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Kara [karona], to quiet, appease ; to fix, 

 arrange, settle ; to make. Karogo, 

 keep yourself quiet. KaroiaTabuerik, 

 to appease Tabuerik. Ko karo a na- 

 iiiim, have you settled your mind, or 

 purpose ? Karo a te ati teuana, make 

 another fire-place. Tia karaia, I will 

 arrange it. 



*Karori> [at Makin], black beads. 



Karu, rain. E beti te karu, there is much 

 rain. 



Karuak, to cause to descend. Karuak e 

 teua, send him down. 



Kariin, fishing-net. 



Karudruo, " toddy," the fermented sap of 

 the cocoa-nut tree. 



Kataitai, to inquire, ask (lit. to cause to 

 tell). 



*Kdtama, cat. 



Katayi, to cause to cry. Antai katayai, 

 don't make me cry. 



Kali, to build, to erect, set up; to hoist 

 sail ; to put, place. la tia te bat ko 

 katiia, is the house finished that you 

 were building ? Tia kati te bani in 

 te bat ari, I will put cocoa-nut trees 

 in that house. 



*Katia, to squeeze out with force; to 

 shoot ; a gun, pistol. Ko katia te 

 tar/a, you shoot the cuirass. 



Katikitik, rough, prickly. 



*Katire, to show, let see. Katire witiam, 

 let me see what you have brought. 



Katoka [katok, kadug] to cause to stay, to 

 stop, to leave behind; to store up; 

 to place, to put ; to cure. Tia koto- 

 km, I will stop it. Anokon i katokai, 

 gone and left me behind. Te bat in 

 katoka te amarak, the house for storing 

 the food. Tia katokago i fabunaya, 

 I will take you on my shoulder. Tane 

 katoka te orak, a man who cures 

 (stops) sickness. 



Katoka, a landholder; one who has ob- 

 tained land by conquest. 



*Katoro, to set or lay down any thing, 

 hence, to trade, exchange. Kotor' 



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iykdn, set it down there. Katoro te 



amarak, to barter food. 

 Katuka (G.), trowsers of matting worn as 



a defence, in fighting. 

 *Kau, to wipe. Kau a matamu, wipe 



your eyes. 

 Kaug, crab. 



*Kaue, necklace of flowers. 

 Kaun, to cause to quarrel, to vex. Ko 



kaunai, you vexed me. (See tin.) 

 Kauoua, second. (From ua, two.) 

 Kaura, to cut in two. Tia kaurago, I will 



cut you in two. 

 Kauraura, a light. 

 Kauti, to awaken. Kuera ko kautiai, 



why did you wake me ? 

 Kawa [kdv, kao, /.av] pity, sorrow; to 



regret. lakin kawa (G.), no pity. 



Tia kawa aki roko teua, I am sorry 



he does not come. Kaw gaya, to 



have cause for sorrow, to regret. (See 



gar/a.) 

 *Kawa, town. Apani te omat in te kawa, 



are all the people in the town ? 

 Kawa \kaw, kao'], slave. 

 Kawa, to fish. Tia noko ina kawa, 1 am 



going a fishing. 

 *Kawai, path, road. Taitai-ni-kawai, 



talking by the way, conversation. 

 Kawakawa, to creep. 

 Kemair, dirty. (See maiy.) 

 Kent (G.), to sleep. 

 Kii, come. Kii mai, come here. 

 Kiap (K.), ship. 



*Kie, mat. Kien wiu, sleeping-mat. 

 Kieran te wa, poles which unite the out- 

 rigger to the canoe. 

 Kika, kiko, cuttle-fish. 

 Kimoa, rat ; a thief. 

 *Kino, ant, emmet. 



Kina, to dig. Kino, te rua, dig a taro pit. 

 *Kipeakipea, to paddle; a paddle. (See 



ikibekabi.) 

 *Kipena, net, seine. 

 *Kiri, dog. 



*Kiro, annoying, hurtful, bad. 

 Kiwi, porpoise. 



