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ta‘ane | (continued). 
indeed; ta‘ane si‘u‘e, certainly; neke‘t 
lae ta‘ane, I am surely going. 2. in 
Ulawa used in conditional affirmation, 
as ha‘alaa, S. muni ne‘e loosia, ta‘ane 
na‘a ‘unua, if I see him I shall tell it; 
ko urine ta‘ane na, S., even supposing 
it were so. 
Ta‘a Pea a female ghost who makes yams 
fruitful; her name was given in Ripoo, 
Ulawa, to a natural formation in flint. 
This was placed in the yam gardens. 
ta‘asi, taata‘asi v. tr., to throw away, to 
remove. taa 1; asi 3. Wango taart. 
taataa 1. v. i., to defecate. Samoa tatd, to 
have the bowels relaxed. 
ta‘ata‘a 2. S., numeral, one, a. ta‘ata‘a me‘ 
lo‘u‘e, one verse; ta‘ata‘a maai ngeu, one 
meal; ta‘ata‘a mwela moute‘t, only child; 
ta‘ata‘a ola moumoute‘i, one thing only. 
ta‘ataha n., an opening in the shore reef, a 
chasm. taha1. wukui ta‘ataha, a break 
in the reef, a canoe passage. Maori 
tawha, chasm. 
‘ta‘ataka ta‘atakai rate, takatakai rate, U., the 
down of nestlings. 
ta‘atala n., a line, a row; ta‘atalai niu, a row 
of coconut trees; uku ni ta‘atala, a row, 
a line. 
ta‘atara 1. successive; mu wala ta‘atara, tradi- 
tion; ‘unu ta‘atara, to relate in order. 
ta‘atara 2. ta‘atara wii, the dragon-fly (Libel- 
lula sp.). tarast. 
ta‘atarau mu wala ta‘atarau, gossip. tarau. 
taate‘i S., v. i., to be at a loss, to be ignorant, 
to be unwise. 
taate‘inge v. n., fault, ignorance. 
taate‘inge‘ini v. tr., to deny, to repudiate. 
taate‘inge‘inila-(ku) gerund. Florida tate. 
taatewe S., to be at fault. 
taatewenga v. n., a fault. 
ta‘au S., adv., of place, demonstrative ne may 
be added; onward, further, east, south. 
apat loa ta‘au, the heavens above; e odo 
‘oto ta‘au, he went right on; po‘o ta‘au, 
farther east; qd‘u ta‘au, go east or south. 
‘ta‘e 1. U., numeral, one; Sa‘a prefers ta‘a but 
has to‘ota‘e. ta‘a ta‘e, one-man canoe; 
ta‘e hu‘a saena e diena, there’s a good- 
hearted woman; to‘ota‘e ola, to‘ota‘e ini, 
one here and there; e ta‘e ro ola, only 
two; nga ta‘e, exclamation. Probably 
metathetic upon ‘eta. 
ta‘e 2. adv. of direction, up, inland; when used 
with locative z contracts from ta‘e 7 to 
ta‘i. ta‘i Sa‘a, up at Sa‘a; ta‘z lengi, up 
above, in the sky; ‘ure ta‘i tolona hénue, 
from out of the hills. Mota sage, 
Motu dae, Maori ake. 
ta‘e 3. v. i., to rise up, to stand. 
ta‘e 4. v. tr., toraise up. ta‘e ‘akalo, to raise 
a ghost. M.A., p. 219. Lau take, to 
stand. 
tta‘e 5. v. i., to embark; kRiraelu ‘a ta‘e ha'i 
‘olie't, they embark on their return 
journey; ta‘e ilengine horse, to ride; ta‘e 
ha‘aholo, to be astride; ta‘a ta‘e, one- 
TAHALAA 
ta‘e 5 (continued). 
man canoe; ta‘e hai, four-man canoe; 
ta‘e ‘olu, three-man canoe. Ta‘e ‘Olu, 
Belt of Orion. 
ta‘eli tr., to embark, to get into a canoe. 
ha‘ata‘elz. 
ta‘elila-(na, ni) gerund. 
ta‘e 6. S., adversative, but, probably ta‘e 1. 
ta‘e walo ‘ie ke su‘uri, save for these 
bonds; ta‘e pe‘inie, nevertheless. Araga 
take. 
ta‘ela‘i 1. v. i., to set out, to arise, to start. 
ta‘e 2. ta‘ela‘it 7 ola, beginning from. 
2. to be excited; saeku e ta‘ela‘i, I am 
excited. 
ta‘ela‘ini tr., to cause to arise. 
ta‘ena, ta‘eta‘ena S., pron., each, every. ta‘e 1. 
ta‘ena nga ‘inont, every man. Motu 
taina, some. 
ta‘ero v.i., to dribble (of spittle); wawe ko ta‘ero 
ana, he dribbled at the mouth. 
ta‘etate v. i., to chatter; sulu walanga ta‘etate, 
"tis naught but idle chatter. 
ta‘ewau wantonly, carelessly, any how. e¢ 
ta‘ewau mola, e ta‘e mola wau, it’s all 
one, it makes no difference; ta‘ewau mu 
‘inoni, S., the common people. 
taha, ta‘ataha 1. to be open, to have a channel, 
to emerge; taha maa, to open the door; 
kive taha maa ‘oto nge melu lae, we left 
as they were opening their doors (at 
daylight); taha ana nga ‘inoni, to pay 
a visit to a person; taha odo‘t, to come 
upon, to find; taha ‘o‘o, the tenor drum 
in the para ni ‘o‘o, the first notes are 
struck on it; mwéritaha, to recover from 
wounds; sae taha, happy; sae tahanga, 
happiness; saeku e taha, my mind is 
clear about it; ‘unu ta‘ataha, to pro- 
nounce aloud; wdi e taha, the river 
mouth is open, navigable. 
tahani S., tr., to open, to be a pioneer; ana 
e tahanie maamu ne, in that he opened 
your eyes; ‘unu tahanie saemu, lay bare 
your mind. (b) to emerge, to go 
through; tahanie ‘asi, get through the 
surf. (c) aha tahani, tola tahani, to 
warn. 
tahangi U., tr., tahangia hélisi, to eat the 
first fruits of the harvest; tahangia waépu, 
to be the first to clear a piece of thick 
bush and thereby acquire a right over 
the land: prov., to be a_ pioneer. 
ha‘aisita‘anga‘ini, ha‘aisitahanga‘int. 
San Cristoval tafa, Lau tafa, Tanna 
tafa, outside; Maori tawha. 
taha 2. interrogative pron., what, more com- 
mon in Ulawa; nga taha, what? inge‘ia 
taha ‘oto, U., that is it, just so; nga mast 
taha, what thing? munia nga taha, what 
for? ‘osi hele hinoli‘a taha ine, how well 
you have done it. Mota sava, Maori 
aha. M.L., p. 133. 
taha‘ira‘a adv., clearly, plainly; ere taha‘ira‘a, 
to speak distinctly. 
tahalaa n., an opening in a reef, a way out. 
