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kuisimi, n. height. 



kuiur (m), n. the dart of the dugong harpoon (wap). Cf. kwiuro. 



kuki, n. the "West wind ; the North West monsoon ; the rainy season ; 



winter ; spring (Macfarlane). Cf. koki. 

 kuki-dogam (s), n. the West. 

 kukopalan, v. to save (?), mi mabaeg nongo igilenga koi kukopalan, 



whoever will save his life. Mark, viii. 35. 

 kuku (m), n, the foot, toes. 



kukuama, n. a flower, a blossom ; kukuamnge, Mark, iv. 28. 

 kukuikozipa, dat. of kuikukazi. Mark, xiiii. 12. 

 kukule (h), n. an elder brother or sister, 

 kukuna-mapeipa (m), v. to kick, 

 kukup (m), n. the buttocks. Cf. keep, 

 kukutalinga = koikutalnga. 

 kul (m), a. first, 

 kul (m), ad. two or three days ago ; mata kul (m), ad. about a week 



ago. 

 kula, n. a stone, rock, [kulapa, kulanu.] 

 kula (n), n. flat stones with faces painted on them connected with 



ancestor worship (321). 

 kula (s), a. red. 



kulai, V. to precede, to go before, 

 kulaikulai, ad. before. 



kulai-tai, v. to advance, to go before, to pass by. [kulaitaiz.] 

 kulale (m) = kotale. 

 kulale (m), a. stony. 



kulau-amai, 7i. lime (lit. oven of stone, i.e. burnt coral), 

 kulba, kulbang (ji), a. worn, old from use, ancient, 

 kulbulo (b), n. an owl. 



kuli, n. the steering board of a canoe ; kuli-toidiz, v. to steer. Cf . koli. 

 kulka, n. blood ; kulkale (m) a. bloody ; kulkthung, a. red. [kulkau.] 

 kulkadagomola, a. red, blood colour, 

 kulka-ieudiz, v. to bleed, to pour blood, 

 kulkale, a. from kulka. 

 kulkau (s.), n. blood, 

 kulkuigau, 



kulkulkuma (b), n. dysentry (lit. bloody excrement), 

 kulapi (ji), n. a large bean, = kalapi. 



