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woropii-taean, to throw down, to stumble, to offend. Mark, ix. 



43, 45, 47. 

 worpnpudaiginga (?). Mark, vii. 4 (not wash?), 

 wuko (b), n. gum. 

 wunu (m), n. a fog. 

 wur (m), n. the sea ; wur pusakuradun, high water ; wur nuremizingi, 



low water ; wur kamizingi, flood tide ; wur nurezingi, ebb 



tide, 

 wurup, 



Za, z6, n. a thing; niai za, n. chair. 



za (m), affix, expressing the thing spoken of. 



zabai, n. the pectoral fin of a fish. 



zabudamoin, v. to buy. 



zadogam (s), n. the south. 



zaget, zageto, zagito (s), n. work, labour. Cf. za, geto. 



zagetolaig, a. having work ; noi zagetolaig kuikulumaingu, he has 



work from the Lord, the Lord needs him. Mark, xi. 3. 

 zagetopawa (s), n. a deed, a doing. 



zagi (s), zagigal (s), a. penurious, poor (lit. without a thing), 

 zaginga, a. having nothing, empty, 

 zagitapa, v. to prepare, get ready, 

 zagita (s), n. work ; pi. zagital. Cf. zaget. 

 zai (?), zai adu palgano (b), n. a signal, 

 zalaunga (?), mina zalaunga senabi gouga tanamulpa gamu puridora- 



lenga, they that are whole have no need of the physician. 



Mark, ii. 17. 

 zamiak (?), na sulan ngau gamunu a zamiak ngaeapa maramatoiaipa, 



she is come aforehand to anoint my body (pour on my body) to 



the burying. Mark, xiv. 8. 

 zamozamo (s), n. a tail ornament made of cassowary feathers used in a 



dance. Cf. nadur, kabonadur. 

 zamu (s), n. the cassowaiy. Cf. samo. 

 zanga (s), n. a thing. 



zanguzangu (?), things, ^^. Mark, x. 27, xi. 11. 

 zapawaean, v. to send, 

 zapla (?), kabu zapla (t), n. discs held in the hand during a 



dance, 

 zapudamoin (s), v. to compensate, to gain, to sell. 



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