TAUTO‘O 
Tauto‘o (continued). 
on the beach. A representation of him 
cut in coral formed one of the sacred 
things at Su‘uholo. 
tawa an opening in the shore reef, used in the 
names of landing-places. maalitawa, 
matawa. Tawaodo, Tawaideu, Tawa 
ni Mae, Tawa ni ‘Ehi‘e; names of har- 
bors. Mao. awa, channel. 
Tawaine an inlet in ‘Olu Su‘u, west of Cape 
Zélée. 
Tawana a small pass just south of Roasi Bay, 
Little Malaita. 
tawari v. i. to strike out with the hands in 
swimming. 
Tawasipua U., a landing-place at ‘Olu Malau. 
tawau n.,ashrine, asanctuary. San Cristoval 
tawao. 
te S., to speak, to say, to do; used of reported 
speech. tduri. e teuri, he said; e teurt 
taa, what did he say. nge nest teuri, then 
said I; neke teurine ta‘ane, I shall cer- 
tainly do thus. 
tea 1. v. i., to make speeches, to cry out ina 
loud voice, to declaim. Lau tea, to 
speak. 2. to bark, of a dog. 
teangi tr., to bark at, to bay. 
teanga‘i U., v.i., to offer prayers to a ghost. 
teanga‘inga v. n., prayer, worship. 
teanga‘ini tr. 
tee, teetee 1. v. i., to tick, to tap, to smite, to 
hammer, to throb. 
teeli tr., teeli pelo, to ring the bell. 
te‘e, te‘ete‘e 2. adv., for good, completely; 
te‘ete‘e huu, for good, finally, forever, 
abiding; mango te‘ete‘e, finished for good 
and all. 
te‘ela‘i partic., mango te‘ela‘i, quite finished. 
Lau tee fuu. 
te‘e 3. poo te‘e, kire ka‘a poo te‘e ada, they did 
not trouble about them; sz‘asw‘ate‘e, 
to be anxious about. Lau fete, manata 
tetea, to be anxious. 
te‘e 4. hd‘ite‘e, with whole skin, unpeeled. 
te‘ete‘e 2. 
te‘ela‘i v. i., to set; melu te‘ela‘t ‘ae, our feet 
stand; mala nga poo ko te‘ela‘i ana, even 
if a beast come into contact with it. 
te‘ela‘ini tr., ko susue‘inie nimana te‘ela‘inie 
ngidune, stretched out his hand and 
touched his lips. 
teetee 1. a sacred inclosure planted with dili 
at the door of the dwelling-house or 
toohit or an inclosure made round the 
central pillar into which scraps of food 
or fruit skins may be thrown without 
fear of their being used for purposes of 
witchcraft. 
te‘ete‘e (ku) 2. n., skin, bark, husk, rind. 
hd‘ite’e. te‘ete‘ena sapeku, skin of my 
body. 2. n., a marine shell. Santa 
Cruz be. 
tehe n., a bird, the chicken-hawk. San Cris- 
toval tehe. 
tei S. i. n., the place where; with locative i, 
ttei. U., hei. itei ngeena, what place 
is that? ‘o ‘wre itet, where are you from, 
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tei 1 (continued). 
whence come you? ‘oko lai tei, whither 
are you going? hai tet, down where? 
mwala ‘urei tei ni ‘ie, from whence are 
these people. Mota vea, Maori hea. 
te‘i 2. to draw water; te‘i wei, to draw water; 
te‘i weinge, a drawing of water; te‘te 
rata, to fill the bamboo water-carrier; 
nou te‘ie t ‘Ei‘ei, I drew water from the 
spring ‘Ei‘ei. Mota tav. 
te‘i 3. n., the bonito hook, made of téhulu or 
hapa or roa or ‘ime, used with a rod in 
the bow of the canoe. 
teile‘ini v. tr., to wag, to move from side to side. 
e teile‘inie qa‘une, he wags his head. 
te‘inge‘ini v. tr., to proffer, to call attention 
to, to point out. 
teitei mother, aunt; used in the vocative; used 
in affectionate address by a parent to 
female child. cf. mama‘a. a teitei, 
mother, when speaking of a particular 
person; teitei ineu, my dear mother. 
Mota veve, Efaté tete, Alite tetelia, Lau 
te. 
teke v. i., to fall, to drop to the ground. 
ha‘ateke. ngidu teketeke, to drop crumbs 
of food when eating, to eat like a 
cockatoo. 
tekela‘ini tr., used with preceding verb, as 
déu, hite, tala, etc.; to knock, to sweep 
and lose; hu‘e tekela‘ini, to uproot and 
destroy; tapa tekela‘ini, to cut off and 
destroy. 
tekela‘i partic., fallen and lost, misplaced 
and lost. Florida taga, Wango tegeraini. 
tekuruhi S., v. tr., to close in on a person. 
temweri U., hele temweri, to touch. 
tengotengo v. i., to droop, to fall to one side, 
to hang loose. ha‘atengotengo. 
teo v. i., to be humble, lowly, helpless; used 
with poss. 3. muini e teo ada, the 
humble; i‘o ni teo, to be humble in 
demeanor. 
teqe n., a bamboo, hdi tege. 
tere 1. v. i., to peck; tere ga‘asi, to peck and 
break. 
tere 2. to flap; tere ‘apa‘apa, to flap the wings. 
terehi teterehi, tr., to fan. fetere. 
tereha‘ini cf. mwakatereha‘ini, to flout, to put 
to scorn. 
tero v. i., to hang down, to depend; to‘oni e tero 
4 ‘ano, robes hanging down to the 
ground; tero ngidu, to pout the lip. 
teroliu excessive, beyond what is fitting; qa‘u 
teroliu, the second finger. 
teru cf. suliteru, needle. 
tete 1. v. tr., to pull out the contents of a bag, 
to rifle; tete ‘asi, to empty out contents. 
Florida tete, Mota sese. 
tete 2. to give money, to make a subscription. 
tete 3. to flutter; tete ‘apa‘apa. 
tete 4. to be spilled; hena e tete ‘uru‘uru, the 
lime is spilled. Fagani tete, loose. 
tete 5. v. tr., to lead by the hand. 
tete 6. a stone fence; so‘o tete, to build a stone 
fence; kumwesie tete, to take down a 
stone wall. 
