VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



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those who have been touching dead 

 bodies wash themselves. 



Warumisa, warm with the sun. 



Wase, to divide ; a division, portion. 



Wasu -tu, to pinch. 



Wati, a husband or wife, spouse. 



Wati -rak., to snatch, seize. 



Wau, a club. 



Wa ua, do not ! desist ! (See aua, kakua.) 



Wavata, bound together. 



Wave, belly (cerem.) 



Wavini, encircling. 



Wavufake, standing still, erect. 



Wawa, to fasten. 



Wawa, entrails. 



Wdwd, to wait. 



Weimami, weirau, weitou, our (see Gram- 

 mar). 



Weko (O.), brother. 



Weli, to drivel. 



Were -fa, to till the ground. 



Werewere, a plantation, garden ; a house. 



Weta, icetaru, wetatou, our (see Grammar). 



Wete -a, to injure, destroy. 



Wi, name of a tree and the fruit which it 

 bears (probably the Spondias dulcis). 



Wili -fa, to gather. 



Wiri, to sit, dwell (cerem.) 



Wiri, majesty. 



Wiriwiri, seat of a chief, throne. 



Wo ! exc. of astonishment. 



YaSa, a name. 



Yao, to happen, to become ; to extend. 



Yakavi, evening. 



Yala -na, to terminate, to bound. 



Yalarua, to divide. 



Yalayala, boundary. 



Yali, to go astray, to stir about. 



Yalo -va, to nod, to beckon. 



Yalo, spirit, soul, mind. 



YaloSd, bad temper, bad disposition. 



See under A for a note respecting the words 

 which begin with this letter. 



Yaiololoma, kind-hearted, affectionate. 



Yalavayone, childish. 



Yaloyalorua, careless, indifferent, of two 



minds. 



Yamba, a mat. 

 Yambake, a year. 

 Yambi, nakedness ; naked. 

 Yame, the tongue. 

 Yame-ni-mbuka, a flame of fire. 

 Yamesamila, the palate. 

 YameyamiSa, sweet, delicious. 

 Yamo -Sa, to feel. 



Yana -ka, to spread ; -vak., to level. 

 Yandi, queen. 



Yandra, awake ; to watch, be vigilant. 

 Yandre, forehead. 

 Yandua (S.), every body. 

 Yanea, durable. 

 Yam, away, off, yonder. 

 Yani, to flatter ; flattery (see wani). 

 Yanuyanu, an island. 

 Ya-ga, use ; useful ; to do, to act. 

 Yayamalugu, humble, unassuming. 

 Yayandondonu, upright, just. 

 Yayatiri, sinful, wickedness. 

 Yayavinaka, meekness, goodness. 

 Yayga, to creep. 

 Yago, the body. 

 Yayofd, rough ; sick. 

 Yaynrinaka, smooth, handsome, in good 



condition. 



Yara, to drag ; to hoist a sail. 

 Yaraiji, arms and ammunition. 

 Yare, to decline, as the sun. 

 Yareya, to adopt. 

 Yaremana, to yawn. 

 Yasa, the sides of a house. 

 Yasa -va, to seek ; a search. 

 Yase, sandalwood. 



Yatayata, the sky about the setting sun. 

 Yate, the liver. 



You ! a contemptuous address, fellow ! 

 You, household furniture, property, riches. 

 Yauta, moist. 

 Yauyau, shade ; dew. 

 Yava, foot, leg. 

 Yava, barrenness of a woman. 



