‘arasi 2 (continued). 
a dance; ha‘a ni 
covenant. 
arato U., seeds worn on the ahkles in a dance. 
aratoto v.i., to get toa destination. ara 2. 
arau 1. n.,a kind of canarium nut. 2.n., the 
place where such grow. 
‘arawa adj., raw, unripe, uncooked; mae 
‘arawa, to die suddenly or in youth; noto 
‘arawa, to die suddenly. 
‘arawanga y. n., noto ‘arawanga, sudden 
death. 
‘arawana its greenness, unripeness; ‘ara- 
wana e ngdéu diana, it eats well raw. 
‘ara‘arawa‘a adj., raw. Wango marawa. 
arawana n.,atree on Malaita with large edible 
fruit brown in color. 
are, areare v. tr., to call upon a ghost (Ilz‘oa, 
‘akalo), to beg, to importune; arearcaéu 
ana uununge, call upon me with sacrifice. 
arenga‘i v.i., arenga‘i he‘u, to use hot stones 
in the ordeal by fire, calling on a ghost 
to witness one’s innocence. M.A., p. 212. 
‘arenga‘ini tr., to offer prayers and invo- 
cations to a ghost. 
are hd‘iare, U., v. tr., to proffer help, to push 
oneself forward. 
areareo‘a U., adj., ulcerous, 
ulcers. 
aree interj., exclamation of grief or pain. 
areka an acacia which grows in abandoned 
gardens. 
arenga-(ku) 1. duty, part; oko esu arengaku, J 
am doing my part. Lau arenga. 
Arenga 2. Arenga Manu, the northwest point 
of Ulawa, near Haraina. 
arikosi U., v., to work in common, to have a 
working bee. 
arikosinga v. n., work done in common. 
arikosilana gerund, the working of it, its 
being done. 
ariri, drieriri to tremble, 
or fear. 
driringe v. n., trembling. Bugotu arvirt. 
arisi v. tr., to attack craftily, with deceit and 
guile. 
arisila-(ku) gerund. 
ariu n., kingfish. 
aro 1. wild ginger. aro pue. ‘apai aro, ginger- 
leaf wrapping of food in the oven; maai 
aro, stalks of ginger. 
aro 2. v., to soar, to hover. 
aro 3. poe aro, a nose-stick of bamboo or shell. 
aroaro v, to shout, to exult; rike pe‘t aroaro, 
to rejoice and shout. 
‘aroka partic., open, wide. ‘a 6, voka. 
Arona n., the south cape of Ulawa and the 
village east of it. 
aropu U. 1. n., snail; hdnuaana ngdu avopunga, 
a snail-eating place. 
aropu S. 2. toto aropu, to sip. 
aroqga‘i to mix liquids. qd‘i 2. 
aroqa‘i‘e adj., ‘omu ke ruan anga aroga‘i‘e 
hunie, give her a double mixture. 
Saroro 1. n., a wooden hook. 2. v. tr., td sus- 
pend, to hang on a hook. Florida 
dororo. 
‘arasi, ark of the 
crippled with 
to shiver from cold 
‘ASI 
Aru i sapena i Aru ni i‘e, apostrophe addressed 
to San Cristoval. cf. ha‘adéhi. 
aruhi n., a covering. 
asa v.i., to be difficult, mysterious. /a‘aasa, 
ha‘aasa‘i: mango asa, to gasp; mu wet 
é€ asa, deep waters; rorongo asa, U., to 
be dull of hearing. 
asaasa‘a adj., difficult. 
asa‘i tr., to be too difficult for; e asa‘ieu, it 
is too difficult for me. Wango asa, 
mysterious. 
asai mango tree; hoi asai, mango fruit; fe‘ete‘ei 
asai, dry mango seed used as a cover for 
the shell (apo) used as a razor. 
asaka n., coleus. 
asaunge n., sardine, caught with a shell hook 
: (tootoo, toohe‘o) from a stage built out 
in the bays; asaunge e déu, the sardines 
have arrived. 
‘Asi 1. sea, salt water, salt; ‘asi dodo, deep water; 
‘ist ko kokohu, the sea is booming; ‘dst 
ko ulungaa haénue, the sea under the 
earth; ‘dsi mae, lee shore; ‘ds? matawa, 
open sea; ‘asi meuri, weather side; ‘dst 
namo, quiet water inside a harbor; ‘ds 
rodo, deep water; ‘dési rodo, a month 
January (part); hau nt ‘esi, a wave; 
holosie ‘asi, to cross the waves; kolune 
‘ast, the face of the sea; Roukou ‘esi, to 
gargle salt water; liu i ‘esi, to travel by 
sea; moro tadria paro i‘ola i ‘est, you 
launch the canoe yonder into the sea; 
mu suuleni ‘esi, the paths of the sea; 
mwat malau t ‘esi, U., the islands of the 
sea; nono ‘asi, sandfly, gnat; pine ni 
‘esi, booby; pusu ‘esi, whale; te‘t ‘est, to 
dip and draw up salt water in a bamboo; 
i to‘ulana ‘dsi, on the surface of the sea. 
- Mota tas, Ceram tasi, Polynesian tat. 
‘asi-(ku) 2. S., man’s brother, woman’s sister; 
‘asiku, my brother; ‘asiku ineu, my 
brother; maenz ‘esiku, my brethren; mu 
mwa ‘asine, brethren: in Sa‘a a sister 
may be spoken of by her brother as 
‘asiku; in Ulawa ‘asiku means a woman’s 
brother or a sister-in-law; ro mwa ‘asina, 
U., two sisters-in-law, each calling the 
other ‘asiku (Su‘uholo usage). Mota 
tasiu, Motu tadi, Polynesian tahi, tet. 
‘asi 3. v. tr., to throw away; joined with certain 
words it denotes destruction, doing away 
with; dere ‘asi, U., to throw away; ere 
‘asi, U., to reproach, to vilify; horo ‘ast, 
to decimate; hu‘e ‘asi, to overturn, to 
overthrow; kae ‘asi, to pluck out (thorn) ; 
ne‘isae ‘asi, to forgive; ooho ‘asi, to 
break up, to destroy; sae ‘ast, to forgive, 
to neglect; susu ‘ast, to prick and re- 
move; ‘usunge‘i ‘asi, to despatch. 
‘asila-(ku) gerund, wunu ‘asilana, destroy- 
ing by burning. 
‘asi‘a U., adj., with notion of wasted; ¢ 
pdina ‘asi‘a, needlessly big; e udiudi 
‘asi‘a, rotting away; nga hudi e mata 
‘asi‘a, the bananas were rotting away 
unpicked. Florida asi, lost; Wango 
gasi; Malo asena, very. 
