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purka, n. the eyeball, the eye ; purka kekermisina (b), n, ophthalmia. 



purkapa, 



purke (m), ad. well, many. 



purpi (m), n. the bee-eater. {Merops ornata.) 



purtan = purutan. 



purteipa (ii), v. to eat. 



puru (s), V. to steal, rob ; n. theft. 



puruka = purka ; puruka paro mado gamuasin, an evil eye. Mark, 



vii. 22. [purukana."! 

 purur (m, n. the bark of a tree, 

 purutaiginga, v. not to eat. 

 purutan, v. to eat, ate ; pi. purutamoin. 

 pusarisd (b), v. to pull a rope. Cf . puzarizo. 

 putage (m), a. many. 



putiz, putizi, putizo (s), v. to fall ; gorga putizo, the sun goes down, 

 putra, putran (? = pudan), tana arakato putran lagou kalangu, they 



made a hole from the back of the house. Mark, ii. 4. 

 puwi, n. the flying-fish. Cf. pokani-wapi. 

 puzarizo (s), to compel, to haul, to constrain. 

 puzida, V. to imitate. 

 puzik (?), ngara-puzik, n. a dance (362). 

 puzipa, V. to follow, 

 puzo (putso) (b), n. a white pigeon. 



Rabo (m), n. a mast ; rab' waku, n. a mat used as a sail. 



rada (m), n. a sharpened stick used for for spearing fish (333), a 



simple javelin. 

 raji (m), a. withered. 



ramoginga, a. unshaded, without shade. Cf. rimo. 

 ranai (ng), n. a girl (D'Albertis). 

 rangado (b), n. a mast, 

 rapepa, a. lame. 

 rapii, n. a claw. 



ras (m), n. a driving cloud, scud. 

 ras, n. a lot. 



rebata (m), n. aunt, father's sister. Cf. ama, apu. 

 rid, rido, n. bone, skeleton ; hence horn. 



