TAHANGA 
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tahanga n., a fathom; v. tr., to measure a 
fathom. tahanga awa nusi, U., a meas- 
ure, just a fathom long; haa tahanga, 
a sum of money, ten strings each a 
fathom long, the sum equivalent to 
40 dogs’ teeth (suli hata). 
tahanga‘ini v. tr., to set wide open. 
hanga‘ini, ha‘aisita‘anga‘ini. 
taharara‘a mawasidengi e taharara‘a, a storm 
swept down. 
tahaunutara through, from one side to the 
other; used with poss. 3. unu 3. 
tahe 1. n., a platform; hd‘u tahe, to make a 
platform; tahe nit malaohu, a platform 
on which ceremonies are conducted in 
connection with malaohu, a boy’s catch- 
ing his first bonito. 
tahe 2. v. i., to be abundant; hohola e tahe, the 
garden produced abundantly. 
tahe 3. to flow, to be in motion (of water). ‘ahe. 
luelue e tahe, the flood came. Poly- 
nesian tahe, to flow. 
tahe 4. tahe ‘upu‘upu, to be halfway in a 
journey. 
tahe U. 5. tahe tongo, to sip. 
tahela‘ini, ta‘etahela‘ini v. tr., to lift up to 
view, to exalt, to mount, to ascend. 
tahela‘i partic., up, upward; ngara tahela‘i 
ana, to call upon him with weeping. 
tahera‘i v. i, to thatch with layers of sago- 
palm leaf (vaho). 
tahera‘inge v. n., thatching. 
tahera ‘ini tr. 
taheri v. tr., to wear across the shoulder as a 
bandolier. a Taheri ‘Usu, a proper 
name. 
tahi, ta‘itehi v. i., to flee; tahi ke‘u, be off, get 
out of the way. 
tahinge v. n., flight; ‘o‘o ni tehinge, to be in 
flight; kire tola rorora ana tahinge, they 
fled precipitately. 
tahisi tr., to escape from; tapo tiahisi, to 
grab and miss. Lau taf. 
tahi 2. to rend; tahi sa‘o, to cut sago leaves. 
tahikuhiku U., adj., tangled, raveled. hiku- 
téhile‘ini v. tr., to flee away and carry with one. 
tahirohiro n., a large fish that swims round in 
circles. hiro. 
tahisuhisu, tatahisuhisu said of a canoe, to 
run along on the top of a wave. 
taho 1. to purchase a man, to buy a dependent. 
2. to pay money to one who avenges a 
death; ke‘t taho nana mwala e horo‘ia 
mwaena, will make payments to the 
people who killed So-and-so, M. A., 
p. 243. kire tahoa nana mwala e horo, 
they paid up to the people who had 
killed; tahoa lalamoa, to pay for a man 
killed by violence. cf. dalo. 3. taho 
ta‘a, the ritual placing of a coconut in 
a canoe containing a dead body, M. A., 
p. 136: taha, there should be taho. 
taho 4. taho ta‘a, used with poss. 3, to arrive at. 
tahola‘i v. i., to wave in the air as a sign of 
triumph; tahola‘i mata, to wave the club. 
tahola‘ini tr. 
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tahu awa tahu, U., to slip, to come loose (of 
bands). 
tahu‘i v. tr., to take to pieces. 
to remove. 
tihule S., n., a mosquito. 
tahulu the black mussel employed in the manu- 
facture of bonito hooks (tei). Wdai ni 
Tehulu, the lagoon at Ngorangora, 
Ulawa. 
ta‘i 1. prefix of condition. té‘iere. 2.contrac- 
tion of ta‘e 7, up at; noko lai té‘i Sa‘a, I 
am going up to Sa‘a; té‘z kule, shore, 
beach, dry land. dinge ta‘it hahona, the 
day after. 3. participial ending: rapu, 
rapute'it. 4. verb suffix used intransi- 
tively: aite‘t, md‘ute't. Mota tag. 
ta‘iere adj., dizzy, faint; maaku e ta‘iere, I am 
giddy. 
tai‘esi neap tide. Maori tai, tata. 
ta‘ihikuhiku S., tangled, raveled. 
ta‘ini verbal suffix, used transitively. rdadpu, 
ripute‘ini; wai e mapipi ‘ohe ‘oto taé‘inie 
kolune mwakano, whether the water has: 
receded off the face of the earth. 
ta‘ingelu S., ta‘ingélu U., adv., all together. 
ta‘ingelute n., used as adv., all together. 
ta‘ipulo adj., reversed. 
ta‘ipulosi v. tr., to reverse. 
tai‘ipulopulo U., adj., to come short of. 
ta‘irara adj., to be earnest over, to use per- 
suasion. 
ti‘iraranga n. 
tditei 1. U., v. tr., to close the eyes, e tditeia: 
maana. 
ta‘itei 2. v. i., to deny; used with poss. 3. 
ta‘iteli n., flowering hibiscus of many varieties. 
ta‘itelihe-(ma) n., a border. {ali 1. té‘itelt- 
hana haénue, boundary of land. 
ta ‘itelihite to be split, to have cracksin. féli 1. 
ta‘itesi S., n., flesh meat; mu te‘itesi ola, flesh. 
taka, ta‘ataka 1. v., to come into flower; taka: 
mala mdimepusu, to flower like the 
Florida tavutt,. 
midimepusu. n., takai dango, a flower; 
ta‘atakana, its flower. Wango taga, to 
be in leaf. 
taka 2. prefix of spontaneity. ftakaluhe. Mota. 
tava, Maori taka, takahe; Malagasy tafg. 
taka 3. taka ‘irori, proverb of confusion of 
voices. 
takalo, ta‘atakalo S., takatakalo U., to be lost,. 
astray, to go astray. ha‘atakalo. now 
lae takalo, I am lost; liu takalo, to take 
a wrong road. 
takalonga v. n., an error. 
takaloha‘ini tr., to mislay. Maori ngaro,. 
Niué xgalo, lost. 
takaluhe to be loosened, to come loose. 
takara 1. to come unraveled. matakara. 2. 
to abound, to prosper. 3. maaku e 
takara pulupulu, I saw stars. 
takarasi tr., to unravel, to unwind, to: 
unlace. 
takarara to come undone. 
takararuru ina bunch, together. 
hold in a bunch; taka 2. 
takarurume‘ini tr.; hane takarurume'inire, to- 
hele takaruru, 
