PURAPURA 
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purapura U., si‘o purapura, irregularly. 
puri (ku) back of, behind the back, the stern. 
ha‘ipurt. ero ini esi puri mei, at the 
last came two persons; ape puri, to be 
last, in the rear; ‘ato puri, to turn the 
back on; mwaamwaa puri, trepang, 
béche-de-mer; oku i puri, back wall of 
house; po‘o puri, in the rear, after; su‘e 
puri, to fall backward and break the 
neck; susu puri, last born, youngest 
child; toli puri, to turn the back on, to 
leave; purine, after that: used with 
locative 7, behind, at the back of, after, 
at last; purina lua, U., nape of neck; 
4 purine maholo, after the time when; 
4 purimu, in your absence; 4 purine 
maeta, after the death feast; ga‘t purina, 
behind, in the rear; i27 (laa) t puri, the 
youngest; isipuri, to be last. Motu 
muri, Maori murt. 
Purihaha a village on the hill at Sa‘a. 
purimwane n., the last born, youngest son. 
puri ni ‘iola 1. the lee side of an island, lit., the 
stern of a canoe. 
Puri ni ‘Iola 2. a district on the west side of 
Little Malaita. 
puru to be close, thick, frequent. hd‘ipurunga, 
‘apurunge. maenga kosit puru, deaths 
are frequent; puru hero, a dish of 
pounded taro with grated coconut 
(hero) on top, a Qaloto dish esteemed 
poor cookery. Florida buru, the Plei- 
ades; burungi, to crowd. 
purupuru‘a‘a adj., frequent; lae purupuru‘a‘a, 
to go frequently. 
pusu 1. v.i., to spurt out, to squirt; pusu ‘esi, 
a whale. 
pusue‘ini, pusule‘ini, pusuli tr., to splash 
a person, to spurtle on. Florida puhu, 
Mota pupus. 
pusu 2.n.,alatrine. mdpusu. 
puta maputaputa, U., bruised. 
pute S., puta U., a bundle, a sheaf; pute ni ‘oha, 
a packet of betel leaf. 
puu 1. v. i., to tread, to stamp, to rest, to stand 
firm, to rely on. 
puuli tr., to pounce on, of birds, to strike 
with the talons; puulie maonga, to tread 
the dance; puuliz mwakana, to tread 
the earth. Wango buuri. 
puu 2. n., mason bee, wasp. 
pu‘u 3. mangrove borer. 
puuhara to stand firm, to get a footing. hala- 
hala. 
puulisi ‘uvi puulisi, to tread under foot. 
puupuulisi poo a prickly shrub. 
puuto‘o, puupuuto‘o to rely; used with poss. 3, 
to rely on. mangona e puuto‘o dliho‘i, 
his breath returned. 
Q 
The sound represented by Q is that of pw; 
there is an interchange of gq and # in certain 
words, which, however, is not critical of 
dialectic difference between Sa‘a and Ulawa, 
geto, S., peto, U., pongi, S., gongi, U., gale, U., 
pale, Ulawa-Ngorangora. 
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qa‘a, qa‘aqa‘a 1. v. i., to break, to crack, to 
be cracked; ‘iola e qa‘a ‘oto, the canoe 
is wrecked; ga‘a morumoru, broken to 
pieces. 
qa‘asi tr., S., diu may be prefixed. dau 
qa‘asi, to break; tere qa‘asi, to peck and 
break. 
qa‘asilana gerund., the breaking of it. 
qa‘ali tr., U., taw may be prefixed. 
ha‘aqa‘ali. 
qa‘ata‘ini tr., to break to one’s detriment; 
e ‘olu ‘iola e qa‘ata‘inieu, three times I 
suffered shipwreck. 
qa‘ata v. n., with genitive 7; mu qa‘atai ola, 
shreds. 
qa‘a 2. to rise (of the heavenly bodies); waaro- 
waaro e qga‘a ‘oto, the moon has risen; 
méi ana waarowaaro e ga‘a, ebb tide 
at moonrise; madala e qa‘a, the day star 
is risen; ga‘aga‘a uweha, U., a phase of 
the moon. 
qa‘ali tr., sato e qa‘alie hinue, the sun has 
risen on the earth. 
qa‘ala-(na) gerund; ga‘alana sato, east. 
qa‘ahita U., n., a slab; ga‘ahita ni ‘ei, a slab of 
wood. 
qa‘ahulu‘e adj., ruffled (of the surface of the 
sea), having goose flesh. Mota ulut, 
hair; Maori huru. 
qa‘akora (na) the outer skin of the canarium nut. 
qa‘alinge n., echo. ‘alinge. 
qa‘aqga (ku) n., grandmother or grandchild; 
the personal article a may be employed, 
a qa‘aqa; ro ha&‘t qga‘agana, grandmother 
and grandchild, the two between whom 
subsists the relation ga‘aga. 
qa‘aqa‘a with genitive li; ga‘aqa‘ali naho, a 
wave, a breaker. 
qaaqgi‘a U., adj., stale or brackish (of water); 
tono qaaqi‘a, to taste brackish. 
qaaqi‘a‘a U., adj., mawkish. 
qa‘aqito v. i., to sprout, to spring up (of plants). 
pito. 
qa‘arakau U., v. i., to break with a loud noise, 
as a bamboo bursting or a gun firing. 
qa‘arete n., a blister. how qa‘arete, U. 
qa‘arongo, qa‘agqa‘arongo v. i., to hearken, to 
listen, to pay attention. 
qa‘arongonga v. n., listening. 
qa‘arongoisuli 1. v. tr., to listen to, to pay 
attention to. 2. n., a listener, a dis- 
ciple; ini ga‘arongoisuli e ka‘a liuta‘ana 
ini ha‘ausuli, the disciple is not above 
his master. 
qa‘asuulana n., the brink, cliff. 
qa‘ateru n., a snail; ga‘ateru a ‘i‘t, a very large 
snail. 
qaeqae (ku) n., armpit. San Cristoval qaeqae. 
qé‘i 1. v. tr., to lever, to prize. 2. to stir round. 
qa‘i 3. U., negative particle used of indefinite 
time, a short form of ga‘ike. sapeku 
e ga‘i mware‘a, I am not in good health; 
nou ge‘i sare, I am unwilling. Wango 
gai, Florida bet. 
qa‘i 4. U., to be club-footed. 
qa‘i 5. sane qa‘i, a termite of a brownish color 
used as burly for the sea-bream. 
