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orodobi, v. to set (of tlie sun). 



orodu (k) (?), pe orodu (e), v. to pole a canoe. 



orogiama, v. to touch. 



orogori, v. to put on (clothes) ; nese orogori, w. a (pearl) necklace. 



oroguriato, v. to bow the head. 



orogurio, v. to stoop. 



oroi (m), n. a star. 



oromai, v. to shout, to call to. 



oromaturuo (ir), n. the oesophagus. 



oromiado (p), v. to sit. 



oromidi, v. to strike, scourge. 



oromo (k), n. a river. Cf . goua ; oromo turi, n. a creek ; oromoito, to 



deep water, a term used in steering. Cf. ito ; ororao damo, «. 



ocean, 

 oromobo, ororomoboa, n. the sea ; sea or salt water (k). 

 oromoria (m), ^j. to share out. 

 oroomai, v. to be silent, quiet, 

 orooro (e), n. a thorn. 

 orooti, a. full. Mir. mitkar, osmeda. 

 oropio (k), v. to smash. 



orori (?), orori mawa (k), n. the howl of a dingo, 

 ororo, 71. the face ; the front of anything ; moto ororo, the door, the 



front of the house. Mir. op meta. 

 ororua, v. to come down, 

 ororuso (k), n. meeting, 

 orosa (k), n. sweat, 

 orosidiro (k), n. the shoulder. 

 orosiodiro, v. to make or get ready, 

 oroto, V. to weep, 

 orotodum, v. to weep, 

 orourai (k), v. to prick with spear, 

 orowoduti, v. to ooze, 

 oruria, a. withered. 

 oruso (k), v. to chew, 

 osa (k), n. the joining of point to arrow, 

 osio (ks), n. a young man, youth ; osio (k), n. an infant ; osio-mere, 



male baby ; osio-besere, female ; (f) uninitiated lad. Mir. 



makeriam, Saib. kemele. Cf. oio. 



