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opia (k), v. to kill = opio ; didiri opia, v. to murder ; didiri opia dubu, 



n. a murderer, 

 opio, V. to strike ; opio para, v. to kilL (Mir. ipit.) 

 opito, V. to grow. Mir. omeili. 

 opo(?) 



opu, n. soil, land, earth ; the -world, 

 opuo (m), n. yam. 

 oputi, V. to count, 

 era, V. to seek, to look for ; ebiari ora, to be unable to find. (Mir. nab 



deraimer.) 

 oradubu (ks), n. the word used in the translations for God. Cf. 



aramorubi. Oraoradubu is another name for uvio-moguru. 

 oraruo (k), v. to take down ; tiro oraruo, v. to take down sails. Cf. 



ororua. 

 oriai (p), a. dead. Cf. orichiai. 

 oribo, V. to rise. 



oriboa (m), n. standing up ; v. to get up, 

 oriboo (k), v. to wake from sleep, 

 orichiai (ks), a. dead ; v. to die. Cf. oriai. 

 oridiro (?) 

 orimiriti, a. dead, 

 orio, a. new, clean, fresh. 



orio (k), v. to blow ; tuture orio, to blow the tuture. 

 oriodoi, v. to return, retreat. Mir. takomeda. 

 oriouiu (k), 71. a variety of banana. 

 oriora (m), n. the first of the south-east monsoon, 

 oriou (f). Cf. ouou. 

 orirai, v. to remain. 



oritorai, v. to rise up ; airi oridiro (k), v. to rise, of the sun. 

 orkienkok (m), n. the hornbill. 

 oro, n. bone. Cf. soro. 

 oro, n. the sea. Cf. uro. 

 orobai, v. to catch, to grasp ; to carry in the hand (k). Cf. erabia. 



(Mir. erpei) ; usaro orobai, (k), v. to hunt kangaroos, 

 orobere, n. saliva. 



orobo, n. sing, a woman, wife, spouse. Cf . upi. 

 orodai, v. to meet. Mir. obapit. 

 orodai (?) = Mir. babisdari. 



