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itai (m), v. to heat; era itai (k), v. to roast ; eraera gido itai, to warm ; 



" kettle " itai (m), v. boil the kettle, 

 itira (m), n. cord or twine. 

 ito (m), n. a basket, 

 ito-dubu (k), a. generous, liberal, 

 itouti (k), a. to cut with a knife. Cf. asio. 

 itoiriti, v. to bind. 



in, V. to run ; iu uarario, v. to run along with, 

 iuea (m), a. inquisitive, 

 iui = iuio. 



iuio, n. the sun; daylight (p) ; ipipu iuio, daily ; iuiipa, noon. Cf. sai. 

 iuo (m), salutation, good-bye. 

 ivi (m), n. rope, 

 iwia (m), = iuio; iwia beriai. n. daylight, sunrise; iwia daugemi, 



sundown, 

 iwio, n. the sun; iwio-mere, n. all people who have yellow skin, 



e.g. Japanese, Manilla men. 

 iwiopoa (m), ?^. a sweet potato, 

 iyvauo (k), farewell. 



Kabi, n, a tomahawk, axe ; wari kabi (e), a stone axe. 



kadami (x), n. a shrimp. 



kadau, a. wild, not tame. 



kadaudiro (xs). Given in Savage's ms. as the equivalent of Mir. 



marmar gem. 

 kadig (m), n. an armguard. Cf, adigo, kadigo (Domori). 

 kaegasi (p), n. charm worn by Osio, uninitiated lads, in dance, 

 kago, n. a branch. 



kaiani (x), n. a rat ; a masked dancer ; a variety of banana, 

 kaiara (x), n. a species of beetle, 

 kairadubu (m), n. a brother, 

 kakaba (x), n. a fowl, 

 kakau (m), a. crooked. Cf. kauitato. 

 kakikawi (x), a. curly, 

 kako (ir), (? n. bone). Cf. tukako. 

 kameka (x), n. the scrub turkey, 

 kamikami (m), n. a waterfall. 



