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etheni (s), heathen ; ethenlgdpa, to the heathen. 

 ethohei (m), to bury, lit. to lay a corpse on not in the ground. 

 euangelia (m}, evangelia (s), Gospel. Greek euayye'Atov. 

 e%er, a dish, lit. Cymbium shell. 



JFaihoiho, marriage. Lifu failoilo ; Samoan fa^aipoipo. This was a 

 Rarotongan word, akaipoipo, introduced into Samoa for a 

 "marriage with a religious service." From Samoa it was 

 taken to Lifu and thence to the Straits. Fa, fa^a, aha is the 

 Polynesian causative prefix, ipo has reference to loving. Tahit. 

 ipo, a darling. Haw. ipo, a sweetheart, paramour; Gambier 

 Isd. ipo, married. 



faif, five. 



falaua,flaua, flour. 



farthen, farthing. 



faul, fowl, 



Februari, February. 



Jifete, fi%. 



fiva, fever. 



foa, four. 



foati, forty. 



Gavana, governor, fgavanalpa, (s).] 



gem-wali (ir), shirt, chemise, lit. body-cloth. 



gena, hell, [genapa (s).] Heb. Gehenna. Samoan, hena, Lifu, gena. 



geru (s), sugar cane. Cf. Hayter Islands and South Cape garu. 



getidiz, geto-tidiz (s), to read, lit. to put out the finger, to point. 



giz-mer (m), sermon, lit. many words. 



glas, glass. 



gold, gold. 



government. 



grin, green. 



Sanded, hundred. 



hamtaboi (k), night. This word is only found in MacGregor's Kiwai 

 list, and is perhaps due to a Motu interpreter. It is the Motu 

 word for night and is, literally, hanua, country ; hoi, dark, the 

 common Melanesian words vanua and hongi. 



haua, hawa, hour, 



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