VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



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Siyi, the sun, day ; -na, to bask in the 

 sun, to sun one's self. 



Siyasiya, clear, open country. 



Siyasiydit, white. 



Siri, wrong ; an error. 



Sirovi, that which is eaten after drinking. 



Sisi, the two holes in the cocoa-nut. 



Sisia, to play, sport. 



Sisiva -tak., to revenge, to vie with. 



Siti, a plant. 



Siu -ra, to extinguish. 



Siri, to make a point. 



Sivo, to debase. 



Siwa, a fish-hook ; -tak., to catch fish with 

 a hook. 



So, soa, an assembly. 



Soa-lcvu or solevu, a festive party, a great 

 assemblage, usually for feasting. 



Soata (R.), a grindstone; pumice-stone. 



Soo, the buttocks, the hips. 



Soki, a pointed stake set in the ground to 

 entrap an enemy. 



Sokia, to pluck fruit. 



Soko, to sail ; a voyage. 



Sola, a stranger. 



Sole, a bonnet, head-dress. 



Sole -no, and -yak., to wrap up a corpse. 



Solea, a bundle. 



Solesole, to wrestle. 



Soli -a, to give, bestow. 



Solo, to rub, wipe. 



Soloya, a. spouse. 



Solove, a taro-bed. 



Sombe -ta, to cleave to. 



So-mbenambena, a wedding-party. 



Sombosombo, exclamation of surprise. 



Sombu, down ; -ta, to fall down. 



Sombusombu, steep. 



Somi -fa, to drink. 



Somia, to retaliate. 



Somini, to snuff. 



Somini, absorbed, disappeared. 



Somu, clay and sand mixed for pottery. 



Sana, wonder. 



Sondreya, to gnash or grate the teeth. 



Soygi, to crouch down, to hide. 



Sor/go, soygovata, to assemble. 



Soygosoygo, rubbish. 



Soyo, to shut. 



Sore, seed ; a kind of beads made of the 

 seed of a plant. 



Soreti, the fence of a house. 



Soro -va, to worship, pray. 



Soro -vak., to pray for. 



Sosd, impatient. 



Sosd, an assembly ; -va, to assemble. 



Sosoona, in the room or stead of. 



Sosori, a very young cocoa-nut. 



Soti (R.), much, exceedingly. 



Sou, steam. 



Sousou, scorched. 



Sova, a basket. 



Sova -va, to pour. 



Sovasova-ni-mbeni, a dunghill. 



Save -tak., to knock off the head with a 

 club. 



Sovusovu, a club. 



Su (M.), soup, water in which food has 

 been boiled. 



Sua, one of the sticks (?) by which a canoe 

 is propelled. 



Sua -ka, to husk a cocoa-nut. 



Suaki, to hoe. 



Sitayga, a plantain. 



Suasua, wet. 



Suasuawale, or suesuele, malicious. 



Suavale -tak., to deceive. 



SuSu or susu, the heart. 



Sue (O.), the stone in a fire-place on which 



the pot is placed. 

 Sui, a bone, a needle of bone. 

 Sidsuia, rough, sharp. 

 Suka, to dismiss. 

 Suka-kimuri, to go backward. 

 Suki -ta, to paint or daub the body, to 



anoint. 

 Suit, taro. 



Sulisuli, young banana-tree. 

 Sulu, a garment. 

 Sulu -ta, to take out of a box. 

 Sumbu, pelvis of a female. 

 Sumina, to sheathe, put in a hole. 

 Sunisuni, gravy. 

 Suygu -ta, to snatch. 



