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sodo (k), n. a cartridge. 



soge (k), n. the flying fox (Fterojms). 



sogere (k), witchcraft. Cf. puripiiri. 



sogeri (k), n. armlets and leglets of twine ; (f) worn by widows 



round neck, hanging down back and front, when in mourning 



for husbands, 

 soke (k), n. a variety of banana, 

 sokeri (f), n. arrow used for long distances, 

 soki, n. a stick to husk coconuts with ; a walking stick, a staff. 

 sopu (k), n. clay ; uibuuibu sopu, black clay for painting the body, 



obtained at Kiwai ; dogodogo sopu, red clay from Dudi. 

 sopuanotoi (k), n. Hell, 

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

 sopunii (k), n. a snake, said not to bite. 

 sorea (k), n. a snake, said not to bite. 

 soro (k), n. bone ; shell ; wood after the bark is peeled off ; ipa soro, 



clam shell, (f) used as a knife for taking out the kernel of 



the coconut, 

 sosido (k), n. a variety of banana, 

 sosome (k), the hibiscus, Hihiscus tiliaceus (Fiji, Vau.) ; sosome 



sirigo, n. fibre from the hibiscus, 

 sosoro (k), n. the forehead. 



sosugoro (k), n. ear ornaments of worsted or twine, 

 sou (k), n. famine, 

 sowora, sowore (k), turmeric, used as a yellow dye. Cf. agoago, 



madira. 

 suabi (k), n. grasshopper. 



suago (e), n. grass ; suago pasa, grass leaf ; suago miti, grass root, 

 sugu (p), n. the outside. Cf. site. 

 sugu (k), n. coconut cloth. 



sugumai (k), = n. sukumai ; era sugumai (k), n. sunset, 

 sukiiba (k), n. tobacco ; sukuba popo (k), n. a cigarette, lit. tobacco 



roll, 

 sukuba (k), ii. scaly ringworm, 

 sukumai (k), = sugumai, v. to set, of the sun ; irara sukumai, the west. 



Cf. sie, sia. 

 sungei (m), n. the cane sling by which heads are carried, 

 suokara (k) n. a halo. 



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