qa‘uulunge (continued). 
2. n., a pillow, usually a piece of wood. 
3.n., a headland in a yam garden. 
qi‘ulunge'‘ini v. tr., to support as a pillow. 
qe‘i Gu ge‘i, a bamboo with close joints. 
qela 1. a thousand, of coconuts, gela ni niu. 
qela 2. v. i., to place alongside, to lay parallel. 
U., v. tr., to place upon. 
qelaa ‘ini tr. 
qeli 1. to be raveled. 
qeli qeliqeli 2. v. tr., to deceive, cheat; kie ko 
tale‘t geligeliki‘e mola, we merely deceive 
ourselves. gdli 1. ; 
qelo, qelogelo v. tr., to betray. 
qelola-(ku) gerund. Florida pero. 
qelu, qelugelu 1. to roll, to cause to turn over. 
tatagelugelu. 2. to accuse, to put the 
blame on, to charge with immorality; 
gelu wala ilengine ngaini, to accuse 
anyone; gelu ola, to accuse; gelu olanga, 
accusation. 
qelusi tr. 
qelusila-(ku) gerund. Mota wil, Malay, 
Dyak, Tagalog giling, Viti wiri. 
qera to be in flood, to be in abundance, gener- 
ally of flood waters; kone e gera, much 
flood waters; lue gera, spring tide. 
qeraqgeraha v. n., used with poss. 3; qgera- 
geraha ana mu ‘inont, exceeding many 
people. 
qeru U., n., lip; geru ‘wpu, to hate, lit., swollen 
lip, stuck out lip; lio geru ‘upu, lio geru 
ngudu, to grudge, to hate. 
qerugeru U., n., lip. 
qesa‘a S., adj., wet, damp. 
qeto to be feeble, weak, cowardly. 
qetola-(na, ni) U., gerund.; getolana déngi, a 
wind decreased in force, gone down. 
qetoha S., v. n., used with poss. 3; qeto- 
haana déngi, a wind decreased in force. 
qetonga v. n., weakness, cowardice. 
qetosi tr., to be unable to do through weak- 
ness. Florida beto, still, calm. 
qe‘u1.to be foolish. ha‘age‘u. 
qe‘unge v. n., foolishness; wdi ni qge‘unge, 
strong drink (late use). Wango geu, 
Mota qure. 
qe‘u 2. to be deaf and dumb; a ge‘u, the deaf 
mute; ge‘u ereere, dumb. 
qe‘u 3. nunuhe‘s ge‘u, to enter, to be entangled 
in. qd‘u 1. 
qe‘uge‘u‘a‘a adj., foolish, silly. 
qe‘uge‘u‘a‘anga v. n., foolishness; wai ni 
ge‘uge‘u‘a‘anga, strong drink. 
qi‘e S., qi‘a U., to be in good health, to be fat, 
chubby; gi‘e Gliho't, to recover soundness 
of health. Nguna gia, well, good; 
Mota wia, good; New Guinea, bze. 
qi‘eqi‘ala adj., fat, whole, healthy. 
qgiigii S., n., mud, slush. 
qiiqii‘e adj., muddy, slushy. 
qilo‘a adj., springy, pliable. 
qini‘a U., adj., wet, damp. ha‘agini. maraau 
wet gini, east-by-north wind (brings 
rain). Lau gwint. 
qire n., a stalk of bamboo, mga qire, qiret eu. 
qiruu U., piruu, S., ove girwu, black sand. 
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qisi v. i., to spurt, to splash. 
qisihi U., qisili S., tr., to splash a person. 
Samoa pisi, Motu pisili. 
qito S., pito U., to sprout, to shoot, to begin to 
grow; hohola e qito, the yams have 
sprouted. 2. n., a growing coconut, 
hot qito. 3. n., a sprout; qitona, its 
sprout. Wango qito. 
qole U., pole S., to dream, ma‘ahu qole. nau 
ma‘ahu golea, I dreamed it; ma‘ahu 
golenga, v. n., a dream. Mota gore, 
Florida maturu bole, to dream. 
qongi, qongigongi U., pongi S. 1. v. tr., to 
promise. rodi gongi, to plight troth. 
qongi (ku) S. 2.n.,a season, time. i gongina 
a ola, in So-and-so’s day; ana gongine, 
in its season; hduliqgongi, one day of a 
series; ‘o holo onu‘e gongiku hao, thou 
hast cut short my time; gongi ko sisiho 
‘oto, the time is at hand; e hute talahie 
gongine, born out of due time. pongi 2. 
qoogoota S., foundation. poopoota. qoogoota 
ani nume, foundations of the house. 
qote (ku) U., pote S., n., buttock. 
qo‘uru‘uru U., po‘uru‘uru S., to kneel. 
qo‘uru‘urunga v. n., kneeling. 
R 
ra 1. suffixed pron., plural 3, used of persons 
only; attached as object to verbs and 
prepositions; in Sa‘a when r@ is used of 
a body of people or a company, and # or 
u precedes, the @ of ré does not change 
into e, hahiré diana, on the good. 
Mota ra 2. 
ra 2. forms part of raéru‘e, rérw‘t, ré‘elu, etc. 
raa, raaraa 1. v.i., to shine brightly. ha‘araa. 
memo raaraa, S., sun and rain, a sun 
shower. 
raahi tr., to scorch (of the sun). 
raangi tr., to shine on, to give light to, to 
enlighten. 2. n., the sun’s light, 
radiance, bright light; dunge ni raa, a 
burning-glass; suuhait raa, drought. 
Wango raraha, Florida raraha, Maori ra, 
the sun. 
raa 3. the name of a month, January. 
Raa 4. a rock near Arona, southeast cape of 
Ulawa. cf. hau maelo. 
raapea a needle made of the midrib of the sago 
leaf (mudi sa‘o). 
raaraa n., sunlight, radiance, brilliancy; raaraa 
ani meurthe, the light of life. 
ra‘aranga-(ku) n., 1. the light of the sun, light; 
ra‘arangaku, my light, met., glory; 
ra‘arangana sato, light of the sun. 
2. ma‘utei ra‘arangana, to be in awe of 
it. ranga, cf. rara. 
ra‘aranga 3. because of, on account of; used 
with poss. 3. 
ra‘aranga‘a adj., lightened by the rays of the 
sun; used of dazzling light. 
ra‘arara U., adj., nimo ra‘arara, sun and rain. 
rara. 
raata‘i partic., regularly, frequently; ‘emi ka‘a 
are‘o raata‘i, we do not call upon thee 
regularly. 
