RORO‘A 
roro‘a 3 (continued). 
lae, I shall certainly not go; ana ‘oto ‘emi 
ka‘a roro‘a hé‘italea ‘amu, unless we 
seek it of thee. 
rorodara n., a fillet, band around the head, 
crown (late use). dara. 
rorodo 1. to be lowering (of clouds). 2.n.,a 
black cloud; hele rorodo, to keep off the 
clouds by magic, to provide fine weather. 
3. U., sae rorodo, to forget. 
rorodo‘a 1. belonging to darkness, cloudy; mu 
palonga rorodo‘a, deeds of darkness. 
2. U., a dark cloud, mési rorodo‘a. 
roroho hdu roroho, astone axe. Wango roroho. 
rorora hastily, ina hurry. rorahi. lae rorora, 
to go in a hurry; kire tola rorora ana 
tahinge, they fled precipitately. 
rotani U., v. tr., to rub in the hands. 
rotanila-(na) gerund. 
rotarota‘i U., v., to shuffle the feet. 
roto 1. to cut into lengths (of wood); roro dango, 
to cut up firewood. 2. n., a piece, a 
part; nga roto, a part, partly. 
roto‘i tr. 
roto 3. walo roto, the match-box bean, Queens- 
land bean. 
rotoa‘ini tr., to rub out seed with the hands. 
Wango roto. 
rou 1. v. i., to hum native songs, singing in a 
monotone. Mota raw. 
rou, 2. a large leaf (Heliconium sp.), used to 
wrap up for food for cooking; do rou, to 
gather leaves for use in cooking. Viti 
rourou, taro leaves cooked. 
ru variant of ro, two; cf. proper names, Rupoo, 
Ru‘apu; added to personal pronouns, 
dual, kireru‘e, ‘omoru‘e, raru‘i. lu; ru 
poo ‘emi ngeu, we had two pigs to eat. 
ruana second, the second time, anew; ‘oto 
ruana ‘esi teuri, then the second time 
he said; ruana ke‘i orea, the other shall 
be left. 
rue S., rua U., numeral, two; used with ‘e, ‘e rue; 
reduplicated ruerue. ‘ala ruerue, two- 
edged. Mota nirua, Motu rua, Poly- 
nesian rua. 
ruerua‘a adj., doubting. sae ruerua‘a, doubt- 
ful mind; sae ruerua‘anga, doubt, 
double-mindedness; saeku e ruerua‘a 
suu‘t‘omu, I am in doubt concerning you. 
ruke, rukeruke v.i., to be joyful; more com- 
mon in Ulawa. rike, 
rukenga U., rukanga S., v. n., joy, glee. 
rumu (na, ni) n., oil, grease; rumu ni su, oint- 
ment; rumu nue maa, eye salve. Wango 
rumu, Viti lumu, oil. 
rumu‘e S., rumu‘a U., adj., oily, greasy. 
ruru, rururu to gather together, to collect, to 
enroll. ha‘aruru, haé‘iruru. ruru dunge, 
to build a fire, to gather the sticks 
together; ruru puli, ruru ha‘apuli, U., to 
throng; ruru wala, to make an agreement. 
rurunge v. n., a gathering together. 
ruruhi tr., to throng, to press upon. 
ruruhe‘ini tr., to gather together. 
rurute‘i partic., gathered together. Wango 
ruru, Maori ruru, to draw together. 
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ruru 2. U., ruru kore, landslip, avalanche. 
ruru‘e S., ruru‘e hule, a phase of the moon. 
truruha U., n., a company. ruru. Wango 
ruruha. 
ru‘u v. i, to draw back, to retire; ko ru‘u i 
nume, retires into the house. 
ru‘usi v. i., to shrink, to shrivel, to con- 
tract, to slough. Lau ruu, enter; 
Wedau ruui, enter; Florida rugu, Mota 
luk, to bend; Viti luku, to clench the 
hand. 
ruuge‘u U., uruge‘u S., a stump, ruuge‘u ni ‘et. 
S 
saa- (ku) 1.S., noun used as preposition; at the 
house of, with, to (of motion to), to 
(of offering or sacrifice to); in the singu- 
lar used in third person only, in other 
persons singular sze- is used; the locative 
4 may be prefixed. Jae ké‘u saana, go 
to him, go to his house; inge‘ie saada‘elu, 
he is at home; uunu ola saana mu ‘akalo, 
offer burnt offerings to the ghosts; Joho 
4 saana, flew to him; médurihe e réu 
Saana nume ‘ie, salvation has come to 
this house. 
sa‘a 2.S., negative particle used of future time, 
also as dehortative; sa‘a balanced by 
wa is used as the negative correlatives 
neither—nor; probably sa‘a is compound- 
ed of sa and ‘a 4. cf. ka‘a. nou sa‘a 
lae, I shall not go; ‘o sa‘a lae, you shall 
not go; hote sa‘a kole wa nga me‘i ola 
‘erele‘a kei i‘o 4 sapeka, the paddles. 
must not rattle nor anything of light 
color be about our bodies; ngaini sa‘a 
liu ha‘ahireru‘e, none shall pass in front 
of them; sae sa‘a maholo wa ke mou, 
thoughts shall not be parted and shall 
not cease. Espiriti Santo sa, negative 
particle; Bugotu sa; Viti sa, future 
particle. 
Sa‘a 3. the last village on the southeast coast 
of Little Malaita three miles from Cape, 
Zélée. «@ Sa‘a ni menu, cf. ha‘adéhi. 
M.A., p. 48. 
saai, saasaai S., v. tr., to know, to read. saai 
bukanga, reading; saai ola, to know 
things, to be wise; saai olanga, wisdom; 
saat ‘ulu, to repeat by heart; atei ke saai 
suuheni, who can enumerate? le‘u nou 
Saaieé nou saaie, what I know I know; 
lio saai, to perceive; ‘oke saaiaa mwane 
waune, say that person’s name. 
saanau n., a young unmarried man, a youth, a 
widower. 
saanauha (ku) youth; in sing. 3 the poss 3 
ana is used: saanauhaana, its youth, his 
youth, youthfulness. 
sa‘asala to be clear, without support, not 
touching the ground. sala 3. pulo 
sa‘asala, to turn back before reaching. 
sada S. 1. v. i., to be fitting, proportionate to; 
used with poss. 3. U., dada, ha‘asada, 
ha‘isada. e sada amelu, fit for them; 
sada pe‘ini, equal, equivalent to. 2. level, 
