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I,me. In the objective it is preceded by which unites it to the root of that transitive verb. them, neuter, to root of transitive verb. always followed by a predicate. at,in,by,with. native of a place ( prefix used with a hyphen). one another (reciprocal). exclamation ofdislike ordisgust.
sink.

1st per. sing. (must be written with capital letter). :I stay. before sign of future it is replaced by .
.to names of places or categories. It designates persons originating or living in those places or members of these categories. Always a capital letter in this case and separate from the word. : a Frenchman. : aNegro. indicating reciprocation, reciprocally. :mutual love. : mutual help. : we helpone another. in,at,with,by (not followed by article. : at the top of the tree. :under. :below. :before. :above.
excl. ofdispleasure,pain,fear,disgust. (either long or short .).
. or :tea.
.a kind of onomatopoeia showing the prolongation, continuity, intensity. ,. : it is rainingheavily.
.todiminish, tofade away, todisappear. : tosink in, togo down. : to make ... : to make sink, disappear. : the swelling has gone down.
.topulverize, togrind, tograte finely. : themill, thegrater, thegrinder.

before yesterday,yesterday. .

where? (interrogative). grate,grind.
gray hair. vein. state oftide. them, often a suffix pronoun and often connected to verbal root by , indicated bytheir a suffix pronoun.

. togrind, tograte, topulverize. falling abundantly as in the following. : it is raining and raining.
.where (interrog.). : where do you live? : what country do you belong to? what nationality are you? : where are you going? : where do you come from?
.avein, anartery. . : the vein is distorted (varicose)cramped,spasm>.
.nerve,muscle,tendon. : the nerve is strained. : acramp<spasm>. : the nerve of strength. : to have cramps. : toshiver, totremble, teethchattering. : make, cause ... : to move the jaws.
.grey or greying hair. : thehair is beginning to go grey. : altogetherwhite. . : to make or let grow gre.
.poss. suff. of 3rd per. plur.their. : their God. : their head. : their reputation. see compound words below --.
tide,flow,flux,ebb. : beginning ofspring tides. : spring tides at highest point. :neap tides. : neap tides at lowest ebb-tide. : half tide (between neap and spring). : lowest point at time of spring tide. ,: last of spring tides (). : wait for the tide, the ebb. : wait for ...
.to tr. verbs followed by animated plural object. : you must beatthem. : I will tell them. : they gave them the bottle.

spring tide at full moon. : wait for ...

veryhigh as thetide. very high tide.

spring tides at equinox. . : to cause ..., to wait for ...

n.v..

veryhigh as thetide. very high tide.

high as thetide. high tide.

hightide, rising or not yet very low (enough to float a canoe). : wait till the canoe floats, or put the canoe to float. : let the tide rise or wait till ... : tide coming in or going out but still very high.

then,nearby. there is, thereare (affirmative particle).

there,here,on account of,because of,by (there is, or, tohave, if it begins a sentence). : leave it there. : it doesn't mattere buti iai: it goes there, it goes by ... : we all cried because of it. : I have a book. : he is sad. : there are fish.

tendon,sinew. Phys p 16. gray-hairred. gray-hairedperson. exclamation beginning a sentence uttered by a number about to pull together.

ligament,tendon. . white hair,white haired. superlative of: ,. toflutter before speaking, totremble. .

frequentative of.

spring orstart suddenly fromsurprise. shiver. start in. . shivering ortremor throughfear orcold.

: totremble nervously (with or without screaming and wailing) from fear. fright, suddencold,surprise. : to make ..., to cause to cry out in fear, tosurprise, toalarm, tofrighten, tostartle.

afflicted withstiffness ofbody orlimbs. stiffness of limb or body.

stiffness, numbness of limbs or muscles (). stiff,numb. (S.). : to cause... ...

neap tide. in the state of neap tide.

tides half-way betweenspring andneap tides.

Scarus pectoralis (y). (k)parrot fish (sm).

veryhigh as thetide. full ofwater as a orcanoe.

very hightides at equinoxes. : to cause ..., to wait for ...

cleaning up,freeing fromlitter. cleaning or freeing from litter.

: tosweep, toclean. sweeping, cleaning. : to make (sweep). :brooms (all kinds).
.topile orheap intens orhundreds of things for ex. , fish; , etc.

strugglee>ing andkicking as achild. greatactivity inwork. struggle to free one's self from the grasp of another. be inspasms. strike again and again on ashoal when tossed by the waves. pound.

tostruggle, to beagitated, tostamp feet, toroll on the ground, to work feverishly. agitation, stamping of feet. : to make ...

clean up,free fromlitter,sweep.

tosweep ... toclean, todisencumber ... totidy up, todo quickly, rapidly.

: frightened exclamation of children about to punished in order to cajole the punisher.

yam .

stranger,native of another country. notfamiliar with,unacquainted with.

north. : going north.

repast in company where food is exchanged. .

reflect,consider,ponder,meditate. consideration,deliberateion.

thought,idea,consideration,reflection,imagination,deliberation,plan,solution,fable,fairy tale,fiction. , etc.: my thought, etc. : fable,story (invented). : tothink, tomeditate, toreason, toreflect. : toconsider, tomeditate on, tothink about, toimagine. :wisdom,intelligence. : to think in a confused way, wicked way, badly. : to have bad thoughts, impure thoughts, wicked thoughts. : to think in a serious way, reasonably. : to plan to decieve. : to make ... . : to meditate, to reflect well, to calculate well, to arrange well one's plan. :idem. to reflect at length so as to formulate good ideas. : to make reflect, to give food for thought, toalarm. : thefruit of thought,invention,discovery, intelligent finding.

think about,consider,ponder,meditate on.

consider well.

consider well. careful consideration.

show ofknowledge by muchtalk. converse, make a show of knowledge by muchspeech.

moonlightttide. being a moonlight tide.

one longresident in ornative of a place. native, longresident.

: astranger, a person from another island, from another land. (). .

crave fish.

verylow, as thetide. very lowtide.

ebb ofspring tides at lowest point.

moonlesstide. being a moonless tide.

scentedoil made from scrapedcoconut exposed to the sun and boiled.
prepare ascentedoil foranointing.

a sort ofperfumed oil. made as follows. is put in and mixed with flowers and left in the sun for several days and is transformed into oil by the heat. .

tide at time of new moon.

a species ofshark, having large head and long slender body (ugly appearance like ).

mixture of and coconut milk.

a mode of to attract attention, to draw notice.

inneap tide. neap tide.

weaktides of the 7th and 21st days of moon. : lowestneap tides. : wait till ...

come in as thetide, be on theflood. flood tide.

risingtide. d to wait till the tide rises.

yard .

(Pseuderanthenum carruthersii). plant, two species.

jasper [quartz variety] .

yard, threefeet .

ayard (measure) .

Carpilius maculatus l. (i).

crustacean.

fish. draw near to, becauseenamored.

saturated by ... : it isimpregnated with gall,full of bitterness (flesh of fish). to be inlove with ..., to be taken with ...,smitten with.

Chaetodon (ll). ib'ab'a (k)butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon auriga (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon bennetti (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon ephippium (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon lunula (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon ornatissimus (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon vagabundus (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Heniochus acuminatus (ll). angel fish (sm).
.Heniochus permutatus (ll). angel fish (sm).

Chaetodon auriga. C. bennetti. C. ulietensis. C. pelewensis. C. quadromaculatus. C. recticulatus. C. trifasciatus. Heniochus. all Chaetodontids, Pomacanthids, and Zanclus cornutus. butterfly fish.
all Pomacanthids (angelfish). Pygoplites diacanthus (pomacanthidae). angelfish.
Zanclus cornutus. moorish idol.

breast and to press. clasp to breast. toembrace, to embrace mutually. .idem.

to lose one's head, toforget, not to know which way to turn.

fish.

lagoonfish (disk-shaped). . Chaetodon.

