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PHILOLOGY. 



Rob, a basket. 



*Rabdta, body. 



Rabona, eel. 



Rai, plank. E rapape te rai, the plank is 



broad. 



Rai, a mat used in cooking. 

 *Rama, outrigger to a canoe. 

 Rama, to paddle. 

 Rama (G.), forehead. 

 *Ran, water. Ran-ni-mata, tears. 

 *Ray, cloud (see nayi). 

 Ray, slave ; the slave caste. Tera ko 



taitai-ni-kau-ai? bun te ray upgoe, 



why do you talk 1 you are but a slave. 

 Rap or rapa, good, right. Te ruoia rap, 



a good dance. Ko rap, you are good. 



E rap 1 e teua rf karo e te wa, he is 



good at making a canoe. Ko aki rap 



in am tak, you are not upright in 



your speech. 

 *Rapape, broad, wide. 

 Rara, blood. E baibete te rara rum, 



there is much blood about thee. 

 Raraunok, to swoon ; a fainting-fit. 

 *Raro, far. 



Raru, desert ; land without trees. 

 *Rau, thatch. 



Rau, flask made of a cocoa-nut shell. 

 *Rduiriii [raoioi, raoiri], good. 

 Raiva, channel, passage, entrance to a 



lagoon. 



*Rebu or repu, thousand. 

 Rerek, narrow, thin. 

 Retdt (G.), high. (See ietdt.) 

 Rewa, to split. la tian rewdia, I have 



split it. Reu-dk (passive), split. 

 Revata (G.), heavy. 

 Ri, to mix. Riak, mixed. 

 Ri, or riri, to teach. Mai ikai ko na 



ririai ina ruoia, come and teach me 



to dance. 

 *Ri, bone. Ri n'aya, shoulder-blade, sea- 



pula. Ri ni pdreke, clavicle. 

 *Ria, lip. 



*Ria or rea, a scoop-net. 

 Rik, taken captive. E rik in te buok, 



taken captive in the war. 



Rin, to go, to enter. Antai rin in te bat 

 ari, do not go into that house. 



Rin (G.), to touch. 



*Riri, cincture worn by the women. 



Riripa, hot ; heat, rays of the sun. 



Rd, famine. E mate ndkaki in te ro, 

 they died in the famine. 



Rd, peace, quietness ; fair weather. Tau 

 e fe ro, keep the peace. Teiti ro, a 

 man of peace. Bain-ganai roko te 

 ro, if the fine weather comes. 



*Roko, to come ; to become. Tia roko 

 mai te maniapa, I come from the 

 council-house. Tia kaw 1 ina kan- 

 droko (for kana-roko), I am sorry that 

 he is coming. Buijagam ko na rok 1 

 ar uea, we pray thee to become our 

 chief. 



Roko, sprout, shoot, sapling. 



Roko-bain (or ruku-baini), to press noses 

 by way of salutation. 



Rii, from, by, about, with, among, belong- 

 ing to. Ko andia e ru, you received 

 it from me. E mate run antai, slain 

 by whom? Tia iayai erum, I am 

 done with thee. E rumi, among 

 yourselves. lai te mauyga e teuana 

 erum, is there another cup belonging 

 to thee ? 



Rua, a taro-bed. A pit or trench in which 

 the arum is planted. 



*Rua, nine. 



Rudk, to come down. Tiaki e rudk, 

 I will not come down. (See karuak.) 



Rttd, the spider-shell (Strombus). 



Rui-mata (or perhaps rua-mala, two-eyes), 

 the constellation Antares ; hence sum- 

 mer, which is reckoned from its rising. 



* Ruoia, to dance ; a dance. 



It has been sometimes impossible to de- 

 cide whether this letter, when initial, pro- 

 perly belongs to the word, or is the prefixed 

 article te. 



