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PHILOLOGY. 



Old, to tie up, cover. 



Olo (O.), soul, spirit, shadow. (See alo.) 



Oloni, tied up, bundled up. 



Omba (L.), to fall prostrate ; (S.), to fall 

 from an eminence. 



Ombe (Mb.), to cover, fold over. (See 

 umbe.) 



Ombo, to clap the hands. 



Oma, lomo, to clip. 



Omu, omundou, omundrau, omunu, ona, 

 ondra, ondrau, possessive pronouns. 

 (See Grammar.) 



One, to mend a net. 



Ono, six. 



Onosayavulu, sixty. 



Oya, oyaoya, engaged, occupied ; employ- 

 ment, occupation. 



Oya (S.), to fall prostrate. 



Oygo, to clasp the hand out of respect. 



Oyotia, troubled, afflicted. 



Ooa, a word of respect used to a chief. 



Ora, to choke, suffocate. 



Oro, to bind ; a girdle, zone. 



Oro, orovata, a bundle. 



Orooro, a bandage, cord. 



Ororu, soft (applied to sand). 



Ose, lamentation. 



Osi, to adopt. 



Oso, to bark. 



Oso, osooso, narrow. 



Oti, done, finished. 



Oto, to lie upon. 



Oundreva, to kindle, shine. (See aundre.) 



Ova, to swim. 



Ovea, to take by force. 



Oviovi, cloak, blanket, any covering for 

 the shoulders (cerem.) 



Ovo, lamentation ; to lament. 



R 



Ra, they. 



Rd, down, below. 



Rai -a, to behold, look, beware ; a look. 



Raisaia, blind. 



Raki, to spread out to dry. 



Rakorako, reverence. 



Ra?narama, light. 



Ramba, broad ; breadth. 



Rambailai (qu. rambcdailai ?) narrow. 



Rambalevu, broad, wide. 



Ramba-ni-vava [papa] a board. 



Rambasamba, flatness. 



Rambe -ta, to kick with the toe. 



Rambo, a sling. 



Rambosiu, deceit. 



Rambuya, to cover over. 



Ramusu, split. 



Randi, ranandi, queen. 



Raygasa, dryness. 



Rard, a plain, a level space; a public 



square ; the deck of a canoe. 

 Rard, to warm one's self at the fire. 

 Raralevu, a meeting for singing. 

 Rdralevu, a plain. 

 Rarama, light. 

 Rasa, greatness. 

 Ratou, they. 

 Ratu, a respectful appellation, used in the 



vocative singular, equivalent to " sir," 



or " my lord ;" it is sometimes placed 



before the names of chiefs, as, Ratu 



Seru, Lord Seru. 

 Rau, they two. 

 Rau, the thatch of a house. 

 Rau -ta, to fit. 



Rauka, watery (said of yams). 

 Rausi, a kind of yam. 

 Ravarava (S.), a stick used as a substitute 



for a spade. 



Ravendi, crack ; broken, cracked. 

 Ravoya, to boil. 

 Ravu, to kill. 



Ravuravu, to kill ; a murderer. 

 Rawa, to possess, obtain. 

 Rawarawa, easy. 

 Rawataka (Mb.), to succeed in doing any 



thing. 

 Re or ri, a particle suffixed to words, a 



sort of enclitic. 

 Reki, rereki, joy ; to rejoice. 

 Remoremo, to blink. 