Platax orbicularis (ephippidae). spadefish.

Chaetodon sp.. butterfly fish; large (sm,ll).

Chaetodon falcula (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Chaetodon sp. (ll). butterfly fish; large (sm,ll).
.Chaetodon trifasciatus (y). butterfly fish (sm).
.Zebrasoma veliferum (y). sailfin tang (sm).

Chaetodon ulietensis. Chaetodon trifasciatus. butterfly fish.
Zebrasoma veliferum (acanthuridae). surgeonfish,unicornfish. Siganus (?) (acanthuridae). surgeonfish,unicornfish.

tostruggle, to beagitated, tostrive (with hollow noise); (). : to make ...

packedhard askabubu [preserved pandanus fruit] orearth.
clod. Hosea 10:11.

compact, tightlypacked,stuffed tightly,huddled together, growingthickly. asod of earth, something compact. : topack tightly, tostuff (tocrown a piece in chess).
.root of many compound words.

break open as acoconut, break up asbait.

: tobreak, tosmash (hard matter).

. toembarrass a crowd of people by going into the middle of their group. .

try to throw into the shade another'sskill.

injuriousthreat. tothreaten to break top of skull (), toinsult, toprovoke by insult. : I'll break your head. .

breaking up or open. fishing in whichcrackedbait is used.

. topound, tobreak. mode offishing where shells are broken and thrown in to attract fish.

frequentative of crack.

and. same meaning as (above).

tothrow, toknock down.

struggle violently.

tostamp feet, toscuffle, tostruggle. ,: :idem. : ... to make ...

frequentative of struggle.

crowded as aroom, crowded together as persons.

(S.). tighttogether,heaped up,packed tightly,crammed (persons or things). :accumulation,crowded together,compactly put,huddled together. : tocram, to pack tightly.

. : tostruggle, tostamp. ...: to make ..., to set in motion, toactivate.

move aboutrestlessly as acrowd. moving about of a restless crowd.

.accumulation in big quantities. crowded,packed.

constipation. constipated. emotionally affected. : toaffect deeply (esp. with sad or bad sentiments).

thick hardcrust,evil spell, one who can't get a lover, can't find a wife (or husband), who has no luck at fishing (the fish didn't want them). .

discussing in a lowvoice, as a group of persons.
lowsound ofvoices in quiet discussion carried on nearby.

:hum ordin of a crowd. hubbub,uproar, din. : to make an uproar, a din, to speak in the midst of the uproar ... :idem. : to cause ...

talk over ordiscuss in a lowvoice as several people gathered together.

superlative of. crammed tight, verycompact, verycrowded. to be ready tocry, have a lump in the throat. : tocram, tostuff, toirritate, toenrage interiorly.

thicklycovered over with grains ofsand orsoil. clod ofearth.

asod of earth. covered with ... ...

: tobreak, tosmash, to smash to smithereens, topound, tocrush. :idem.

break into manypieces.

veryfirm orhard, as something closelypacked.

superlative of. (S.). verycompact, veryhard, verythick,indigestible. .

closelypacked.

a densecrowd --packed like sardines. .

to bemoidered bynoise, by repetition, to beirritated.

bivalvular shell. game of children in which one tries to break his neighbor's half-shell with his own half-shell.

a bivalvularshell.

thrown together andpiled up in aconfused mass.

stacked up,piled up,heaped up,compact, stacked tightly together. .

a children'sgame comprised of knocking two shells together to see which is the stronger ().

state or condition of being greatly crowded. crowded,packed together as people.
growingclose together.

(S.). veryclose together, growingthickly, too close,bushy, full ofthickets (said of plants, and anything and everything). : ...

break acoconut intohalfves.

tobreak intwo.

adispute, aquarrel, asquabble. to dispute, to quarrel, tobicker, towrangle. . (S.). :quarrelsome,susceptible, prone to quarrel.

atree -- like but harder and heavier. : aclub (used by savages). myth. names; .

pass another withoutmeeting directly.

tomeet one another, topass one another on the way. : tochange, toreverse, toinvert, toexchange. :idem. : ...inversion, exchanging,interchanging.

soft, long orwormlikemarine animal. filled as the heart withanger. completelyignited as afire in an earthoven. game ofpushing another with theshoulder. play the game of .

aworm found in sand on beach (calledsea asparagus) (edible) -- resembles long piece of thick macaroni. Sipunculus indicus Peters.
.clasped tightly,stuffed,repelled,dissembled,curbed. restrained sentiments; ex.anger. game in which one repels with shoulder. : the fire issmouldering. : tostuff, tocurb by squeezing, by pumping, tohold back a sentiment. : tocontrol oneself, torepress one's anger. : tobrood over agrud.

Sipunculus indicus Peters (i).

Sipunculus indicus (annelid). worm.

hippopotamus .

priest,native doctor,sorcerer. skilled or havingsupernatural power, as a priest.

asorcerer, amagician,Druid of idols,Priest of the Law (Old Test.). to be a priest, henchman of idol, to have power of ... : to serve as to one or other . : to take for an , to treat as an . : an who lives only for his an the company of it.

smallbivalvular shell-fish.

a species ofsea worm, thicker and shorter than , non-edible but used as bait.

coconut shellbottle.

acalabash,gourd, toddyshell made of coconut shell. : a small shell for a spathe just beginning to drip toddy. protected against insects. for ordinary use. in which toddy is boiled. : second to catch overflow of toddy from the first one. : to possess, to use ... ,. : toscreen to keep insects out of ...

secondshell hung under the first to catch the overflow inkarewe.

suspend a second under the firstkarewe ibu.

mutually become s. sport among children in which theirdolls are given inbetrothal.

coconut shell forwater not tied to a second.

for holdingkarewe to be. fermented.

preparee>ing . preparation ofbabai mixed with squeezedcoconut milk and a little coconutmolasses.

adish made of gratedtaro, molasses and coconut milk. . : to prepare this dish.

prepare babai with coconut milk and molasses.

smallcoconut shell for use at the beginning of cutting thespathe.

a species oftaro.

mutual relationship of . . to look on as such; see this word. an exchange of dolls (child'sgame).

tojostle each other. .

lewd heathen amusement. engage in the amusement of .
sail. sail. exclamation ofpain.

: aspear,lance 16ft-18ft of coconut wood with ray darts.
.asail,sailcloth. : sail of canoe (triangular). : boat sail (lateen sail). : big sail. : small or half sail. : sail diminished to half or three-quarters its size while a squall is blowing. : a special small sail, easy to handle by one man. : top sail. :fore sail of boats. : to sail. . : to make sail.
.exclamation of pain.

to lose one's head, to actprecipitately andinconsiderately like a fool.

asail partly furled to avoid too strong a blast of wind.

moderatehaste, taking one's time, actingcalmly. to take thingseasy. : to accomplish calmly. : to cause to do calmly, to urge on moderately, to give enough time.

sail for or to. comply with arequest.
deceive,mislead.

: tosail, to set sail for ... : to follow the whims of ..., to do the will of, to content ..., to satisfy ...

fresh ornew inappearance as a newsail. canoe with a newsail.

(ancient word) a newsail, newcanoe (rather ).

sail acraft.

tosail towards ..., tosail for ... to have someone follow one's way, tolead by the nose.

call,excite to dance, to pleasure.

joke. trick in thegame of .

exaggeration, extremeexcess,hoax,humbug. : toexaggerate, toembellish, totake in.

syn. : tohurry, to doquickly, to actsuddenly, ...,foolishly.

frequentative of sail.
disobediencee. disobedientt andtroublesome.

