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odoro, V. to enter, go in ; eaten (k). 



odotorapi, odotorupi, n. the tongue. Cf. -^atatorope. 



oduara (e), n. the collar hone. 



odnmu (k), v. to shrink. 



oea (ii), n. looking, guarding. 



ogerihai (ii), v. to catch. Cf. ogu, erahai. 



ogirio, (k), v. to crawl. 



ogomu (k). n. the cheek. 



ogu, V. to go ; to come ; to "^alk. 



oguitogu, V. to go. 



ogunita = Mir. kei tahakeam (? to go forth). 



ogurumo, v. to spread. 



oi, n. a coconut ; oi haribari, a young nut ; oi samaga, an old nut; 

 oi (m), n. a coconut shell ; oinimo, coco fibre ; oi mosore, 

 coconut husk ; oi mosore sirigo, fibre made from husk ; oi obo, 

 coconut milk ; oi sugu, coconut cloth ; oi pari, coconut grove. 



oio (p), n. a young man. (]Mir. makeriam, Saib. kernele). Cf. osio. 



oiobai, v. to take up. 



oisusuopu (k), n. kidney. Cf. oi, susuopa. 



oiti, ad. then. 



oiwo, n. grief; oiwono nagoria. v. to be grieved. ]y"ir. okasosok, 

 okabatageli, 



oiwoli (k), a. lazy. 



omia (m), n. sitting. 



omidai, v. to bring, carry, take up ; to find (k). 



omidiro, v. imperative, stay here ! you stay ! Mir. nawa. 



omiei, v. to sit, stay, stop ; poputo omiei, v. to sit on the knees. 



omio, (k), v. to kneel. 



omioi (k), v. to stop; auo obo omio (k), n. flood tide, lit. deep water 

 remains. 



omo (p), a. short. Cf. sopuimi. 



omo (k), n. a green ant. 



omogu, V. to cany, receive. 



omoriti, V. to prime, thin out. Mir. paret. 



omu, 71. a boundary. 



onatato, n. open. Mir. paret kak. 



oosa (k), v. to give ; wisa oosa (k), v. to pay. Cf . agiwai, noosa, uosa. 



opai, V. to shut. 



