VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



A* 



Ai, with. 



ASa, name (see yaSa). 



Afamboti, to burst. 



Aliwa (R.), woman (see lewa). 



Andi, queen (see yandi, randi). 



Aygona, the pepper-plant ; piper methys- 



ticum (see ya-ggona). 

 Asi, to bow before a chief in token of 



respect. 



Ata, to do, to act. 

 Atamata (R.), man (see tamata). 

 Au,l. 



Au, dew (see Sau). 

 Aua, or wa ua, do not ! 

 Aua soti, or wa iiasoti, desist. 

 Aundre, to shine, as flame, to burn; sa 



aundre, sa yavu sara, it is burned, it 



is entirely destroyed. 



Sd -ta, to hate. 



Sd, evil, bad ; badness, vileness. 



S&S&, odd numbers above ten, twenty, &c. 



SaSau (S.), to work. 



Saka -va, to take up, do, make. 



* Most of the words which properly commence 

 with a will be found under y, as yaia for afa, yavu 

 for ana, &c. This y is merely the euphonic i, 

 which in Vitian is frequently prefixed to many 

 words, but not according to any known system, 

 and with no apparent object beyond ease of pro- 

 nunciation. 



Saka, hand or arm (used only of chiefs). 



Sak&Sa (Ra.), bad. 



Sakau, a reef. 



Sake, upwards, above, over. 



Sake -ta, to dig, or raise up. 



Sakumbu, to burst. 



Sola, any thing empty, as a bottle, box, &c. 



Salawai, a pool. 



Salindi, to burst. 



Salo -va, to pour in ; to sup. 



Sama, the outrigger of a canoe. 



Sambe, to go up ; Sambe Sake, to rise, as 



the moon. 



Sambo, to offer, present. 

 SamboSambo, an offering. 

 Samboya (R.), a flag, a banner. 

 Sambou, outside. 



Sandra, to rise, ascend, spring, grow. 

 Sanu -nut,, to carry, fetch, take ; anu mai, 



bring hither. 

 Saya, a span, to span. 

 Sapa-ld (S.), ginger. 

 Saygu,a contribution, an article of traffic, 



contributed by an individual, when 



his tribe is exchanging property with 



another. 

 Sayguru, hard, as the kernel of an old 



cocoa-nut. 



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Sapi, wind ; Sa~gi a vuna ! (a phrase used 

 as an exclamation), wind is its foun- 

 dation. 



Sayi -na, to be blown by the wind. 



Sapo (R.), the shrub from which turmeric 

 is derived, curcuma. 



Sara -ta and -tak., to clear the grass from 

 a road, to make a path. 



