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* Tdai [taaik, K.], the sun [qu. tc ai ?]. 



maroro tuui, the sun is strong 

 (hot). E baka taaik, the sun is set- 

 ting. Eratta twiik i karawa, how 

 many suns in the sky ? 

 Taai, a cup. 



* Taari, salt water ; the sea. Tuari ai, 



te ran ai, this is salt water, this is 

 fresh. Wuwa taar, to boil salt water. 



Tabu, the unripe fruit of the pandanus. 



Tabigi, to take up. 



Tabaki, the hawks-bill tortoise. 



*Tab6nu, the scull. 



Tabu, a club. 



Tabu, a spear. 



Tabucriki, the principal deity of some of 

 the Kingsmill Islands. 



Tahiti, to refrain, keep from ; to spare, 

 save up. Tiaki tabuiia baiu a kaim, 

 I will not keep my hand from thee. 

 Ko tabuiia, are you sparing (saving) it. 



Tabuna, to pray for, to intercede. Ko 

 tabunai, ko kamaiwai, you prayed 

 for me, you saved my life. 



Tabunadk, praying, intercession, witch- 

 craft. 



Tabunak (G.), round. 



Tabutabu. Tabutabu jninam, you stut- 

 ter. 



* Tai, to know. Ko taia, do you know it ? 

 Tai, crop of pandanus fruit. 



Tai (G.), stop, cease, do not. Tai te 

 taitai, stop the talking. Tai mat an 

 akaditf, don't break his knife. (See 

 antai.) 



Taimaru (G.), mid-day, noon. 



Tairik, evening. 



* Taitai [fete], talk, conversation, speech, 



command. Tane witi te taitai, a 

 man who carries speech, an ambassa- 

 dor. Tia kaw 1 aki taitak am taitai 

 i Kuria i eran Oneak, we are sorry 

 that thy commands are not done in 

 Kuria as in Oneak. Taitai ni kawai, 

 conversation, talking by the way. 

 Taitai, to cut. Taitai te kani, he is cut- 

 ting the tree. 



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Taitai, by-and-bye, presently. 



* Taitai [taitoa, G.], to tattoo. Antai ia 



taitaigo, who tattooed thee? Tane 

 taitai or teiti taitai, a tattooer. Te 

 bai ni taitai, implements for tattooing. 



Taitara (G.), current of the ocean. 



Tuk, talk, speech, saying. la tian tuay 

 am tak, I have told him your talk 

 (what you said). Ko aki rap in am 

 tak, you are not upright in your 

 speech. 



Tukara (G.), old, worn out. 



To knl aka (G.), song, to sing. 



Takatau (G.), beads. 



T<iki (G.), wood. 



Takibaba (G.), bamboo. (See kaibaba.) 



* Tama, father. 



Tamano (G.), council-house. 



* Tamarua, handsome. 

 Tamotam, to climb. 



Tdmune [tamrir, K.], shadow, shade, 

 spirit. 



Tdnai, an axe. 



Tane, tan, to love, like. Tia iakaigo o 

 tia tanego, I respect thee and love 

 thee. E yd ko tan, which dost thou 

 like? 



Tane, a man engaged in any business. 

 Tane witi te taitai, a man who car- 

 ries speech, an ambassador. Tane 

 kati te bat, a man that builds houses, 

 an architect. Tane buok, people that 

 fight. (Same as teiti.) 



Tane-kaiwa, a conjuror. 



* Tano, tan, earth, soil, ground. Ion tan, 



on the ground. 

 Tantan, the sea-urchin, Echinus. 



* Taya, a beam in a house. 



* Taya, a cuirass, coat of armor. 

 Tdyana (G.), same as manam. 



Tayata (G.), to want, wish, desire; to 

 love, like. 



* Thydrtn, ten. 



* Tayi, tayitayi, ndayindayi, to weep, cry ; 



lamentation, weeping. 

 Tayi (M.), to love. 

 Tdyiri, to weep for, to be sorry for, to pity. 



