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usu 4. U., one; ka‘u mei nga usu, give me one; 
usu indu, mine. 
usu 5. S., usu ‘ei, a firestick. 
‘usu, ‘usu‘usu 6. v. i., to rub, to daub, to 
scrape, to wipe, to grate; ‘usu kara, 
to grate yams; ‘usu hui, to grate taro. 
7.agrater; ‘usuri, tr.,to wipe. Wango 
usu, Lau usu, Florida guduri. 
‘usu, ‘usu‘usu 8. v. i., to point, to accuse; to 
point at the rainbow brings bad luck. 
‘usu henue, the first finger; ‘usu meuta‘a, 
to affirm; ‘usu ilengine ngaini, to accuse 
any one; ‘usu maa (ku), to accuse. 
‘usu‘i tr., to point at; suisui, M.A., p. 192, 
should be ‘usu‘usu't. 
Susu 9. n., a dog; ‘usu qaqa, a slut; ‘usu e kueu, 
the dog barked at me. Mota kurut, 
Maori kurz. 
‘usu 10. n., a dog tooth; the two teeth in the 
upper jaw immediately behind the 
canines are used as money. M. A., 
p. 325. qd‘ui ‘usu, 4 dogs’ teeth; 
totola ni ‘usu, 400 dogs’ teeth; piru nt 
‘usu, a necklace of dogs’ teeth; e pirue 
mu ‘usu ineu, he made my dogs’ teeth 
into a necklace. 
‘usu 11. v. i., to fall down; in Sa‘a not used of 
persons, in which sense it is replaced 
by domu. ha‘a‘usu, ha‘a‘usuli. Florida 
kutu. 
Susu 12. U., to wipe off mucus, ‘usu gango. uru. 
Mota surung. 
‘usule adj., possessing dogs. 
usuli tr., to copy, to follow, to succeed to. 
ha‘ausuli. kira ‘asi usuli one, they went 
along the beach; e usulie ‘amana, like 
his father. San Cristoval, usurt, follow; 
Malekula usuri, to go along the coast; 
Mota usur, to pass on. 
usutaha U., to emerge. 
usuusu S. 1. usuusu ana, because of, through, 
owing to. 2. handiwork; usuusuana 
nimeku, my handiwork; usuusu ana 
Ghutana manatanga a God, all the powers 
of the godhead. 
utakora U., v. i., to burst. 
ute 1. v. tr., to rub, to polish; malo ute, beads 
rubbed down to size. 
ute 2. ute pit, heavy rain. 
Polynesian uha. 
ute‘i to gut fish, vo ute‘i seu. 
ute‘ini tr. 
uto-(na) n., pith, core. Mota utoi; Maori uho, 
heart of a tree; Motu udo, navel; Samoa 
uso, pith, heart of a tree, umbilical 
cord. 
‘u‘u S., kuku U. 1. to hang down, to depend; 
sirt ‘u‘u, a lory that hangs upside 
down. 
‘u‘u (na) 2. a round object, a lump in pounded 
food; ‘u‘w tolo, a piece of fish; ‘u‘ui one, 
S., ‘u‘una one, U., a grain of sand; ‘u‘ui 
he‘'u, S., ‘u‘u ni he‘u, U., a star; ‘u‘ui 
sehu, U., a lump in the lime of betel 
chewing; ‘u‘ui maa, eyeball; ro ‘u‘u 
maana siena a Ta‘a Pea, his two eye- 
balls to Ta‘a Pea (an imprecation); ‘u‘u 
Lau uta, Viti udha, 
M.A., p. 48. 
UWOLA'INI 
u‘u’ (continued). 
maai deht, a pearl; ‘u‘u ni mae, heavy 
rain. Florida pugu ni pari, dust; 
Maori puku, knob. 
‘uSu-(na) 3. real; ‘u‘une hanue, the real land. 
4. beginning, source. inge‘it ni ‘oto 
‘u‘une, he is the source. Florida puku, 
real. 
‘u'uhesi S., to stand firm. 
‘u‘u‘i-(na) n., tail of an animal. Viti mbui, 
Maori hiku, Malo uine, Samoa 7‘u. 
‘u‘ule n., a tree of hard wood. Florida gugula. 
‘u‘ulou U., loulou S., to thunder. 
‘u‘umwado U., dust. 
uunu, uunuunu 1. v. tr., to burn in the fire, 
to roast on the embers; used with saa, 
ste, to sacrifice. uunu hena, uunu keu, 
uunu sdhu, to burn lime; ora ni uunu, 
altar of burnt offering; wunu poo saana 
mu ‘akalo, offer burnt offerings of pigs 
to the ghosts. uwunu rae. M. A., 
p. 263, to cremate a corpse. Only one 
case known, that of Taramaesipue 
is the one mentioned. 
uununge v. n., burnt sacrifice; wununge 
suu, whole burnt offering. 
uunuhi tr. 
uunuhila-(ku) gerund. 
uunu 2. to raise cicatrices on the arms by 
burning. Maori tunu, roast; Lamanak 
(Borneo) tunwu. 
uunu 3. a large tree-lizard (Corucia zebrata). 
uunuhi vy. tr., to envy, to grudge, to vex, to 
grieve; sae uunuhi, to bear a grudge, to 
be spiteful to. 
uunuhinge vy. n., a grudge, sae uunuhinge. 
‘u‘usi 1. v. tr., to detach the betel vine from 
the stem of a tree by pulling it all down. 
hu‘ust. 2. v.i., to slip off, to become 
detached. 
uwatohuna U., air, atmosphere. 
uwe S., uwa U. 1. v. tr., to lift up; uwaa ga‘u, 
lift up the head; uwe ‘alinge, to give ear 
to, to prick up the ears; wwe ‘alenga, 
to look up. 2. to brandish a spear; 
uwa ma‘e, U., a measure, a yard and 
three-quarters. 
uwe 3. to inclose (of anet). wwehaahi. kire 
ko uwaa ‘oto ta‘eta‘ena nga 1t'e, they 
inclosed every kind of fish. 
uwe 4. uwe dalo, to clear the throat. 
uwe 5. U., uwe raka, to break with a loud noise. 
uwe 6. uweli osa cerumen, wax in the ear. 
uweha a fishing-rod; ga‘aqa‘a uweha, U., a 
phase of the moon. 
uweli (ku) U., weli S. 1. maternal uncle. 
hai‘iuweline, mauweline. 
uweli 2. v. tr., to castrate. 
uwerikahite tatters, rags. 
uwesi to curse. hd‘iuwesi. 
uwo 1. a ridge of hills; melu susuli uwo, we kept 
along the ridge. 
uwo-(na) 2. pith. uto. Niué who. 
uwota v. i., to appear on the horizon; mu toloi 
henue ‘est uwota, the hills appear on 
the horizon. Mota wota. 
uwola‘ini tr., to rear up on high, to uplift. 
uwo 1. 
kakahite. 
