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kanega (f), n. carved wooden implement stuck into trophy-skulls 



(pi. 197, 5, 6). 

 kani (k) n. ginger. 



kani (k), n. a leprous spot. Cf. nato. 

 kara (k), n. a fence ; pari kara, garden fence. Cf . ara. 

 karadabutigaut, n. a sign, mark. (Mir. atamelam.) 

 karai (k), n. rope. Cf. sawaivi. 

 karakara (k), a. salt ; karakar-aba (ir), n. water not for drinking ; 



karakara obo, salt water. Cf. karokaro, oromoboa. 

 karakarai (k), a. bad. 

 karamarogo, v. to scold, quarrel, 

 karamtiai (?), isio karamtiai (k), v. to carry a child astride on the 



neck, 

 karamusio (k), v. to kick, 

 karao (k), w. a variety of yam. 

 kararo (f), n. "mask worn by men in last stage of initiation; men 



are getting on for forty when these are worn ; they dance with 



these on, and are called oboro (spirits), of which women and 



children are terribly afraid. It is the Semese of the Elema." 



— Chalmers. 

 kararu, n. a lath. 



kararuso (k), n. rafters. Cf. kararu. 

 karatai (k), v. to know not, be unable. Cf . umorotato ; karatai auera 



(k), a. dumb ; karatai dubu (k), n. a fool. Cf. dadara dubu. 

 karaudina, n. clothes. 

 kari (k), n. rope. 



kariko (k), n. calico. The English word, 

 kari-botama (m), n. white cloth. Cf. botama and kea. 

 karokaro (k), a. hot, pungent, of Chili pepper ; immature, unripe, 



green. 

 karo (f), n. small conical fish trap, baited inside, made of " loire palm " 



(rattan) spines (pi. 194, 6). 

 karu (?), karu-auana, n. sower, 

 karum (m), n. the " iguana," Monitor or Varanus. 

 kashu (m), n. cough. Cf. kosea. 

 kaua-aupu, a. folded ; z;. to fold, 

 kauarubai, n. master, ruler. Mir. sirdam. 

 kaudo (k), n. a top-knot. 



