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PHILOLOGY. 



bu nimdk, there is none, it is all 



drunk up. 

 *Nima, five. 

 *Nimabui, fifty. 



Nimatani, a kind of shell-fish ; the peri- 

 winkle. 



Nimtea, to stick, to adhere. 

 Nimti, to lick with the tongue. 

 Ninepo, a paste made of the arum. 

 Nini (G.), cocoa-nut. 

 Nini, a lagoon in the centre of an island. 



(See nl.) 

 Nini, fat, luscious (used only of fish). E 



nini te ika, the fish is fat and good. 

 Niyabu [niyiabo, K.], to-morrow. Tia 



rdko ma te iva niyidbo, I will come 



with the canoe to-morrow. Niydbu o 



ari o ari, to-morrow and the day after 



and the day after. 

 Niydn (G.), to-morrow. Niydn ari, the 



day after to-morrow. 



Niu (G.), cup made of a cocoa-nut shell. 

 Niyin, niyire, (see nlin, niire.) 

 No (G.), surf. Oruak te wa in te no, the 



canoe is lost in the surf. 

 Nok, breakers. 

 *Noko, to go, to proceed, to come. Bain- 



ganai roko te ro, tia noko ina kawa, 



if the fine weather comes, I will go 



a-fishing. Tia noko ot, shall I come 



(or go) to you ? 

 Nokonoko, to walk, to go. Kuera ko akia 



nokonoko eriir, why do you not walk 



like us? Antai a nokonoko, don't go 



away. 

 Noko (G.), to come. E noko mai e yai 



run tamau, I come from my father. 



(See roko.) 



Ndn, Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nona (K.), surf. (See no.) 

 Noria (K.), to see. (See naoria.) 

 Nordp (K.), to see any thing. Tiaki nordp, 



I don't see any thing. 

 *Ntapoa, ornament of shell suspended from 



the neck. 

 Nuk, middle ; waist. E rewdk te wa i 



nukan, the canoe is split through the 



middle. Tia kapeia i nugu, I tie it 



round my waist. 

 Nuo, wave, billow. 

 *Nuota, string braided of human hair. 



I? 



Both Kirby and Grey had much difficulty 

 in pronouncing this element ; the first fre- 

 quently substituted for it an n, and the 

 latter a k. 



*I3d, where ? which ? E yd wdmi, where 



are your canoes ? E yd ko tan, which 



do you like? 

 *J7d, a hundred. 

 Ha, a fathom. 

 Itaboyiboyi, to-morrow. 

 *Hai, I. Tlai ma teua, I and he. 

 *IQaiya [yain, -gai, K., kaina, G.], day. 



Eraboija te igaiiga, how many days? 



(Qu. iyaiya?) 



Nainap (K.), to-day, this day. 

 *Haira, we. 7?zV o ara bu, we and 



our wives. Tia korokoro yair e kaimi. 



we are stronger than you. 

 Ugebo, last night. (See iygebo.) 

 *I3goe, thou. (See uygoe.) 

 *Hkam, ye (nominative prefixed to verbs). 

 *I3kan, then. (See iykdn.) 

 *Hoi)o, to itch. 

 J7oj76, to speak. Tiaki yoyo, I will not 



speak. 

 *Hieta, spine, horn. IQietan te ika, the 



prickly spine of a fish. 

 IQori-gori [yariyari], to laugh. 

 Hori-gin, to laugh at. Ko yori-ginai, 



thou art laughing at me. 



O 



O, and, or. E po wain o bain, his legs 

 and arms are struck (with disease). E 

 ro nanam o iduai, is your mind at 

 rest or not ? 



