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talo 5. talo nunu, to photograph. 
talo 6. U., v. i., to spread (of news). S., taro. 
taloha (na), tataloha (na) v. n., news. 
taloha‘ini tr., to spread news, to proclaim. 
taloha‘i v. i. and partic. Wango taro, 
Samoa tala. 
talo 7. talo li‘isi, at irregular intervals. 
talo 8. talo ahu, a fighting company, a war 
band. falo 1. 
talohi v. tr., to guard against a blow, to ward 
off, to shield. 
talo‘ili U., taro‘iri S., a paddle-shaped club 
with a long handle, used also as a shield. 
Guppy, “‘Solomon Islands” p. 74. 
tiluhi 1. to draw out water, to draw at a well. 
cf. dinu. 2. U., Su‘u i Teluhi‘a, the 
boat harbor at Mwado‘a, Ulawa. 
tamwa prefix of condition. Mota tama. 
tamwaodo v. i., to be clear, straightforward. 
tanauvhi ha‘atanauhi, v. tr., to decoy a ghost or 
animal by food. 
tane S., adv., of place; tane mdi, here; tane wau, 
there; tane ta‘i salo, up in the sky. 
tanga (ku) n., the crotch of the legs. matanga. 
Mota sanga, Sulu sanga, branch; Viti 
sanga. 
tangaa n., a span; v., to span with the hand. 
Viti dhanga. 
tangahulu numeral, ten: used only in counting; 
tangahulu ana, tenth. Mota sangavul, 
Florida hangavulu, Maori mgahuru, 
Niué hongofulu. 
tangalau 1. numeral, one hundred: used with 
genitive 7, ni. tangalai mwane, an 
hundred men. San Cristoval tangarau. 
tangalau 2. niu tangalau, a heavily laden coco- 
nut. ‘Ahe i Niu Tangalau, a tide-rip 
between Ulawa and Sa‘a. 
tangatanga n., a forked stick. tanga. 
tangi 1. a basket made of split cane to hold 
canarium nuts for drying in the smoke 
(ngali maa). 
tangi 2. a hand of bananas, used with genitive 
si, tangisi hudi. Mota tingiu. 
tangi 3. to cleave, to rive, to split a log in two. 
tango S., used with genitive ni; tangoni mwela, 
all the children. 
tao v. i., to be upset (of the stomach); ‘ieku 
e tao, I am sick at the stomach. 
taoha n., men’s club-house on the beach used 
for stowing canoes. Wrongly spelt oha 
in M. A., p. 174. hule e ‘a‘a haahia 
taoha, the creeper had climbed all over 
the club-house; niu ni taoha, a palm 
(Nipa fruticans). Wango oha. 
taotaoro n., a tree from San Cristoval planted 
in the villages for shade. 
tapa, ta‘atapa 1. v. i., to cut with a blow, to 
reap; tapa tekela‘ini, to cut off and 
destroy; nahi ta‘atapa korn, a sickle. 
tapali tr., tapali hui, to cut off the stems 
of taro. San Cristoval taba, Maori 
tapa, tapahi. 
tapa ta‘atapa 2. tapa hd'‘i‘olisi, to exchange 
words, to converse. 
tapa 3. prefix of condition. 
Mota tava, Lau taba. 
tapa‘oli, tapausu. 
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tapaa a tree of soft wood used for making food 
bowls, the milk tree of North Queens- 
land. 
tapaika tobacco (English); ngdu tapaika, to 
smoke tobacco. 
tapala‘a U., adj., abounding. ha‘atapala‘a. 
Wango tabarasi. 
tapaliu v. i., to pass by, to pass across, to cross. 
tapa‘oli v. i., to exchange, to ransom. 
tapa‘olite (ku) v. n., tapa‘oliteku, in 
exchange for me. 
tapa‘olisi tr. 
tapa‘olisila-(ku) gerund. 
tapausu v. i., to pierce, to go right through; 
used with poss. 3. 
tapi U., v. tr., to chop, to cut down. 
San Cristoval tabi. 
tapo v. i., to grab, to catch hold, to lay hands 
on; tapo mae, to seize weapons; tapo 
tahisi, to grab and miss. 
tapoli tr. 
tapolila-(ku) gerund. 
taqaosi S., to happen to, to do harm to. 
taqaruru U., bronze-wing dove. ‘aga 1. 
tara 1. v.i., to drift at sea, to be set by currents. 
mataraha. 
tara 2. adj., prefix. tararuru. 
tara 3. v. i., to skim, to pass over the surfaceo 
ta‘atara wéi, toskim thewater, dragon-fly. 
tara‘a adj., wunu tara‘a huutlume, burn up the 
village. 
tara‘asi continuously, straight on; lae tara‘asi, 
to go straight on. 
tarakoni v. tr., to collect, to gather together. 
tarapiu to be blistered (of hands or feet). 
tararuru v. i., to be gathered together, to be 
associated with, to be united with; hele 
tararuru, take hold all together; saeda 
ka‘a tararuru pe‘ie, their hearts were 
not whole with him. Wango taruru. 
tarasi v. tr., to skim along the surface of; 
tarasie ‘asi ana hote, feather the oar. 
tarasi oko a bird, cuckoo. 
tarasimwa‘a adj., skinned, broken (of skin). 
tarau, tatarau v. i., to go straight on, to con- 
tinue; continuously. liu tarau, to go 
straight ahead. Florida talau. 
tarauhe‘ini U., v. tr., to continue with, to 
perseverein. talau. 2.tolighta lamp. 
taraure‘i partic., continuously, continually; 
to continue on, to go straight on. 
taraure‘ini U., v. tr., used as a preposition; 
right on through, throughout. 
tiri, ta‘iteri 1. v. tr., to gain, to obtain. téri 
olanga, U., tari‘e olanga, S., riches. 
tari 2. v. i., to stick fast in a tree or a noose. 
Mota tali, a rope; Maori tari, a noose. 
tari 3. U., v. tr., to launch a canoe; moro téria 
paro ‘iola i ‘esi, you two launch the 
canoe into the sea. 
tari 4. tdvi sa‘o, to split the sides off sago-palm 
leaves to make bird arrows (topa). 
tarie‘ini wala U., to commit fornication. 
tarie‘ini walanga v. n. 
tariho v. tr., to watch for turtles coming up 
to lay, tavihoa honu. 
tariki U., to stride. 
‘aitepi. 
