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PHILOLOGY. 



erigin te bat, let us sit down by the 



house. 



Etam [or atarri], gravel. 

 Eti, to break. Antai etiia, don't break it. 



Etiak te rud, the spider-shell (strom- 



bus) is broken. 



G 



[This letter is merely a softer pronun- 

 ciation of the k, which probably might in 

 all cases be substituted for it with pro- 

 priety.] 



Goya, how ? E gaya Tabuerik in anti ? 



How is Tabuerik among spirits? Tia 



kdw 1 gaya (an idiom), I am sorry 



for it. 

 Gayga, like. Gayga te poeo, like the poeo- 



shell. 



G&Jcak, spathe or sprout of the cocoa- 

 nut. 

 Gin or kin, at, to. Ko yori gin-nai, 



thou art laughing at me (see morua- 



gin). 

 Ginig [kihiki], to pinch. Antai ginigai, 



don't pinch me. 

 Girigir [kirikiri], gravel. 

 Gon, to squeeze, compress. Ko gonai, 



you crowd me. Tia gon e nukum, I 



squeezed your waist. 

 Gonubuiki te wa, haul up the canoe on the 



beach. 



Gugu, get on my back (see kagugu). 

 Gugura, to look for. E gugurago, looking 



for thee. 

 Guin (qu. kuni?), skin, bark. Guinu, 



my skin. E katikitik e guin ir te 



bai, the bark of the tree is rough. 

 Guni-maid, guni-keaki, a disease of the 



skin, herpes. 

 Guri, to snatch, seize suddenly. Antai 



guria, don't snatch it. 

 Guri, almost. la guri mat iu orak, I 



almost died of sickness. 



*/, in, at, to. / Peru, at Peru. Ko ta- 

 motam i fabun te ni, climb to the top 

 of the tree. J-6, above ; i-a, below ; 

 i-kai, here, &c. 



la, verbal prefix, used instead of, or with, 

 the pronouns of the first and third 

 persons. la mariri, I am cold. la 

 roko -gai, I am come. la tia teua, he 

 is done. la kamdg e bokin, fearful is 

 its greatness. 



la, where? Ko mdrak la, where were 

 you hurt ? Ko noko mai la, whence 

 come you ? (See ea.) 



la, a kind of dance. 



Id, below, under, to leeward, westward. A 

 noko id, go below. Tia paraunok 

 id, we will sail to the westward. Id 

 ni karawa, under the sky. 



la, verbal affix for the third personal pro- 

 noun. Poia, strike him. Tia diriyia, 

 I beat them. Tdpia, cut it. 



la, affixed possessive pronoun, of the third 

 person plural. Batdia, their house, 

 or their houses. Antina tapdia idia, 

 whose knives are these ? 



la, particle used after antai, who ? to dis- 

 tinguish it from antai, do not. Antai 

 ia kamdrakego, who hurt you ? Antai 

 kamdrakego, don't hurt yourself. 



labut, high water. Iduai n'labut, it is 

 not yet high water (see bfibuti). 



lai [ze], there is, there are ; is there, are 

 there? lai te (mat inauan apar, 

 there are men within our land. Kanai 

 iai wau, if I had a canoe. lai am 

 tap, here is thy knife. Iai te ika 

 rum ? have you any fish ? 



*Idia [iea, idia'], these here (plural of ai). 

 Anta batdia iaia, whose are these 

 houses ? 



lai-nuk, weather-side of island ; eastward. 



lak, not. E rudk e teua, idk, has he 

 come down or not ? (see akea, tiaki, 

 &c.) 



Idkai, to respect, to love. Tia iakaigo, 



