b'componentofaquestionaskingWhy?For 2.Thisclassifierisusuallyforhorizontal what reason?measuresoflengthorwidth.Vertical ouulaloc measurementusesasetoflocativetermsComplex from wauula. At the beginning, at the base may locate either in abasedonpointsonthebodyofastanding place or at a time.adult human, see note on these forms at end -milauulavb 1 of words commencing with /o/.Compound of -milauula. Subj the sea to be calm, to become calm.UVABU vb4redupl Tobehumiliatings.o. imilauula bolitaphr A calm sea.-vabu redupl -siuulivb 4 1 uula. To.Compound of -sisitandtalkabouts.o.,togossipabouts.o.UVAGILA n2 Hispossessions,histoolshere the sense of gossip is talking about hisvavagi-la 3 . reasons, roots, purposes. etcUVAGILAn 5Its feature, its item vavagi -laUVA 1 n 1-la 5 .A span measure uvi-. UVA 2 - cl4groups Derivedfrom-uvitoUVAIWAloc High up, above. Syn. odabala. measure sthg. 1. Specifies items where lengthUVAKAIWAlocismeasuredinspansorfathomsalength Length of top of wota uvameasureofoutstretchedarmsfingertiptowalakaiwa. fingertip, such as dimensions of building or-UVAKILAvb 1 redupl To be tottering -vakila plot of ground, or the length of canoe and espredupl. the kuvipiti yam.UVALAn purp 5Its length -uvila 5 .2. Specifies also the size of a harvest display-la UVALAKU n3 Acanoeracewithsails heapoftaituyams,beingcircumferenceat baseofheap,orthelengthofthelibuvalakusi. ornamental fence erected around heap. UsedUVALOVAn A second steersman, one of thewiththenameoftheitemmeasured,thecrew of a large masawa, who uses a second lengthinspansbeingnominalised,seesteeringoarwhileseatedonoutrigger examples. See also locative terms indicatingplatformabovelamila.Inthesmaller positionofmeasurementonwotanet.masawathetokwabikuligaalonesteers, Ma-uva-nato-kukupitagama-uva-we-naseated wa waga ouulela. to-wonakuthat-cl.measure person-short lit. -UVALULU adj Fruitful,fertilepeople, but that-cl.measure-other person-tall One of these measures is by a short person, but theanimals -valulu. other one is by a tall person.Magulona taituUVATILAWAloc Length of base of wota uva uvatolulibaThatisathree-spanheap. otilawa. Makainawagauvalimauvatala Thatcanoe -UVIvb 4measures six spans. There is no single word To measure sthg, to state its length for six.in spans uva. uva 1 n 1 A span measure a measure of uvakaiwa loc Compoundofuva- lengthusingoutstretchedarmsfingertipto walakaiwa above. The length in spans of thefingertiptomeasureaspanorafathom. top edge of wota communal long fishing net.Used to measure dimensions of house, lengthCompound of uvaotilawaof canoe, and esp length of the kuvipiti yam. uvatilawalocatbase.ThelengthinspansofthebottomIkodidaimikalikalakaduwonakuiboda edgeofwotacommunallongfishingnet.lakatutalauva Hedestroyedthewallfora Note:Whentheterminationofalengthdistance of a hundred spans 200 metres 2 measure is a fraction of one uva, then units ofKings 13.14. Syn. maloula.measureareusedwhichnamepreciseuvalanpurp-la 5Its measurement, its positions on the body of the measurer. Thus the length of a kuvipiti yam may be stated aslength. Syn. kala maloula. shown:Ma-kai-nakuvipitiuva-talauva 2 - cl4groups Spanmeasurements uva 2 -cltomwaidogu lit.that-cl.longkuvipiti.span-one left fingertip to right armpit ThatUVILAadj pl Female, feminine people onlylongyammeasuresonespanplusthevivila 1 . distancefrommyleftfingertiptomyright-UWA 1 vb 4reduplarmpit a total length circa 2.55 m.,-uwouwa 1. To bear fruit.'