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wa adversative conjunction, or; used at the 
end of sentence to express doubt or 
ignorance; used with uri to denote an 
objection raised; in correlation with the 
negative particles ka‘a and ka‘a in the 
sense of neither—nor. ‘ohe kei lae 
méi wa, will he come do you think? 
wa uri ‘o ‘unue, but you said; kire ka‘a 
manata‘inie wa kire ke leesie, neither know 
him nor have seen him; wa ‘ohe, unless. 
waa, waawaa 1. to be empty, hollow, to have 
open doors, to have a hole in; lalona 
e€ waawaa, nothing inside it, to be open 
(of a door), to be desolate (of a place); 
qalusune e waawaa, his nostril is pierced. 
wa‘a 2. to be split, to be cut into sections; to 
split. wa‘a uhi, to cut up yams for 
planting; mu wa‘a, sections of yams for 
planting. 
wa‘ali tr. 
wa‘alila-(na) gerund. San Cristoval waa; 
Maori mawawa cracked; Mota waka, 
open. 
wa'‘a 3. to be profaned. 
wa'‘a 4. ‘ahewa‘a, to vanish. ha‘awa‘a. 
wa‘ahite v. i., to be cracked, to split (of 
timber); n., a crack. 
wa‘ahiteli tr., to split, to divide. 
wa‘ahitelila-(ku) gerund. 
waa‘i, waawaa‘i v. tr., to reward, to hire; waa‘i 
‘tola, to hire a canoe. 
waa‘ite (ku) n., reward. 
wa'‘ali‘e adj., to be daybreak; n., daybreak, 
dawn; 7 wa‘ali‘e, at dawn. Wango 
waaria. wa‘a 2. 
wa‘alinga U., to give attention, to turn the 
ear to. ‘alinga. 
wa‘araa to appear (of a vision); anoa e wa‘araa 
méi, an apparition came into view. 
wa‘arao a very strong creeper used in lashing 
canoe planks; wire nails. 
wa‘arara U. 1. to be timid, nervous. 
wa‘arara 2. to be cold, chilly (of weather). 
wa‘arau‘a U., cold (of the body). 
wa‘ariri S., to flash (of lightning); n., lightning. 
mangali‘a. 
waaro around, about, of position; kari waaro, 
to go a roundabout way; roro waaro, to 
be diffused (of coloring matter in water) ; 
maana é waaro, goggle-eyed. 
waarowaaro 1. the moon. 2.amonth. 3.a 
biscuit. waarowaaro e ranga‘a, the 
moon is up; waarowaaro e qga‘a ‘oto, the 
moon has risen; waarowaaro e manu 
‘a‘a mai ilengi, the moon floated clear in 
the sky; mdi ana waarowaaro e qa‘a, ebb 
tide when the moon rises; mdi ana 
waarowaaro é€ suu, ebb tide when the 
moon sets. 
The names of the months in Sa‘a 
beginning from July, the harvest 
season, are: ngili maelo, hure i lade; 
aau; oku lade; oku mwaa; oku denu; 
oku peine (cf. Viti mbalolo levu); raa; 
‘isi rodo; lo‘a wai mweimwei; lo‘a wai 
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peine; lo‘a mali‘e; lo‘a madala; hutohuto. 
In Ulawa, beginning from August, 
they are: ngéli maelo; pola nguru; 
madamada sulu; oku i lade; oku denu; 
oku peina; uhi mwaka; uhi opuopu; 
ha‘asusu uhi; uhi repo; uhi maleu; 
‘elinga; aau marawa. 
The phases of the moon in Sa‘a are 
designated: waarowaaro e ranga‘a; hudi; 
alanga‘t roa; alanga‘i i‘ola ni tolo; 
helehele mwéimwei; helehele piine; okolu 
tewa‘a; hara pote; ruru‘e hule; qa‘ileni; 
to‘ohuunge'‘t lemi; rara talau (hulaaholaa, 
full); pa‘ewa ko ‘ala tala; qé‘i oku; 
to‘ohuunge‘i oku. 
In Ulawa they are: waarowaaro e 
ranga‘a; hika hato; ‘ura maasilima; 
rua ‘apala; dahi; alanga‘it hapa; hapa 
ni na‘o; saro pote; hiu ni lemt, lemi 
mwaa (full); héu ni mwela awara; 
ruana hau; qa‘uni ‘uru; danu oku; 
demudemu totoria; qa‘aqa‘a uweha; rarasi. 
waato n., a digging-stick used in making holes 
for yam planting. Wango riwaato. 
waawaata 1. an opening, hole, aperture. 
waawaata 2. U., waawaatani i‘a, pieces of fish. 
Maori wawata, small lumps. 
wadi, wa‘iwedi S., widiwddi U., to whistle. 
wadu-(n4, ni) n.; point, tip. 
wa‘e 1. to waste, wa‘e ‘ahe. 2. to do in vain, 
to ruin oneself; used with poss. 3. 
totowa‘e. kire wa‘e ada, they ruin 
themselves. 
wa‘eta‘ini tr., to waste. 
wa‘eta‘i partic., wasted, put to no good use. 
wa‘eli tr., to do damage to; to pull up 
growing coconuts that have rooted 
themselves after falling from the tree. 
wa‘ewa‘e U., adv., excessive, very, much; 
follows the verb. wala‘a wa‘ewa‘e ana 
ngaile, to upbraid anyone excessively, 
Wango waewae. 
waha to be foggy, dim, to darken; n., fog, 
vapor, mist. waha haahie maada, make 
their eyes dim. 
wahawaha U., wahawaha ni mwado, dust. 
wahawaha‘a adj., dim. 
wii 1. water, me‘i wei, mdsi wei. 2. fluid, urine. 
3. bamboo water-carrier, nga wai; 
coconut or bamboo water-bottle, glass 
bottle, hou wei. 4. tears, wai ni ‘akalo; 
wéi hulahula, a spring, a fountain; wai 
ée huuhuu ‘oto, water gushed forth; wat 
ko kone, the river is in spate; wii ni 
ge‘unge, strong drink; wdéi e taha, the 
river mouth is open; Wai ni Tehulu, 
the Ngorangora lagoon, Ulawa; mu wet 
e toto mango ‘oto, the streams are all 
dried up; daéu wei, to catch fish in low 
water pools; hulaa ni wei, a spring, a 
fountain; huwna wii, U., fountain head; 
i kekena wai, beside the stream; kilu 
ni wei, a well; koukou wei, to gargle 
sweet water; lo‘a wdi mweimwei, Feb- 
ruary; lo‘a wdi peine, March; Mamala 
