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keinga (m), a. large ; ad. very, = kai, koi. 



kekedi (m), a. gorged. 



kekeri, n. a bird with red breast. 



kekermisina (?), purka kekermisina (b), n. ophthalmia. 



keki (m), n. a gull. 



kekochipa (m), v. to forget. 



kemus = kimus, sabu kemus, n. a needle. 



ke-pramek, 



kerer (m) = kerer. 



kererki, n. the name of a star. Cf. garig kap. 



kerisa (m), n. the blue mountain parrot. 



kerkato = kerket. 



kerkato-palan, v. to torment. 



kerket (m), n. anger, rage. 



kerketale (m), a. vindictive, furious. 



kerketegerkai (nr), n. a warrior. Cf. kaigerkitalgaka. 



kemele (m), kernge (n), a lad who is being initiated into manhood. 



Cf. karingi, zungri, kankwik, keimagi (405, 409, 433). 

 ketai, n. a yam [Dioscorea), Cf. kutai. 

 ketal (m), n. a thread, 

 ketekete, 

 keuba-tati, n. uncle (lit. tati, father, keuba, perhaps for kopa, a little 



way off), 

 keusa, m. fruit, = kausa, kousa. 

 ki (m), an affix of emphasis. Cf . kai. 

 kiamusa (b), n. the point of an arrow, = kimus. 

 kibu, n. the loins, the lower part of the back ; padau kibu, the slope 



of a hill. Mark, v. 11. 

 kibuka (kibupa), n. a mythical island to which the mari of deceased 



persons go (318), "Hades." 

 kibu-mina, n. a totem cut on the small of the back of a woman (lit. 



loin mark) (368). 

 kicha (Mg), n. the sun, the moon. Cf. kisuri, kizai. 

 kida (m), a. left, 

 kidakida-nagepa, v. to gaze. 



kidakidan (?), tana kidakidan ia uman, they said among themselves. 

 kido (?), 

 kido-taean, v. to turn, to overthrow ; see kita-toeailai. 



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