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■wadoa (k), tlie pepper eaten wdth betel nut. 



waduni (k), tlie native bamboo tobacco-pipe (pi. 188, 2). 



waea (k), n. the hornbill. Cf. orkienkok. 



wagi (k), n. the thigh. 



waia (k), v. to warn. 



waiati (k), w. a water melon. 



wairi (m) ad. forward (for'ard). (? whether this is not the Motu vaira, 



face, front ; vaira lao, to go forward.) 

 wakani (Domori), n. bag in which dress of all kinds is held (pi. 



191,1). 

 wameai (?) nitara wameai (k) v. to return, 

 wami (h), 



wanogoro (k), n. a coral reef, 

 waopo aibi (k), v. to steer. Cf. aibi. 

 wap, n. a dugong spear. Cf. Saibai. 

 wapa (k), n. a petticoat. 



waperbi (m), v. to come aft and steer. Cf. waopo aibi. 

 wapu (ii), wapu oa (m), n. the maiasail of a canoe. 

 warame (k), n. deceit, falsehood, "gammon"; warame dubu, n. 



a liar. Cf. mabu. 

 waraoit, 



waratai (k), v. to answer, reply. Cf. gibo. 

 waratoto (k), n. a bridge, 

 warea (k), n. a venomous snake. 



wari, V. to laugh, smile ; wari patu (m), v. to laugh greatly. Cf . kiri. 

 warikabi (k), n. a stone axe. 

 wariu (k), n. a hawk, 

 waro (m), n. rope; perhaps introduced. Cf. Motu, varo, Kerepunu, 



waro, Sinaugolo, walo. 

 waromi (k), v. to dwell, 

 waroti (k), v. to wash, 

 warubai (k), n. a load. 



waruku (k), n. an edible snake, said not to bite, 

 wasare (k), n. a hymn ; wasare boso, n. or v. whistle. Cf . poho. 

 wasi (?) wasi nakobokobo (k), a. lazy. Cf. oiwoli. 

 watatorope (k), n. the tongue, 

 wateripi (m), n. the tongue, 

 waupi (?) 



