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saisesu U. 3. v. i., to smoke (of fire), redup. of 
sdsu,i5. dunga e saisesu, the fire smokes. 
saka 1. v. i., to be strong, to be powerful. 
M.A., p. 192. 2. v. i., to be hot (of 
condiments). 
sakanga v. n., strength, power; déu sakanga 
ana, to pin one’s faith to, to make a lot 
of; mani ni’ilana sakanga, the complete 
giving of power. 
sakahi v. tr., to strengthen, to enable. 
Aneityum cap, hot, fire; Motu kakakaka, 
red; Maori kaka, red hot. 
sakasaka‘a adj., firmly, vigorously, success- 
fully; daéu sakasaka‘a, to do actively; 
hele sakasaka‘a ana, do it with vigor. 
sala 1. the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia 
papyrifera). 2. cloth made from the 
bast of that tree. 3. European cloth. 
maai sala, a piece of bast cloth; mi sala, 
a piece of any cloth. Viti sala, a 
wrapper. 
sala, sa‘asala S., sasala U., 4. desolate, unin- 
habited, wilderness; hdnue sala, desert. 
sale v. tr., to clear ground for a yam garden. 
salenga v. n., aclearing fora garden. Mota 
Sara, open space, court. 
salema‘i, sasalema‘i U., v. i., to be wise. 
salema‘inga v. n., wisdom. 
salinga‘ini U., sangile‘i S., to unload a canoe. 
salo 1. n., sky, heavens, clouds, charcoal draw- 
ings on canoes at bow and stern repre- 
senting clouds; mu salo, the heavens; 
t salo, in the clouds. salo ko kokohono, 
the sky is lowering; salo molemole, red 
clouds; t hahana salo, under the sky; 
mu he‘une salo, the stars of heaven; 
kohukohu la‘ona salo, far-off clouds; 
nga ngoongoo ni salo e ngo‘a, the tip of 
the cloud was broken off; e rapute‘s 
salo molemole, a red sky; tane ta‘i salo, 
up in the sky. Wango aro. 
salo 2. v. i., to beckon, to invite with signs; 
salo haahi, to make a sign to a person: 
in beckoning with the hand the palm is 
held down. 
salohi tr., salohi lue, a crab, lit., beckon 
the tide (Gelasimus sp.). Mota alovag, 
Gilbert Islands alof, Wango arohi, 
Samoa talo, Motu he-kalo. 
salu, sd‘uselu 1. S., v. i., to be painful, to hurt. 
sapesilu. ‘aeku ko selu, my leg hurts me. 
salunge v. n., pain. 
salu 2. the ironwood (Casuarina equisetifolia). 
kokoi selu, casuarina needles; bodies 
when exposed for burial (aori) are 
covered with these needles; from the 
scraped bark of the tree a stain is made, 
this is the coloring matter seen on 
fishing-lines from Santa Cruz. 
sama Vv. i., to correspond to, to come in proper 
order, to be abreast of; sama diana, to 
correspond exactly, to be in keeping 
with; ro ‘iola ko sama, the two canoes 
keep abreast of one another. 
samanga‘ini tr., to lay in order, to arrange. 
cof. dama. 
samo to stutter. Viti sami, to lisp. 
simu 1. n., a creeper, the bark is used for 
fishing-lines. sd‘isemu. 2. v. i. to 
fish for deep-sea fish; hinou nt semu, 
the hook. 
sane the white ant; hoi sane, its nest; sane ‘ala, 
the destructive white ant, capable of 
giving a sharp bite (‘ala); sane qa‘t, an 
ant of a brownish color used as burly 
for sea-bream (i‘e ni sane). Samoa 
ane, Mota gan. 
sane‘a adj., eaten by white ants. Samoa 
anea. 
singile‘ini S., salinga‘ini U., to unload a canoe. 
sangoni v. tr., to nourish, to adopt a child. 
Lau sango. 
sa‘o n., the sago palm (Sagus sp.); sa‘o ni 
‘aholo, a kite made of sago-palm leaves 
for fishing for mwanole with a cobweb 
lure (lawa). M.A., p. 318. déu sa‘o, 
to get sago leaves for thatching; kokot 
sa‘o, a frond of the sago palm; lokotai 
sa‘o, a bundle of sago leaves; lololo ni 
sa‘o, swamp in which sago grows; mudii 
sa‘o, midrib of the leaf; gangoi sa‘o, a 
measure, a hand’s breadth; taéhi sa‘o, to 
cut sago leaves; tdri sa’o, to split the 
sides of leaves to make arrows (topa); 
use sa‘o, to stitch leaves for thatch; 
raapea, the midrib used as a needle; 
wede, to take out the midrib before 
sewing thatch. Borneo sago. 
sa‘oni v. tr., to catch mwanole with the kite; 
‘oto e sa‘onia mwanole, then he caught 
garfish. Mota sao 2, Polynesian hao. 
sa‘oha‘ini v. tr., to double, to place in tiers, to 
fit a thing on. 
sa‘oha‘i partic., sa‘oha‘i ro ola, double, in 
two tiers. 
sa‘olu egg of bird, hoi sa‘olu ni menu. 
toliu, Florida tolu. 
sa‘osa‘oha‘i‘a U., adj., double, in tiers; sa‘osa- 
‘oha‘i‘a ani nima, an upper story in a 
house, a doubled house. 
saosaola 1. adj., yellow, turmeric. 2. n., a 
tree with yellow pods which curve in a 
circle and are worn as ornaments in 
the ear. 
sape (ku) 1. n., the body, trunk, mass, figure, 
color, appearance; sape ni ‘inoni, men’s 
bodies; sape we‘o, to be bodily tired; 
sapeku e ka‘alawa, I am listless; sapeku 
e qa‘t mware‘a, I am not in good health; 
noko hiie sapeku, I am well, lit., I per- 
ceive my body; potenga ni sape, bodily 
repletion; e to‘o sape, to have the shape, 
the appearance, of. 2. used in apos- 
trophizing the various islands with the 
locative i: i sapena i Sa‘a ni menu, cf. 
ha‘adéhi. Wango abe. 3. n., duty, 
belonging to, part: le‘u i sapeku, S., my 
duty; holoholo i sapeku, U., my duty. 
Florida sape, place, bed. 
sape 4. sapeléku. sa‘esape‘a. 
sape‘i, sasape‘i S., v. tr., to add to, to increase 
in number. cf. rape‘i. 
sape‘ita-(na) v. n., sape‘itana, the increase 
of it, its being increased. 
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