
‘awa 7. a tree (Nephelium pinnatum). 
tawan, Viti ndawa. 
Sawa 8. cf. ‘awangi, ‘awasi. 
awaa to be convalescent after fever, to be over 
the attack. 
awaawahane U., v. i., to sigh for; e‘a awaa- 
wahane mola amoro‘i, he is forever 
sighing for you two. 
awala n., a ten, a tally. ha‘aawala. nga 
awala, a ten; e ro awala, two tens, 
twenty; awala ha‘ahuu, S., awala ‘oto 
huu, U., a full ten; awala da‘adala, an 
uneven tally; awala mdia ‘enita, awala 
mwana ‘enite, how many over ten; 
awala mwana rue, twelve (ten complete 
and two); kdli awala, ten strings of 
shell money each a fathom long. Lau 
aqala. 
awalaa‘i S., partic., awalaa‘i ‘epule, bloodshot, 
red (of eyes). 
awaleo creaking branches in a tree. 
awalosi 1. the wind between west and north 
blowing in the summer; awalosi i ahare, 
northeast wind; awalosi hatale, north 
wind; awalosi i henue, northwest wind; 
awalosi i Kela, southwest wind (as Kela 
is the south point of Guadalcanar this 
shows that the wind notation rests 
upon the rhumb toward which the wind 
blows); awalosi 1 one, north-northeast 
wind; awalosi i su‘u west wind. 
awalosi 2. a reed (Arundo sp.) with edible 
flower-heads. 
awanganga v. i., to open the mouth, to gape. 
Mota wanga, to gape; Lau faga, mouth; 
Maori wangai, to feed; Niué fangaz, 
to feed. 
‘awangi v. tr., to expose to the air (of an ulcer 
or sore place). 
awara, awaawara to cry out, to yell, to whine; 
haéu ni mwela awara, the day after full 
moon. 
awaranga V.n., crying, yelling. 
Mota 
DA‘IDERIE 
awara (continued). 
awarasi tr., to cry over, to 
Wango awara. 
‘awasi to draw in the breath with a whistling 
sound when eating areca nut, ‘awast 
‘e‘e, S., ‘awasi pua, U. ‘awa 8, ?tawa, 
mouth. 
‘awasirahe v. i., to groan, to mourn, to sigh. 
n.,a groan ‘awast, rahe. 
‘awasirahenga v. n., groaning. 
awata‘a to be a stranger and as such in evil 
plight. awai,ta‘a1. Wango awata‘a. 
awe, aweawe v. i., to walk about. 
aweawehi tr., to travel up and down a place; 
ko aweawehie ro ‘apana, walks on every 
side. 
lament. 
D 
Before i d is pronounced as ch in the word 
church; adi a-chi, diena chi-e-na. In all other 
cases in pronouncing d the tongue is pressed 
against the palate and held there while the 
breath is forced against it, then the tongue is 
relaxed and the breath escapes, the resultant 
sound being equivalent to dr. 
da 1. pers. pron., pl. 3, suffixed to nouns and 
to certain verbs and gerundives. 
da 2. mwane da na kolu mae, lest we die. daa. 
daa, daadaa S., v. i., to give, to take, to do. 
taa, U. le‘une nou daa ‘oto, I did that 
already. 
dada U., to be smooth, to be flat, level. 
ha‘adada, hé‘idada, hu‘idada. 
dadada‘a U., adj., smooth, flat, level. 
dadanga‘a S., burnished, shining. 
da‘elu pers. pron., pl. 3, suffixed to nouns and 
to certain verbs and gerundives. da 1. 
4 saada‘elu. 
Daha a beach in ‘Olu Su‘u, the landing-place 
next north of Sa‘a on the east coast. 
dahe v. tr., to adze down, to chip ground with 
the hoe. ha‘adahe. 
dahi 1. the golden-lip pearl shell; ‘u‘u maat 
dehi, a pearl; swu dehi, to dive for pearl 
shell. 2. a crescentic breast ornament 
for men cut from this shell; daéhi raha, 
a pearl-shell gorget worn with the 
convex side outward and the rounded 
outer edge plastered with pulu 3. 3.U., 
a phase of the moon. 
dahi, da‘idehi 4. to be favored, to be lucky; 
ha‘adéhi; to the reduplicated form the 
possessive pronoun is suffixed, and in 
Sa‘a the & is replaced by e where no # or 
u precedes; nou dehi, lucky me; de‘tde- 
hieu, de‘idehire, happy me, happy they. 
dihi‘e, da‘idehi‘e S., dihidahi‘a U., adj., 
happy, fortunate, blessed. 
dahu the sheath covering the coconut flower, 
used when dry for tinder or for fire- 
kindling. 
da‘i 1. seen in compounds. 
dé‘ilama‘a. 
Da‘i 2. Gower Island, north of Big Malaita. 
da‘idengi adv., by daylight. déamngz. 
di‘ideri‘e n., a valley. dari. 
da‘idiena, da‘ita‘a, 