: dorsalfin of fish above surface. .
.tosail, tonavigate. . : to make advance by sailing. ...
.to act as slightlymental ..., a bitsilly,maniacal, wanting in common sense. a person thus ... :idem.

frequentative of comply with arequest.

lift up as acurtain.

live together ashusband andwife,marry. marriage state,matrimony.

marriage. : tomarry ... : (second marriage). : make a match, to cause to marry, to give in marriage. :idem. ...

flood, thedeluge. flooded,deluged.
flood,deluge.

inundation,flood. : toinundate, tosubmerge. : to flood the soul. : my soul is inundated with sadness.

a newsail (old word); : to set sailfirst, to forestall, to be the first to.

a hugesail (sail which carries off).

to beforward in getting justice, toforestall, to get in first in conversation. ,. ...

canoe with a single brace and removablemast. rigging orfitting acanoe as an .

acanoe with small, easy to manage sail, mast can be moved at will. a small sail furnished, or to be used, with a movable mast. : tosail with canoe of this kind. the word originates from the fact that the mast can be used as pole when there is no wind to sail.

rig orfit acanoe as an a canoe with a removablemast.

a certain attitude ofdancer in which arms are extended, one up and the other inclined downwards.

topsail.

(formerly) a special boatsail with no lower yard arm (S.).

a halfsail or sail diminished momentarily. to sail thus. : (S.).

preparee>ingfood or acanoe in haste for a departure. hasty preparation for adeparture on ajourney.

precipitation. : to do quickly. : to make do inhaste. .

prepare food or a canoe in haste for a journey.

fish.

Heniochus acuminatus (ll). angel fish (sm).
.Heniochus permutatus (ll). angel fish (sm).
.threadfin (ll).
.Zanclus cornutus (ll). moorish idol (sm).

Heniochus (chaetodontidae). butterfly fish.
Zanclus cornutus. moorish idol.

be inhaste todepart.

. tohurry, to beagitated. agitation, precipitation, a very excited person, overexcited person. : to do with ... : toexcite. ,.

undulyhastenpreparation for adeparture.

largesail for fair weather or light winds.

agitated,excited.
agitate adeparture with noisypreparation.

too great aprecipitation,excitement, over-excitement. to beagitated and shouting out, to lose one's wits, torush at. : to do hastily andshout, to lose one's wits. : to make or cause to lose one's wits.

makepreparation for ajourney.

make ready adeparture.

be the first to seekreconciliation between two atenmity.

a large fan-shapedfish (black with white stripes).

: genealogicaltree ofSamoa.

Jerusalem .

lift, as thecover of abasket, or thelid of achest.

: tolift up, toraise up (as lid), tohold up (dress, mosquito net), to raise, to lift up.

a certain tragi-comicgame consisting of a sham war.

Jesus .

grate,grind,pulverize. grating or grinding.

grind,grate,pulverize.

fish of any kind. mode ofplayingball (a general term). where. pound asfood with apestle.

there where ... in. for .
.1.fish (general term). 2. species oftaro; . 3.fleshy parts of body. . 4.kind,species. what thing? what did you say? (Butaritari). 5. word with double meaning. : to eat fish. : desire to eat fish. : fish caught thanks to incantations.
.: topound, tocrush, topulverize, togrind in a mortar.

fish found in pools at low tide.

fish which can be eaten raw.

madly inlove (sex). dead withfear. .

fish taken in the crevices of reef.

fish which leaps ..., plays at the surface (as porpoise).

fish taken with rod and line.

fish taken in the depths outside of reef.

fish taken on line attached to post on beach, hook and bait taken far out and weighed down with heavy stone.

fish taken in diving with goggles, formerly without goggles, hand was used to shade eyes ().

fish taken by moving bait over surface with line.

all kinds offish taken in net, the haul taken in a net.

fish taken on reefs in waves with fishing net.

fish hunted with pole and taken in landing net. fish caught in depths with line and sinker.

fish taken by gliding bait on surface (with short line and short rod).

fish taken in open sea by trawling bait<trolling ?>.

fish taken by laying bait on bottom.

a special way of playing .<game>.

a deep seafish.

harpooned fish.

game orsport in which something is hidden in thesand to be sought out.
play at .

1. (: mutual alliance). to bebound together morally, to beengaged from childhood. betrothal arranged by parents. 2.game of ..., play at ...

dryy>iedfish.

fish dried in sun after head and bones have been removed.

cure driedfish.

fish.
abounding in.

a blackfish, kind of .

Scarus niger (y). parrotfish (sm).
.Scarus sordidus (ll). femaleparrotfish (ll).

Scarus niger. Scarus sordidus. parrotfish.

afish (barracuda). : to fish for ...

Sphyraena forsteri. barracuda.

agold fish (imported). Gambusia.

Carassius carassius (cyprinidae). goldfish.

Sphyraena forsteri (ll). barracuda (sm).

outer half of apan bunch. principalchief orleader.

1. (: in the bottom) part. underneath, bunch ofpandanus (opp. the stem of bunch). 2. in the principaldancer in middle of group. 3. the one who remainslast (last caught, last killed). : the last taken, ... killed. 4. ... tocompete with. : you will try your strength with his.

Pypoplites diacanthus (y).

Pygoplites diacanthus (pomacanthidae). angelfish.

fish of several varieties which live near the land after athunderstorm.
abounding in.

fish of different species, frightened by tempest or thunder, rushing headlong towards the beach ..., towards shelter.

fish which come inshoals at certain times. arrive in shoals at certain times as certain fish.

shoals of migratoryfish appearing at fixed times (for. just after full moon). arriving in shoals at fixed times, rushing at ... in a mob.

. .

here.

here. ,.
.haste,hurry. .

punching in theside.
punch in the side. game ofpunching in the side. abounding in fish.

abounding infish. .
.totickle on the ribs. .

fair ofform. Esther 2:7.

well formed,well built,plump, form agreeably curved. .

. game oftag, chasing one another. ...

hasten preparations for astart orjourney. making haste todepart.

() to be mutualmember, to be or to gotogether. : let's go together.

hasten,expedite. expedition, haste.

toquarrel, todispute, towrangle, tosquabble. : to squabble about.

near one another.

grasping,unjust,exacting,. high inrank orstation. rascallychief,famous chief.

. 1.arrogant,insolent,dominating. 2. of high rank, class of chief. : ...

Aphareus furcatus (ll). snapper (sm).

Aphareus furcastus (lutjanidae). snapper.

murderous, given to manslaying.

cruel,bloodthirsty.
.fish easily caught.

fish.

large, lagoonfish -- scavenger. Lethrinus variegales.

Lethrinus variegatus (hh). scavenger (sm).

Lethrinus variegatus. emperor fish.

aparrot fish (ll).

fish.

a greenfish,Parrot fish.

Scarus pectoralis. parrotfish.

, etc. tochastise, topunish. ,.

fish.

afish like with black mark on sides. Trachinotus sp.

Trachinotus sp. (ll).

Trachonotus (trichonotidae). sand diver.

fish caught by drawing them out of holes in the rocks.
abounding in fish taken by the process.

fish found in rock crevices.

large deep-waterfish covered with spikes and full of fat, (oil fish). Ruvettus speciosus. :laxative fish.

Ruvettus sp. (ll). oilfish (sm) (polite name) (ll].

Ruvettus pretiosus (Gempylidae). snake mackeral,oil fish (polite name). .

dispute,quarrel. to dispute, to quarrel. . ,.

fish caught in a .
abounding in fish easily caught in a.

fish found in holes.

