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rogu(?) 



roriro (k), v. tide goes up river. 



Toxo, pron. thine, your {sing.). 



rorodi, rorodia (p), a. all. !3Iir. uridili, Cf. tuturumi. 



roro-oto (k), v. to grow. 



rorota (k), n. birth. 



rosidiro-auana, n. a writer, scribe. ^Mii'. aotale. 



rukupo, n. medicine, paint. !Mir. lukup. 



rupi (k), 71. a venomous snake, edible. 



Sabi, n. tabu, prohibition, law ; v. to tabu. Perhaps a Saibai word. 



saemiti, n. corkwood (burnt) to blacken the face. 



sagana Ck), n. the moon ; sagana gege, crescent moon. Cf . gege ; 



dogobe sagana, full moon ; sagana suokara, a halo round the 



moon, 

 sagarunepe (k), n. a species of snake, probably a lizard resembling a 



snake, 

 sagigi (m), n. a swelling. 

 sai (ks), n. daylight ; sun, day (k) ; sai sirio, ad. daily ; sai epi, 



n. noon ; sai iri sukumai, the sun sets. Cf . iuio. 

 saimabu (k), n. a watch (time-piece). Cf. sai, mabu. 

 saipo (k), n. a dance, hopping on one foot. 

 eairidoro (k), the shins. 



sairigiri (k), n. trotters (foot-claw). Cf . sairo, igiri. 

 sairo (k), n. the foot, leg. Cf . aira, airo ; sairo oto, n. a boot ; sairo 



pata, n. the sole of the foot, 

 samaga, a. old, of coconut, 

 sami, n. bad spirits, in the form of dwarfs, with immense heads. 



They carry large bows and arrows, are blackened with charcoal, 



and decorated with cassowary plumes. They can endow men 



with power of flying, cause snakes to bite and kill, pigs to 



destroy gardens, winds to wreck and drown. — Ann. Eep. 1894, 



p. 58. 

 samo (m), n. a cassowary, 

 samo (k), n. a feast, 

 samo, 71. pride, boasting ; samo patu, v. to be very proud. Mir. au 



bauspili. 

 samoito (k), samuito, a. quick ; v. to hasten. Mir. sobkak. 



