‘alinge v. n., vying; huruhuru ni ‘elinge, to run 
races. 
alingi v. tr., dlingie ora ni uunu, to build up the 
altar of sacrifice. 
‘alingo v. i., of the tongue, to “‘get round’’ a 
word; meaku ka‘a ‘alingo ana, my 
tongue can not pronounce it. 
alipono sisu alipono, thick smoke. pono. 
‘Alipuri v. i., to follow (of time). ‘ali 1, puri; 
est ‘elipuri ana, a little while after. 
‘Alisuu ma‘ahu ‘elisuu, to sleep sound; ma- 
‘ahunge ‘elisuu, sound sleep. ‘ali 1, 
suu 1. 
‘alisuute‘ini v. tr., to be forgetful of. 
alitana U., adv., even so, thus. alihana. 
‘alite 1. n., a tree (Catappa terminalis); hoz 
‘elite, its nut; ‘dlite ko mena, the ‘dlite is 
turning red. 2.n., a diamond-shape in 
ornament. Mota salite. 
alitehu n., rubbish heap. Lau fafu. 
‘4liu 1. partic., reversed; saena e ‘dliu, he 
repented. liu. 2. v.i., to turn round; 
‘dliu haahie mwala, to turn round and 
face the people. ha‘a‘éliu. 
‘4liunge v. n., ‘dliunge ni sae, conversion 
of mind. 
‘alo specific numeral, of taro, 100; ‘alo ni hui, 
100 taro. Espiritu Santo taro, 100; 
Mota tar, 1,000. 
alo‘a 1. adj., suffering from yaws. 2. n., the 
yaws; mu alo‘a, the frambeesia. 
‘alohi v. tr., to anoint. Florida dalovi. 
alo‘i to be loose (of teeth). 
‘alopi partic., having a jagged edge. 
Alosi the north end of San Cristoval. 
‘alo‘u 1. partic., turned back upon itself. ‘a 6. 
2.n., averse. ‘alo‘u ni wala. 
alu 1. v., Glu ana ‘ape, to fish with a seine. 
‘alu U. 2. v. tr., to put, to place. Lau alu; 
Florida talu, to put. 
‘alu U. 3. v. n., to change into, to become (of 
ghosts); e ‘alu ana pa‘ewa, he changed 
into the form of a shark. 
aluhe S. 1. a centipede. 
‘aluhe 2. partic., untied, loosened. ‘a 6, luhe. 
aluhi, dlueluhi 1. v. t., to wrap up, to cover up. 
2. n., a covering, cloak. 
aluhite-(ku) gerund, a covering, cloak. 
alunge‘i partic., rongonga alunge‘i, heedless. 
‘alusae U., v. i., to meditate, to revolve in 
mind. ‘alu 2. 
‘ama-(ku) n., father, father’s brother; ‘amaku, 
voc., father; ‘amana e ngdungeu, his 
father ate it, a railing exclamation; e 
usulie ‘amana, he is like his father. 
Polynesian tama. 
‘amaa partic., outside, at the door. ‘a 6, maa. 
‘ama‘ama 1. v. i., to festoon with lycopodium 
fern. 2.n., a bandolier of shell money 
(haa) strung in a pattern with fringe of 
human teeth; liz ‘ama‘ama, to make such 
a belt. 3.n., festive ornaments, belts, 
necklaces, bracelets, etc.; ‘ama‘ama ni 
mae, panoply, war decoration. 
‘amadi 1. v. i., to eat one thing with another as 
a relish, as fish with yams. 2. n., the 
thing so eaten. 
ANA 
amami 1. poss. 3, pl. 1, excl., of us, for us, 
belonging to us, to us, used as object; 
‘oke ha‘ata‘inie amami, show it to us. 
‘amami 2. poss. 1, pl. 1, excl., for us to eat. 
amara to be barren, childless; muini e amara, 
the childless women. Wango amara. 
‘amasi, ‘ama‘amasi v. tr., to feel pity for; ‘amasi 
meurt, to be sorry for oneself, to save 
one’s skin by avoidance. hd‘i‘amasi. 
‘amasila-(ku) gerund, ‘amasileku, woe is 
me. Wango amari. 
‘amasito‘o 1. v. i., used with poss. 3, to hold in 
memory. 2. to be homesick, to pine. 
‘amasito‘onga v. n., remembrance, recol- 
lection; ‘amasito‘onga amelu, remem- 
brance of us. 
amau U., n., a fig with edible leaves; mwai keni 
ana sili amaunga, women given up to 
getting amau. Ahina‘i amau, the name 
of a canoe in an Ulawa story. 
‘amdurila-(ku) gerund, living, alive; ‘amdurila- 
daru‘e, they two alive. 
amelu 1. poss. 3, pl. 1, excl., of, for, to, belong- 
ing to us. 
‘amelu 2. poss. 3, pl. 1, excl., for us to eat. 
amere‘i, ameru‘e S. 1. poss. 1, dual 2, of, for, 
to, belonging to, us two; amere‘i is 
sometimes used for amelu 1. 
‘amere‘i, ‘ameru‘e S. 2. poss. 1, dual 2, for us 
two toeat. ~ 
‘ami U., pers. pron., pl. 1, excl. 1. used as sub- 
ject, we. 2. used following the full 
form t‘amt. 3. suffixed as object to 
verbs and prepositions. Florida gami, 
Malay kami. 
‘amo‘amo U., to commit adultery. 
‘amo‘amonga v. n., adultery. Wango kamo- 
kamo. 
amolu 1. poss. 3, pl, 2, of, for, to, belonging to, 
you. 
‘amolu 2. poss. 1, pl. 2, for you to eat. 
‘4mu U. 1. pers. pron., pl. 2, used as subject, 
you. 2. suffixed as object to verbs and 
prepositions. Lau gamu, Motu amu. 
imu 3. poss. 3, sing. 2, of, for, to, belonging to, 
you. 
amu 4. v. i., to weed, to pull up weeds. San 
Cristoval amu. 
‘a4mu‘e poss. 1, sing. 2, yours to eat. 
‘4mu‘i yours to eat, of many things. Motu 
amui, yours. 
‘amumu to be dumb. Lau amu, dumb. 
‘4muni partic., lost to sight, sunk below the 
horizon. ‘a 6, mumuni. 
amusi, 4mu‘emusi S. 1. to eat areca nut with lime 
and betel pepper. 
amusinge v. n., betel-chewing. 
amusi S. 2. a fig with edible leaves, placed 
under pork in ovens: also used to make 
Ghuqa‘t. cf. amau, U. 
‘amute to be silent, to withhold 
‘amumu, ta 3. 
‘amwada partic., loose (of teeth). 
‘amwaoro partic., bent down, bowed. 
mwa 1. 
amwoamwo U., n., a sprat. 
ana i. poss. 3, sing. 3; a 5. 
speech; 
‘a 6, 
(a) used as object 