<fish>.

Ruvettus sp. (ll). oilfish (sm) (descriptive name- (ll].

Ruvettus pretiosus (Gempylidae). snake mackeral,oil fish (descriptive name). .

fish said to be caught throughincantation.

fish taken byincantation.

fish.
abounding in.

red snapperr, a redfish caught mostly at night. Lethrinus sp.

Lutianus gibbus. red snapper (hh).

Lutjanus gibbus. snapper.

school offish moving rapidly.

fish caught in deep water with a line which is sunk by astone to be released.
abounding in fish.

fish taken in this manner -- hook, bait and lead are let down to the bottom and pulled up quickly (). abounding in ..., abundance of ...

fish caught with aline trailed along with a pole.
abounding in fish.

fish run down inshoal water.
abounding in fish which can be easily run down in shoal water.

fish taken in pools.

fish taken in aseine.
abounding in fish that can be taken in a seine.

fish caught in aseine with large meshes.

fish caught by following up with astick andscoop net until wearied.

fish caught with a rod frequently lifted, making a slight smacking sound.
abounding in fish taken by the process.

fish caught by towing a line astern.
abounding in fish taken by towing a line astern.

fish caught by a line resting on the bottom.
abounding in fish taken by the process.

style ofballplaying.

Pterois sp. (ll). devil fish (sm).

Pterois (scorpaenidae). scorpionfish.

fish taken byspearing.

there but not far away.

there, over there (not very far). ,.

fish which are relished raw.

fish caught with a pole and a short line.
abounding in fish taken with pole and short line.

fish caught with aline.

abounding in many varieties offish.

fish caught in deep water.

Cephalopholis urodelus (ll). black rock cod (sm).

Cephalopholis urodelus (serranidae). grouper,seabass.

fish caught with afish-hook and line anchored with a littlestone in the bottom of a channel where a current is running.
abounding in fish.

certain style ofball playing.

fish caught from a board or stick used as a raft or a life-buoy.
abounding in fish.

certain style ofball playing.

fish caught withseine and by partiesswimming.

pickingbones close.

tognaw a bone (eat what is left on it). : to gnaw ... a bone. : gnawer of bones (as a dog), a poorwretch who has nothing else to eat (grievous insult).

pick bones close.

game ofhide and seek. to play this game.

spe babai. abounding in more or less infish of good size and quality. abounding in.

species oftaro, mealy. a beautifulwoman.

eagle .

fish.

lagoonfish, good flesh but full of bones (). : fish for ...bone fish. Albuta vulper.

Albula vulpes. bonefish (cc,ll).

Albula vulpes. bone fish.

fish.
abounding in.

smallfish (: mature), comes in shoals in certain places in Abaiang Island. Bymnorada orDecapterus muroadsei).
.shivering all over (as the sea when shoals of arrive). : shivering of this kind. : to maketremble, tofrighten.

Decapterus muroadsei (ll).

Decapterus muroadsei (carangidae). jack.

devil fishh.

skilled inbatting aball inoreano with the hand.

skilful at throwing ball (in ).

bone fishh.

agame, sort of tilting match in water, two persons standing on shoulders of two others, trying to knock each other down.

boxing. to box (). : to box.

to take inturns, toreplace one another, toalternate. :relieving one another, replacement. .

feast in whichfood isexchanged. make exchange of food at a feast.

to gopartners, tocomplete, tocorrespond. .

agame in which a ball is thrown from one to another by foot or hand. .

black rock codod<fish>.

Cephalopholis mineatus (hh). black rock cod (sm).

Cephalopholis mineatus (serranidae). grouper,seabass.

devil fishh.

Priacanthus cruentatus (ll). scad (sm).
.Pterois radiata (y). stingfish,devilfish (sm).

Pterois radiata (scorpaenidae). scorpionfish.
Priacanthus cruentatus. big eye.

certain style of the .

afish, aggressive species.

fish.
abounding in.

a species of redfish.

adult. mature, ofage.

fullydeveloped,adult,ancient,old. : an adult. ...: adult age, fully developed. fig. acunning,sharp,smart person. : the ancient. : old things,worn. : affairs of elders. :conversation. : () to beunjust,dishonest (act the grown up). : tobring up, toraise, toeducate children. : I was brought up by him.

1. one who has outlived those of his age, veryold. 2. aspathe which gives no more juice.

togrow up, to get big, todevelop. : make ... : ...

long sinceadult. tooold forsap as aspathe<coconut>. person who has long been anadult.

stroll about. strolling about,wandering around.

togo here and there, towander at random (pers.). . .

: toquarrel, todispute, tosquabble, to peck at one another. : quarrel, dispute.

where (yonder). takebreath, berelieved as frompain. strongmembrane under thethroat of afish.

there,where ...
.the strongmembrane between gills of fish (if broken the fish dies). .
. ...respiration,breathing,breath. :suffocation,asthma (). : torespire, tobreathe. to get up wind, to eat, to takerefreshment. : I am taking refreshment. : feed the child. :asthma. : to breathe with difficulty.

tosigh. a sigh.

topant like a dog.

shortness ofbreath (breathe like which has a very narrow mouth).

: togasp for breath. suffocation.

tobreathe with difficulty (like someone dying). shortness of breath.

breathe steadily or constantly. breathing.

irregularbreathing (like the Globe fish). (for ex. person who has over-eaten). ...

bloated bygluttony orsickness. breathing with difficulty. difficulty in breathing, shortbreaths.

yonder.

there, over there,far.

pant. pant, panting,gasp.

togasp for breath, topant.

gasp,sigh aloud. heavy sigh.

bailed out.

: topulverize, topound. .
.. dried up,drained,empty of liquid,exhausted. : drained off towards ..., to be ... : to empty, tobail out. :idem. : to bail water out of canoe.

tostamp feet, tokick ground in temper. .

stone mallet. mashing bypounding.

. Gilbertesemallet,pestle, heavy mallet. : toflatten out, tocrush with mallet, topound. : wife of the moon wielding mallet. : her companion boiling toddy.

toempty, toflow;tide going out. :ebb.

seed of thepan. stored up inabundantce.

seed of certain varieties ofpandanus (edible).
.toassemble, togather up, topick, toharvest, tostore up, to make provision. collection,hoard,crop. : to hoard up riches. : to gather up coconuts. . :idem. .

word used while the speaker is calling to mind the name of a place.

there, over there,thereabouts,far. : on thisside of. ...: on this side of ...
.towound, tobruise. ...: wounded, bruised,hurt. : a wounded person. : easily wounded,vulnerable,sensitive.
.ten (when counting in pairs).
.such andsuch aplace. : we went to ...

: towound,bruise (only used in the causative).

bruised,wounded,cut. bruise, wound.

collection ofcoconuts. to collect coconuts.

abounding inseeds as somepandanus fruit.

frequentative of.

bring together,collect,gather.

: toadd up, tocollect, togather up, to put together. :idem. : to make ... or see that they are gathered up.

adding. bringing together, henceaddition.

: toadd. . :addition of money. : addition of weight, etc. : an addition.

rasp made of the skin of the , a rasp.

aray without sting having rough skin ().
.a file made of ray skin, afile, arasp. : having rough, hardskin. impassible,imperturbable,invulnerable,hardened,firm tough,leathery,tenacious, etc. and. (more usual): to file, topare. : he willtease you,irritate you.
.: names of species of<fish>.

ray, not a sting-ray (ll).

to mash, is changed into when is the suffix pronoun (mash).

topound, ...crush. :

Equator . Geog p 12.

Equator . :

widerasp.

finerasp as distinguished from a coarse one.

