ADA‘ELU 
ada‘elu 1. poss., 3, pl. 3, among them, for them, 
them (obj.); ada 1, ‘elu. 
‘ada‘elu 2. poss. 1, pl. 3, for them, theirs, of 
things to eat; ‘ada 2. 
adai 1. n., a cluster; a bunch: adai niu, a bunch 
of green coconuts. 
‘ada‘i S. 2. v.i., to rub: nunurete ko ‘ada‘i melu, 
fearfulness has come upon us. 
adairi S. v. i., to despise, used with poss. 3. 
adairinge‘ini v. tr. Wango adairi, to 
separate. 
adlao n., a creeper used to make bowstrings. 
adaoro v. i., to crouch (oro, to stoop). In this 
word ao is diphthong. 
adaru‘eS., adaru‘a U., 1. poss. 3, dual 3, among, 
belonging to, the two of them; used also 
as object when the pronoun is separated 
from the verb. 
‘adaru‘e S., ‘adaru‘a U., ‘adaru‘i U., 2. poss. 1, 
dual 3, for the two of them, of things to 
eat. 
‘ade U., to see: e qaleo la ne‘e ‘adea, I saw 
nothing. hd‘i‘ade‘i. 
adi v. tr., to tabu, to set one’s mark upon; n., a 
tabu mark; huui edi, S., huu ni edi, U., 
a bunch of leaves used as a tabu sign. 
adinga U., v. n., ‘alu edinga, the placing of 
a tabu sign. 
dadila-(ku), gerund. 
adiedi 1. n., yellow vascular tissue of gleichenia 
fern used in ornamentation on combs, 
spears, etc.: noma ddiedi, a spear with 
grass plaiting; avapa ddiedi, a comb so 
decorated. 
adiedi 2. v. i., to have pins and needles in the 
limbs: ‘aeku ko ediedi, my legs tingle. 
adine S., n., of relationship, used with ro mwa: 
ro mwa Gdine, two  cousins-german 
regarded as brother and sister. ddi. 
adio n., a creeper which grows on banyans, used 
as fishing-lines or to tie together the 
teeth of combs (arapa): nga hikei adio, 
a coil of adio. 
adiu v. i., to be out of joint. diu 1. 
ado v. i., to share in, to participate; (a) used 
with poss. 3; (b) used with suff. pron. 
ku, mu, na, da, ni, to befit; adoku, my 
deserts; le‘u e adoku, my share. ha‘aado. 
adonga S., v. n., used with déu 1, hele: noko deu 
adonga, I am making an attempt; mola 
adonga, merely tentatively. 
adoma‘i, adoadoma‘i U., v.i., to think, to recol- 
lect; adoma‘i mousi, to decide, to dare; 
adoma‘i sae, to give thought to; adoma‘i 
su‘ate‘e, to be anxious about. 
adoma‘inga v. n., thought, recollection. 
adoma ‘ini v. tr., to think of a thing. 
adoma‘inila-(ku) gerund. Wango adomai, 
Bugotu ado, to know. 
adu, dduedu v. i., to carve, to build, to dub out 
planks; ddu z‘ola, to build a canoe; ddu 
t‘olanga, canoe building. 
adumi v. tr., to carve, etc. 
aduminge v. n. 
adumila-(ku), gerund. Wango adu. 
‘ae, ‘ae‘ae (ku), n., leg, foot; ‘aeku e li‘i, my legs 
are out of joint; ‘ae loku, maimed in the 
‘ae, ‘ae‘ae (continued). 
feet, halt; ‘ae pule, dropsical; ‘aeku ko 
ediedi, my foot tingles; ‘aeku ko seunieu, 
my foot hurts; ‘ato ‘ae, to move quickly; 
huni lengu ha‘aodohie ‘aeka, to guide our 
feet; i ngadona ‘aena, before, at the feet 
of, him; kolune ‘ae, the heel; Roukouli ‘ae, 
the ankle; lau ‘ae, be quick; ni‘i ‘ae la‘o 
i‘ola, to board a canoe; penatana ‘ae, 
the sole; poupou ni ‘ae‘ae, the heel; téu 
‘ae, to hurry; totola i ‘ae, to follow a 
master; umu i ‘ae, to gather round the 
feet of. Maori wae, foot; Motu ae, foot; 
Bugotu mae, foot. 
‘ae 2. n., mark, example. 
‘ae 3. n., source, beginning; mu ‘aei wala, first 
principles; a ‘aei meurihe, the source of 
life; ‘aei henue, the land of origin; ‘aez 
hohola, the owner of the garden; ‘ae 
‘inoni nemue, thy dependents; ‘ae hau, 
precipice. 
‘aena because of, the beginning of; used 
with ana 7; ‘aena ana, because of; ‘aena 
maa, threshold; ‘aena papali, the jaw. 
‘ae 4. n., faeces, ordure; mu ‘ae, faeces; huui ‘ae, 
excrement. Polynesian tae, tutae, faeces. 
‘ae 5. v.i., to uncover, to bring to light, to open 
out, to expose: walana ko ‘ae ha‘adai ana 
mu esoesohai dunge, his voice cleaveth 
the flames of fire. 
‘aeli v. tr., used of the action of the sea, 
rain, etc., in exposing anything. 
‘ae 6. specific numeral; ‘aeni ue, five rolls (hikei 
ue) of dyed cane for plaiting wristlets, 
etc. 
‘ae 7. ha‘a‘ae, to be fleeting, vain. 
‘ae‘aeniola v. i., to commit fornication. 
‘ae‘aeniolanga v. n., fornication. 
‘aehota S. 1. v. tr., v. i., to begin. The root 
notion is that of generation, there is also 
inherent a notion of continuance; atei né 
e ‘aehotaa, who began it? melu ‘aehota 
‘unue, we began to say. ‘ae1. hota l. 
‘aehota 2. v.i., to conceive; v. tr., to generate, to 
beget. tala‘aehota. 
‘achotalana S., gerund, the beginning; ‘ure 
‘oto mdi i ‘aehotalana, from the begin- 
ning up to now. 
‘aela, ‘ae‘aela v.i., to be bad, no good, ill; inu 
‘aela, nasty to drink, not fresh (of 
water); e la ‘otoi ‘aela, it is bad; e la 
‘otoi ‘aela mwaani nonola, it is worse 
than yesterday; laehaku e ‘aela, 1 can not 
walk well; e lai ‘aela, it is bad; lalona e 
‘aela; loo ‘aela, to be immodest, to offend 
against propriety; in a depreciatory 
sense e mudimwei ‘aela, very small,”"too 
small; e no‘it ‘aela ‘oto, to be bad; 
ngiuhana e ‘aela, he overeats himself; 
‘ost kaériheni ‘aela laa, do not be such a 
nuisance; rako ‘aela, unpleasant, irksome; 
e rako ‘aela aku, it is against my grain; 
rongo ‘aela, to make a din; noko sape 
‘aela, I am ill; sapekue ‘aela, 1 am ill; 
siho ‘aela ana, to spread evil reports of; e 
tala‘ai ‘aela, e tala‘aeni ‘aela, it is begin- 
