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goina, a. this, tliat, 



goinagaiit, conj. because, for, through, this. 



goinoina, a. this, that. 



goiri (k), n. an oyster. 



goma (Domori), n. a drum. 



gomasai (m), bad. Cf. gamasa, gumasa. 



gomia (?) obo tao gomia (k), n. flood. 



gomoa, suffix, along with, belonging to, with, alongside. (Mir. dog, 



Saib. bia.) 

 gonia (k), n. a fish-catcher, made of wicker work, " shaped like a 



candle extinguisher, about 1 8 inches in diameter at the lower 



end, and about 3 to 5 feet high. They chase the fish, in 



sliallow water, and place this implement over it, then press 



the sides together to secure the prey." — MacGregor, Rep. 



1890, p. 40. Cf. gogonea. 

 gonimati. 



gono drogu (m), v. are they, is he, is it coming here. Cf . ogu. 

 gonou, ad. far away. Mir. penoka, also given as equivalent of Mir. 



dali, he there, 

 gope (k), n. a shield^' ; (f), figure-head of a canoe, it gives a good 



passage (pi. 185, 3). 

 gopegope (f), w. an ellipsoidal slab of wood carved with designs of the 



human face or person, and hung on a new house for good luck, 

 gore (k), 71, the betel nut. 

 gorogoro (k), n. a white duck, 

 goropo (m), n. a stone club, with star-shaped disc, 

 gorumo (k), n. a feather (from the breast of a bird). Cf. pasa. 

 gotaonaosa (k), a. each, 

 gou, goua, n. a river ; n. a passage in a reef (ii) ; goua bara (k), n. the 



bank of a river ; pari goua (k), n. a drain or ditch, 

 gu, n. kinsman, friend, neighbour, probably one of the same clan or 



totem. Mir. boai. Saib. igalaig. 

 gubadora (k), n. or a. cold, 

 gubiri (k), v. to bury. Cf. edea. 

 gubo, n. a path. Cf. gabo. 



* "No shields are used about the Fly Eiver, neither is the spear seen." — 

 Chalmers ms. This word is probably introduced. Cf. South Cape, opea, shield. 



