40 
die suppose me kitch him grass he die. 
G 25, 121. 
More commonly go dead. 
dinner that fellow place you eatum dinner. 
G 259. 
do he no good, what for he do that if girl no 
want him. Se 567. 
what name he do that: how did it 
happen, how was it done? V 253. 
doctor docta belong bush: necromancer. 
45. 
doctal: Dr. Hahl, governor of the 
Bismarck Archipelago, as pro- 
nounced by island tongues. SG 20. 
door not only the door of a house of Euro- 
pean construction, but it is ex- 
tended to the lid of a box and to the 
operculum of the common univalve 
Turbo petholatus. 
make’m door adrift: to open. 
down you no put him down. G 207. 
me two fellow me fight down below: 
in the tweendecks. SG 22. 
tumble down: to die. 
dream man he dream himhe find him along 
reef. Se 173. 
drink me fellow me drink him. SG 27. 
dry little bit dry. Ruut. 
eat kai or kaikai is a far more frequent ex- 
pression of this sense. 
well, I eatum just little fellow bit. 
G 246, 259. 
we eat’m this fella apple. L 363. 
english the islanders’ designation of Beach- 
la-mar. 
that fellow whiteman no savvy talk 
English. S 300. 
eye put eye on me too much: to stare at. 
V 254. 
go look’m eye belong you along deck. 
L 359. 
far bush stop far off. Se 6r4. 
fashion, fash’ custom, manner. 
old time fashion. Se 323. 
long time fashion. V 253. 
fashion belong we fellow. V 253. 
one fashion: alike. V 253. 
Santo fash’: A la mode d’Espiritu 
Santo—the force of the adjective 
being geographical rather than 
hagiographic. 
A similar use seems once to have been 
very common in the sailor English. 
‘‘Shipshape and Bristol (or Brister) 
fashion”’ is a survival, though not 
exactly comprehended as to the 
latter member. ‘“‘My country 
fashion’”’ is found in Robinson 
Crusoe. 
BEACH-LA-MAR. 
fast 
1. the speed sense is more commonly ex- 
pressed by quick and look alive. 
2. fastened, stuck, aground. 
that ship he fast: on the reef. 
my throat he fast: to be dumb. V 
253. 
make fast. V 254. 
make rope fast along head. V 254. 
father father mother he no wild. Se 567. 
small father: the father’s younger 
brother. V 253. 
feel feel no good: to be ashamed. V 252. 
feel inside: to know. V 253. 
feel another kind inside: to change 
one’s mind. V 252. 
he feel something bad in heart: to be 
angry. V 252. 
fellow 
1. functioning as noun. 
no be fraid Jonni, he good fellow. SG 
24. 
he good fella too much. L 363. 
2. in adjective use. 
(a) definitive of pronouns: see this fellow, 
that fellow, me fellow, you fellow; 
note—pronouns of the third person 
seem not to employ or to need the 
reinforcement of fellow. 
(b) definitive of adjectives: see big fellow, 
small fellow, strong fellow, another 
fellow. 
(c) with numerals. 
two fellow men, three fellow bottle. 
W 53. 
ten fellow ten one fellow: 1o1. HW 
63. 
fence god he make’m big fennis all around 
garden. L 364. 
fetch cooky fetch one fellow bottle. HW 
97. 
This is more idiomatically expressed 
by take ’em he come. 
fight to strike. Rerrq. 
me two fellow me fight. SG 22. 
big fellow bokus you fight him he cry: 
piano. 
big fellow bokkes suppose misses he 
fight him he cry too much: piano. 
F 100. 
spear good along fight. Se 560. 
man Matupi fight along him. W 290. 
you fellow strong along fight. Se 560. 
when kaikai he fight: when eaten it 
“one said of a pungent Morinda. 
gi. 
find more commonly catch. 
he find him along reef. Se 173. 
fine he no gammon fine yam. V 253. 
finish 
1. indicative of completion of the action. 
he stink finish. SG 117. 
grass belong head belong him all he 
die finish: to be bald. F 100. 
kill him finished. R 114. 
me look him finish: I have seen. 
S 301. 
