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waru, n. a turtle ; tortoise (ng) ; warukaz, a young turtle ; kidu 

 waru, the end of the turtle season ; waru kara, turtle shell. 

 Cf. iniltiam. 



warup, n. a drum. 



warwar (?) senabi warwar ukain tomamiz, the care of the world. 

 Mark, iv. 19. 



wasalolnga, a. rough. 



wasili (t), n. a kind of basket. 



wata (s), n. dry wood, fuel! 



watal, 



watang (m), a. dry. 



wata' pateipa (m), v. to dry up ; wata patain (s), n. dry ground ; wato 

 patan nanu kulka, her blood dried up. Mark, v. 29. 



watar, wataro, n. firewood, fuel. 



watekum (m), a. sorry. 



wati, a. bad, evil, abominable ; wati ngarare (m), a. lame (bad footed) ; 

 wati ganule (m), a. stinking (bad smelling) ; wate mitale (m), 

 a. bad tasted ; wati kaurare (m), a. deaf (bad eared) ; wati 

 parure (m), a. ugly (bad faced) ; wati kikiri (s), n. sin. 



watipawa (s), n. sin, evil deeds. 



watiza, n. a bad thing. 



wato (s, b), n. a year ; pi. watal ; aigi wato, famine, foodless time. 

 Mark, xiii. 8. 



watri = wati. 



watripawa = watipawa. [watri-pawangu.J 



watro = wati. 



watu (Mg), V. or n. whistle. 



watur (m), n. a log. See wata, watar. 



wau (b), n. the betel nut (not eaten in Torres Straits) ; wau iana, 

 n. a purse. Mark, vi. 8. 



waura (b), n. the east wind ; the south-east wind. 



wauri, 



wans (n), n. a funeral screen (320). Macgillivray, ii. 37. 



wawpi (m) = wapi. 



weama (m) = wem. 



webasa (Mg), n. the eyebrow. Cf. babasam, boibasamu. 



weiam = woiara. 



weibad, n. turtle eggs. 



weidaman (?), mosobauka weidaman, foaming. Mark, ix. 20. 



