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wau 1. adverb of place, there; ne or ni may be 
added; when followed by the locative i, 
wdu 7 contracts to wéi. a mwane wiaune, 
S., that person; wai nume, in the house; 
7 we‘ite wau, three days ago; 7 welita 
poo waéu, three days hence; e holai na‘o 
‘oto wiu, he has gone on some time ago; 
nonola wiéiu, day before yesterday; 
nonola ‘oto wéiu, three days ago; falo wiu 
1 ‘est, to follow the coast by sea. Wango 
wou, Lau go, Dobu wa. 
wa‘u 2. to be excessive (of pain, work, plague); 
ko esu we'u, met esunge we‘u, strenuous 
work. / 
wauru U., to fall, to stumble and fall; a Poro 
Wauru i ‘Esi, a legendary person, 
Mr. Fail-at-Sea. 
wauwe (ku) grandfather, grandchild; ngdédi 
weuwe, a stone axe (grandfather’s axe). 
wiuwana n., used with mu he‘i; mu he‘t 
weuwana, grandfather and grandchild. 
wdauwananga n., mu hei weuwananga, de- 
scendants (double noun ending). 
wauwau U., to dispute, to squabble. 
wawa (ku) n., mouth; in Sa‘a ngidu is used of 
the mouth of persons. wawa ehoeho, 
to boast; hele ponosie wawana, keep his 
mouth shut; toro wawa, to shoot out 
the lips. Mota vava, to speak; Maori 
waha, mouth; Lau faga, Maisin kawa. 
wawae tobe empty; ola wawae mola, only ashell. 
wawai to be cold; to be cool, of water, wdi 
( wawai; sapeku e wawai, my body iscool; 
€ wawai osiosi, lukewarm. 
wawainge v. n., moisture. 
Wawake Manu a ghost of the open sea, ‘akalo 
ni matawa. M. A., p. 197. ingest 7 
sapena rihue i Qe‘ulo, hote sa‘a Role wa 
nga me‘i ola erete‘a ke i‘o i sapeka, he is 
near the cliffs at Qa‘ulo; paddles must 
not rattle nor anything white be on 
our bodies. 
‘wawala v. i., to carry, to act as porter. 
wawanu'‘e adj., sharp (of edge). 
wawe froth from the mouth, to slobber; wawe 
ko ta‘ero ana, the spittle dribbles down. 
‘waweta‘a adj., vexed, fashed. ha‘awaweta‘ai. 
wede to take out the midrib of the sago leaf 
before sewing the leaves for thatch. 
wede‘i tr. 
weesi, weeweesi v. i., to fish, to catch a fish, 
to get shellfish at low spring tides 
WOWALA’A 
weesi (continued). 
(mai rara); noko lai weesi, I am going 
fishing. 
weesinge S., v. n., fish caught; mngdu 
weesinge, to eat things caught (fish or 
flesh), as a relish with vegetables. 
weesingaha U., v. n., double noun ending; 
as weesinge. 
weewee S., a baby, infant, mu weewee. 
contraction of a Dora weewee. 
welewele a rod, a stick, maai welewele, S., hai 
welewele, U. 
welewele‘a adj., ngara welewele‘a, to have a 
firm, solid sound; to ring solid. 
weli (ku) S., uweli U., n., maternal uncle; 
a weli, my uncle. 
we'o, we‘owe‘o v. i., to be tired. ha‘awe‘o. 
sape we'o, to be bodily tired. 
we‘onga v. n., weariness; sape we‘onga, 
physical weariness. 
werewere small (of children). cf. weewee. 
mwela werewere, an infant. Mota were, 
to make an inarticulate sound. 
wete 1. v.i., to hit; e wete 1 sapeku, it struck my 
body. 2. to reach; wete i ola, reach 
such-and-such a place. Wango wete- 
wete, firm. 
weweu U., v. i., to squabble. 
Maori wawau. 
wili 1. v. tr., to give tribute, to contribute 
money to a chief at a feast; haa ni wili, 
tribute money; wili to‘ohaa, wili to‘oha- 
anga, contributing money. 
wilinge v. n., a giving of tribute. 
wililana gerund. 
wili 2. to string, to thread; wili dududu, to 
string beads; wili haa, to string shell 
a Wee 
ha‘aweweu. 
money. 
wili 3. to chip, to flake, to break off chips of 
flint. 
winiwini 1. v. tr., to handle shamefully, to 
maltreat. 
winiwinila-(ku) gerund. 
winiwini U. 2. carefully; hele winiwini ana, 
deal carefully with it. 
wiro a steering-paddle, a rudder. 
wisi a small gray bird, observed as an omen. 
wist ko orea, the wisi chatters. M. A., 
Di csi, 
wowo (ku) the shinbone. 
wouwou a wooden ear-plug. 
wowala‘a S., mwala e wowala‘a, glorious. 
