QARO 
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qaro 1. v. tr., to catch in a noose, to lasso, to 
hitch; met., to kill. gavo haahi, to put 
a hitch on; garo pa‘ewa mala mwat 
matawa, to catch sharks in a noose like 
the Santa Cruz people, M. A., p. 294. 
nga madala mere ‘ana‘i garoa adaru‘a, 
when the day star rises we shall hitch it 
up for them, 7. e., to kill. 2. n., a noose, 
a hitch. maai garo. maraau 7 garo, 
south-by-east wind. Maori koro. 3. 
garo haa, an armlet made of haa, hure- 
soso and malo strung in a pattern. 
qaroqaro mwai matawa garogaro, the Ulawa 
name for Santa Cruz men. 
qasaora S., n., dust, ashes. ora U. 
qasile S., to run (of mucus in the nose, of water 
in the eyes). 
qaso armlet plaited of dyed cane or grass; gaso 
ni Kela, an armlet of dyed grass from 
the western Solomons received through 
Guadalcanar (Kela) ; hd‘u gaso, to weave 
an armlet; use gaso, to plait an armlet; 
lit gaso, to make an armlet of shell 
money. 
qdsu, qa‘ugesu v. tr., to tie up, to bind. a 
gé‘ugesu ‘inoni, a policeman. 
qate n., a large frog. 
qa‘u (ku) 1. the head, top, chief; how qa‘u, U., 
skull; qa‘u ‘apula, U., a wounded person, 
lit., bloody head; gé‘une hau, the rocks 
on shore as seen from sea; ga‘usi henue, 
the head of the community, the person 
whose duty it is to approach the ances- 
tral ghosts; gd‘ui i‘e, four porpoise 
teeth; gda‘uli ‘inoni, the name of a cer- 
tain spear; gd‘une e lumwe, with long 
hair; gd‘ulimaa, door lintel; 7 Qd‘una 
Namo, the north cape of Ulawa; gé‘u 
ngudu, blackfish; ga‘uku e palapala, my 
hair is gray; qd‘u ni sawalo, four flying- 
fox teeth; ga‘u teroliu, the second finger; 
qé‘u ni tolinge, the chief portion at a 
feast; ga@‘uni uru, a phase of the moon; 
qa‘ui ‘usu, four dogs’ teeth, a unit in 
counting; qd‘u ni wala pe‘i, to consult 
with; thui qe‘u, hair of the head; 
Kikiri ge‘u, a ghost; maelaa ni ge‘u, 
meningitis; ‘olo i ge‘une, right on the 
head; rda‘ige‘u, the top of a house post; 
ruuge'u, a stump; é teile‘inie gé‘une, he 
moves his head from side to side; to‘o 
qG@‘u, to carry on the head; uwe ga‘u, to 
lift the head; hou mwaretei qé‘u, the 
skull; 7 ge‘una ‘apa‘apana, on his 
shoulder. 
qa‘u 2. used as adverb of direction; gé‘u mei, 
hither; gaé‘u wau, U., qa‘u paro, gé‘u 
niparo, U., over there, beyond; qé‘u 
hao, S., qé‘u toli, S., going north or west; 
gé‘u ta‘au, S., qé‘i (qa‘u i) lengi, U., 
going south or east; gd@‘i ‘ano, U., west; 
qé't purina, U., behind him; gé@‘z puri, 
U., in the rear; to‘oha‘i ge‘u ana, to be 
entangled in. Mota gatui, Niué patu, 
chief. 
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qa‘u 3. v. i., to smoke (of fire); dunge ko ge‘u, 
the fire smokes; qd‘uli dunge, smoke; 
qé‘uli dunge ana, its smoke. 
qa‘ula-(na, ni), gerund., qa‘ulana,*its smoke. 
qa‘u 4. garden ground on the hills immediately 
above the beach, the yams grown there 
are tough and are mainly scraped to 
make kara. 
Qi‘uli ‘Inoni a village of Little Malaita at the 
head of the Walo‘a‘a River. 
Qad‘ulimwaa the west entrance into Mara 
Masiki Channel. 
qi‘ulipeni U., the top of the side-wall of a 
house, purlin. 
Qiulipesi, Qa‘ulipoo names of two sections of 
the village (poona) at Mwadoi‘a. 
Qi‘ulo Bauro, name of the east end of San 
Cristoval, Alosi the west. 
Qi‘ulopdine (in M. A., p. 48, wrongly spelled 
Pau-ulo) the ancestor eleven generations 
back of Sinehanue-‘ou‘ou of Sa‘a, who 
died in 1900 and whose son Halutala is 
now chief at Sa‘a. The genealogy is 
as follows: Qa‘ulopdine begat Taheri- 
‘usu-‘ou‘ou, who begat ‘Ou‘ou i Kela, 
who begat Sinehanue pdine, who begat 
Dorahanue pdine, who begat Wate- 
herohero. Wateherohero had only 
daughters and bought (adopted) Dora 
maesingedi, who begat Wate‘ou‘ou, 
who begat Sinehanue-‘ou‘ou, who begat 
Dora hoeniseu, who was the father of 
Sinehanue-‘ou‘ou. Wate‘ou‘ou also. 
begat Halumwane, who begat Wate- 
‘ou‘ou, who begat Halukeni (female), 
who is now living. Wate‘ou‘ou also 
adopted Irokalani, who in recent times 
was the head of the heathen party. 
Wateherohero had a daughter Halutoro, 
whose son was Walakulu, who begat 
Soiolo, who begat Halutoro (female), 
who married Taheri‘usu; their adopted 
daughter was Uqeho‘i, whose daughter 
Halutoro is living. Dora maesingedi 
also begat Lapaite‘e, who begat Dora- 
wewe, who begat a daughter Wate- 
‘ou‘ou keni, now married to P. Marita- 
lalo of Ulawa. For Dorawewe see 
M. A., p. 50; the young chief referred 
to in the note is Sinehanue-‘ou‘ou. 
qa‘ulunge‘ini S., v. tr., lio qé‘ulunge‘ini, to see 
indistinctly. 
qa‘ulunge‘i partic., indistinct, of irregular 
outline. 
qa‘unge n., a generation. 
qa‘ungudu blackfish. 
qad‘uge‘ute fierce black smoke. qd‘u 3. 
qa‘uroro a knot in a line or rope, hou ga‘uroro, 
U. Motu gatua, a knot. 
qi‘u suu ngdu gd‘u suu, to gorge, to eat till 
the head drops. 
ngdu ge‘u suunge n., gluttony. 
qa‘uto‘u v. i., to incline the head, to bow, to 
duck the head. Wango gouiou. 
qa‘uulunge 1. v.i., to pillow; used with poss. 3; 
qa‘uulunge ana, to make a pillow of. 
Lau gwounge. 