: wife of the moon (of the mallet). woodenmallet for pulverizing . .

torasp, tofile, topare. .

coarse rasp.

broad backedd. cute,shrewd.

adwarf, a veryold man (hard skin).

thee,you ( it follows .

suff. or rather preceeded by an euph. ;thy,thee,thou. : he goes towards thee. : he follows thee<you>. .

: to take offscales, tocrop short, toshave (head, beard). vt.

scalee>ingfish.

frequentative of.

day beforeyesterday.

toadopt, to consider as a brother or sister.

greetings to a relative or friend home from a voyage. tohug.

. .

adopted, familiar. ,. sympathy,understanding,accord,friendship. toagree with, to be on good terms with, tosympathize with.

scale fish.

. toscale, toshave head or beard with razor.
. to takeaim at, to use astarget. ,.

:holding one another at waist (dancers).

insistence. toharass, to be anuisance by insisting, toirritate by insisting, totorment. : to act thus.

babai.

a species oftaro.

a species ofshark.

white man,native ofmatang. skilled in the use ofEnglish.

(I-Matang) people inhabiting or coming from the land of Matang,white race<Caucasian,European>. acard with picture (king,queen,knave<jack>)<face card>.

you (plural objective). .

suff. plural of . . : tothee; nakoimi: toyou.

suck theteeth. frequentative of.

destroy,throw at,strike. suck as theteeth.

. imita nako: word employed alone or which accompanies a lot of other words and is difficult to translate: toact, todo with a purpose, with force and rapidity as to throw, to pierce, to rub, to aim at.

immaculate, without stain . .

at thefront, in front.

smalleel.

: a species ofeel of nice colour which runs aground (does not bite, not edible -- so slippery, impossible to hold). Gymnothorax petelli).

Gymnothorax petelli. imone (k)eel (y,ll,k).

Gymnothorax petelli (muraenidae). moray eel.

fish. abounding in.

. afish, nice colour, found in shoals (good to eat, has dangerous spikes),Rabbit fish. Syganus sp.).

be slow. slowness ofmotion oraction.

.slow,late,dawdling. : toretard. .

frequentative of.

Siganus sp. (ll). rabbit fish (sm).

shut,closed. range, have a particulardirection as a long object, range inlength.
hin [Heb liq meas] .
mutuallyagreed.

closed,locked,bolted. : toshut, to shut in, tolock, to put in prison. torepress, to hold in. : werefrained from laughing.
.word used as prefix to certain compound words and denotes orientation, direction, position towards. , etc. , etc.:set towards ...

: placed in the direction of north-south, towards, slanting towards. : toslant towards, in the direction of, toorientate<orient> towards ...

seek inmarryiage.
be liable toridicule or to be madeashamed. fish scale. cataract of theeye. complexion. having acataract. him,her (used after .

suff. (or preceeded by an euph.)him,it. : to him, toher, to it.
. () the upperyard arm of sail. : lower yard-arm.
.physicalappearance, distinctivefeatures,deportment,particularities<particularity>. : he has amark,blemish, a distinctivesign, etc. : he haschanged, is no longer the same, lost reputation. to give or find a particularity in ..., to mark with ..., to treat as ...
.to many compound words. , etc.
.. to mark with the family sign) toadopt, toreserve for oneself a baby just born (or not yet born) as fiance for one's own relation. . : those who affiance. : childrenengaged thus.

gentle,graceful,amiable. : to make or find gentle.

free,independent, of the rank of free men,proprietors,chiefs. : independence,freedom, a free man. : to give freedom to, toemancipate, toset free, todeliver. : Jesus Christ made us free.

(). frightened looking. a good for nothing person, person not to be relied on. . ,.

afine looking person (physically).

coward. cowardly.

timid,fearful,afraid.

jaundiced as theeyes.

sallow skin, as one havingjaundice.

coconut leafmat.
fish.
betrothing. betrothal.

afish found in shoals. Scaridae. : a manner of tying<tie>. :Orion's belt<constellation>.
.engagement. toengage,betroth.
.amat of coconut leaves; : a half mat. : toweave these mats. : to cut leaves to make these mats.

family Scaridae. inai (k)parrot fishes (hh).
.Scarus aeruginosus. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus brevifilis. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus chlorodon. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus dussumieri. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus formosus. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus forsteri. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus harid. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus javanicus. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus lepidus. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus microrhinos. parrot fish (ll).
.Scarus oviceps. parrot fish (ll).
2.Scarus pectoralis. parrot fish (ll).
3.Scarus schegelli. parrot fish (ll).
4.Scarus taeniurus. parrot fish (ll).
5.Scarus vermiculatus. parrot fish (ll).

Scarus (blue & green). blue & greenparrotfish.

upper yard orgaff of acanoe sail. large andpowerfulman.

topyard arm.

scalee>y asfish, or some varieties ofpan.

scaly,rough (skin, bark). .

lower sprit orbrace of acanoe sail.

the loweryard arm.

gentle in manner,soft andrefined in manners,mild,meek. gentleness inmanner.

gentle,ladylike.

slow ingrowth,backward in growth. child of backwardgrowth.

sickly,puny,stunted. .

slim as aman, but in good physical condition,wiry. one slim but in good physical condition.

slender,straight build,slim andstrong. : to render ... .

bragger,<braggart>,joker,humbug. ,. ... to treat as ...

tier ofthatch on aroof.

: scale. 1.rows of thatch ()strips of net, rows,lines,tiers. , etc. 2. place of clan in (N.). of; (S.).
.affianced, state ofbetrothal. .

pale,sallow complexion,wan (of sickness). . aleaky roof.

tosink, toimmerse, tofounder, to go down. : to make ..., toimmerse, toplunge. : for ..., into soil, wood, etc.

showing signs offear,frightened-looking.

impassible,implacable,tenacious,hard,obstinate ... : to make ... to find ... to become ... ,:hard headed,hard hearted.

(like )coward. cowardly (said especially of ). .

mole on theperson. having amole.

beautyspot,freckles. to have ... to have spots on skin like the .

cataract (on eyes).

result obtained fromcastinglots.

mutualagreement of hearts and wills, friendship, agreement, mutualsympathy. to have but one heart.

verydeep.

superlative of. verydeep down. : right at thebottom, lowest depth.

luck, lucky, born under a lucky star. :Dame Fortune.

upper orlower edge of aplank ready for acanoe. bequick.

one who isanimated,lively, a goer, a determined air,quick, livly in movements, actions. ...
.junction of hull and keel.

free man. free, not inservitude.

freedom,independence,liberty. free,independent. .

. gentle,obedient,docile, used mostly in negative. :indocile,disobedient, unsubdued,refractory.

length in aseine, about two and a halffathoms.

. a species ofbush used forhedges. Clerodendronn inerme.

Clerodendrum inerme (z).

species offish.

continuity. continual. .

vi.

tosteer straight for ..., in straight line towards ... .

fibrous porous envelope at the base of thecoconut leaf orfrond that helps to bind it to the tree. start ormove as an object to belifted.

fibre enveloping the base of palm leaf and attaching it to the trunk, used asfilter.
.: athorn, a sharppoint, adart. .
.: tomove, toshake, touplift (beginning to move) . : an effort to move ..., to get up, trying to move. : to try toraise, to move. : topush upwards or towards the ... : to make move, to raise.
.crevice,crack. cracked (hard metal). .

salute. salutee>ation.

towelcome, toreceive with marks of affection, esteem and respect. warm welcome,reception,greetings, smiles, words, gestures, etc.
.. to beimpatient, todesire ardently, tohasten, to beeager to ...,<enthusiastic>, to accomplishardently,zealously. : he is impatient to ..., he is wearing away with desire to ... : a warm heart. : to make eager, to cause to ...enthuse>.

togreet with open arms, but soon get tired of ...

morning,fore-noon. tomorrow morning. bemorning.

dawn,morning,tomorrow morning. : tomorrow morning. : the morning of ... : this morning. : during the morning, at morning time. : to wait till morning, till tomorrow morning.

quickwearyiness, the being soontired of.
become soontired of,weary of.

impatientt>ce inwaiting for the time toeat orgo. beimpatient to eat or to go in advance.

frequentative of.

