ta1. numeral; one, a certain one, at all; just, only,etaone; used as article, a, an,ta si fou, one rock;na tasi fou, one rock;ta sala nia, a friend of his;ta si doo, anything;ta ola lau, a different canoe;ta bali aba, one hand, the other hand;e langi si suu ana ta toongi, not clothed in any clothing;ta sasina ta ai, a man's brother;ta ro ai, only two people; used with the numerals,ta ro si lio, two minds;ta ro tangalepenny, two hundred pence; may precedefe,tefuana ta fe uo, every hill;ta ro fe lamua, just two doves;nimay be added,ta ni aiai, some other. S.ta'a; Rotumata; cf. Florida,sakai, M. L. p. 524. WangotaM. L. p. 511.
ta2. adv. connects, resumes narrative, and, then.
ta3. ending of verbal noun, seen in rootafutameaning all, and used only with suff. pron.;afutagera, all of them. S.ta.
ta4. adv. added tosui,sui ta, thereupon; follows negativelangi,langi ta, or.
ta; 5.ta mone, perhaps.
taa1. interrog. pron. what?si taa na, what is it? S.taa.
taa2. v. i., to be bad, evil.
taalav. n., evil;ade taala, evil doing. S.ta'a.
tabawith suff.ani,tabaani, v. tr., to destroy, remove. S.tapa.
taev. tr., to lift up. S.ta'e.
tafaadv., out;bae tafa, to speak out.
tafangainiv. tr.,sae tafangaini, to speak out. S.taha.
tafangiv. tr., to understand;liona e tafangia, he understood it.
tafe, a bed, bench, barn, bier. S.tahe.
tafiv. i., to flee.
tafilav. n., flight. S.tahi.
tafo1. v. tr., to catch fish;tafo ge ia.
tafo2. v. tr., to purchase;
tafoav. n., a bought person, servant. S.taho.
tafuadung heap. S.alilehu.
tafusiv. tr., to strain;gae tafusi.
taga1. v. i., to scatter, throw away.
tagaaniv. tr.
taga2. v. tr., to lay out, spread.
taga3. v. i., to sprout, burst into leaf. S.taka.
tagala1. v. i., to be lost.
tagalaini,tagalangainiv. tr., to drive away, cause to be lost.
tagalaaadj., promiscuously,ala tagalaa, feed here andthere.
tagala2. adj., irreverent;soe tagala, take one's name in vain,tataga.
tagalov. i., to be wandering.
tagalolaadj., overgrown. S.takalo.
tagaloloan., dust.
tagesiv. tr., to garnish, decorate, adorn.
tai1. numeral, one;agala mana tai, eleven;taifili, alone. Wango.tai.
tai2. v. tr., to mend.
tailav. n., a patch, seam.
tai3. trans. suff. to verb;goni,gonitai;olitaiparticiple.
taifili(a) alone;taifili gera, they alone. S.hili.
tainitrans. suff. to verb;foaa,foaalaini. S.ta'ini.
taingainiv. tr., to lay up, store up.
take,tatake, v. i., to stand;takefonosi, to guard. S.ta'e.
takedilav. tr., to cause to hit, knock.
takufiv. tr., to receive. S.takuhi.
tala1. way, path. S.tala.
tala2. (gu) n., place, room;nao talagu, lead the way for me;roo talai fangala, work for food. S.tala.
tala3. with prefixma,matala, only, alone. S.tala4.
talaav. i., to shine, of sun.
talaev. i., to begin, to become;talae na ne, from this (that) time forth.
talaela, v. n., beginning. S.tala'ae.
talai,talani, partic., wantonly, for no reason. S.tale'i.
talatalav. i., to be diligent.
talo, with prefixaini;ainitalongaini, to proclaim. S.talo.
taluv. i., to sprinkle;talu fafi. S.danu.
tama-(gu), used withsaeto know;nau gu sae tamana. I know (it).
tanisome;tani oto ni saiai, some people.
tangafulu, numeral, ten, used only in counting;e tangafulu.
tangafulu anatenth, for the tenth time. S.tangahulu.
tangalaunumeral, one hundred;e tangalau;tangale doo, one hundred things. S.tangalau.
taofai,tataofaiv. i., to stumble.
tarainatoday, now, bye and bye.
tarakaukaua bramble.kakau.
tarauv. i., to be continuous, traditional.
taraungainiv. tr., to do continuously. S.tarau.
tarua chamber. S.duru.
tasav. i., to be too much, used in comparison;nia baita tasaa ana, it is bigger than it.
tasalav. n.,ro fe tasala, twice as much,
tasaaadj. excessive.
tasaliuv. i., to be in excess, exceedingly.
tataadjectival prefix;tatagwelu, headlong. S.tata.
tatabi;tatabi i tala, a bifurcation of the path.
tataev. i., to rise, arise;tatae oli,tatae olila, resurrection.
tataeav. n., a getting up, a steep place. S.ta'e.
tatagav. i.,bae tataga, to speak blasphemously.
tatagalaadj.,bae tatagala, to speak blasphemously.
tatagweluadj., headlong. S.tataqelu.
tatalev. tr., to uncover, reveal.
tataov. i., to be flat, on one's back.
tau1. v. i., to wash;tau aba, to wash hands.
taufiv. tr.
tau2. v. i., to be far off; be a long time;too ka tau,too ka tau, for ever and ever. S.ha'atau.
te1. numeral, one, the same, a certain one;te ni ai, a certain person;da tefe bae ana te si baela, they all said the same thing;te si na doo, everything;te taifilia inia, he only; used of units (cf. Sa'aata),te fiu fe doo, only seven things;te ai ma te ai, one by one;too te ai, singly; equivalent to and;te na Mwela, and the Son. Floridakeha, one, Kingsmillte, M. L. p. 246.
