‘aka 1. v. i., to pull out; ‘aka ldu, to pull out 
violently, to defend, to help; ‘aka niho, 
to pull teeth. 
‘akani v. tr., moko ‘akanie maana, I gouge 
his eyes out. 
‘akanila-(ku) gerund. Lau aga, Mota ?kaka. 
‘aka 2. poss. 1, pl. 1, for us, of things to eat. 
aka‘elu 1. poss. 3, pl. 1, to, or on, us; used as 
object when the pronoun is separated 
from the verb. 
‘aka‘elu 2. poss. 1, pl. 1, for us, of things to eat. 
‘akalo 1. n., a ghost, a spirit; M. A., p. 260. cf. 
uraa‘t. ‘akalo e kausie t‘ola, a ghost 
clutched the canoe and capsized it; 
‘akalo ni matawa, a ghost of the open sea. 
cof. Ngorieru; hadnue ni ‘akalo, Malapa 
Island, hades; ho‘o ‘akalo, to tie a granny 
knot; maa ni ‘akalo, eye of coconut; 
palolana mu ‘akalo, worship of the 
ghosts; ta‘e ‘akalo, to raise a ghost; tola 
‘akalo, to exorcise spirits; toto ‘akalo, to 
exorcise a ghost, M. A., p. 137; uunu 
ola saana mu ‘akalo, to offer burnt offer- 
ings to the ghosts. wdi ni ’akalo, tears. 
Wango ataro, Mota tataro, Gilberts 
tataro, Vititataro. M.L., p. 146. 
‘akalo 2, a dead person; nihoi ‘akalo, dead 
man’s tooth; para ni ‘akalo, cemetery 
(late use). 
akara‘i, akaru‘e S. 1., poss. 3, dual 1, to, or on, 
us two, used as object when the pronoun 
is separated from the verb. 
‘akara‘i, ‘akaru‘e S. 2., poss. 1, dual 1, for us 
two (of things to eat). 
akau, akakau v., to be ready, to be lit, to be 
burning. ddu akau, to prepare, to make 
ready; ¢ akau, is it alight? hele akau, to 
prepare, to make ready. 
akauni v. tr., ha‘akauni, to cause to light. 
Wango agau. 
akauri v. tr., v.i., to be possessed of, to be pro- 
vided with. akau. melu akauri ‘oto, 
we are furnished; mere ‘asi akauri thei, 
U., where are we likely to get anything? 
ha‘aakaurisi causative. 
akauringe v. n., profit, possession. 
akaurisi v. tr., to obtain possession of, to 
provide, to have. 
akaurisila-(ku) gerund. 
ake n., string fringe, the dress of married 
women hung suspended from the waist. 
akeake n., strand of rope, twig, sprig; akeake 
ni dili, sprig of dracaena. 
akera‘i partic., come undone. 
‘akera‘ini v. tr., to undo, to destroy, to 
subvert. 
‘akere 1. partic., untwisted. 
‘akere (na) 2.n., border, edge, bank. kerekere. 
‘akeu partic., on one side, overbalanced, tilting. 
‘a 6, kau 1. 
‘ako 1. v. i., to catch in the arms, to grasp, to 
wrestle. 
‘akonga v. n. 
‘ako‘i v. tr. Wango agoi, Viti rako. 
ako 2. honu ako, to have pulmonary disease. 
akoako 1. v., to be out of heart, without energy; 
hele akoako, to do listlessly. 
‘ALA 
‘ako‘ako 2. v., to deprecate wrath by saying 
‘ako‘ako saemu; not used to women. 
akohe v. i., to be listless, to neglect through 
laziness; e akohe mwaanie, he neglected 
it through laziness. 
akoheta‘ini v. tr. 
akoheta‘i partic., to neglect through lazi- 
ness; lae akoheta‘i su‘a ana maemaeha, 
run carelessly into danger. 
‘akolu partic., excited in mind. ‘a 6. 
aku 1. poss. 3, sing. 1, to, or upon, me, used as 
object of verb when the pronoun is 
separated from the verb; e kopi eku, 
touch me. Rafurafu, S. C., mwane aku, 
my husband. 
‘4ku, ‘dku‘e 2. poss. 1, sing. 1, for me (of 
things to eat). 
‘4ku‘i U., of many things for one person to 
eat; honi weieu ‘dku‘'i, bonito for me to 
eat. 
akuu exclam., pish, humph, pooh. 
‘ala, ‘ala‘ala 1. v. i., to answer; with poss. 3, 
to obey, to give attention to; nou ka‘a 
‘ala ana, I did not obey; ‘ala qd‘u, to 
nod the head backward in assent. 
‘alami v. tr., to answer a person. 
‘alamila-(ku) gerund. 
‘alama‘ini v. tr., to respond to, to acknowl- 
edge, to give leave to, to consent. 
Salama ‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
‘alama‘i, hi‘i‘alama‘i v. tr., to consent 
mutually. Florida talamagini. 
‘ala 2. v. i., to be prosperous; e ‘ala diana ‘oto, 
it is doing well. 
‘ala, ‘ala‘ala 3. v.i., to bite, tosting, to be sharp- 
edged; ‘ala mumu, to close in like jaws; 
‘ala tala, to bite at and miss; pa‘ewa ko 
‘ala tala, last two days of the moon. 
‘ala‘i v. tr. Motu karakara, fierce; New 
Britain karat, Kabadi arasia, Maisin 
karafe; Mota garagara, to clench the 
teeth. 
‘ala 4. v. tr., to break off, to lop, of branches; 
‘ala dango, to lop off limbs of a tree. 
Mota sal 1, Wango ala, Maori here. 
‘ala 5. to cut the teeth, to get feathers; eke ko 
‘ala, the white cockatoo is growing 
feathers; to flash as lightning; wa‘arirs 
ko ‘ala hitelie salo, the lightning-flash 
cleaves the sky; ‘ala ngingita, U., to 
frown, to clench the teeth. Florida 
gala; Mota sar, to pierce, to shine. 
‘ala 6. to set a net, to lie in wait for, to go the 
rounds of the flying-fish floats (w‘o); 
‘ala poo, to catch pigs in a net; ‘ala 
pupulu haahi, to surround in a dense 
body; mae ko ‘ala, enemies lie in wait. 
‘alasi tr., hu‘o kire ‘alasie ka‘u, the net that 
they have laid. 
‘alaa‘i v.i., ‘alaa‘ini tr., to plan, to lay out 
the plan of, to shape, to lay in order. 
‘alaa‘inila-(ku) gerund. Mota sal 2; 
Maori ?tarahou, net. 
‘ala 7. U., plural article in the vocative; ‘ala 
“ mwane, you men. cf. ‘alai 1. 
‘ala 8. adjective ending; sasu‘ala, smoky; 
totonga‘ala, resinous. ‘a 9, la 4. 
