PONGI 
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pongi, pongipongi, qongi U., 1. v. tr., to promise; 
n., a promise. 
ponginge S., pongipongite S., pongiha U., 
v. n., a promise. 
pongila-(ku) gerund. 
pongi (ku), qongi U. 2., n., a time, season; 
pongiku, my appointed time; 7 pongine, 
in its day. Mota gong. 
poo 1. n., a pig, boar, barrow: any kind of 
quadruped; poo ha‘aholo, a sheeted pig; 
poo mae, a dead pig, given as the people’s 
portion (folinge) at a feast; poo mduri, 
a live pig; poo noro, the planet Mars. 
M.A., p. 349. poo pala, a white pig; 
poo pulu, a black pig; poo okaoka, a mis- 
chievous pig; poo e sude, the pig rooted; 
poo tori, an ear-marked pig; ddaduddéu 
poo, uunu poo saana mu‘akalo to sacrifice 
pigs to the ghosts; haka ni poo, herd 
of swine; hunu poo, to cut up a pig; 
kele poo, a little pig, shoat; ko‘u- 
kohui poo, a piece of pork; kakali munia 
nga poo, met., for a human victim; 
minu poo, a bird observed as an omen, 
called pig-bird from its note; poo ke 
ne‘t lalamoa ko ‘olisie ‘oto a mwaena, 
the pig is the victim in place of the man; 
waist nt poo, a wild pig; upeta, a hog- 
wallow. Mota goe. 
poo (ku) 2. n., navel. 
poo 3. to prop; hau ni poo, a prop, a log to 
prop with. 
poota, poopoota (na) v. n., a foundation, 
mu poopootana nume. 
poongi tr., to prop up, to support with 
props; poongiei kao, prop it underneath. 
poongila-(ku) gerund. 
po‘o 4. side (of position) po‘o hao, S., farther 
west; po‘oi lengi, U., south; po‘o midi, 
S., po‘o mei, U., hither, on this side; 
po‘o paro, beyond; po‘o poi, S., up here; 
po‘o puri, at the rear, after, during one’s 
absence; po‘o 1 sinaha, outside; po‘o 
wau, on the far side; z welita po‘o wau, 
three days hence. 
po‘o 5. n., a part, piece; po‘o ni le‘u, partly; 
nga po‘o ni le‘u, a piece; nga‘eta po‘o ni 
ninime, ni papali, the other hand, the 
other cheek. Wango bo. 
po‘o, po‘opo‘o 6. to care, to be concerned about; 
used with poss. 3. 
po‘o 7. po‘o hiteli, to cause to burst. 
po‘o 8. poo lulu, to fill the mouth with food. 
poola adj., possessing pigs, hinue e poola. 
poona a village, a section of a village gathered 
around a chief’s house, Ulawa, Qaloto. 
poonga‘ini U., v. tr., to carry, to act as porter. 
poonga‘i v. i. 
poonga‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
poopoo n., a shrine. 
po‘opo‘oli‘iilii to be wayward, perverse; lae 
po‘opo‘oli‘ili‘t, hele po‘opo‘oli‘ili‘i, to 
act perversely. li‘ 2. 
poopoota (na, ni) n., foundation. po003. googoota. 
po‘osu‘a‘a concerned about. po‘o 5. non 
ka‘a po‘osu‘a‘a ike ana, I am not con- 
cerned about it. 
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po‘ote‘e to concern oneself about; used with 
poss. 3. ka‘a po‘ote‘e ada, ko ‘anomire 
mola, cared not for them, just buried 
them, of the undistinguished dead. 
M-A., p.. 263, 
popo, poponga 1. to be tight, close-fitting; 
tolanga e poponga, a burden awkward 
to carry. 
popo (ku) 2. buttock; popo ni honu, the tail- 
piece of shell on the back of the hawk- 
bill turtle, much prized at Santa Cruz 
and used to make nose-rings. 
popo 3. popo ana, the white (of egg). 
popo 4. v. tr., to carve; kira ‘asi ‘unua ‘e popoa 
hoi t‘a héu, they said he was to carve 
a fish in stone. 
popolo‘u, popopolo‘u v. i., to be afraid. 
popolo‘unge v. n., fear, fright. 
popopo‘a adj., square-shaped. 
poposane‘a adj., riddled with borings of the 
white ants (sane). 
pore n., an armlet plaited of grass. 
poro 1. male, husband, person; a porona, S., 
a poroni, U., the person So-and-so; in 
the folklore the men’s names generally 
begin with poro, a Poro hénua raha, a 
ghost, Mr. Big-land; a@ Poro matou ni 
wala, a ghost; Poro wauru 7 ‘esi, a 
legendary person, Mr. Fall-into-the-sea. 
a porona ko malamala Sa‘a, So-and-so 
speaks Sa‘a; poro ni haka, white man, 
lit., man of the ship; poro ha‘alu, a 
bridegroom; poro repo, poro pdine, used 
of important persons; poro kéule, male 
frigate-bird; to‘o poro, to have a hus- 
band, to be married; to‘o poronga, 
marriage. 
poro 2. poroi rare, a small mat plaited from 
green coconut leaves used as a dustpan 
or for holding rubbish. 
poru U., to be short, little in stature. ‘o‘orn‘e. 
poso to be matted, tangled (of hair), curly. 
qd‘une e poso. 
posiki to rebound, to ricochet. 
pota, potapota v. i., to break by knocking one 
thing against another; pota niu, to 
crack a coconut. 
potali tr. 
potalila-(na, ni) gerund. Mota wola 3, 
Florida pota, Mao. pota. 
potaa U., rubbish heap, refuse, dung. 
pote 1. v. i., to be replete with food, to have 
had sufficient to eat; ngau ni pote, to 
eat to satiety. 
potenga v. n., repletion; potenga ni sape, 
bodily repletion; potenga haaki, plenty 
to eat. 
pote 2. used of phases of the moon; hara pote, 
S., saro pote, U., the day before full 
moon. 
pote 3. n., a louse; uruuru pote, uruuru ge‘u, to 
clean the hair of lice. Wango bote, 
Nengone ote. 
pote S., (ku) qote U., 4. buttock; hi‘uhi‘u pote, 
a bird, wagtail. 
potepote U., a pimple. 
potoi U., a firestick, mési potoi. 
