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Wa, 4. excl. that's it!

Wa, 5. sign of quotation; nan neia wa, then (said) he as follows; in direct quotation; if indirect wa si, was, conj. si 7. A message when delivered will begin was, as if 'I was to say that—.'

Wa, 6. expl. to be sure, or drawing attention; na me gaganag reta ne wa.

Wa, 7. excl. of pain, grief, fatigue, a wa!

Wag, v. to go without thought of danger; sarawag; wagwag, adv. openly.

Waga, 1. to be open, not touching, leaving a space; we waga lue alo geara, get clear through a gap; gavir ivaga, grasp with the fingers not meeting, gate gavir nina; o vula me waga kalo, risen clear above trees, hills, &c. o tika ive waga gap, gate qalo ape tano, tete vasogu.

Waga, 2. to peel off the inner rind, vanarasiu, of a yam, as we wil the outer viniu.

Wageloa, o tanun gate poapoa.

Wagwag, adv. openly, imprudently; alo maea; wag.

Wai, to take up in closed hand or fingers, to handle earth, &c., to take up grated yam for waiwai.

waig, 1. tr. to clench the fist, ko te waig napanema, to clench the fingers upon something, ko te waig o tano mun napanema.

2. n. a small lump or heap, conical or round.

3. adv. in a lump, heap; we pute waig, risa, matur, waig to sit, lie, sleep, nose and knees together, huddled up as in chill.

Waiwai, yam grated, taken up by handfuls, wai, and lapped in toape leaves to cook.

Waka, to open; act. and neut.

Wakae, to scold, be angry with.

Wakar, a very large pepper; like gea, piper methysticum.

Wakei, to dry up; o meat me wakei, gate ilo o qilo; wakewake, tawakewake.

Wakele, to pull out with finger thrust in; kele.

Wakewake, adv. very dry, wakei; o loa we sar wakewake, the sun is so hot as to dry up the mino pools and kill the fish; me meat wakewake, the tide has ebbed so far as to leave everything quite dry.

Waklei, a small child with a loud voice; met. from the bird wakole.

Wakole, a bird, glyciphila, which sings loud; in V.L.

Wakore, to eat out the inside of fruit, as a rat or bird does.

Wal, 1. to leap.

Wal, 2. to form in lumps, rise in lumps; thence 1. to boil as water, surf, &c., bubble up as fat in cooking. 2. to harden in lumps as gum on trees; o malasina me wai. 3. burn ill as fire, in which the fuel cakes. 4. o qoe, o tanun, ti wal, when there is no proper growth, something inside the pig is seen to have formed in hard lumps. 5. to rust, in recent use, from the lumps of rust on iron.

waliai, (k) 1. gum hardened upon trees, o walie malasina, the gum of an acacia.

2. the lumpy formation seen inside pigs which wal; we ilo vires waliai, o garake tagai.

3. rust, in iron, in recent use.