TOTONGA‘ALA 
totonga‘ala adj., resinous, gummy. (fofo‘ala. 
totongisu 1. v.i., to water atthe mouth. mgisu. 
22U:,; tO Sip. 
totongo v. i., to smart; saeku e totongo, I have 
heartburn. 
totopulu n., the black ground-lizard (Nanno- 
scincus fuscus). pulu 1. 
totoqini U., v. i., tosoak into, tosoak up. qin. 
totori U., v. tr., to expect, to await. cf. toto S. 
totoro 1. a fish spear, a goad. 2. the crest, the 
comb, wattles, of birds. foro 2. 
tototala adv., in vain, to no purpose. 
‘atalay 5. 
totowa‘e wasted, lost. foto 6. 
totowa‘enga n., waste, futility. 
totoweru‘e holaa totoweru‘e, flat calm. 
tou 1. n., a bird, the bittern. 
Tou 2. the name of a ghost at Sa‘a, “‘the 
pecker’; a piece of wood carved in 
the likeness of the head and neck of 
a bittern; it is reputed to have the 
power of causing death; it is never 
carelessly pointed at any one, but car- 
ried over the shoulder with the beak 
to the rear; when laid down the head 
is faced away. 
to‘u 3. v. i., to be lame, to be crippled in the 
feet, unable to bend the limbs. 
to‘u 4. qgd‘uto‘u, to bow the head; rahito‘u, 
downcast; ‘uruto‘u, to bend the knee. 
to‘u 5. 7 to‘ulana ‘asi, on the surface of the sea. 
-toutou n., the prow of a canoe, tied with cane 
to the hull; qali toutou, canoe-shaped 
drawings cut on la‘o. 
toto- 
U 
ta U. of. ue. 
ualapoa U., v. i., to crack with a loud noise. 
udi, udiudi v. i., to be rotting, wasting; udiudi 
‘asi‘a, rotting away. 
udi S., specific numeral, 100,000, of coconuts, 
udi ni niu. 
f‘udu, ‘udu‘udu to drip. ha‘a‘uduhi. 
‘udu‘uduhe v. n., a drop, drippings; 
‘udu‘uduha ana, droppings from. Flor- 
ida tudu, Borneo tudo. 
ue S., ua U. 1. adv., yet, as yet, still, to spare. 
ha‘ike ue, not yet; e lae ue, not returned 
yet; e ro ‘ata ini ue, as yet only two; 
kire ue, some left; e mou ue ena, still in 
desuetude; wdi e lama haahi ue kolune 
mwakano, water still covered the face 
of the earth; mangona ue ana, he is still 
alive; ngeitei ue ena, that’s just it; 
Florida tua, already, again, in addition; 
Mota tuai; possibly pronounced ue and 
not ‘ue to distinguish it from ‘ue 4. 
of. hau 1. 
ue S., ua U. 2. of price in bargaining; ue ta‘a, 
for how much? uaana nga taa, for what? 
ue holi, for sale. 
ue S., ua U. 3. rattan cane; ‘atoni we, to dye 
strips of cane; hikei ue, a roll of cane, 
dyed red for plaiting into bracelets; 
hinui ue, the bark of cane, dyed red; 
ho‘'i ue, to roll dyed cane into bundles. 
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‘ue S., ‘ua U. 4. how, why; used with ‘e 4. 
‘e ‘ue, how; ‘e ‘ue ‘otona, how is it; molu 
‘uara, what did you do to them; mwane 
‘e ‘ue, why not; ‘e ‘ua ata, exclamation of 
disapproval; ke ‘ue ‘oto, how shall it be 
done; muni ‘ua, why, what for; nge ke 
‘ue ka‘u ne, how shall it be. 
‘ua U. 5. of course; ana ngaini ka‘a 
ha‘ara‘i ‘emelu ‘e ‘ue, why, because no 
one has summoned us; ta‘ata‘a me‘iolana 
‘e ‘ue, why, it’s just that very thing; uge 
itet ‘ue ena, that’s just it. Lau wta, 
Florida gua, Wango ua; Efaté gua, how. 
‘ute S., kuka U. 6. the mud crab. 
uhi 1. me‘i uhi, S., houhi, U., a yam (Dioscorea 
sp.); muuhi, mwauhi, plural, coatescent 
vowels; uhi ni kalona, upland yams, 
of good quality; whi leoleo, a variety 
of yam; uhi maleu, April; uhi mwaka, 
January, lit., yams unripe; whi opuopu, 
U., February, lit., yams rounded in 
shape; uhi ni ge‘u, yams from near the 
beach, inferior in quality; kara uhi, to 
grate yams; molai uhi, 10,000 yams; 
mwadi ni uhi, the mother yam; vga 
nao ni uhi, 100 yams; nini uhi, a yam; 
olopa’t, U., a yam with fruit on the 
vine; e‘a sikihia gé‘una uhi, she takes 
off the heads of yams; sinaa uhi, to 
clean the rootlets off yams newly dug; 
sinolai uhi, 100 yams; sulaa mu uhi, to 
roast yams; susuhaa‘i, to plant a yam 
garden; tékume, a yam with fruit on 
the vine; topa whi, to slice yams for 
planting; walona mu uhi, yam vines. 
Florida uvi, Niué ufi, Mao. uhi. 
uhi 2. warts on the hands. 
‘uhi, ‘uhi‘uhi 3. v. tr., to blow with the mouth, 
to shoot with a gun, to buzz; mu 
matawa ‘uhi‘uhi, white men: lit., men 
of the sea who blow with their mouths, 
owing to the idea that guns were blown 
in order to discharge them. 
‘uhinge v. n. 
‘uhila-(ku) gerund. 
‘uhile‘ini tr., to breathe on. Wango whi, 
Viti uvu, Mota pupus, vuv; Maori puhi, 
Maisin vuvu. 
uhu (ku) S., ihu U. 1. hair; uhu mae, a wig; uhune 
é lat mero, his hair is white. Motu hut. 
uhu 2. to husk coconuts. 
uhu‘i tr. 
Uhu 3. the cape on Big Malaita northwest of 
Pwaulimwaa, mgorangora i Uhu, the 
lagoon shoreward is also called Uhu. 
‘ui, ‘u‘i‘u'i v. tr., to throw (of a spear, a 
stone, etc.). 
‘u‘inge v. n. 
‘u‘ile‘ini tr., mala e ‘u‘ile‘inie nga hoi heu, 
about a stone’s throw. Florida tupi, 
Mota vivir. 
Uki Ugi, an island off the east coast of San 
Cristoval. 
uku n., a row, a layer; wkui heu, a layer of 
stones; uku ni ta‘ataha, a channel in 
the reef, a chasm; uku ni ta‘atala, a 
row, a line. Wango wku, a generation. 
‘ue S., 
