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Mona (G.), \vi>t. 



Moid (K.), the subterranean world (?). 



Mot (G.), to break ; broken. 



Mot, a centipede. 



Mi//, after. Aki roko m/iiit, none came 



after me. Anlai iiituni c inntu teua, 



who was your king after him? (See 



iram/ti, kn/ninni.) 

 *Mniniiii, Hiuimotii, cocoa-nut. 

 Mi,/!//,:/ /i / /mi, fathom, or, length from 



tip of finger to opposite shoulder. 

 Mumut, to vomit. 



M//II nnii-i (G.), to be slow, to delay. 

 Mutt, to finish. Ko mull te ttii rum, have 



you finished your gathering, or crop ? 

 k, determine, resolve. A mutigak 



takin teua, ina kamatea, they have 



determined to kill him. 



N 



The interpreters sometimes interchanged 

 this letter with r, as, fxiiri and Ixiiui, nose, 

 mariap and maniap, council-house. In 

 some instances this was probably agreeable 

 to the practice of the natives, as we find the 

 / and r of many Polynesian and Malay 

 words changed in Tarawan to n ; as, nay), 

 fly, for laijo, nako, to come, for luko, &c. 

 We heard, also, at Taputeouea, kanepu and 

 karep", umane and umare, &c. 



*Na, sign of the future and of the subjunc- 

 tive. Tia na vxia, I shall sew it. 

 Men ikai ko na ririai, come here that 

 you may teach me. 



Ndar, used only in the salutation, ko ndar? 

 which means, where are you going? 



Nagegi, to wink. 



Naip (G.), flask or bottle made of a cocoa- 

 nut. 



Nairanak, " no matter ;" " I don't care," &c. 



Naitcar, to stab. Antai naitcarai 'n te 

 tapa, don't stab me with the knife. 



Nakaki, they (fem. of wakaki). 



*Nako, to come. Nako rnai, come hither. 



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Ko nako mai ia, whence comest Ihou? 

 Nako supplies the place of roko, in the 

 imperative. 



{muni, iin>ii\, tlic inside, the interior; 

 the mind; within. E marak i nanu, 

 there is a pain in my inside. E ro 

 iinnani o iduai, is your mind at rest 

 or not ? I nanan a panupanu, within 

 my breast. 



*Nayo, a fly. 



*Nayi or rayi, cloud. 



*Nayinaiji, to go. 



*Nayinako or nayinoko, to go or come. 

 Nayinako 61 ina kabirago, I am com- 

 ing to oil you. Tui nayinako, I am 

 going (salutation at parting). 



*Nayo, stem of a leaf. 



*Naori, to see. Mai ko na naoria, come 

 that you may see it. Imperative, aori; 

 aori te tamune, see the shadow. No- 

 naoria, let me see. 



*Nati, son. Natiu, my son. Natin fitea, 

 son of the chief. 



*Newe, tongue. Newem, thy tongue. 



*Ni [', in], of, in, at, among, for, from, 

 with. Panipopoi, leaf of arum. Nayi 

 ni karawa, clouds of the sky. A'u- 

 buokego in te ai, burn yourself in the 

 fire. Ko babak in anti, thou art great 

 among spirits. TR bai ni kanak, 

 something to be eaten. Tautauai in 

 te ui-bitok, keep me from slander. 

 Atai n' umane, man-child (qu. child 

 among men ?) (See Grammar.) 



Ni, pond. Rub in te ni ni beniak, clay 

 from the mullet-pond. 



Ni, tree. 



At (for ni id), whence. Wa ni, a canoe 

 from whence? 



Nia, she (when the person spoken of is not 

 present). 



Niin or niyin, she (present). 



Niire or niyire, she, that lady (a respect- 

 ful form of expression). 



Ni-kadaradara, wooden beads. 



*Nima or yima, to drink. Ina nima, let 

 us drink, or, may I drink ? Akea 



