APE 
ape 2. ape sada S., ape dao U., to be level (of 
country). 4 
ape 3. v. tr., to encourage; e apea saena, he en- 
couraged him. 
‘ape 4. a net, a seine; ‘ape ni menu, nets set for 
birds across the openings in a ridge of 
hills; the place where such nets are set; 
‘ape e tau, the net has fish inclosed in it; 
Glu ana ‘ape, to fish with a seine; sau 
maa ana mu ‘ape, to mend the meshes 
of the nets. Mota gape, Maori kupenga. 
‘Ape 5. the constellation of the Southern Cross; 
ro mwane, the two pointers to that con- 
stellation. M.A., p. 349. 
api-(na) bordering on; 7 epina lalo, bordering 
on the garden. 
apiepi v. i., to border on, to be contiguous to. 
Malay apit, side by side; Maori apiti, 
to place side by side; Niué apiapi, 
narrow. 
apirawa a yam with purple flesh. 
apiopio a flowering creeper (Hoya). 
apite‘i partic., sore, of feet; met., sore at heart. 
apo 1. v. tr., to epilate. 
apo 2. a bivalve shell used to pluck out hairs— 
it is held in the fingers and worked like 
pincers. 
apo 3. v. tr., to lever, to prize; e apoa mu heu, 
he prized up the rocks. 
‘apolo 1. a piece of shell money (haa); ‘ele 
‘apolo, U., a small length of money, 
met., of a small piece of garden planted. 
Florida polo, up till. 
‘apolo 2. partic., ceased, ended; hota ni mwane 
e ‘apolo ana ro Dora, the succession of 
boys ceased with the two Doras; mae 
‘apolo, paralyzed. 
‘apoloa S., people, descendants; ‘apoloa ineu, 
my people. 
apota apota ni honu, egg of turtle. 
‘A4pu (Ku) 1. blood. cf. ma‘dpu‘a; ‘aipu e siki 
ana, seed of copulation; ‘épu raharaha, 
an issue of blood; kokoi ‘epu, a drop of 
blood; me‘i ‘epu, S., madsi ‘epu, U., blood; 
e ngisuhie ‘dpu, to spit blood; sulu ‘epu, 
to adopt a child. 
‘apule adj., bloody; ga‘u ‘dpula, U., a person 
wounded in battle; awalaa‘i ‘epule, 
bloodshot; Jili ‘epule, turned into blood. 
‘Apunge v. n., sulu ‘epunge, adoption of 
children. 
‘apu 2. to be forbidden, tabu, to be final. 
ha‘a‘apu. e ‘adpu laa, U., why not? (is 
it forbidden?); toli ‘epu, to observe a 
tabu, to fast. 
‘Apu ‘Ala a district on Little Malaita over- 
looking Mara Masiki Channel. 
‘apu‘i v., to flatter, to cajole, to say ‘ako‘ako 
sae. hd‘t‘epu't. 
‘apulo partic., returned, turned back on a 
journey. ‘a 6, pulo. 
apune wa‘i n., stinging-nettle tree. wa‘i 7. 
‘apuru partic., crowded. ‘a 6, puru. 
‘Apurunge the Pleiades. M. A., p. 349. 
Maori apuru, to crowd. 
‘aga 1. to squat on the heels, to cower down. 
‘aqahi tr., to crouch and await, to lie in 
‘aqa 1 (continued). 
wait for; ‘agahi lue, shell-money orna- 
ment in pairs and worn by the women og 
breast and back. 
‘aqaha‘i v. i., to crouch, to brood over 
(of hens). 
‘aqata‘ini v. tr., to beset, to lie in wait for. 
Mota taga, crouch; Wango ‘aga‘agqa, 
Maori ?awhi. 
‘aqa (ku) U. 2. n., belly. of. ‘oqa. 
‘aqa 3. ha‘a‘agaha‘ini, to measure by. 
‘aqa‘aqa n., bay, indentation in coast. ‘aga 2. 
‘aqa‘aqa‘a adj., bay-shaped. San Cris- 
toval waga, a cave. : 
aqalao n., pus, matter in a sore. 
‘aqalulu S., ‘aqaruru U., n., coconut beetle. 
‘aqaqo ‘aqgagoi sa‘o 1. fronds of sago palm. 2. 
raft made of the fronds. 
‘agelu partic., overturned. ‘a 6, gelu. 
ara 1. n., dew; Au‘ori ara, to be early afoot. 
ara, araara 2. v., to make an advance, to move 
forward, to get on; ko kele araara ia‘ane, 
it is moving slightly. 
arana tr., to move a thing on. 
arala-(ku) gerund, aralana, its being moved 
forward. 
ara 3. v., to be lost, dispersed. 
‘arai v. i., to call out, to cry aloud. 
tarat. 
ara‘idio v. i., to alight upon, to swoop, of 
birds. dio. 
arakau n., fish hawk (Haliaster girrenera). 
kéu 1. Wango arakau. 
arakoko n., taro pudding, pounded taro with 
grated raw coconut on top, considered 
poor cookery. 
aramu U., v., to itch. 
aranga n., a wild duck. 
arapa n., a wooden hair comb; it is made of 
separate pieces and not cut out of the 
solid: a cross-bar is tied with fibers of 
the creeper adio below the handle, the 
center piece projects beyond the others, 
which are bent and tied tightly to it, 
the flat handle is frequently inlaid with 
pieces of nautilus shell (reoreo), the 
teeth of the comb are very sharp and 
the hair is teased out with an upward 
movement; arapa ddiedi, a comb made 
in Big Malaita and ornamented with 
dyed plaited cane (ue) and yellow fern 
tissue (ddiedi) woven into a pattern on 
the handle, the ends passing between 
the pieces composing the comb; arapa 
reoreo, comb inlaid with nautilus shell. 
arapasi vy. tr., to comb the hair. 
arapuu v. i., to make land when at sea, to reach. 
ava 2, puul. 
arapuunge v. n., a coming to land, reaching 
a destination. 
‘arasi 1. to scrape, to fine down spears, etc., 
by scraping. kara 2; ‘arasi niu, to 
grate coconut with a roa or sdukai; 
‘arasi noma, to scrape spears with ngddi. 
Mota sarav, to stroke; Niué alati, to 
scratch. 
‘arasi 2. v. i., ‘arasi mao, to lead the chorus in 
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