TARAWA. 



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*0, a fence, enclosure. Pou a te 6, post 

 of the fence. 



0, to paddle. mai, paddle this way. 



*Odnu, eight. Oani/nti, eighty. 



Og, oug, or ugi, to return. Tia og, I 

 will return. Ko ugi ko ok, will you 

 return or not? 



Ogua, tired. 



*()kna, whale. 



::tu, [///(//], a gentleman, a person 

 of rank ; a man, a human being, a 

 person. Kuera poko te damata, why- 

 did the chief strike you? Tiak te 

 omaf e niin, bun te anti, she is not 

 a human being, but a spirit. 



Oinri (G.), to cook. 



On, full. On e baiu, my hand is full. (See 



but.) 



*0n, tortoise; tortoise-shell. 



On (G.), dew. (See mean.) 



*Ono, six. 



Onion (G.), all. 



Ora, shallow ; ebb-tide, low water. E ora 



te rawn, the channel is shallow. Id/tai 



n'or, it is not yet low tide. 

 Orara (G.), wearied, tired. 

 *Orak, to be sick ; sick ; illness, disease. 



Ko tian irrak, have you been sick? 



Tail/a te or ok e maintr, keep sickness 



from us. 



*Ori, see ! (See aari, naori.) 

 Orara, raw. 



Oruak (G.), to destroy ; destroyed, lost. 

 Ot, thither, to thee. Nar/inoko 6t, I am 



coming to thee. Tia noko ot, shall I 



come where you are ? 



No distinction is made between b and p, 

 and the following words might have been 

 inserted under the former letter. We have 

 preferred, however, to retain them as they 

 were originally written. 



Paikara, what is it ? 



Pani, finished, complete. E pani au mo- 



!mr, my work is done. (See apani, 



kapani.) 



' I'ninipanu [or panipani], breast, bosom. 

 *Payi, chin. 

 Papa, a small board ; a float-board. E 



rereki te pap', the board is narrow. 

 Papa, cheek. 

 "Papa, the belly. 

 *Papaya, cannot, know not how. Tia 



papaya uaua, I cannot swim. (See 



baya.) 



Papu (G.), a preparation of taro and cocoa- 

 nut. 



*Para, cap, helmet ; shell (of lobster). 

 Pardu [prau], to sail, to voyage. Tia 



parau mai maid, we have come from 



the leeward. 

 Paraunok, to sail away. Tia, kana pa- 



raunok i maio, we are going to sail to 



windward. 



*Paro, poro, a box, chest. 

 Pe or pei (M), to tie (qu. firm, fast. See 



kapi). 



Pik, excrement ; to void excrement. 

 *Piroto, stomach, belly. 

 Po, to strike, beat, pound. Antai pair, 



don't strike us. Poia te karapepa, 



pound the karapepa. la tian poafc, 



it is pounded. 

 Poetua, steering-oar, rudder, paddle. (See 



hue.) 



*Poipoi, a paddle. 

 *Poi, to give. 

 *P, conch-shell. 

 Pun, to blow with the mouth. 

 Puna, voice. Punam, thy voice. 

 Pura, loft or garret of a house. (See ka- 



purak.) 



*Purai, hair on the breast. (See bure.) 

 Puriti, to pull. Puriti te maia, pull the 



rope. Antai puritia i, don't pull me. 



R 



This letter was occasionally confounded 

 with n and d. 