Neothunnus macropterus (y). yellowfin tuna (sm).

Neothunnus macropterus (scombridae). mackeral,tuna. .

: atsunrise tomorrow morning. : todawdle, toloiter. : don't dawdle! : don't dawdle with your work (don't make a long job of it).

earlymorning aftersunrise. be early morning.

early morning, early hours. (ancient forms) : atdawn. (modern forms); :idem. : when day was just breaking<daybreak>.

strain greatly, as in severecoughing orvomiting.

to beimpatient for ..., a greatdesire for ( ...), . : to do with ... .

superlative of. unable to bepatient any longer, a strongdesire for ...

irascible, quick to fight (for that, the custom formerly was to eat ).

(rather )spikes,quills,prickles,barb,barbel, dorsalfin. : underneath fins. dorsal fins.

skin, bristling withquills, warhelmet made from quills of diodon.

dorsal fin.

a species of ; tiny fightingfish with a defence dart.

[shellfish] with adorsal fin which can be erected in self defence.

easilyoffended orprovoked.

redbarbels oflobster, a species of lobster. irascible,susceptible,surly,stern,grim. : flying intopassion.

fish.

a species oftuna (). : tofish for tuna. Nesthunus macropterus.

Neothunnus macropterus (ll). yellowfin tuna (sm).

Neothunnus macropterus (scombridae). mackeral,tuna. .

Neothunnus macropterus (scombridae). mackeral,tuna.

frequentative of.

roar as distant breakers or thunder.

dawn,daybreak.

thornyskin of a used as ahelmet.

beslow in using or setting out on.

to move or act with difficulty. lazy,spineless,apathetic. : to do with ... : to cause ..., toretard, to hold back.

to begin tomove, to move towards, to move up, to movtowards the land -- as the tide. : tolift up a little, tocarry, topush up. idem.

rise upsuddenly.

: torise suddenly out of torpidity, to go intoaction.

fish.

a big redfish,red snapper. : abounding in ...,. :fishing for .

Lutianus bohar (ll,hh). red snapper (hh).

Lutjanus bohar. snapper.

namesake.

homonym,namesake. : to have many namesakes. : to take or have the same name as ...

name after.

abounding in.

consent to another's beingnamed after one's self.

roar as distantthunder or cannon firing.

,. and: movement with muffledsound. tomove orfall withmuffled sound, to make a muffled sound. : to make fall ..., move with this sound. : calm yourself (to person in pain).

fall to pieces as apandanus fruit orstone wall.

lying<lie> down (a group or crowd). : tolay down ... (group-crowd).
.lying<lie> pell-mell.

having apale complexion or loss of color.

make adash as afrightenedfish.

toturn around, tostruggle, tobound, tostart up, tojump, todash, torush, tomove abruptly. : to move abruptly, to set in motion abruptly, towake up, or wake someone suddenly, to rush into. : starting or going off suddenly, promptly, in rush. : to do, to act, to move, to start thus ...

carrying acoconut in theteeth whiledescending. carry a coconut by the teeth in descending from a tree.

: togo sideways, tocarry sideways, like bird carrying twigs for nest.

carry acoconut by theteeth indescending from thetree. blow down as ahouse. burst upon. Jer 30:23.

ink<>.

cut agroove ormark in astone orplank.
groove ormark cut in astone orplank.

lie orrange in astraight line, be straight. .

. straight, in a straightline. : toaim straight, todirect straight towards, to put on a straight line towards.

maggot. beeaten ofmaggots. beextinguished as afire. die. .

aworm,larva. a. : full of worms,worm eaten, having worms in. : the firesmoulders (no flame or smoke). : to bring onputrefaction, toput out flames. : Beast of out of which were produced men ().myth.
.: to beface to face, to look at one another. . : to place face to face.

frequentative of full ofmaggots.

rudder fishh.

Kyphosus cinerascens (ll). rudderfish,chub (sm).

tree.
abounding in trees.

(or )bush used forhedges. Clerodendronn inerme.

lie haphazard, as persons orplanks indisorder.

turned, placed or putcrossways on thebias, in thewrong way. : to turnaskew, to place wrongly, to makedeviate (conversation, etc.), toslant.

set orturned ororientated<oriented> towards the east or the land. : todirect towards, toturn the end towards ...

indigo .

set towards the west. : toturn, toplace, toorientate<orient> towards ...

throwndown inconfusion,prostrate, as manysick at a time. prostratee>ion of many by anepidemic.

lying<lie>lengthwise,stretched out,strewn on the ground,orientated<oriented>downwards (is said only of things or persons stretched out, lengthwise in a group, crowd, mass). tostrew on the ground, to be cast down by sickness, weariness, shot down. : tolay, to put on the ground in quantities.

inch .

condition of one who is . heavy orstupid aftereating heartily, or withsickness.

:full,swollen. brutalized,stupid (from excessive drinking or eating),degraded,dazed. : tofatten, tocram. :idem. toswell up, tostupefy, todaze.

clumsy,heavy,gross, excessivelyfat. clumsyy>iness.

heavy,clumsy,awkward. n. heaviness, clumsiness. ,.

bird. blossoming asbreadfruit.
halloo,shout. shout.

abird,brown noddy (tern).
.bud orcatkin coming before fruit on trees. ,: budding, covered with buds.
.: toshake, towave, toflutter, tosift. : to shake, to sift. : sifting, shaking. : thesifter for soil. : to sift the soil.
.: effort. outburst of voice or laughter. toburst out. : burst oflaughter, loud laughter. : toclamour, tosing out, toproclaim in a loud voice. :idem. .

Anous stolidus pileatus. (k)brown noddy (This is the largest of the noddies and is readily identified by its dark brown color. The crown and nape are pale grey, almost white on the forehead, and there is a black band from the bill to the eye. The rest of the body is dark brown with lighter brown shades on the underparts. The bill is black and the feet brownish-black with yellowish webs.) (aa). <bird>.

shake off,sift.
announce with ashout. loud shout.

shout about.

wicked,naughty,violent. wickedness,rudeness, violence. : to make ..., to treat as ...

to treatviolently,cruelly, tobrutalize.

work ofsiftingsoil for purpose ofcultivateion. sift soil for purpose of cultivation.

tosift soil through sieve. .

frequentative of.

babai.

a species oftaro.

makeexchange, esp offood in amaneaba. exchangee>ing offood.

toexchange, to dobusiness, to exchange food (especially as sign of reconciliation). to bereconciled, make friends again.
.:reconciliation,exchange,business;. :trade, exchange of ...,dealing ...,traffic. : toreconcile. :...

purchase,exchange.

toexchange, tobarter. .

deceive,mislead. deceiver. porpoise.

