Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 249 



piki (m, b), n. a dream ; piki-lalkeipa (m), v. to dream. 



pikuri (t), = pikuru. 



pikuru, n. a head dress of teeth ; pattern on a drum, probably derived 



from the head dress, 

 pinapai, n. the east. 



piner (t), n. the name of a tree, M-ythrina (409). (Legends, 12). 

 pingapa (b), prep. at. 

 pingi (b), n. a fishing net (? basket). 



pingulpa (?) piugulpa iabugudia, in the way. Mark, x. 52. 

 pinin (s), v. to anoint, 

 piniteipa (m), v. to shave. 



piobizi (?), noi piosial piobizi, he marvelled. Mark, vi. 6. 

 pipai (s), 71. paper. Perhaps English "paper." 

 pipai (?). Mark, iii. 8. 

 pira, a. soft ; pira kuma (b), n. diarrhoea, 

 piranga (s), a. soft, = pirung. 

 piroan (m), n. a black snake. 



pirung (m), a. soft, swampy, spongy, pliable, = piranga. 

 pis (m), n. a crack, an opening, 

 pisalinga (b), n. a leak, 

 pisamaino (b), n. rheumatism, 

 piti (t, m, b), the nose ; piti terti (m), piti sek (m), the perforation in 



the septum narium (406). 

 pitu, n. a ring, 

 piwer (m), n. the mullet, 

 piwul (lib), n. a broom. Cf. kusu, kusulaig. 

 plagusi (b), n. a pot, = palagus ; turik plagusi (b), n. an iron pot. 



plis (t), n. feathers. Cf. palisa. 



pogai, 



pogamiz. See pagan. 



poi (s), n. dust, powder. 



poibaipa, v. to give, [poiban.] 



poibaigi, v. not to give. 



poibanai (? from poibaipa), ba poibanai senabi mabaeg aideigan, for 



there shall be given to the man that has not. Mark, iv. 



25. 

 poibi (s), V. to croak. 



