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tete 7.S., pili tete, to oppress, to tread down. 
tetela-(ku) gerund., with ku, mu, na, etc., 
pili tetelara, or pili tetelada, oppress 
them. 
Tetele the ridge at the head of the river 
Walo‘a‘a. 
tetelenga U., a tabu. 
tetere n., a fan. 
tetewa‘a S., adj., very long, very tall. tewa. 
teu n., the half shell of a coconut. cf. séukai. 
teuri, teurine, teuritaa. cf. te, nge nesi teuri, then 
said I; ‘oto nge a Dora esi teuri, then Dora 
said; ‘oto nou si teuri, then said I. 
tewa to be long, tall; okolu tewa, twelfth day 
of the moon. 
tewanga v.n., length, height. Wango tewa. 
tewatewa U., very tall, very long. 
toha to rejoice. 
toha‘ini tr., to give oneself airs, to be proud, 
to speak wellof. ha‘atohai‘ni. 
tohala‘i partic., rejoicing in spirit. 
tohala‘inge v. n., rejoicing; i‘o ni tohala‘inge, 
to be rejoicing; tolaha ni tohala‘inge, 
exultation. 
tohe, ha‘itohe to dispute. 
deny, to reject. 
toho, totoho S., tohotoho U., 1. to measure witha 
rod, to measure. 
tohola-(ku) gerund. 
totohota S., tohotohota U., v. n., a measure; 
e rdpute‘inie totohota, he laid the measure 
along. Mota towo. 
toho 2. v. i., to quarrel, to scold. 
tohu, to‘utohu S., tohutohu U. 1. v. tr., to chop 
down, to fell; tohu hiteli, to cleave 
asunder, to rive. 
tohula-(ku) gerund., ro maai tohulana, two 
choppings. 
tohule‘ini tr., to chop down, to fell. 
tohu 2. v. tr., to build a house; noko to‘utohu 
nume, I am housebuilding; noko tohue 
nga nume, I am building a house. 
tohula-(ku) gerund. 
tohu (ku) S. 3. used to express initiative in 
action, of one’s own accord. ha‘atohu. 
tohuku, of my own accord; e 7‘o tohune, 
he lived free, under no restrictions, his 
own master; ‘ure tohune, to desire. 
tohule‘ini 1. v. tr., to chop down, to fell. 2. 
v. tr., to point at, to accuse. 
to‘i v. tr., to suspend, to hang up; /ikisi to‘i, a 
mouse. 
to‘inge v. n., something hung up. San 
Cristoval toki. 
toki U., v. tr., to hold fast, to grasp tightly. 
tola, totola 1. v. i., to carry. ha‘atola. tola 
hi‘e, to be heavy laden; tola siwe, to 
kill and earn the blood-money; tola 
méuri, with poss. 3, to carry captive; tola 
ha@‘ileku, to carry in one piece; suli tolat 
lue, shoulder-blade; ka tola dliho‘'t ana, 
to recover. 2. tola keni, to marry; tola 
keninge, marriage; tola rue, tola ‘olu, 
to have two, three, wives. 3. to be in 
the doing, in the making, being carried 
out. 4. to obey, to give attention to; 
used with poss. 3. tolai suli, to obey; 
Wango itohe, to 
TOLI 
tola (continued). 
tolat suli wala, to obey orders; totola i ‘ae, 
to follow a master; tola koni, to receive; 
tolai sulie manatana, according to his 
nature. 5. to affect adversely; nunu e 
tola, there was a famine; hi‘olonga e tola, 
there was a famine; e tola ‘aela aku, it 
was bad forme. 6. to set (of a current); 
‘ahe kosi tola, there is a strong current. 
7. to act; fola mala pu‘o, to behave like 
a heathen; tola hu‘o, to lay a snare; tola 
lilist, to walk about; tola tahani, to 
proclaim; tola ahonga, with poss. 3, to 
tempt; totola ‘ohi, to search for; tola 
suu‘t, to importune; kire tola rorora 
ana tahinge, they fled away precipitately. 
8. tola ‘akalo, to exorcise spirits; tola 
ha‘area, U., to send out an odor on all 
sides; e tola liuliu, it has become general. 
9. to curdle (of coconut milk on?). 
tolanga v. n., a burden, a carrying; tolanga 
é poponga, a load hard to carry. 
tolala-(ku) gerund., carrying. Wango tora. 
tolaa‘i v. tr., to entreat, to importune, to vex. 
tola. 
tolaha (ku) v. n., custom, way, manner, 
example, kind, disposition; tolaha ni 
tohala‘inge, exultation. 
tolaka a banana with the fruit bunch growing 
erect, a plantain; hudi tolaka, a plan- 
tain. 7 
tolana S., tolani U., tolana‘i, tolangani U., 
adv., immediately, forthwith; precedes 
verb. Wango tora. 
tole, totole v. tr., to fetch, to carry, to bring, 
with directives mai and wau; to affect, 
to be the matter with; kire mwa‘e tolea, 
they consented to carry it; hi‘olonga e 
tolea hénue, famine was over the land; 
tole soinge, to raise a cry; tole mango, to 
hold the breath. San Cristoval tore. 
toli, to‘itoli S., totoli U. 1. v. i., to sink, to go 
to the bottom. h@‘itoli. 2. to fish 
with lines in deep sea; hinou ni toli, a 
hook for deep-sea fishing; z‘e ni foli, 
deep-water fish; Jai toli, to be going to 
fish out at sea. 3. to shed leaves; 
‘apalolo e toli, the banyan has shed its 
leaves; foli sesu, to cast unripe fruit. 
4. expresses downward motion; siho 
toli; lio toli mei, look down here; ooho 
toli, to fall headlong; gé‘u toli, to be 
going north or west. 5. to lay a snare; 
toli hune, to set a snare; toli loosi, toli 
loosinge, a charm set in the path; tolz 
sehu, a death charm prepared with lime 
and set in the path; toli uraa‘inge, to 
offer sacrifice; toli puri, used with poss. 
3, to leave, to turn the back on; toli 
‘iola, with ana or 7, to steer for, to lay 
a canoe on a course; foli reoreo, to inlay 
with nautilus shell. 6. of enduring 
state; z‘o toli, to be quiescent; fol 
susulet, to endure; toli maa, to allow; 
déu toli huni, diu toli mwaani, to be 
subject to, to submit to; toli to‘o, 
to be patient; toli rako, patient; toli 
