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PHILOLOGY. 



Ira (G.), girdle worn by men. 



* Ira, hair. Iran atu, hair of the head. 



Iramo or irimo, first, foremost, before ; to 

 come first, to precede. Antai ueami 

 iramo, who was your first king? 

 A nok iramou, go before me. Tia 

 iramo -gai, I am the first comer. (See 

 mo.) 



Iramui \idamui, K., inawiu, G.], behind, 

 after, last. Anok iramuiu, come 

 after me. Ko iramui, you are the 

 last. (See mui.) 



Iri, to go with, to accompany. E na irigo 

 teua, he will go with thee. Ko irai, 

 ko tok 1 Will you go with me or stay 1 

 Ko iri ma 'ntai, with whom did you 

 come? 



Iria, iriak [eriak, irik], to turn round, to 

 whirl ; to go about, to tack ship. Iria 

 te a-g, the wind whirls round. Irik 

 atun, his head turned round. Tia 

 iriak ma te wa, we will put the canoe 

 about. 



Iribdi, iribak, \idibdi, idibdk], to dislike, 

 be displeased with. Iribaigo, I don't 

 like thee. Iribdia te omat, the men 

 do not like him. Ko iribak, are you 

 displeased ? 



Iribdnu, to manure. 



Irigo [tirigo}, flesh, meat. E kaykan e 

 tirigo, was the meat good ? 



Irikak. E tok in irikak, (the tide) has 

 ceased flowing and is going out. 



Irirep, foot-ball (the game). Tia roko 

 main tirirep, we come from playing 

 foot-ball. 



Iru (G.), yellow, light-colored. 



Irua, foreigner. Irua wdkaki, they are 



foreigners. 



It, itit [tit, titf], lightning. E mate te ni 

 ma fit, the tree is killed by lightning. 

 Iti, straight. 

 *Iti, seven. 



Itibdki (G.), hawk's-bill tortoise. 

 Itu, the resin which drifts ashore on these 

 islands ; also, any thing fragrant, like 

 resin. 



Itu or idu, needle. E kakaya t'abun au 

 itu, the point of my needle is sharp. 



K 



Ka, prefixed to a word, has in most cases 

 a causal signification ; in some in- 

 stances its meaning is doubtful. 



Kdan, village, ward ; section of a kawa or 

 town. 



Kabdbake, to enlarge. 



Kabdka, to let fall, drop, throw down. 

 Tia kabaka ar Stin-ro ikai, we will 

 drop our anchor here. Kabakdk, 

 thrown down. 



Kabafa (G.), to drop, let fall. Kabdya'ia 

 in te manop, drop it in the well. (Qu. 

 a mistake for kabaka ?). 



Kabauti, to gulp down. Ko aki kdntia te 

 amarak, ko kabautia, you do not 

 chew the food, you gulp it down. 



Kabikouea, beach, strand. (See bika.) 



Kabira, to oil, anoint. 



Kabobai, to trade, barter. 



*Kaboa, to come together, unite, meet. Tia 

 kaboa, a common form of salutation. 



Kaboulina (?), quoits. 



Kabud, to close, shut ; requite, take ven- 

 geance. Kabud makaim, shut your 

 jaws. Tia kabud ma teua, I will 

 take vengeance on him. 



Kabud, a boil, sore. 



Kdbub, dull, blunt. E kabub am tap, 

 your knife is blunt. 



Kabue, to make warm, to heat; heating, 

 hot. Mai ikai kabuego erigin te ai, 

 come here and warm yourself by the 

 fire. E kabue laaik, the sun is hot. 



Kabuibui, preserved taro (K.) ; a kind of 

 food prepared from the pandanus 

 nut (G.) 



Kabuk [kabuok, kabug~\, to burn. 'Mai 

 ikai kabukego in te ai, come and burn 

 yourself in the fire. Antai tautau 

 kabuk te bat ari, don't prevent that 

 house from being burnt. 



