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been 
you been broke ship belonga me. 
144. 
I been look round before. V 254. 
before earlier in time. 
before long time altogether no place 
he stop. L 363. 
I been look round before. V 254. 
behind rearward in space. 
very good you no go firs’, that fellow 
stop behin’. G 207. 
bell the metal bell and the smaller wooden 
drums. 
bokkis belong bell. L 361. 
The aboriginal box was carefully ex- 
cavated along the length of a tree 
trunk and a cover fitted to the open 
end. The first sailors in these 
waters found that their sea chests 
were highly regarded in barter. 
In the labor tradean invariable part 
of the payment was a box, the 
manufacture of which offered a 
profitable industry to Chinese 
joiners. One such mechanic in 
Fiji introduced the bell lock and 
leaped into a monopoly, for the 
islanders were quick to comprehend 
the burglar-alarm value of a lock 
which would ring warning when 
any attempt was made to tamper 
with it. 
belly the trunk cavity, both thoracic and 
abdominal. 
belly belong me walk about too much: 
to be seasick. L 360. 
my belly no got kaikai: to be hungry. 
V 253. 
short man big belly. HW 53. 
him fellow belly go bad: to have the 
stomach ache. 
belong see along, long. 
1. to live fin, to be a native of, to bea 
member of. 
he belong Burriburrigan. W 340. 
docta belong bush. SG 45. 
boy belong island. W 373. 
big fellow master plenty too much 
belong Cocopur. HW 53. 
he no proper man belong my place. 
Se 441. 
all same belong mainland. R 120. 
me belong a Iniet. SG rar. 
2. the common expression of the relation 
of possession. 
tail belong him. R 118. 
boy belong me. SG 29. 
pappa belong me. G 223. 
you kitch him money belong you. 
SG 24. 
spirit belong all white men no good. 
P 266. 
wife belong you no got water. Se 
383, 560. 


belong 
that fellow belong you? no belong 
me. L 362. 
god big fella marster belong white 
man. L 363. 
3. introducing a quality. 
that fella tree belong apple. 
water belong stink. Re 114. 
apple belong stink. 
4. introducing other relations. 
canoe belong play. V 254. 
no proper word belong talk. Se 587. 
very good belonga yam. 122. 
fellow belong simoke: cigar holder. 
Re 114. 
5. introducing verbs. 
very good belong boil yam. W 122. 
how much you pay belong stop along 
Vila? W 144. 
6. sense properly expressed by along q. v. 
(a) in reference to. 
me fraid belong kanaka he like kill 
youme. § 127. 
(b) to. 
bymby you go belong Sydney. SG 
L263. 
24. 
talk plenty bad belong man: to swear 
ata y 25a. 
you bring this belong master. 
(c) direct object. 
he puss-puss belong this fellow. 
SG 123. 
below see down below. 
best best thing you learn us. V 254. 
better better; more better: oughtto. V 
253. 
more better you come out. Se 383. 
have better class inside: appetite. 
V 253. 
big of magnitude and multitude. 
1. of size. 
big food: a feast. V 253; HW 53. 
man Sandwich make big wind. W 
S 301. 
144. 
he small now, bymbye he big. Se 623 
big big man: important. V 253. 
talk big: to promise. V 253. 
2. with fellow. 
(a) of size. 
big fellow name. 
G 108. 
(b) of number. 
I think you give me big fellow to- 
[sete ae Capp ee 
(c) as noun. 
big fellow he cry. Re 114. 
bit brief, small, as a measure. 
hold on a bit: wait. V 254. 
little bit: slightly. V 254. 
come a little bit good: to improve. 
A ae ge 
long way little bit. L 360. 
little bit dry. II. 
I eatum jus’ little fellow bit. 
long way big bit. L 360. 
bite to prick, to pierce, to be pungent. 
color like curry, he bite too. R 95. 
SS 93, 24ne 112. 
G 246. 
