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takarurume'‘ini (continued). 
shoot a number at one shot. Mota 
takar, to take between the fingers. 
takihe-(ku) a relative, a member of the same 
family; a taékiheku, a kinsman of mine. 
tako, tatako to bewail, to lament. hdé‘itako‘t. 
takonga U., takola S., v. n., lamentation. 
takosi tr. 
tako‘i-(au) prep., toward (of persons and 
things), of swearing by. ere ni ha‘apu 
tako‘ie, swore by him. 
tatako‘i v. tr., to approach a person. 
melu tatako‘ie paro. 
taku, ta‘uteku v. i., to receive, to entertain; 
used with poss. 3. taku ana pasi, 
grasp a bow. 
tikuhi S., tikusi U., tr. 
takuhila-(ku) gerund. 
takume‘ini U., tr., to dun. 
takume S., n., a yam with fruit on the vine. 
takuruhi S., v. tr., to crowd. 
tala 1. n., path, road, way; tala ineu, my path; 
tala ni liu, path to travel; Tala Odo, the 
main ridge of Little Malaita; hdrii tala, 
S., hari ni tala, U., forks of the road; 
1 kerekerena tala, beside the path; maaz 
tala rue, street corner; nga mui tala, 
paths; ‘uri odohaana tala, walk straight 
along the path; walu tala ni Tolo, all 
the villages of Tolo. Mota sala, 
Florida hala, Maori ara. 
tala 2. (ku) n., place, room. dsu talat nge‘ulaa, 
work for food; ‘eli talana, dig his grave; 
hé‘itale talaku, make room for me; horo 
i tala, to kill in revenge; horonga i talada, 
revenge for them; holi talaku, buy my 
footing; le‘u talaku, my place; lio tala, 
beware; za‘o talana, lead the way for 
him; e to‘otalaku, room forme. Florida 
talana, put it. 
tala, ta‘atala 3. n., a row, a string; ¢alai heune, 
a row of teeth; talai puli, a string of 
white cowries; Rulaa talai heune, to 
loosen the teeth. 
tala 4. to miss, to fail, déu tala. hu‘utala. 
pa‘ewa ko ‘ala tala, the shark bites at 
and misses (the last two days of the 
moon); pola tala, U., tofail. Mao. hara. 
talahi tr., e hute talahie qongine, born out 
of due time. Wango tara, Viti dhala. 
tala 5. v. tr., to.sweep; talaa nume, a besom. 
talaa a littoral tree of hard wood. 
tala‘ae v. i., to begin; used with genitive 7, x7. 
e tala‘ai ‘aela, e tala‘aeni ‘aela, it is 
beginning to spoil; tala‘ae ni lae, begin 
to go. 
tala‘aeha-(na) U., n., 
because of. 
tala‘ae (na) S., beginning from. 
tala‘aehota S., v. i., to begin. ‘aehota. 
talaihu‘e v. tr., to guard, to protect, to catch 
a ball. Ghu. 
tala‘aela‘a v. i., to frolic, to play. 
talahi U., v. tr.,to miss. hula talahi, U., to fail 
to find a person at home; lio talahi, U., 
to look for in vain; ma‘aru talahi, to go 
like winking. 
the beginning of, 
TALO 
talahuli the place of; with poss. 3. tala 2. 
t talahulit emu, in your right place; mu 
le‘u talahuliana, his wonted place. 
tala‘i v. tr., to entice. ha‘atala‘i. tala‘i keri, 
to catch octopus. 
tala‘ilisi continuously; huni palo tala‘ilisi 
hunt‘o, to worship Thee continuously. 
talama‘i v. i., to prepare for a feast, to collect 
materials. talama‘i wala, U., to act as 
mediator. 
talama‘inge v. n. 
talama‘ini tr. 
talani hataa‘i sae talani, to be carefulto. tala 2. 
talau 1. U., to be alight (of fire), to blaze, to 
spread (of ulcer). rara talau, twenty- 
first and twenty-second days of the 
moon. Florida talau, continually. 
talau, tatalau 2. v. i., to walk along a log. 
tatalauhe. San Cristoval tatarau. 
tale (du) 1. U., prep., to, toward (of persons 
and things); lae talea, go to him; tale ¢ 
ola, on the side of what you may call it. 
Malo tele. 
tale 2. v. i., to lack; melu tale ola, we lack 
things. 
talenga S., talengaha U. (double noun 
ending), v. n., a shortage, famine. 
tale 3. to miss, to look in vain for. hé‘itale. 
lio talea, S., to fail to see. 
tale‘i mere, inferior; mu tale‘it ola, inferior 
things, merely, wantonly; nou tale‘s 
lae mola, I just went for no reason; tale‘s 
teu, to act wantonly; tale‘z teunge, wan- 
ton mischief; tale‘t ‘o‘i‘o‘t, to trouble 
oneself; ¢ tale‘t meimeile‘ini, he was in 
destitution; tale‘t inu mola‘a, just drink 
without price. 
tali 1. v. i., to be bounded by, to end, to begin. 
ta‘itelihe. lai telt, up to, until. San 
Cristoval tari, to reach; Florida taligu, 
back, again; Niué ¢ali, until, since. 
tali 2. lama téli, to free a tree of creepers; téli 
wale, to strip the skin of cane (wale). 
talihe (ku) n., ere télihe, to defend oneself in 
speech, to deny, ere (lado) téliheku, make 
my defence; ne‘isae taélihe, to reach in 
thought. 
talihite cf. ta‘itelihite. 
tailihuu ‘ano tdlihuu, to sink out of sight, to 
go down for good. 
talili v. tr., to transgress, to work wickedness. 
hé‘itelili. 
tililinge v.n. Wango fariri. 
talimaa v. i., to start, to come to an end; 
talimaa ana maholo ‘ie, S., from now on; 
talimaa ‘oto nihou, U., up till now. 
tailisi U., v. i., to be awake, to wake up. 
ha‘atélisi. 
talo 1. a shield made of wood. 
talo 2. a tree whose bark is used for cerements. 
talo 3. v. tr., to tithe; talo dhu, to amass; 
e taloa huehuana dangona mwakana, he 
gives tithes of the trees of the field; talo 
lilisi, to offer a certain portion as a 
sacrifice. 
talo 4. U., talo wau i ‘est, to follow the coats 
by sea. 
