“ASI 
‘asi U. 4. adv., thereupon, consequently. ‘a, 
v. p., St, illative. 
asihe U., tosneeze. ‘asinge,S. M.A.,p. 226. 
Bugotu achihe, Maori matihe, Niué tihe, 
Probably onomatop. 
*asile adj., saltish, brackish. ‘dsi 1. 
“*Asiloli‘a U., the name of a canoe in a story. 
‘asinge S., to sneeze. dsihe, U.; considered a 
sign that someone is calling. 
asire‘i v. i., to be taken unawares, to be unpre- 
pared for. ha‘adsire‘t. 
asoso v. i., to tremble, to shake, to be palsied. 
asu, dsuesu 1. S., to work; dsu hohola, to work 
in a yam patch; Gsu maarue, to serve 
two masters; dsu me‘t ola, to minister 
at holy things; dsu nani ‘inoni, of work 
not faithfully done, eye service; dsu 
ramoramo‘anga, mighty work; dsu susu- 
le‘t, to work unremittingly; dGsu talai 
ngeulaa, to work for food; dsu we‘u, 
hard work. 
asunge v. n., work. 
asu‘i tr., to work at a thing. 
asula-(ku) gerund., the doing of. 
asu, dsuesu 2. v.i., to move from place to place, 
to be loose. 
asule‘i partic., unstable. 
asuata exclam. of disapproval. 
asuhe n., a rat; ‘asuhe e ngero‘ie, rats nibbled 
it. Mota gasuwe, Viti kudhuve, Bugotu 
kuhi. 
asu‘olo‘olo v. i., to be loose, shaking, to move 
to and fro. dsu 2, ‘olo‘olo. 
asusu coconut crab (Birgus latro), the flesh of 
claws used as bait for flying-fish. 
ata 1S., a unit; methathetic upon fa‘a 3. ‘enite 
‘ata, just how many? e ro ‘ata mwane, 
only two men. 
ata, ataata 2. U., to progress, to move on, to 
be in motion. adaada, S. 
atana tr., to move a thing slightly. 
atalawa v.i., to be set wide apart. 
atanau v. i., used with poss. 3; of a ghost, to 
fasten on, to attack a person. 
‘ate, ‘ate‘ate to be dry, to have no moisture on; 
ngisu ‘ate, to be thirsty (parched lips); 
ngisu ‘atenga, thirst. 
‘atea S. 1. a coconut water-bottle. 
2. a glass bottle. 
atei interrog. pron., sing., who; plural, kiratei; 
atet ‘elekale, what child? atei e manata- 
‘nie, who knows? (I can’t say); ola 
atei, whose thing? the demonstrative 
nt may be added; atei ni ngeena, who is 
that? satana atei, what (who) is his 
name? Mota isei, Maori wai. 
ato 1. to be in motion; ‘ato ‘ae, to move quickly, 
to stride; ‘ato ‘ae su‘ahia, U., to leap and 
encounter; ‘ato hdu ilengi, to stone with 
stones; ‘ato holo, to cross over the sea; 
‘ato honosi, to oppose; ‘ato huni, to lie 
in wait for; ‘ato i na‘ona huni, to be in 
worse plight, circumstances became 
worse for one; ‘ato hu‘o, to set a net; ‘ato 
hu‘onga, a plot; ‘ato nime, to set out 
bowls of food at a feast; ‘ato puri, with 
p>ss. 3, to turn the back on. 
hou ‘atea. 
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ato 1 (continued). 
‘atoni tr., ‘atoni lalo, to plan, to set out, a 
garden; ‘atoni hu‘o, to set a net; ‘atont 
ue, to steep and dye strips of cane; hu‘els 
‘ato‘ato, to wind dyed cane. 
‘ato 2. n., rafter, generally of bamboo. Mota 
gaso, Bugotu gaho, Borneo kasau, Niué 
ato, Maori kaho, ato, thatch. 
‘ato‘ato 1. n., hu‘eli ‘ato‘ato, to wind rolls of 
dyed cane. 
‘ato‘ato 2. v. i., to take a new canoe on a tour 
around the neighborhood and to nearby 
islands in order to raise money; #‘ola 
‘ato‘ato, a canoe so taken. 
‘ato‘ato 3. ‘ato‘ato héiu, to perform the ordeal 
with hot stones. M. A., p. 212. dau 
he‘u, id.; sulu ‘ato, a song sung as an 
ordeal; sulu ‘atonga v. n. 
‘atohono n., a chamber, inner room. 
hono. 
atowaa n., broad day, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.; hat 
atowaa hd‘ileku, a whole day long; mu 
het atowaa, the days, as opposed to mu 
het rodo, the nights; susu‘e atowaa, all 
day long. 
au 1.n.,a black, poisonous snake. M.A., p. 221. 
au 2. pers. pron., sing., 1, suffixed to verb and 
to preposition as object. i-na-u, M.L., 
p. 116. 
au 3. n., the bamboo; du pungu, a large, strong 
kind of bamboo; du ge‘t, a variety of 
bamboo with close joints, planted 
upright to retain walls of houses, also 
employed in making combs; Gu rarahi, 
the third finger; du susu, an ear-stick 
of reed; du wale, a flute; hai eu, a reed, 
a length of bamboo; huui eu, a stool of 
bamboo; girei eu, a length of bamboo, a 
bamboo stalk. Motaau1. Motu bau. 
‘au 4. ‘du ta‘a, to debouch (of a path), to end 
in, to proceed from. Mota au, to step. 
‘a‘u U. 5. exclam. of assent, yes. 
aueu 1. a short bamboo plugged at one end, 
used as areceptacle. 2.acasket. 3.a 
match-box, Gueu ni dunge. 
aueune v. i., to be discontented, upset in mind. 
auhenue 1. v., to be resident in a place, to be a 
native of a place. hdnue. 2. n., an 
inhabitant of a place; mou euhenue ‘oto, 
I am acclimatized. 3. n., a neighbor; 
€ sa‘a saronie auhenue inge‘ie, he will do 
no harm to his neighbor. 
‘duhora v. i., to come open, to come apart, to 
be revealed. hé‘ihora‘i. salo ko euhora, 
the sky is opened; déngi esi euhora, 
light has been revealed. 
a‘ulu 1. specific numeral, ten of coconuts. 
ty G‘ului niu. 
A‘ulu 2. village on the east coast of Little 
Malaita next to Sa‘a. 3. A‘ulu Peine, 
A‘ulu Talau, northeast end of Little 
Malaita. 
daunge-(ku) dungana, his master; dungani lalo, 
j U., master of the garden. 
Auge ‘ia hill on the main ridge of Little Malaita 
in the Koru district at the head of the 
river Walo‘a‘a, near original home of 
Sa‘a people. 
‘ato 2, 
