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PHILOLOGY. 



Suke -to, to dig. 



Sula, a fork, a pole for setting a canoe. 



SumbuSumbu, SimbaSimba, Hades, place 



of souls. 



Sundru, anger ; angry. 

 Suyu -ma, to hug, embrace. 

 Sum, to enter, to pass, to go in and out ; 



(R.), to string flowers on a garland. 

 SuruSuru, a coat or trowsers, European 



clothing. 



Suva, to stoop, bend down, look down. 

 Suvai, bending down. 



E 



E, verbal particle (see Grammar). 



E, particle used with numerals. 



Ea, if. 



Ee, to hitch about, to part gently. 



Ei, here. (It is always preceded by a 



preposition.) 

 Ei, yes. 

 Ema, yes, it is. 

 Ena, if. 



EoSiva, a mound. 

 Eomba, innumerable. 

 Evi -to, to kill. 

 Evu, dust. 



I 



/, in, with, on, upon, by, of, to. 



la, iawe, io, yes. 



Ika, a fish. 



Ikai (Ra.), no, not. 



Ike, mallet for beating cloth. 



Ikei, this. 



Hi or wili, to number, read. 



Uoilo, gloss, glossy. 



lya, straight, or, not much bent. 



Iri, iriiri, a fan ; to fan. 



Iro, to peep, look slyly. 



Isaisa, a word of disapprobation. 



Ivi, the name of a tree, the large chestnut. 



K 



[In Somusomu, and in many parts of 

 Vanua-levu, the k is never pronounced, its 

 place being supplied by a slight catching of 

 the breath, as in the Samoan and Hawaiian.] 



Ka, sign of the past tense of verbs ; some- 

 times used with the present. 



Ka, and ; with. 



Ka, thing, also, a contraction for kakana, 

 food, as, a kendru ka, their food. 



Kaa, a crack. 



KaSi-va, to call, name. 



KaSo, to despise. 



KaSu, a tree, stick, wood. (See kau.) 



Kai, with. 



Kai or kaya, to tell, say. 



Kai, a native of any place, as, kai-La- 

 kemba, a Lakemba man. 



Kai, kai-mbia, kai-ndina, kai-vivi, kai- 

 vandra, kai-to, names of different spe- 

 cies of shell-fish. 



Kaikai (Ra), strong. 



Kaikainaki-rawarawa, o bed ience. 



Kaila-vak, a shout, to shout. 



Kaka, a parrot. 



Kakambe, adhesive. 



Kakana, food. 



Kakasa, not slippery. 



Kake, an outer wrapper or cover. 



Kaku, to scratch. 



Kakua, a word of prohibition, as, forbear ! 

 do not ! (See ana.) 



Kala, the declension of the sun. 



Kalavo, a rat. 



Kalawa -a, to step over. 



Kali, a pillow. 



Kali -a, to separate, to wean ; to ransom. 



Kalo, to whistle. 



Kalakalo, a star. 



Kalou, a god, divinity, spirit. 



KaZouydta, a blessing. 



Kama (O.), hot, to burn. 



Kamba -ta, to climb. 



Kambakamba, a ladder. 



Kambalu, bent. 



