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Wou tau goina arago (ks), lie said this ; goina tau iporigai (ks), that 

 is finished ; sirio aruhi nougido ogii goi dirimorogaut (ks), many ni(^n 

 came to him from that country. 



4. IwDErns^iTE PEOifoms's anb Adjecxites : 



Ata, natura (k), another ; gotaonaosa (k), each ; leturo (k), some 

 others ; niriihiro (k), any one ; arua (ks), some ; nauto nari (k), all 

 the same ; sirio, many, plenty. 



§ III. — Xouns. 



1. NoTJN FOEirs. — A verb may be used as a noun Tvithout change of 

 form. Nou Tcigiro, he lives ; nimo kigiro emadi, our life (he) bought. 



In Mark i., 44, the ablative suffix -gaut is used to form a noun in 

 karadahiti-gaut, a sign. The whole phrase, however, in which it 

 occurs corresponds so closely to the Miriam, that it is probably a mere 

 imitation and not an idiom. 



Cf. Karadahuti-gaut ro tau dodiai, 



with atame-lam mama emetu idigiri. 



sign thou finish heal. 



Adjectives when used as substantives appear to have a terminal 

 na. Geso, good ; gesona, a good thing ; durupi geso numabu, gesona 

 uaito uagoria, the body is a good thing, (it is) good (to) carefully look 

 after it ; gesona nougido sihomuguruti, good (it is) to believe on him ; 

 geso ouera, a good word. The demonstratives goi, goina show the same 

 distinction. 



The persons performing an action or ];ossessing a quality are indi- 

 cated by the words duhu, man, or aruhi, people, following or preceding 

 tbe verb or adjective. Ahidiru duhu, an oarsman ; koropa aruhi, sick 

 people ; arichi uihu, black people. So also in MacGregor's list of tribes 

 Kadowaruhi, Kaiau people ; Tudoruhi, Tud people ; Aitaruhi, Dararubi 

 etc. 



The suffix idai is also found with names of people, and may be the 

 Saibai idaig. Cf. in MacGregor's list : Bawanidai, Dauan folk ; 

 Bigomidai, Boigu folk ; Saihodai, Saibai folk. A few words show the 

 Saibai laig in the form raig. Moaraigo, Moa people ; Badaraigo, Badu, 

 people. 



Many words in the list of tribes end in darimo. This is probably 

 the word dirimo, land. Hence, Bawaredarima, Dauar land ; Naki- 

 daritno, Nagir land ; Baramodarimo, Perem land, etc. 



