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osio (k), n. a wound. 



osomeai (k), v. to lick. Cf. osomiai. 



osomiai (k), v. to kiss. 



osoruo (k), v. to go down, to go outside. 



osua (k;), n. the heavens. Cf. ou. 



osua (k), v. to put up, ad. upwards ; tiro osua, v. to put up sails. 



osuderuti (k), v. to sweep. 



osupata (k), n. the instep. 



ota, n. a tree ; wood, flagstaff (k) ; ota tama, bark ; ota arima, gum^ 



sap. Cf. peere, soro. 

 otaauti (k), v. to divide, 

 otai-hopo (m), 7i. the loins, 

 otakapuki (k), n. the heart. Cf. tusuopu. 



otaota (f), n. nose ornament worn by women when dancing (pi. 194, 1,2). 

 otapara, a. dry (lit. dead wood). Cf. ota, para. 

 otigi, V. to put forth. 



oto, n. the thumb ; oto-turi (m), n. the forefinger. 

 oto (k), n. a wooden or steel adze for sago making. Cf. otoai. 

 otooto (Domori), ?^. a kind of arrow, with numerous barbs. 

 otoai, V. to split, cut, divide. 

 otoboa, V. to stand up, arise. Mir. tekue. 

 otoi, V. to leave, put aside, 

 otoirai, v. to bind. Cf. itoiriti. 



otoiriti (m), v. to make fast a rope. Cf. otoirai, itoiriti. 

 oto sairo (k), n. shoes. 

 ototoro, V. to break, rend, tear. 

 otouri (k), v. to stamp with the foot. 

 otumai, v. to send away, 

 otuturo, V. to stretch forth. 



ou, n. sky, a. high ; prep, ou-ato, at the top, above. Cf. osu, 

 ouea, V. to espy, to see {plur.). Cf. nouea. 

 ouera, n. a word ; ouera kudu, language ; oueramito, things = Mir. 



merkem. Same as auera. 

 ougi, V. to follow. 



oumiriti, a. dead (of things). Mir. eumilu lu. 

 ouou (f), n. ear pendant used as a weight to distend the lobe of the 



ear(?oriou), (pi. 190, 1-4). 

 owaigati (k), namabu owaigati, n. work. 