. the smallest of a school of porpoises, the one who directs, leads the others<leader>. atraitor,treason,treachery. : tobetray, tolose, toruin.

bad,ill-behaved,ugly. badness,ill behaveior.

how many? always followed by a numerical suffix or by a certain noun. . accompany,go with.
us. when following a transitive verb it becomes a suffix. It often follows . .
steal. theft,stealing.
pan leaf forbraiding. ahair. eel.

euph. forus. : towards (or) to us.
.how many? (what quantity, howmuch?); etc. which one? what one? how many of ..., to each? .
.a slendereel.
.hair, hairs,thread,strands. , etc. : hair (of head). : having thick hair,hairy, abundant hair. : thickwavy hair. : nice head of hair. : wavy hair. :smooth,sleek hair : nice coloured hair. :sparce,thin,scraggy. :frizzy hair,fuzzy hair. : intuft over temples. :greying hair. : haircutting.
.astrip, atress (of pandanus leaf), pandanus leaves destined for weaving. : strips for mat-weaving. : strips for coarse mats. : ... basket weaving. : strips for hat weaving. : tocollect leaves for weaving. : tobraid the last row of a mat for th edging.
.: tofollow, toaccompany. : to do the will of ... : to keep to the meaning of the text. : habit of following, followingblindly,sheeplike. : tolead, totake along ... toconduct, todirect. : totake away, tolead away.
.theft,robbery. toswindle, tocheat, tofraud, topilfer, todissimulate. or : tosteal, torob, to cheat. : rob, cheat. doing something on thesly, topretend, tofeign. : heseized it and took it away. : he stole away on the quiet. ira n rabakau:cunning. n ira: on the sly. te tia ira:robber. ka-iraea: toincite to rob.

ira (k) a small thineel, possible name for allworm eels (ll).

Moringua. worm eel.

for. beingdragged, following behind,follow the fashion, follow like sheep, having no character, no personality.

hair.

tohelp, tofollow without becoming too involved, to beprepared to ...

where? ( used in a question to another by one who is searching for a thing lost, but which is seen by the other).

onwhich side of the thing?where in regard to ... where, in what place?beside what? which side of ...?
.theft. tothieve, tosteal (milder term).

steal.

how many? ( and ) in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber, coconut-leaf stems, fingers, teeth, large fish, as sharks and .

interr.how many of ... ?

covered with muchhair, as thehead. inconstantt. inconstancy.

capricious,fickle. canoe whose sail is hoisted by ahalyard.

acanoe with a fixed or permanent mast. ); apparatus for pulling up sail on this canoe. . .

how many? in counting trees, fish-hooks, and sections of land.

how many ... (trees, land, etc.)?

halyard.

arope for hoisting sail, flag. : tohoist, tolift up, toraise; : hoist up the sail. : to hoist, to make grow. : thegrowth,adolescent,youth,adolescence.

hoist as asail.

curly orkinky hair. having a head of somewhat curly hair.

how many? in countingbaskets.

how many ? in countingpersons oranimals.

how many ... (living beings).

havinghair whichcurls very slightly. person whose hair curls very slightly.

havingstraight hair. person with straight hair.

heron .

mutualhelp,support,succour, help,pal,ally,auxiliary, helping one another,supporting ...

how todo a thing? to do how? (interrogative).

interr. form.how to do? how to treat? how did you do it? how did he proceed to do it? (or go about it). how is it done? how should it be done?

plaitedleaves coloured by fumigation.
. cooked over fire. necklet,bracelet,<necklace>,charm,amulet (made of pandanus leaves whitened over fire).
.to appropriate another's words, toscorn the proposals of another.

tofollow others.

hair of thehead.

how many ? in countingfathoms.

pretended fall. totrick in wrestling.

anally. aid another in afight.

gesticulate,parry with thehands. gesticulation.

gesticulations. to gesticulate, to makesigns (with or without instruments). co-ordinatemovement,attitude,rhythm indance. toavoid, tododge blows (combat). :idem.

wiltedpan leaf for the darkstrand in amat orbasket.

strand ofpan leaf for mending amat.

strand lying near to be spliced in whenweaveing amat.

tofollow the will or sentiments of another, toapprove, to give moralsupport to ..., toallege as pretext the conduct of others to act like them (ex. at work), to be inaccord (for good or evil). ...

engage as a friend inavengeing. avengement.

concurrence,assistance,corroboration,complicity. tofollow, totake the part of ..., toback up, tostand by ..., tosecond ... :partisan, aparty to ..., ahelper. . .

take position for afight.

front-sidelocks when lengthy<hair>. having long front side locks.

comradeship,companionship. to go about together, to becomrades. ...

heed, beinfluenced by.

to let oneselt beled, gained over (meaning much the same as ), to beswayed ..., beallured, to bevictim of ... : don't take any notice of him, or, don't be led or gained over by him. : toseduce, tolead away.

slim,slender,fine,narrow. slimness, fineness, a slimperson.

thin,slender,slim,fine,lank. thinness, fineness, slim person. : extremely thin. : to make thinner, to make thin.

aplant,character plant. possiblyPseuderanthemum orGraphyllum.

how many? in counting things in general. beundecided, inuncertainty.

how many? (inanimated things in general).
.hesitation,indecision,perplexity. perplexed. : to make perplexed. : you make us perplexed.

pan leaf bound on the arm in anincantation.

how many? in countingpandanus fruit.

havinghair whichcurls some. person whose hair curls some.

base or root of torub.

torub,polish,furbish,file. : the act of ... :idem.

rub,wash.

process of producingfire byrubbing two sticks together. rub with a stick in order tokindle afire.

torub to obtainfire. to rub one stick on another to obtain fire. : the pointed stick held in hands for rubbing is called ; the other lying on the ground is called .

wash,rub.

frequentative of.

continual, without interruption (is said of things long or lengthy). : to put on after, incontinuation. ... to make ..., tojoin on to ...

late in arriving. late arriveal.

to belate, todawdle. slow, dawdling. : slow with hands. : slow with legs, feet: slow at eating, talking. :retardment,slowness. : toretard, toslow down.

amixture,blending,amalgam. .

tomix. .

. succeeding each other, going off one after another,repeating. : to makefollow without interruption. revolver,pistol (instrument giving rapid and successive sounds).

go incompany. suppositively. one section of thepandanus fruit. small thing suspended high by a string whichjumpers strive to touch<game>.

: detachable portions or sections ofpandanus fruit. : one piece, two pieces, etc. a great number of names of pandanus begin with , the names of their fruit begin with . ...
.1. a cubicball made with (pandanus leaf polished and woven). : agame in which this ball is used. 2. :surname or secondname of person.
.: tofollow, toaccompany. : those who follow. : to take along, tolead (imitator). : to let oneself be led, easily led, toimitate. vc,.

piece or section ofpandanus fruit. .

pan leaf for packingkabubu. food eaten or something done in remembrance of. dowry. companion intravel.

pandanus leaves<leaf>, polished and rolled, used for many purposes, for ex. as tubes for containing in reserve.
.following,suit,procession,sequel,consequence. : sickness and its consequences. . is not used with article, but only in the genitive or with poss. adj.

accompany one intravelling.

Pandanus sp.. screwpine; large fruited var., blackish cast on leaves (sp,z)<pandanus>.

fan. fan. kick as afootball.

afan. : to fan ..., to fan oneself, toblow the fire.

Pandanus sp.. screwpine (sp,z)<pandanus>.

tofan, to be carried off by the wind.

Pandanus sp.. screwpine (sp,z)<pandanus>.

flesh,muscle,meat.
having muchflesh ormuscle.

flesh,meat,muscles, tinned meat. :fleshy,plump.

topush with the toes (something hanging). ... (game).

onesection of thepandanus fruit.

frequentative of.

frequentative of. fish.

sailfish<fish>. Isliophorous orientalis.
.of : in the habit offollowing, habitually following. ...

Istiophorous orientalis (ll). sailfish (sm).

