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rid (Mg), n. the tongue (D'Albertis). 



ridanga (s), a. hard, bony. 



ridau, n. enemy ; v. to oppose. 



ridu (b) = ridau. 



rimarim (s), v. to err, to mistake ; a. mad, mistaken ; n. a fool ; 



pi. rimarimal. 

 rimo, n. a shadow. Cf. ramoginga. 

 rogaig (t), n. name given by a lad to his sweetheart. Cf. azugerka, 



rugeiga. 

 ruamon (s), v. to understand, 

 rud (m) = rada. 



rugabu (m), n. the sweet potato. 



rugalo (b), n. baggage ; gulngu rugal, n. cargo, baggage from a canoe, 

 rugeiga (u), n. a sweetheart. 

 rugu (?) kudru rugu, a small kind of dove, 

 rumbadi (m), n. a species of water lily. 



Sabi (Mb), n. tabu, prohibition ; law (s) ; hence, sacred ; pi. sabil ; sabi 



lago, n. a church, 

 sabukemus, n. a needle, 

 sabukiri (s), v. to reproach. 



sadeo (m), n. a cicatrix on the breast (sadawa, sadau). 

 sag, saga (s), sago (b), n. a centipede, 

 sagad, n. a worm. Cf. kupar. 



sagai (m), n. the horizontal fire stick (385). Cf. ini, guigui, salgai. 

 sagu (m), n. a kind of purple yam. 



sagul, sagulo (m, b), n. a joke, play; sagul piepa, v. to sing, 

 sagul (s), V. to examiue. (Perhaps introduced English " school '). 

 sai, n. a bog ; mud ; shallow water on sea shore. Mark, iv. 1. [sainu.] 

 eaima (b), n. the float of the outrigger of a canoe. Cf. sarima. 

 saka (m), n. a boue needle; a splinter (s). 

 saka (m), n. the lungs. See palado. 

 sakai (m, b), n. a hole in a rock, a cave ; sakai puru mabaegou lagonge, 



a den of thieves. Mark, xi. 17. 

 sakangu, see sako. 

 sako (s), n. cloth, [sakangu.] 

 sakaro (b), n. a web. 



