PAPAKU‘A 
papaku‘a U., adj., foolish, demented. 
papali (ku) n., cheek; ‘aena papali, jaw. Lau 
bali, side (of position); Viti mbalu, 
cheek; Maori paparinga, Wango baba, 
Bougainville Straits papala. 
papangurunguru to murmur, to grumble, 
mutter; papangurunguru oalana, mut- 
terings concerning. mnguru. 
papau U., to be firm, hard. malapau‘a‘a. 
para, parapara v. i., to fence, to guard; noko 
para, I am making a fence; para hono- 
taka, defend us; para dhu‘i, to protect 
with a fence; dere unu ana para, between 
the pickets of the fence; maai para, S., 
maana para, U., a gate. 
para‘i tr., to defend, to protect. 
para‘ila-(ku) gerund. ko ‘ure para‘ilana 
walumalau, defends the earth. Wango 
bara; Mota pala, set across; Espiritt 
Santo pala, fence. 
para n., para ni ‘o‘o, a set of drums. 
para‘i ki‘iki‘i U., paw, of dog. 
para‘imaa hat, sunshade of plaited coconut 
leaf worn when fishing. 
para‘i nima U., knuckle. 
para‘ita 1. U., the inclosure outside the men’s 
house (toohi) planted with dili and mahe; 
areca skins are thrown into it for safety 
to insure their not being used in witch- 
craft. 
para‘ita-(ku) 2. n., a para‘iteku, my defender. 
nanamanga para‘itana mu li‘oa, power 
over the spirits. 
parakoko U., suli parakoko, rib of the body. 
parangasi v. tr., to maintain one‘s innocence 
when accused, to make pretence, to 
bluff, to defy. mgdst. 
perapara S., n., side, loins; used with poss. 3; 
parapara aku, my loins. Mota para- 
para, beside, sidewise. 
parasi (au) U. 1. prep., against, around, in the 
way of. ha‘aparasi. déu parasi, U., 
to hinder. 2. v. tr., to protect, to 
fence, to inclose. Wango parasi. 
par‘ie cf. paro ‘ie, this side. 
parikota U., to be separated, divided, disturbed 
in mind. Florida bali, side. 
paro adv., beyond; paro ‘ie (contracts to par‘ie), 
this side; paro i la‘ona, on the inside, 
paro uri, over there; niparo, iniparo, 
U., that; e dingi paro, as soon as it was 
day; ‘o du‘una paro, move it on a little; 
moro téria paro i‘ola i ‘esi, you launch 
the canoe into the sea; po‘o paro, 
beyond; gé‘u paro, beyond. Florida 
pari, Sesake palo, Mota kalo, San 
Cristoval baro. 
pasa U., 1. paaS., n., bait for fish, mdsi pasa. 
M.A., p. 316. 
pasa 2. bonito hook for trolling, usually made 
of the clam (‘ime) with a tortoise-shell 
barb (imaa). okooko ni pasa, basket 
containing pasa. 
pasin.,a bow. cf. kalu, lohe. ilolo ni pesi,a 
bowstring, to string a bow; tdéku ana 
paisi, to grasp a bow. Gilolo pusi, 
Amboyna husul, apusa, Mota us. 
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pasie‘ili to be stiff (of the body). 
pasihi n., a small fish. 
pdsipesi U., pa‘ipesi S., strong, firm. 
pasu 1. ha‘apasu, v. i., to threaten the life of. 
pdisu 2. to sprout; pasu maomaopu‘e, in full 
leaf. San Cristoval basu. 
pau 1. to jam, to be stuck. papau. 
pau 2. paiusi, S., paiungi, U., to be master over. 
rakapiu. 
pa‘u 3. a corpse inclosed in the image of a 
swordfish (il7) carved in wood and kept 
in the house. M.A., p. 261. 
paula‘a U., adj., firm, hard. papau. 
paule n., a tree which grows on the hills, also 
known as dalo ni me‘esu, dalo of the 
forest, makes good masts for boats. 
pa‘uwa‘ata n., a two-handed crescentic club 
from San Cristoval, ‘“‘head-splitter.’’ 
Guppy, ‘‘Solomon Islands,” p. 74. 
pawa hdiu pawa, soapstone. 
peapea (ku) n., footmark, sole of foot, U., 
example. Ta‘a Pea, a female ghost who 
causes yams to fructify. Malay pea, foot. 
pee, peepee 1. v. i., to drive away; pee poo, to 
drive swine out of gardens. 
peesi tr. Wango beesi, Maori pei. 
pe‘e 2. contraction of pe‘ie with him, with it, 
withal, and. 
pei 1. U., n., a mortar for braying areca nut. 
pe‘i 2., S., v. tr., to assist, to help; used in the 
sense of and; the equivalent of mwana of 
units above ten; pe‘ie often contracts 
to pe‘e; not a preposition of relationship 
as stated in M. L., p. 151. e #'o pe's 
suke, he sat and begged; rapu lakoma‘t 
pei po'upo‘u, to crucify; t‘o pet rae, 
the mourning before burial; saeda ka‘a 
tararuru pe‘ie, their hearts were not 
whole with him. 
pe‘ini tr., to be associated with; pe‘inie, 
moreover, and; ta‘e pe‘inie, but, never- 
theless. Wango bei, Fagani fagi, fagint, 
Qaloto ha‘ini, Lau fai, faint, Mota vag 2. 
peinuhi U., to go secretly. Wango binihu, 
secret. 
pele v. i., by mischance, by mistake, in error, 
of no avail; e pele ‘oto, it is of no avail, 
it is all up; nou deu pele, I did wrong; 
nou ere pele, I spoke inadvertently; 
kéli pele, to capsize in rounding a cape; 
nou sa‘a noruhe'i pele, I shall not be 
confounded. 
pelenga v. n., déu pelenga, error, mistake. 
pelenga‘ini tr., diu pelenga‘inie nga le‘u, to 
do a thing in error. 
pele‘i adv., precedes verb: by mischance; ko 
pele‘t tarohia governor, if it come by 
chance to the governor’s ears. 
peli, pelipeli v. tr., to steal, to rob, to steal 
from a person, to kidnap, to recruit 
labor without paying a commission 
(holite) to the relatives of the person 
recruited; e pelieu, he stole from me; 
lude peli, to steal labor recruits. 
pelinge S., v. n., theft. 
peliha U., v. n., theft. 
pelila-(ku) gerund. Mota palu. 