te2. n., mother;ni te nau, my mother.
telana, n., of relationship,ro mwai telana, mother and child, wife. S.teitei.
teav. tr., to utter, speak;e tea tesi baela nena, speaking the same words. S.tea.
tefe,te1.fe2.;da tefe bae ana tesi baela, they all (only) said the same thing;tefe mwela matala, an only son.
tefouwith one accord, together, always.
tefuaadj., irreverently, haphazard.
teflianaall, every,ta tefuana tanitoo, all peoples;te1.fu
tegelaipartic., lost, dropped. S.tekela'i.
teo,teteov. i., to lie down, sleep;teo bole, to dream;teo bolea,teo bolela, v. n., dream.
teteolaadj., sleepy;maada e teteola, their eyes were sleepy.
teqav. i., to be tall, high.
teqalaadj.;take teqala, to stand erect. S.tewa.
terefiv. tr., to move as a fan, to fan. S.tetere.
terov. i., to be ulcerous, lame, halt, withered.
tete; 1.manata tete, to be anxious.
tete; 2.bubu tete, to look fixedly.
teua wooden bowl, a measure.
tiinterrogative pronoun, sing, who? pl.gerati;ti gera, one of them; with pers. article a,ati gera, who of them?ati satamu, what is your name? S.tei.
tobiv. tr., to gather, garner; n. a chamber.
todav. i., to gain, get, collect;toda bata, a tax gatherer.
toev. tr., to strike against, to desire;liona e toea, he desired it.
tofu,totofuv. tr., to chop.
tofuliy. tr., to build, to chop down.S.tohu.
tokekela(gu) n., judgment.
tolafa(gu) n., way, method, custom. S.tolaha.
tolidown;ada toli, look down;dau tolingi, to cast down;toli fangato fast,toli fangala, fasting.
tolingiv. tr., to apportion, give share to at a feast.
toliav. n., a portion at a feast. S.toli.
toloa hill, the hill country;toloe fera, a hill. S.tolo.
tonav. i.;liona e tona, he was pricked at the heart, afraid.
too1. (gu) v. tr., to hit;sato toona, the sun struck it;too matafana, to know;manata toona, know it;too ani, understand;too meme, hit and break in pieces; 2. to possess, have,too ai, to have relations.
tooav; n.,lio tooa, wisdom.
toonalav. n.,manata toonala, thought.
too3. v. i., to live, dwell, be;too laulau, to be whole;too salaa, to be a stranger,too ka tau, for ever. S.'o'o.
toola(gu) v. n., way, fashion.
too4. people, race;na too.
too5. prefixed to numerals, at a time;too te ai, one at a time. S.too.
too6. numeral, one thousand. S.to'o.
toongi1. v. i., to clothe; n., clothes. S.tooni.
toongi2. v. tr., to pack, load, place. S.tooni.
toromiv. tr., to pierce. S.toromi.
tosiv. tr., to throw away. S.'asi.
tosiomelamwanea parable, proverb.
totolov. tr., to raise the voice. S.totolo.
tou,totou, v. i., to be little;manata tou, to make little of; adj. little;ni ai tou, humbly.
toulav. n.,manata toula, humility;toula(gu) in youth.
toula-(na), itoulana asi, on the surface of the sea.
uaadv., still, yet;ua mai inao, from of old;e mae ua na, already dead;ua mai ana lua, from the time of the flood,ua inao, old, aforetime;ua go i uarodo, while still dark;e langi ua, not yet, still wanting. S.ue.
uarododawn, morning.rodo.
ubuubuv. i., to be thick, deep. S.'upu.
udav. i., to be new, fresh.
udu,uduudu, v. i., to drip, n., a drop. S.'udu.
udufav. n., a dropping, drops.
ueliv. tr., to happen adversely to.
ufi1. v. tr., to blow;ufi bungu, to blow a conch shell.
ufianiv. tr., to breathe into, inspire. S.'uhi.
ufi2. a yam. S.uhi.
ufi3. v. tr., to draw water.
ugav. i,, to spill, to be wasted.
uganiv. tr., to grumble at. S.uqe.
ui,uianiv. tr., to throw, cast. S.'u'i.
uluv. i., to wade.
ulufainiv. tr., to carry a person over water. S.ulu.
ulufiv. tr., to vex, grieve. S.unuhi.
ulunga,urunga, to serve as a pillow; n., a pillow.
urungaiv. tr., to recline the head. S.ulunge.
umuoven. S.umu.
unuan., folk lore, a yarn. S.unu.
unga(gu) n., skin.
uohill;fe uo. S.uo.
uri1. v. tr., to tread, tread on;uri sufu, to tread through.
urilav. n., tread, step. S.uri.
uri,urina, 2. adv., like, thus;nia kafi uri, he spake thus,rao uri, to do like, to tend,ele uri, to desire. S.uri.
uriaadj., like, used as adv.,toolada ka uria alafana, their way shall be like as if.
uriiadv., just now.
uruuru;si salo uruuru, fleecy cloud.
usi(nau) prep., over, for, on behalf of.
usian., a market;ifuli usia, in the market place. S.usie.
usuv. tr., to wipe, anoint. S.usu.
usungaian., commandment. S.usunge'i.
uta1. n., rain; v. i., to rain;na uta ka uta, the rain rains. Floridauha.
uta2. adv., interrog. how?si manga uta, what time?nia kafi uta, what will he do? S.u'e.
uwav. tr., to lift;uwa maa, to lift the eye. S.uwe.