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kamado (b), 7i. a necklace. 



kaman (m), n. keat, steam. 



kamanale (ir), a. ■n'arm. 



kama-taiixadiz, v. to nurse. 



kami (ir), a. dear (used by a female to a male, see kawki). 



kamikamo (b), n. ring-^'orm. 



kamizingi, "vrux kamizingi, flood tide. 



kamu (iig) 71. the body, = gamu. 



kamus n. another name for the ^Jtlai'wa ceremony. 



kangu (ir.) n. a frog. (Pronounced kang-gu). 



kanguru ( ?) ; kanguru-pagamoin, v. to be spread abroad ( ?). 



kap, n. a dance. See kab. 



tape (m), good, pretty, = kapu. 



kape-ganule (ii), sweet, fragrant (lit. possessing a good smell). 



kape-parure (ir), a. pretty -faced. 



kap-garig, n. name of a dance. Cf. garig-kap. 



kapi, n, the thigh ; the legs (irg). 



kapi-kisuri (ir), w. moonlight. 



kapi-taig (ir), ai. a long way off. 



kapu, a. good, beautiful. 



kapu, 71. seed ; tomi kapu, timi kapu, small red and black seeds, 



(crab's eyes), 

 kapua, 



kapua kasiginga, kapuakosiginga, 7i unbelief ; v. not to believe. 

 kapua kasilai, n, faith. Mark, v. 34. 



kapua kasin, v. to believe ; w. faith, hope, [kapuakamoui]. 

 kapuka-tete, n. the west ; kapuka = kibuka. 

 kapukuiku, 

 kapu-minar, a. best (lit. good mark, probably a phrase adopted from 



the mission schools). 

 kapu-mitalnga (b), a. edible (lit. possessing a good taste), 

 kaputo, 71. the other side (of a river), [kaputopa]. 

 kapuza = kapu za. 



kar, 71. a fence ; beribei kar, a rope fence. 

 kara (nb), name of a tree ; the raw fruit is eaten in the initiation 



ceremonies (398). 

 kara (ir), = kai, koi. 

 karaba (u), n. a paddle, = kaba. 



