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dogodogo (e), a. red ; dogodogo asumo, n. a red sweet potato, 

 doguaimi (e), n. to-day. 



dokatota (k), v. to hack, said of the sago palm, 

 dokitotiti (k), n. the fireplace frame in a house, 

 dopi, n. the stomach. Mir. kem. 

 dori (f), n. a headdress worn in the dance only, 

 dorogra, a. false, 

 doto (e), n. the hip. 



don (k), n sago ; dou iopn, a cone of sago ; dou tarame, n. sago in a 

 small roll; isi dou (m), n. cooked sago. Cf. siahu. " Sago is 

 prepared by the women ; it is put up in small rolls about two 

 inches in diameter, called ' dou tarame,' and in large bundles 

 about one foot or nine inches in diameter, and about three feet 

 in length, wrapped round in leaves, and stiffened by the midrib 

 of sago leaves tied on to it. These bundles are called ' dou 

 siahu.' It is eaten roasted in leaves or on the coals, or made 

 into a pie with clams in the shell." — Mac Gregor, Report, 1890, 

 p. 40. 

 doua (e), v. to kill (a mosquito). 

 dri (m), n. a white feather head-dress, 

 driomoro (m), n. earth, soil. Cf. dirimoro. 

 dua. 



duatata, ad. the third day since, the third day hence, 

 dubari (m), n. banana. 



dubi (m), n. the upper part of a water spout, 

 duboro (e), n. pandanus ; duboro pasa, n. pandanus leaf ; tiro, n. mat 



made from pandanus. 

 dubu, a. male ; n. a husband ; man (m). 

 dudi (e), n. the mainland on the right bank of the Fly Eiver. 

 dudu (e), n. a handle ; a fanshaped tomahawk. Cf. dudupo, aipura. 

 dudu (e), n. a reed, 

 dudu (e), n. a variety of banana, 

 duduaere (e), n. the morning, 

 duduaereta (e), n. the fore-noon. 



duduata (e), n. yesterday ; duduata sai (e), n. yesterday, 

 duduere, ad. in the morning. 



duduo, ad. yesterday, to-morrow ; duduo sai (k), ad. to-morrow, 

 dudupo (e), n. a handle, Cf. dudu, aipura. 



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