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1. aa, n.2 View full entry 1859
...A kind of volcanic lava with a rough, jagged surface covered with loose clinkers. Freq. attrib., esp. in aa lava. Contrasted with pahoehoe....
2. afakasi, n. and adj. View full entry 1934
...In Samoa or Samoan communities: a person of mixed European and Samoan ancestry, esp. a descendant of a European man and Samoan woman. Also with pl. concord: such...
3. ahi, n. View full entry 1892
...A large tuna; esp. the bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, and the yellowfin tuna, T. albacares. Also: the flesh of such a fish as food....
4. aholehole, n. View full entry 1897
...Any of several Indo-Pacific flagtails (genus Kuhlia); esp. K. sandvicensis, a fish of Hawaiian waters....
5. ahu, n. View full entry 1917
...In Eastern Polynesia: a raised platform or mound; esp. a platform of earth or stone used as a memorial or (as on Easter Island) as a support for stone statues....
6. aiga, n. View full entry 1895
...In Samoa: a family unit, a household....
7. ake, n. View full entry 1835
...= akeake...
8. akeake, n. View full entry 1841
...Any of several shrubs or small trees sometimes used for their hard timber, esp. the hop-bush, Dodonaea viscosa (family Sapindaceae), and any of several olearias (family...
9. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1820
...An utterance of ‘aloha’ (see sense B.); an expression of welcome or farewell. Also: good wishes; love, affection....
10. aloha oe, int. View full entry 1887
...= aloha...
11. aroha, n. View full entry 1846
...Chiefly in Maori contexts: love, affection; warmth of feeling; an instance of this. Cf. aloha...
12. atua, n. View full entry 1769
...A Polynesian name for a supernatural being, god, or demon....
13. ava, n. View full entry 1831
...In the islands of the Pacific: a species of Cordyline from which an intoxicating liquor is made; the liquor itself; (gen.) any intoxicating spirit....
14. aweto, n. View full entry 1889
...The vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand, consisting of a fungus which fastens upon caterpillars and mummifies them; dried and burnt it produces a pigment....
15. biddy-biddy, n. View full entry 1866
...The New Zealand name for the troublesome burr of the piripiri. Also attrib....
16. cockabully, n. View full entry 1896
...A small blunt-nosed freshwater fish in New Zealand....
17. copper Maori, n. View full entry c1826
...A Maori oven in which food is placed on heated stones and covered with flax, earth, etc....
18. faamafu, n. View full entry 1934
...In Samoa, home-brewed liquor....
19. faa-Samoa, n. (and adv.) View full entry 1928
...The Samoan way of life; the customs, language, etc. of Samoa. Also as phr., in the Samoan manner....
20. fale, n.2 View full entry 1902
...A house of the type built by the Samoans (see quot. 1959); also transf. (see quot. 1966)....
