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taro, tataro S., talo U., to spread (of news), to 
proclaim. 
taroha, tataroha (na) v. n., news; tarohana 
e taro poi, the news has reached here. 
tataroha‘i‘e adj., used as n., news. 
tarohi tr., to come to one’s ears. 
taroha‘ini tr., to proclaim. 
tarohainila-(ku) gerund. 
taro‘iri S. cf. talo‘ili, U. 
taroisuli U., to add to. 
tisi 1. v. i., to slip, to slide, to glance off. 
tasi 2. v. i., to strip off the outer skin; niu test, 
a thin-skinned variety of coconut. 
tata 1. adjectival prefix of condition. tata- 
gelugelu. Wango ta, Florida ta, Viti ta. 
tata 2. v. i., to scatter. dhutata, tataa‘ini. 
tataa S., to fade away, to wither. 
tataa‘ini v. tr., to scatter, to sow broadcast, to 
shake out, to unfurl; tataa‘i ‘asi, to 
shake off; ere taiaa‘ini, tocurse. Wango 
adaraini. 
tata‘ala adj., bad. ta‘a 6, la 4. ha‘atata‘ala. 
raramanga ana i‘onga tata‘ala, rebuke 
because of lasciviousness; si‘ohaaku e 
tata‘ala, I am in evil plight. 
tata‘alanga n., evil; mwaanie mu _ tata- 
‘alanga, from evil. 
tata‘alaha n., used with poss. 3. tata- 
‘alahaana mu i‘e, the bad fish, lit., its 
badness the fish. 
tata‘alasi with dau, hele, to do harm to; 
horo tata‘alasi, to kill without mercy. 
tatahana S., adv., in a little while, almost; 
tatahana ‘oto muini ke‘'t helesie, some 
almost did it. 
tatahiohio to stagger about. 
tatahiruhiru headlong. 
tataipeipe v. i., to wallow, to roll about in a fit. 
tataisuisu to run along atop a wave (of a canoe). 
tataiteu S., lio tataiteu, to appear beautiful. 
tataku S., to be effeminate; hele tataku, to bea 
novice. 
tatalau 1. as talau 2. 2. U., in succession; hele 
tatalau, to do in_ succession; ‘unu 
; tatalau ana, to rehearse in order. 
tatahoradi U., adj., falling, of ameteor. tata 1. 
tatalauhe v. n., a means of crossing over, a 
bridge, a log over a stream. 
tatale U., v. tr., to go through or carry (of the 
sound of a conch); walana ‘dhuri e 
tatalea walu tala i Tolo, the sound of the 
conch went through all the villages in 
Tolo. 
Tatamwane a Tatamwane, a proper name, lit., 
scatter men. 
tatanga n., used as v. i., to be scattered, dis- 
persed. 
tatangasi tr., to be scattered over; tata- 
ngasie mu ote, scattered over the low- 
lands. 
tatanga‘ini tr., to scatter, 
ha‘atatanga‘ini. 
tatanga‘i partic. hd‘itatanga'i. 
tatangalungalu U., to be excited. 
tatageluqelu headlong, head over 
ha‘atatagelu. 
tatara S., ‘unu tatara, wala tatara, tradition. 
to disperse. 
heels. 
TAUTO‘O 
tatara‘a adi., straight. tara‘a. 
tataraaraa horonga tataraaraa, indiscriminate 
slaughter. 
tatarau ‘unu tatarau, gossip. 
tatarisi U., the monitor 
indicus). 
tataro v. i., to stumble. ha'‘atataro. ‘aeku 
e tataro ana, my foot stumbled thereon. 
tatate‘ete‘e v. i., to bump, to collide. 
tatau U., v. i., to hurry, to hasten; kira‘elu ‘asi 
tateu weu, they then scurried away. 
tatawero‘a S., adj., for naught, in vain, 
unprofitably. 
tatawisi, tatawisiwisi v. i., to run along on the 
top of a wave, to speed along. 
tau U., dau S. 1. v. i., to do, to act, to make, to 
be about to do, to endeavor. e téu ni 
lae, he made to go; téu muni, to en- 
deavor; tau ha‘aro‘i, to find; tdu ‘ei, to 
break firewood; tdu ‘ae, to hurry; tau 
lakelake, to give oneself airs; téu rarahi, 
to urge, to incite; du rarahinga, impor- 
tunity; fale‘i teu, S., to act wantonly; 
tale‘s teunge, mischief; no‘iteu, to delay; 
‘oniteu, to delay; hd‘iteu, to hasten. 
tau 2. v.i., ‘ape e tdu, the net has fish enclosed 
in it. 
tau 3. tau ta‘a, to issue, to arrive at; used with 
poss. 3. e tdéu ta‘a ana, it issued in; 
vaa téu ta‘a mala sato, shine out like the 
sun; téu taha, M. A., p. 136. ‘au 4. 
tau 4. ha‘atau, v. i., to be far off, distant. 
tauhe S., n., a feast. 
taule‘ini v. tr., to get ready things for a journey, 
to make preparations. 
taule‘i v. i. 
taule‘inge v. n., preparation. 
taumié‘i, tiume‘i U., conjunction, used in sup- 
posititious cases; if, supposing that. 
ana kira ‘a téume‘s lae, supposing that 
they go. 
tiumanga n., a pudding made of pounded taro 
and coconut milk (on7z) cut up into little 
squares; the taro is first roasted on the 
coals, then pounded, then rolled flat 
and the coconut milk added, the squares 
are then rolled in leaves and roasted; 
tdumanga sususu, taro pudding not cut 
into blocks but left whole. 
tdunge‘ini, tiuteunge‘ini v. tr., to persecute. 
taunge‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
tauri, tiuritaha, téiurini U. 1. v.i., to speak thus, 
to do thus; used of reported speech. 
nge na‘asi tduri, then said I. 
tauri, tiuteuri 2. v. tr., to sew, to stitch; tduri 
to‘oni, to sew clothes; tdéuri to‘oninge, 
v. n. tdurilana, gerund. 
tauteurite v. n., a seam, a sewing; maai 
teuteurite, a seam. 
ti‘utepunge n., slander. 
tiuteu S., adv., carelessly, wantonly, unguard- 
edly, blasphemously. Wango tautau. 
Tauto‘o U., a Poro Tauto‘o, a legendary person 
belonging to Su‘uholo and killed at San 
Cristoval in a raid. His head is said to 
have arrived back at Su'‘uho'o by 
magic (séru‘a) and to have been found 
lizard (Varanus 
