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we respect thee. Atai, kncra 'kan 

 aki iakaigami erfim, children, wh 

 don't you love one another? 

 lakaman, already, long ago. (See kaman. 

 lakdraka (or karaka), few. la-karaka t 



in i<imat, there are few cocoa-nuts. 

 *Ian, under, beneath (for id ni). 

 Idnuai, fat, corpulent, full, satisfied will 

 eating. lanuai teua, he is fat. la 

 tia iamiai, I am satisfied. 

 layai, full, satisfied ; tired. la tia iagai 

 I am full, satiated. layai ina naaria 

 I am tired of looking. (See kayai.) 

 Ibir, a sort of gooseberry. 

 Iboya or tiboija, priest. 

 *Ibu, cup made of a cocoa-nut shell. 

 Iduai, not, not yet. E ro ndnam o iduai, 

 is your mind at peace or not ? Iduai 

 n'tawa te tai, the crop is not yet ripe. 

 Itkam, a tia, are you done ? Ti 

 iduai, we are not. 

 *Ie, sail. 

 *Ieta, above. Anoko ietu, go above me. 



Taratara ietam, look above you. 

 letut, high. letdt e te ap, high is the land. 

 Igagi, proud. Ko igdgi, thou art proud. 

 Igina, to understand. Tiaki iginago, ] 

 don't understand you. Ko igin au 

 taitai, do you understand my speech ? 

 lia \tiia~], a vein. 

 lia, gray hair. lia n'atu, my hair is gray. 

 Ika, fish. 

 Ikai, here, hither. la bo ikai, we will 



meet here. Mai ikai, come hither. 

 *Ikainapa, lately, just now (i. e. ikai 



n'apa, here, on this spot.) 

 *Iknke [igiga], heart; also breath; to 



breathe. 



Ikeike [igik], mallet. 



Ikibekabi, to fly. la tetai ikibekabi te 

 man, can the bird fly? (See kipea- 

 kipea.) 



Iki-bubu, a coward. 

 *Iko, here. 



*Iku, girdle of shark's skin. 

 llawa (G.), how many? how much? (See 

 era, eraua, &c.) 



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*Ima, five. 



Imbo, sharp-pointed club, javelin. 



In, coral. E tiki waiw in t'iu, my foot is 



pierced with a bit of coral. 

 In, of, in, at, for, die., probably a corrup- 



tion of ni. 



*Ina, that, in order that, to; will, shall. 

 Ukam kamdyiai ina kamdteai, ye 

 are deceiving me in order to kill me. 

 Ina nima? shall I drink? Ina nao- 

 ria, I will see it (properly na, which 

 see). 



*Inai, mat of cocoa-nut leaves. 

 InaboTg, to-night. 



Indnan, within, in the inside of. Tia etiia 

 rin inanan rabdtam, I will break 

 (all) the bones in your body. lai te 

 omat inanan apar, there are men in 

 the inside of (or beneath) our country 

 (said of the antipodes). (See nana.) 

 Inaguinagu, skilful, versed in. Inagui- 



nagu in te buok, skilled in war. 

 Iniagai, when? Ko na katia batam 

 iniayai ? when shall you build your 

 house ? 

 Ininan, low. Te ni ari ininan, that low 



tree. 



Inuai, a wart. 

 *Iygdmi, ye. 



lygebo [ygeboy, iygiaboy, G.], last night. 

 Ko matu la iygebo, where did you 

 sleep last night ? 

 lygoa, (G.), formerly, long ago. 

 kam, I do not know ; (only used in an- 

 swer to a question.) 

 lykdn [ykan, eykdn\, there. Antai iykdn ? 

 who is there ? Tdiyai iykdn, wait for 

 me there. 



Id, above, up, over, upon. Mai-id, to wind- 

 ward, or south-southwest. Ikibekabi 

 te man ion te bat, the bird flew over 

 the house. Ion te kie, upon the mat. 

 A noko ion, go to windward. 

 r ra, to steal ; thief. E diriyia in ira, I 

 beat him for stealing. E ira teua, he 

 is a thief. Ireak au dyara, my axe is 

 stolen. 



