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dumehe, n. a roTv of men, a generation. Mir. nosik. 



dunini (k), (?), in Mac Gregor's voc. given for ' squirrel,' but there 



are no squirrels in Kiwai. 

 duo, n. night, ad. in the night. (D'Albertis gives duo, day.) 

 duomuto, duomutu, n. to-day (m) ; ad. the day after to-morrow, the 



day before yesterday ; after. 

 duotau (m), 11. yesterday ; 

 dupamutu (f), n. a kind of arrow, 

 dupu (m), n. elephantiasis. 



dujugere, v. to be hungry ; n. hunger ; obo durugere, a. thirsty, 

 durugi (k), v. to dine, 

 durugi, 71. darkness ; a. dark, 

 durugidurugi, a. dark, 

 durupi, n. the body ; trunk or stem of a tree ; durupi-nibo, n. a 



perfume, lit. body scent. (The Mir, geme-lag has the same 



meaning) ; uibo durupi (k) an albino ; durupi tato (k), a. feeble 



(no body) 

 durupiwoa (m), a. lazy. 



E, conj. also, and. Mir. pake. 



ea (k), n. a spade. 



eamo (k), v. to squeak, of birds. 



eberiai, ad. away ; v. to put away. 



eberiti, v. to cast away, to throw away. 



ebeta, pron. interrog. what ? what thing ? Mir. nalu. 



ebia, v. to break. 



ebiari, v. to be unable. Mir. nab. Saib. ian. 



ebiba (m), n. stone. Cf. nora. 



ebitagido, ad. interrog. how ? why ? lit. for what thing. Cf . ebeta, 



gido. 

 ebonupoe (k), n. the heel. 



edamari = damari, idamari; edamari muso (k). eyebrow, 

 ede (k), n. a snake ; kiso ede, n. a snake said to be poisonous, 

 edea, v. to put, to place, to put down ; to bury (k) ; edea bobua (k), 



n. a grave. 

 ediai (m), v. to come up from below, 

 ege, n. (? the outside) ; ege auana, n. heathen. Mir. nog le. Cf. buru. 



