ANA 
ana 1 (continued). 
when the preposition is separated from 
the verb. (b) to, for, concerning, of, 
against, him, her, it; calling on (of a 
ghost), U., e damu‘ia meme ana Kiir- 
amo, he chewed areca nut to Kiiramo. 
Florida ana. cf. Preface. 
ana 2. prep., instrumental, used only with 
nouns to which the pron. 3 can be suf- 
fixed, the definite article may follow 
ana; ana specifies the instrument, ani 
the method; ana nga noma, with a spear; 
e siunie ani noma, he killed him spear- 
wise; ana maaku, with my eye; ana nga 
taa, with what? why? ana saemami, 
with our hearts; ere lole ana ma‘unge, 
to talk confusedly from fear. 
ana 3. prep., belonging to, from, him, her, it; 
‘o da nga muini ana muini ‘ie, take some 
from these; mou da ana, I got it from 
him; e mduri ana mwela, delivered of a 
child. 
ana 4. place where; e hure‘ita‘a ana hdu, it 
gushed forth from the rock; le‘u e lae 
ana, the place to which he went; ana 
mu ‘inoni, among men. 
ana 5. prep., after, by the name of; kire saaie 
ana a ola, they named him after So-and- 
so; poro (keni) ana a ola, the man 
(woman) named So-and-so. 
ana 6. adv., time when; ana aau, at the time 
of ripe canarium nuts; ana hdlisi, at 
harvest time. Mota ana, in anaqarig, 
ananora; Polynesian ana, of past time. 
ana 7. adv., if, for, because; ana e tahanie 
maamu ne, in that he opened your eyes; 
ana ke ola mwamwadau, if possible; ana 
muni kire ‘unua, if they say it; ana nge 
na ka‘a diana, now herein it is not good; 
ana uri, for if, of supposititious cases; 
anoa ni ‘ie ana ‘omu lae mai, a marvel 
it isin that yecame. Mao. and, there, 
when. 
ana 8. tangahulu ana, tenthina series. Mota 
anai, pasopasoanai. 
‘ana 9. poss. 1, sing. 3; for him to eat. ‘a 11. 
Motu ana. 
anaanawela adj., without blemish. 
anahi to succor. 
‘ana‘i U., verb. part., denoting futurity of 
action; the ‘a is attracted to the pre- 
ceding @ of pronoun va 2 and to kira. 
na‘a na‘t lae ‘oto, I shall be off. Oba 
na, M. L., p. 426. Bugotu da, M. L., 
p. 550. ‘cf. ke't: 
ane S., v. tr., to wonder at, to marvel at; anei 
Malau, able to see ‘Olu Malau; proverb 
of clear weather. Wango ha‘ane, praise. 
‘anene adv., gently; ooru ‘anene, to blow gently. 
Maori hanene, to blow gently. 
ani 1. poss. 3, pl. 3; of things only; concerning, 
for, from among, to; used as object; 
ne‘isae Gni, think upon; nou da nga 
muini eni, I took a few of them. 
ani 2. prep., instrumental, used instead of ana 
when no article follows, but not used of 
persons; ¢ sdunie Gni taa? dni hakis, 
with what did he kill him? with an axe; 
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ani 2 (continued). 
dni denotes the method, ana the instru- 
ment; dni is used of general and ana of 
particular signification; dni has an‘ 
adverbial force; dni noma, spearwise; 
dni eronga, guilefully; holota‘i ent to‘ohaa, 
to promise in money; honu eni to‘ohaa, 
filled with money; hute dni mesinge, born 
in adultery; ulo dni erenga, to lament 
with crying; dni he‘idinge, at some future 
day; but when an adjective follows the 
noun ana may be used in the place of 
Gni; ana hd‘idinge tata‘ala, in an evil 
day; dni houlaa, at the feast; laelae Gni 
‘uri isulie, walk in his footsteps; maa 
Gini maa, niho dni niho, eye for eye, 
tooth for tooth; e hure‘ita‘a ani heu pulu, 
gushed out of the stony rock; éni meta- 
thetic upon nia. ni 1; a 4. Florida 
nia, instrumental; Mota nia. 
ani S. 3. prep., of, belonging to; used in com- 
position; dni suusuu, U., a cubit; ‘apu 
ent sheep, the blood of sheep; hote ani 
henue, a native paddle; li‘oa ani wala- 
‘imolinge, the spirit of truth; mu na‘ohai 
mwela dni ‘inoni, the first-born children 
of men; googoota Gni nume, foundations 
of the house; raaraa dni meurihe, light 
of life; supi eni heu, a stone club. 
‘ano 1. ground; cf. i‘ano. ‘ano huu, the earth, 
opposed to ‘asi, sea; ‘ano mola, cultivable 
ground, deep soil on top of the ridges of 
the upper hills, opposed to qgd‘u 4, the 
ground on the ridges immediately above 
the beach; hai ‘ano, on the ground; hot 
‘ano, underground; odohaana me‘i ‘ano 
mola, in good ground; susu ‘ano, to 
make holes for planting yams. Lau 
gano, Mota tano. 
‘ano 2. v. i., to pass away, to disappear out of 
sight; ‘ano suu, to perish and become 
extinct; ‘ano télihuu, to vanish com- 
pletely. 
anoa n., a marvel, miracle, vision, apparition; 
anoa ¢ wa‘araa mdi, an apparition came 
into view. 
‘anomi v. tr., to cover with earth, to bury. 
‘ano 1. ka‘a po‘ote‘e ada, ko anomire 
mola, no care is taken of them, they are 
merely buried, of the undistinguished 
dead. M.A., p. 263. 
anu, 4nuenu to be loose, unstable. 
anule‘i partic., loosened, waving in the 
wind. Florida anu. 
Anute 1. the island of Florida. 2. Anute ni 
i‘e, island at the eastern entrance to 
Mara Masiki Channel. 3. Anute Paine, 
North Sister Island near Aio on the east 
coast of Big Malaita. Java. musa, 
island. cf. Anuda, Cherry Island. 
1. n., large woven basket for yams. 
Mota tanga. 
‘anga 2. to open; ‘axga wawa, to open the 
mouth to speak. Buogut hangavi. 
anga‘i v. i., to carry, to act as porter. 
anga‘ini v. tr. Mota anga, to shoot up; 
Malagasy anga, lifted up. 
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