Istiophorus platypterus. billfish.

frequentative of.

play thegame of . game offootball.

ball game or Gilberteserugby (formerly).

Pandanus sp.. screwpine; tall straight trunk, used for supports in house building (sp,z)<pandanus>.

ignite.

: lighting fire. tolight. alight. : the fire has caught: the is sounding for along time. : to light, tokindle. : light your pipe. toinflame, toexcite, to put in movement, toset going.

plenitude,fullness,persistence. : rain is fallingabundantly and with persistence. : they are all gone without exception. : he works with all his might.

scentedoil.
give tococonut oil a certainfragrance.

with,by, onaccount of (in connection with persons and animals).

pron. :by,with (me, you, him, etc.), it may be translated as verb tohave. : I have a book : It was I who made him fall. : It is all right with me, I have no objection. , etc.:of, by (Latinex) from me ... you ..., him, etc. (persons and animals). : that comes from him.

(: one who arrives by any kind of craft -- canoe). astranger, person from another island or foreign country, aforeigner. not knowing, not aware of ... (as a stranger just arrived). : . : astrange face. ka-iruwaea: to treat as strangers are treated, to treat as guests, toaccommodate<accomodate>, toreceive well.

stranger. not yet at home in a place, acting like astranger.

heath .

asimpleton,silly,foolish,cracked person (like the inhabitants of Tabaongo, village of Tarawa formerly). ,,.

stupid person. stupid,not bright. literally, being an inhabitant of or belonging to .

agame in which players carry one another in turns (N.).

handkerchief (S.), Samoan word of recent use. .

adjoining ashouses. friendlyintercourse ofneighbors.

neighbour, next-door neighbours. : tovisit, to benear.

dull,stupid, notbright. stupid person.

simple,silly,cracked (as ancient inhabitants of Tabweang village in Aranuka).

tree.

atree ( tree- which growsto an enormous size, nice timber, light and strong, has strongly perfumed flowers. Calophyllum inophyllum.

Calophyllum inophyllum L.. calaba tree (k,z,sp).

friendly relations,agreeing well,cordial affection, mutualhelp, outdoing one another in kind attention.

adish oftaro mixed with molasses.

tolove. reciprocal or mutual love. : they love one another. : to make them ...

tosupport, tosustain mutually. . . .

: a species ofpandanus.

to behave asbrothers orsisters. .

box,fight with thefists. boxing, fighting with the fists.

boxing. tobox, tobeat with fists. : to make ..., to provoke a fight, abrawl.

tofollow up, tokeep up relationship. .

half.

half, the half,side. , etc. : my side. : thy side. : he is about toembark.

goodrelationship with one side of family.

sorcery for vengeance, enmity. to behave badly towards one's relations on one side. : to cause ...

mother'srelative.

relations on the woman's side.

oneside of aleaf.

apage (half leaf).

father'srelative.

relations on man's side.

ahalf mat,tide halfway in or out.

person who at times is without goodsense. oftenfoolish, withoutsense at times.

being sensible at times and at others not, a bitqueer at times.

one who actsqueerly, sometimes wise and sometimes silly.

seven, always followed by a numeral suffix or certain noun. six, note on. lightning. lighten. act instantly. used up,consumed, allgone.

root of num. seven; , etc. : to complete up to seven, to make it seven. : each one seven, etc.
.fourteen (when counting by two).
.lightning,thunderbolt,electricity,light. :flashing lightning. : long quivering flashes. to act like lightning,rapidly; . : the lightning flash, wife of (thunder). known also as: . :grand andgorgeous. : it'ssplendid andmagnificent,. nowadays the terms -- are more usual.
.injection,vaccination.
.clearness,cleanliness,brightness. clear, clean, bright, cleaned up. hard up,finished,ruined,broke. : the sky isclear : nothing more on the table ..., stakes swept off. : a cleansweep, nothing left. sup. altogether finished,empty. : to make clear space, toexhaust, todrain, to make a clean sweep. . .
.: todraw water (). :idem.

scoop up aswater,dip,ladle.

seven in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber, coconut leaf stems, fingers, teeth, large fish, sharks and . .

clean,pure. cleanliness,pureity.

clean,pure,clear. cleanliness,clearness,purity. : to clean, topurify, toclarify. : cleaning up,cleansing,sweeping,scouring,polishing, etc.,purification.

seven.

. appearingrapidly,furtively.

activity,ardour,promptitude. rapid,diligent. .

meet as twocurrents.

,,. tomeet one another, to enter intocontact, intorelation, etc. : to make ... : meeting, contact.

seven hundred.

trigger fishh (Balidapus sp.).

Balistapus sp. (ll). triggerfish (sm).

(unspecified) Balistidae. triggerfish.

having a straight loweryard, as acanoe sail. .

superlative of and. completelydrained, nothing left,broken, out of pocket.

acricket (insect). .

seventy. . great orthick asdarkness.

seventy. : it is very dark. lit. (the darkness is seventy times dark).

seven million.

seven in counting trees, fish-hooks and sections of land.

acrowd,mob,school of fish. .

seven in counting baskets.

tovibrate, toquiver (ex. with fear), totremble (as bait before a tuna fish). the pearl shellbait for tuna. preference for persons, food, anything doted on. : to beinfatuated with, todote on.

seven hundred thousand.

seven, in countingpersons,animals,months.

nearly allgone...,eaten, gone away,taken away,scattered, etc.

isthmus .

. toelectrify, tovaccinate, to give aninjection. to do rapidly. :hurry your work.

seven thousand, seven in countingfathoms.

dawn,daybreak. : earlymorning. .

seventy. .

: the one who chases ingame .

seventythousand.

lighten frequently. frequentlightning.

: flashinglightning. repeatedflashes of electric torch, lamp. .

seventymillion.

lighten frequently.

frequentative of.

certainincantation for putting a person tosleep in order tosteal hisproperty.

and. incantation with to put victim asleep in order to steal or murder, etc. :idem.

seven hundred million.

seven in countingpandanus fruit.

cleared,clean. .

superlative of. perfectlyclear,clean,disencumbered of everything. ...

driftwoodd very light, segments of it are used aspillows.

very lightwood found on beaches and used ascork. : verylight. : wood a little heavier than . : extremely light.

partners. tocomplete one another, to makepairs,counterpart. : to make ... ,.

star. button,neck orthroat ornament.

astar. : aconstellation;. : ashooting star. ,:aerolite,bolide<meteor,meteorite>. : to take for ..., tosteer by ... : toaim. : He aimed his gun ...,levelled his gun.

astar of theDragon.

ear drum,tympan.

Evening star (Venus).

pupil ofeye.

Morning star (Venus).

takeaim at.

drum of theear.

verylight, notheavy.

driftwoodd somewhat heavier than .

verylight, of very littleweight. lightness, want of weight.

eternity .

a kind ofcanoe (said) of Tonga.

run andhide fromfear aschildren orchickens.

panic,stampede. running away helter skelter, panic-stricken, panicky. : to put to flight in confusion, to cause a panic.

fragrant substance.

a kind ofresin found on beach brought by current (resembles incense in aspect and smell).
.: tosew, tothread (beads, fish). : sewing,needlework. : a bigneedle, end of string for threading fish. : to sew, to thread, in. havingcaught, being seized, having anattack ofsickness. : astring of fish. : he went his way. : we cought the sickness, we have fallen sick.

sew. string fish. attack,assail. seven in counting things in general. . . .

seven. .

Orion's belt<constellation>.

astring figure in thegame ofcat's cradle; cul.

(a string of shells) aconstellation,Berenice's hair.

Orion's belt.

idem.

seven. .

sewing.

frequentative of.

me (after .

jubilee .