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Tia, done, finished. Ko tia, art thou done? 

 In tin tend, lie is done. 



Tia, with n or ni affixed, is used to express 

 past time, or the completion of an 

 action. Totonia, crush it ; ia tian 

 totonia, I have crushed it. Ko tian 

 totunia, hast thou crushed it ? 



Tianamak, to wash. 



T/fii/i/ii, lame. E tibitibi wain, my leg is 

 lame. 



*Tiboya, priest. 



7V/., a ijiilck, ilarting pain; to feel a pain. 

 Tia tik inanu, I have a pain in my 

 inside. 



Tikara (G.), what? 



Tiki, pierced, hurt. E tiki u-aiu in fin, 

 my foot is pierced with a bit of coral. 

 (Perhaps the same word with lik. See 

 katikitiki.) 



Timdt (G.), pumice. 



Tui, the fibrous envelope of the cocoa-nut 

 tree. 



* Tina, mother. 



Tina, a fleet of canoes. 



Tinaba, bottle. 



Tintp, daughter-in-law. Tinipu, my . 

 Tinepam, thy . 



Tip (G.), a mallet. 



Tirigo, flesh, meat. (See irigo.) 



Tiritiri, to fight; to kill; be angry. 



Tiro, paltry, mean, of little value. 



Titerau, half, equal portion. (See ft.) 



Tivia, throw it down. 



Tiydmi, albicore. 



Toka (G.), top, summit. 



Toka [tok or luk~\, to stay, remain, stop; to 

 reside, settle on land ; to be full, as the 

 moon (i. e. to stop increasing) ; rest, 

 remainder. Ko irai, ko tok, wilt thou 

 go with me or stay? Tia toka ion te 

 wa, I stayed on board the ship. To 

 tok 1 iniayai, when did you get your 

 land? (said to a katoka,or landholder.) 

 E toka ni makaiya, the full (resting) 

 of the moon. 



Tokotok, an old and dry cocoa-nut. 



Toma, to sip, suck up. 



Tonauti, flying-fish. 



Toninta, gravel. 



Tonu, noon. E but taaik in tonu, the sun 



will be hot at noon. 

 Tola, a thief; to steal. 

 Totdn\ to crush, squeeze. Ko tiau totonia, 



hast thou crushed it ? 



* Tu, tu-ni-kaina, fruit of the pandanus. 

 Tuay, to tell, to inform. la tian tuay am 



tak, I have told him your speech. 



* Tuitni, star. 



*Tu, aged person. Tu-ni-umdne, old 



man. Tu-ni-aiine, old woman. 

 Tunta, frock made of woven sinnet. 



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*TT, a fish-trap, an eel-pot. 

 *Ua, two. 



* Udriu or odnu, eight. 

 Uayiyi, very small. 



*Uarerek, small. Te muimot uarirek, a 

 small cocoa-nut. 



* Ua, uai, nine (see rua). 

 Uea, flower. 



*Uia, chief. Antai uean apami, who is 

 the chief of your land ? 



*Vi, tooth. Uiu, my tooth. 



Ui (G.), place. Uin fai, place of fire. 



Ui-kakaya, cutwater of a canoe (sharp- 

 tooth). 



Ui-katik, sarcastic (piercing-tooth). 



Ui-n'anti, slander. 



Uinupinuy, to whisper in the ear. 



*Uki, nail, claw. Uki-ni-bai, finger- 

 nail. 



Ukuni, snipe. 



Uma (G.), house ; (K.), house without a 

 loft. 



* Umane, umdre, man ; male. 

 Umara (G.), to boil. 



Vh, unun, to fight. Antai un, atai, don't 

 fight, children. Teiti unun, one who 

 fights. 



Uniga, a pillow (qu. uruya?) 



* Unui, spear armed with shark's teeth. 



