DICTIONARY OF SA‘A AND ULAWA LANGUAGES. 
A 
a 1. personal article used with nouns and 
verbs: (a) when used with a common 
noun it indicates its use as a personal 
name; ola, thing, a ola, So-and-so; mwae, 
person, @ mwaena, So-and-so; it is 
applied to all personal names, both 
native and foreign, male and female, 
a Wate, a John; it is seen also in atez, 
who? it is used to personify; a wawa ko 
‘unu‘unue mu ola a sae e honu eni, the 
mouth speaks of what the heart is full. 
(b) when used with a verb or adjective 
it indicates their use as a descriptive 
name; ero, to deceive; a eroero, a de- 
ceiver. In usage it corresponds to the 
t of Mota and Malagasy. 
a 2. termination of the verbal noun: hatale, 
to go along the shore; hatalea, sea-coast. 
a 3. adverb of assent: ‘o te urine? a, did you 
do thus? yes. 
4 4. pers. pron. 3d sing. suffixed to verb (with 
or without verbal suffix) as object, and 
to prepositions as anticipatory object 
and used both of persons and things, as 
him, her, it; it does not change to e after 
a preceding 7 or u before a proper name 
owing to the presence of the personal 
article a; lé‘oa e lio dhuiaa Dora, the 
spirit protected Dora. 
& 5. stem to which the pronouns ku, mu, na, 
etc., are suffixed in forming poss. 3. 
Polynesian ha, ta. 
. prefix of condition, making participles: 
langu, to pluck, ‘aléngu, come out of 
socket; halt, to break off, ‘ahdli, broken 
off. Mota ga 3. 
‘a 7. Ulawa v. p. of present or general time, 
joined in pronunciation to the personal 
pronoun used as subject, na‘a, ‘o‘a. 
Lau ka, future particle; Fotuna, New 
Hebrides, ka, id. 
4a ‘a‘a 8. exclam. negative, don’t. 
*4 ‘ata 9. adj. term. suffixed to nouns, verbs 
and other adjectives; qiiqiz, mud; 
qiiqii‘e, muddy; mwako, to pierce; 
mwakomwako‘a, prickly. Mota ga 5, 
Bugotu ga, Motu ka, Samoa a. 
*4 10. suffix. (a) to poss. 2 and 3 in sing. 1 and 
2: néaku'a, néku‘e, dku‘d, dmu‘d, nimu'é. 
(b) to pers. pron. dual 2 and 3: t‘emeru‘e, 
kereru‘e. Probably ‘a 9. 
*4 11. stem to which pronouns ku, mu, na, 
etc., are suffixed, forming poss. 1 of 
things to eat. cf. @ 5. Mota ga 1, 
Bugotu ga. 
*4 12. as & 6; ‘dnguru from nguru. 
‘a‘a 1. exclam. negative, don’t; ‘a 8. 
‘a‘a 2. a large green parrot with red under the 
wings, the male of itlotilo‘a. New 
Guinea electus. San Cristoval kaka, 
Maori kaka. 
‘a‘a 3. to run, to be abundant, of creepers; 
hahalisi e ‘a‘a, the grass has spread; hule 
é ‘a‘a ha‘ahta taoha, convolvulus had 
crept over the canoe house. Wango 
taga, to be in leaf. 
‘a‘a 4. to rise up clear, of the moon: waaro- 
waaro e mdnu ‘a‘a mat ilengi, the moon 
has floated clear up on high. 
‘a‘a S. 5. to throw, to bowl: ‘a‘a to‘ohaa, to 
contribute money. Wango gaga, to be 
spent; Lau taga, to throw. 
‘a‘a 6. adj. suff.; puru, frequent; purupuru‘a‘a, 
frequently; wai, water; wéiwet‘a‘a, 
watery. cf. ‘a9. 
‘a‘ada‘i v. i., to importune, to vex, to beg, to 
dun. 
‘a‘ada‘ini v. tr., to importune a person. 
‘a‘ade U., tosee. cf. ha‘iade‘i, Wango aadai, 
to look. 
‘a‘ae (ku) S., n., leg, foot. cf. ‘ae 1. 
‘a‘ai U. exclam. haha! ‘a‘ai laa, so there! 
‘a‘aila‘a adj., firm, strong, powerful; e a‘a‘ila‘a 
oto mae ana, he is very strong; redupli- 
cated ‘aila with ‘a 9. 
‘a‘ailahaana strength, its strength. 
‘afala v. i., to bite; mwaa ‘a‘ala, poisonous 
snake. ‘ala 3. 
‘a‘ala‘i v. i., to increase, to spread, of plants. 
“as 3. 
‘a‘ana U. v.i., to vomit. 
‘a‘anata‘ini v. tr. 
aani U., adverb preceding verb; at all, just 
now; ¢ gake aani lae, he did not go at all; 
na‘ast aant lae mai, I have just come. 
Sa‘a‘o cf. ‘a‘o. 
‘a‘aoleanga S., v. n., lamentation. 
‘a‘aro v. t., to come aboard, of surf; hat naho e 
‘a‘aro melu, a wave came aboard us. 
a‘aronga v. n., surf breaking on the shore. 
‘a‘ari v. i., to be rent asunder. Wango kari, 
Lau kakari, Florida tahart. 
‘a‘atasi v. i., to be odd, uneven, in number; 
nga hue e ‘a‘atasi, there is an odd one. 
‘a‘ate v.i., to be dry; hero ‘a‘ate, dregs of grated 
coconut after pressing out the milk. 
aau the season of the southeast trades, winter, 
the season of the ripe canarium nuts: 
aau kosi repo, the canarium nuts are just 
ripe; aau e repo kosi holaa, when the nuts 
are ripe the weather is calm; aau 
marawa, the nuts purpling before ripen- 
ing, the month of July. cf. maraau. 
‘a‘auhi v. tr., to help, to come to the aid of. 
ha@‘i‘a‘auhi. Wango aauhi; Motakakau, 
to visit constantly. 
ada 1. poss. 3, pl. 3, among them, belonging to 
them, they (obj.). 
‘ada 2. poss. 1, pl. 3, for them, theirs, of things 
to eat. 
adaada S., ataata U., v.i., to progress, to move 
on, to be in motion. 
