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here. Ananau te bud/., the war is 

 long. 



*Ane [dnene or dnini], song, to sing. 



*Anea, mast of vessel. 



Aneran (G.), taro-pit (see rua). 



Ano, inside (see nanau). 



Antai, do not, forbear, desist. Antai 

 i/iri>jir, don't beat us. Antai katayai, 

 don't make me cry. Antai katna- 

 rakego, don't hurt yourself (see tai, 

 tailai), 



* Antai [anda, G.], who? Antai man 

 apami? who is the chief of your 

 land? Antiiiiadiriykami? who beats 

 you? Ko iri ma 'ntai? you came 

 with whom ? Antai ia kamdrakego? 

 who hurt you ? 



*Anti [ant, K., zentz, for te anti, G.], 

 spirit, god. E gaya Tabuerik in entl 

 how is Tabuerik among spirits or 

 divinities? 



Antia [entia], ink for tattooing. 



Antina, K., anto or anti, G., whose ? 

 Antina tapa ai? whose knife is this? 

 Anto wan ai? whose canoe is this? 



Ay, wind. E baibete te ay, there is much 

 wind. 



Aya, shoulder. Ri-n'aya, bone of the 

 shoulder, scapula. 



Ayara, axe. 



.Aon /see! behold! (see naori). 



*Ajxi [ap, K., aba, G.], land, country, 

 earth. Antai mon apami? who is 

 the chief of your land ? Ion te ap 

 [ion t$ap], on the earth. letut e te 

 ap, the land is high. 



Apani [ibani, G.], finished, complete ; all, 

 every thing, entirely. Apani in 

 kanak, all eaten (see pani, kapani). 



*Apapaki, great (see babaki). 



*Apei, basket. 



*Apiyi, box made of matting. 



Apon (G.), it is, it was. Apon warn, it is 

 your canoe. Apon tarina, it was his 

 brother. 



*Apo, fish-line. 



Ara, our. Ara mat, our fire-place. 



Ara, very. Ara bubura, ara bdbak, very 



large, very great. 

 Ara, current in the sea. lai te ara? is 



there a current ? 

 *Ara, name. Antai arum? what is thy 



name? 



Aramd, foreign rope. 

 Arard, thread. 

 Ari, there, yonder; that. Te ni ari 



ininan, that low tree. Anoko ari, go 



yonder. 

 Ari, the day after. Niydbu o ari o ari, 



to-morrow and the day after and the 



day after. 

 *Ari, eyebrow. 

 Aria (G.), calm. 

 *Atai [idai], child. 

 Atai [edai], right, dexter. 

 Atai, who (see antai). 

 At, liver, la kamdg a kain e bo mo atan, 



his wound is great, reaching to his 



liver. 



*Ata, a stay to a mast, a rope. 

 Ati, child ; atina, his child ; atira, our 



child (see atai). 

 Ati, fire-place ; stone used in making a 



fire-place. 

 Ati, thatch. Atin uman, thatch of thy 



house. 



*Atipu [atib, K., fdtgip, G.], a stone. 

 Atia, hold it (see witi). 

 *Atu [idu\, head. Taubukan te atu, top 



of the head. 

 *Atunipai, wrist. 

 Au, my. Au kara, my relation. 

 *Aua, four. 

 Audta (G.), many. 

 Auboya, tridacna (shell-fish). 

 Auderia (G.), evil spirit, devil. 

 Aura, auraaura, shining, glowing, blazing ; 



red hot. 

 Auti [aulg], a louse; the porcupine fish. 



Paran fauti, cap made of the skin of 



the porcupine fish. 

 Auti, the Pleiades ; also winter (reckoned 



from the appearance of this constel- 

 lation). 



