WALI 
wali a space of time, long ago. ha‘awali. ‘oto 
‘ure wali, from of old. 
wialita U., wa‘ite S., day after tomorrow, with 
locative i; 7 welita, two days hence; 
i welita po‘o wau, three days hence. 
Florida valiha, Samoa alivu, Maori 
kareha, Malay lusu. 
walo 1. a creeper, rope, string, line, vine. 
hi‘iwalo. walona mu uhi, yam vines; 
hahai walo, a thicket; nga walo e hikusie, 
the creepers twined round it; walo 
kdéukeu, a thorny creeper; walo ni 
pa‘asahu, a fishing-line for pa‘asahu; 
walo ni ‘u‘i, a sling; ta‘e walo ‘ie ke su‘uri, 
save for these bonds; walo roto, match- 
box bean. 2. ten strings of shell money. 
3. ten coconuts made into copra and 
strung togetherin halves. Florida galo, 
Wango waro, Motu varo. 
walo 4. susu walo, an abscess; to suffer from 
abscesses. 
Walo‘a‘a the river that discharges into 
Roasi Bay, Little Malaita; Tetele, the 
ridge on which it rises; Toro‘a, the hill 
at its head. 
walokiukeu a thorny creeper. 
waloliu, walowaloliu to travel about, to make 
excursions. 
walopasa ten flying-fish. 
walowalo walowaloi ‘ehuri, the sound of the 
conch shell. 
_ walu numeral, eight; used also to express an 
indefinite number. waluola, everything; 
walu mola ni ola, all things; walu tala 
ni Tolo, all the villages of Tolo. 
waluta-(na, ni) walutana nga ola, S., 
waluteni ola, U., everything. 
walune eighth, the eighth time. 
Florida alu, Viti walu. 
walumalau the world, all the islands. malau. 
ko ‘ure para‘ilana walumalau, defends 
the earth. 
wana, wanawana v. i., to sparkle, to shine, to 
be incensed; saeku e la ‘otoi wana, my 
heart was hot. Lau gamnga, lightning. 
wanawana 1. v. i., to scrape and clean, to file; 
wanawana hinou, to make shell hooks. 
wanawana 2. S., same as walawala 2. 
wanga U., to have fever, malaria. 
wangaha n., an attack of malaria. 
wangawanga S., to be bright, to sparkle. 
wanawana. 
wa‘o, wao‘wa‘o U. 1. 
afishing. 
wa'‘o U. 2. a mast, hou wa'‘o. 
wa'‘oni‘a U., adj., damp, dew. 
waowao 1. n., a shrub growing on the beach, 
has white flowers, grows best on rocky 
soil; the sticks are used as seat of plat- 
forms. 
waowao 2. (na, ni) tentacles, feelers. 
waowaolu wild dog. 
wapu forest land which may be cleared for 
gardens and thus becomes the property 
of him who clears it. tahangie wapu, 
to clear forest country, met., of difficult 
work just started. 
Lau galu, 
to catch fish, to go 
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wara to be very large. kira wara. 
Warahunuka a Warahunuka Ra‘i I‘a, a legend- 
ary person. 
waraihu, U.,ihuS., hair, feathers. San Cristoval 
waraihu. 
warauku U., hair, feathers. 
warawara‘a adj., eve warawara‘a, clamorous. 
ware U. 1. v. tr., to destroy, to be mischievous, 
to pull up self-rooting coconuts. 
ware U. 2. adv., nearly, almost; precedes the 
verb. 
ware 3. warei heu, ware ni hau, a short club 
used in central Malaita on the west 
coast; it is carried on the back, depending 
from the neck; its stone head is lashed 
to the haft with cane and the haft is 
inlaid; this is the club mentioned by 
the Spanish discoverers, see the Journal 
of Gallego in Guppy’s Solomon Islands, 
p. 219; the port mentioned in the note 
is probably Waisisi. 
wariha (na, ni) S., ‘uu weriheni, to tell clearly. 
warihiteli v. tr., to burst open. hite. 
waru 1. v. i., to be scorched, to burn, to get 
burnt; mu nume e waru ‘oto, the houses 
are burned down; mwado wéru, U., red 
earth; niu wiru, a coconut with short 
stem, yellowish fronds, and reddish- 
skinned nut; i‘e waru, a fish of red 
color caught in shore reef. 
waruhi tr., to burn. 
waruhila-(ku) gerund. Lau saru. 
waru 2. v.i., waru ta‘a, to emerge, to show up 
clear, to reach a place; tala ko weruta‘a 
7 Sa‘a, the path emerges at Sa‘a; ‘apu 
e waruta‘a ana qalusuku, blood gushed 
from my nose. Lau galu. 
waruna U., adv., as if. 
warupe U., to be stringy, of hana. 
waruweru‘a U., adj., red. 
wasawasa‘a adj., indistinct, blurred; lio 
wasawasa‘a, to see indistinctly. 
wisi 1. v. i., to be wild, not tame; n., a wild 
animal. ha‘awési. wisi ni poo, U.,a 
wild pig; nga wiaisi, mu wesi, a wild pig 
in contradistinction to nga poo ni nume, 
the domesticated swine. Florida ast. 
wasi, wa‘iwesi 2. v. tr., to wash clothes, wast 
to‘oninge (English wash). 
wasi, wa‘iwesi 3. wd‘iwesi henue, to visit the 
villages. 
wiasu, wd‘uwesu |. v.i., to smell, to smell of; 
wisu ‘aela, to stink; nimeku e wiésu i‘e, 
my hand smells of fish; waisu mangoni, 
to emit a rich savor; nonowdsu, to sniff 
at, to smell. 
wasuli tr., to smell too strong for. 
wasulana its smell. 
wasu 2. saewasu, to be angry, to sulk. 
watamea U., to crackle (of fire). mea. 
Wate a proper name very common on Little 
Malaita. 
wate, wa‘ewate to distribute food at a feast 
after making an oration. 
watenga‘ini tr. 
watenga‘i v. i. Wango wate, donate; Lau 
lali gate, to make an oration. 
