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PHILOLOGY. 



Kiwi, a herald, messenger, news-bringer. 



Ko uya ta kiwi, do you hear the 



messenger 1 

 Kiwitai, falsehood ; to lie. E kiwitai am 



tak a kaiu, what you tell me is false. 



Ko kiwitai, you lie. 

 *Ko or go, thou, thee. Kuera ko kamd- 



rakego, why didst thou hurt thyself? 

 Ko, a virgin. 

 Rook, thou wilt not. Ko ogi, kodk, wilt 



thou return, or not ? 

 Kogia, blow it (as through a pipe). 

 *Koiriki, to scrape. 

 Kog or kou, to cause to return, to send for, 



to invite again. Tia kogo, I expect 



thee back. Antai kdgia, don't send 



for him. (See og.) 

 Koko (G.), jealousy. 



Kom, a corrupt pronunciation of ykam, ye. 

 Kon (for ka-ori), to fill. Kim e te baiu, fill 



my hand. Kon e te mau-gg, fill the 



cup. 

 Konon, song, verse. la tian watut, konon 



in dnene, I have composed a song for 



singing. 



*Kora, cord, string. Kora ni pai, vein. 

 Koro, dart, javelin, spear. 

 Korokoro, strong. Antai ia korokoro e 



run wakaki, who is the strongest 



among them 1 

 Kowar [gowar], to go to, to come to. 



Kowar am kara, go to your relations. 



Mai tia kowar a batam a teuana, 



come let us go to your other house. 



Tia rokon kowarigo, I have come to 



you. Kuera ko akl koarai, why did 



you not come to me? 

 Kudnanoa, yesterday. E mate teua kua- 



nanoa, he died yesterday. 

 Kuera, why ? 



Kulia [guia], wood drifted to the islands. 

 *Kumete, wooden dish, trencher. 

 *Kuna or kona, to be able; to endure, 



bear. Ko kuna te uoua, can you 



swim 1 Tiakl kuna te uoua, or tiaki 



kuna uoua, I cannot swim. Tiaki 



kuna te amarak, I cannot bear food. 



Tiaki konan kana te amarak, I can- 

 not bear to eat the food. 



*Kuri, ten thousand. 



Kuril, to scratch. Antai kuritai, don't 

 scratch me. 



* Kuril, to cut. Antai kuru'ia, don't cut it. 



Kurubuai, to shave. (See buai.) 



Kuruibitu, to cut in pieces. Tia kurui- 

 betugo, I will cut you in pieces (qu. 

 from kuru, and bete, many ?). 



Kurukai, to cut wood, to hew. 



*Kurukuru [korokoro], a cut, a wound. 



This letter does not properly belong to 

 the language. In a very few words it was 

 used by the interpreters, probably for some 

 other letter, r, n, or t. 



Lauti, to pluck. Ake 1 lautia, has not 



plucked it. 

 IA, heard only in the single phrase, kana 



uti li auti, the Pleiades are going to 



rise, probably used for te. 

 Lina, fish-line. 



M 



*Ma, with, by, as. Ko iri ma 'ntai, with 

 whom earnest thou? Tia iri ma 

 teua, I came with him. Tia andnau 

 ma uygoe, I am as tall as thou. 

 E mate te ni ma tit, the tree is dead 

 by lightning. 



Md, a fish-weir. 



Md, front ; before. (See mo.) 



Maay \manayi, maayi, maiy], dirt, litter. 

 Madr/in Vai, dirt of the fire, ashes. 



Maay, left, sinister. Te bai maag, the 

 left hand, i. e. the dirty hand, that 

 which is not used in eating. 



Maa-g, bitter, sour. E maay te ran, the 

 water is bitter. Maayin te manam, 

 taro preserved in a sour state. 



