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dangal, n. the dugong {Salicore australis). 



danga-mai (iib, t), n. a crescent-shaped ornament of pearl shell (lit. 



tooth of pearl) (340). 

 danga-mari (ii), n. = danga-mai. 

 dani, n. a tree. 



danilkau (lib), oi. one of the performers in the funeral dance (404). 

 dano-paliz, v. to be awake, 

 dan-taean, v. to exhort, 

 dannle (ir), a. "wanton, 

 daoma (ir), n. yellow ochre, 

 dapar, n. a cloud (ir) ; the sky, heaven, [daparao, daparan, daparpa, 



daparngu, daparnu.] 

 dapurkup (t), n. necklace, 

 daraba, n. a plantation. 

 darai = duxai. Mark, yii. 4. 

 darbanu (?) 



darpapa, n. a bush (?). Cf. daraba. 

 darpar (?) = dapar. 



darpiam, n. fornication. Mark, yii. 21. Cf. dalpimau. 

 darubi (if), n. a bamboo jaw's harp, 

 darubiri = darubi. 

 daui (s), a banana. 



daualban, n. a row ; v. to row. Mir. segise. 

 dauda-laig, n. heathen. 

 dauma (ii), n. the period of mourning, 

 dawal, V. to look (?). 

 dawb (ii), n. a yam. 

 dega (Mg), n. the sun. 



deka (?), ngoimulpa deka muliz, tell us. Mark, xiii. 4. 

 dela (ar), n. a plant {Scaevola Koenigii). 

 delupeipa (ii), v. to drown, 

 der (aib), a kind of breast plate made of coco-palm leaf, which 



formed a sort of yoke round the neck and extended down 



the chest, being tucked beneath the wakawal. 

 derabu (ii), n. a wild yam. 

 deri (s, ji), 7i. a white feather head-dress, = dri, 

 dewa-dagamola (i), a. yellow. 

 dia, n. a cloud. Mark, ix. 7. Cf. jia, zia. 



