‘ALAA 
‘alaa 1. n., a flock or covey of birds. ‘alaa ni 
menu. ala 6. Mota ?gara, spread, or 
sara 3, to gather. 
‘ala‘a 2. S., adv., up, upward; noko soi ‘ala‘a 
ana, I call upon him. Wango araa, 
Florida galaga. 
alaala n., croton; alaala pa‘ewa, a variety with 
red leaves shaped like a shark’s fin. 
alahai.n.,achief. InM.A., pp. 47,51 (note), 
maelaha appears to be the Wango word 
maeraha. No such word occurs in Sa‘a 
or Ulawa. dili alaha, red-leaved dra- 
cena used in incantations and in draw- 
ing lots; horana mwa alaha, U., under 
the power of the chiefs; huui alaha, a 
chiefly family; reoreo alaha, a large 
variety of nautilus, ‘king’ nautilus; 
mwei ta‘a alaha, dear lord; nintho alaha, 
a large hornet; pepe alaha, a butterfly; 
sivi alaha, a parrot, Lorius chlorocercus. 
alaha 2. v.i., to rule; alaha haahi, to rule over. 
ha‘aalaha. a 1, laha. 
alahanga v. n., rule, dominion, chieftain- 
ship, kingdom (late use). Wango araha. 
‘lahuu, alaalahuu v. i., to talk in parables, to 
compare in words. 
alahuunge v. n., parables, metaphors. 
alahuute‘ini S., alahuunge‘ini U., v. tr., to 
use parabolic language. 
‘alai U. 1. plur. art., used of persons only; cf. 
‘alei; ‘alai ‘inoni, you people; ‘alai 
Mwado‘a, Mwado‘a people; ‘alaz ola, 
you people. 
‘Alai 2. n., northeast cape of Little Malaita, 
opposite the rock Hau Hari at the 
entrance of Mara Masiki Channel. 
‘alali U., v. tr., to apportion food. ‘ala 6. 
Wango arart, to befit. 
alalu v. tr., to disobey, to mutiny against. 
alanga, Alanga kaule Selwyn Bay, on Ugi, a 
trading-station for copra. 
Salanga‘i S., ‘alanga‘i t‘ola ni tolo, fifth and 
sixth days of the moon; ‘alanga‘i hapa, 
first quarter of the moon; ‘alanga‘i roa, 
third and fourth days of the moon. 
.‘ala 6. 
‘alingu partic., out of its socket. ‘a 6, ldngu. 
‘Ala Sa‘a n., the northwest Alite mountain 
above Langalanga, Big Malaita. 
‘alasi U., ‘arasiS., v. tr., to fine down by scrap- 
ing (of bows, spears, combs, and other 
wooden articles); kira ‘alasi pasi, they 
scrape bows. Niué alati, to scratch. 
cf. karasi. 
‘alata‘ini v. tr., to baita hook. ‘ala 6. 
ale, aleale v. tr., to give oneself airs. 
aleale 1. n., an umbrella palm. 
aleale 2. n., a frond of the umbrella palm cut 
into strips and dyed red with the root of 
the lettuce-leaf tree (kikiri), used for 
decorating canoes, combs, spears, etc.; 
pungui aleale, a bunch of dyed aleale. 
‘alei, ‘alai U., pl. art., used of persons only; 
‘alet he‘i nikana ineu, my family; ‘alet 
‘inont, you people; ‘alei ‘inoni ineu, my 
relations. Florida Jet used to form 
plurals. 
alele to be jubilant; alele ni (ani) kananga, to 
rejoice in song. 
‘alenga adv., up; wwe ‘alenga, to lift up the eyes. 
‘a 6. 
‘alelenga adv., up; lio ‘alelenga, to look up. 
‘alelenga‘a adv. 1. upward. 2. v. tr., to 
lift up. Mota langa, to lift; Samoa 
langa, Viti langa. 
alepopo U., lae alepopo, to go sideways, to walk 
like a crab. 
‘aleu partic., turned upward; maana e ‘aleu, to 
have the whites of the eyes showing. 
‘ali 1. v. i., to lie curled up as a snake or a dog; 
mwaa ko ‘eli, a snake is curled up (an 
omen of danger, maemaeha). Mota tal, 
to go around. 
ali U. 2. v. tr., to cut the mortises (ra@‘ige‘u) on 
a pillar; kira ‘asi ‘alia i one, they mor- 
tised it down on the beach. 
‘ali 3. a cord. cf. ‘i‘eli. Wango ari. 
‘ali U. 4. ‘ali ‘ae, the first piece of ground planted 
in a garden. 
dlide to travel by sea. 
dlidanga v. n., 1. asea journey. 
load of voyagers. dGlidanga 
saaka‘elu. 
alidangaha U., v. n., with double n. ter- 
mination, as 2. Wango arida, Lau alida. 
alieli 1. n., logs in a yam garden marking the 
plots of different planters. 
alieli 2. lio Glieli, to look about. 
alielimui v., to abound. 
aliha U. 1. n., a centipede. Bugotu liva. 
aliha-(ku) U. 2. alihana, thus, similarly, just 
his way; alihamu, just your way; 
alihada, just what you might expect 
from them. cf. aitana, S., alitana, U. 
aliho‘i 1. v. i., to return, to go back. Gli 1, 
hot 3. ko tola Gliho‘t ana nunune, 
recovers its soul; mangona e puuto‘o 
Gliho‘i, his breath returned; gqi‘e Gliho‘t, 
to recover health; susu eliho‘i, restored 
whole. 2. adv., again. 
aliho‘isi U., v. tr., to turn over, to reverse. 
Vaturanga hoi, again; Florida go?, again; 
Wango ‘aho‘t, ha‘ari, to return. 
aliholo 1. n., a depression in a mountain ridge, 
a pass. 2. a fosse cut on a ridge to 
prevent access by an enemy. holo. 
alihu ‘isi S., v. tr., to turn over. to reverse. hu‘i 2. 
alihu‘ite‘ini Qaloto dialect, as dlihu‘isi. 
alihu‘ita-(na) gerund, overturning, reversal; 
‘oto esi elihu‘itana mu huuilume, then 
" shall the cities be destroyed. 
Ali‘ite Northwest Sister Island, ‘Olu Malau. 
‘alili n., a shellfish (Turbo petholatus); musé 
ni ‘elili, its operculum. Mota salili, 
Niué alili. 
alilo‘a n., an eddy of the wind. ‘dali 1. 
‘dlinge (ku) 1. n., ear; ‘dlinge ka‘a kawa‘ie, ear 
hath not heard; ‘dlingadae hi‘e mwaanie 
rongo, ears weary of hearing; hu‘est 
‘elinge, to turn the ear to; rongo nt 
‘e inge, to hear with the ear; susu ‘elinge, 
an ear-stick ornament; uwe ‘édlinge, to 
giveearto. 2. mushroom, large fungus. 
Polynesian talinga. 
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