VOCABULARY. 41 
finish 
2. transitive: to kill. 
3. to make an end of. 
when they finish eat ’um. L 363. 
V 253. 
4. to desist. 
finish, finish, you speak too much 
taboo. SG 121. 
5. all finish. 
suppose this fellow man he sabe he 
die, all finish. SG2s5. 
he kaikai all finish: to eat all up. S 
304. 
6. go finish: to die. 
pappa belong me he go finish yes’er- 
day. G 223,198. 
7. you two fella finish along me alto- 
gether: I am done with you. L 364. 
fire fire he cook’m plenty too much: to be 
ablaze. 
fire place: crater of volcano. G 259. 
heart belong him all same fire: to be 
enraged. V 253. 
first very good you no go firs’, that fellow 
stop behin’. G 207. 
first time: formerly. V 253. 
fish fish he stop. L 360. 
fishing line V 254. 
fix to do, to make. 
he fix’m that fellow boat. 
flash make flash: to dress for a dance. 
253. 
put on all flash things: to dress for a 
dance. V 253. 
ornament. V 253. 
food more commonly kazkaz. 
big food: a feast. V 253. 
fool make fool of: to cheat. V 252. 
I bloody fool. V 253. Cf. small boy. 
for all man he growl for you: to be opposed 
TOE 254: 
he spell for little: to rest. V 253. 
you fellow look out for spear good 
along fight, look out good for 
spear or some boy he get him spear. 
Se 560. 
for killum man. G 232. 
make bad for misinari. G 232. 
no good for. Se 7o. 
what for. Se 567. 
four two, three, four week. G 260. 
fowl wild fowl. V 253. 
fraid see fright. 
too much he fraid long way from 
village. Se 162. 
what for you fraid? W 258. 
no be fraid Jonni, he good fellow. 
SG 24. 
me fraid belong kanaka he like kill 
youme. $127. 
friend a term of frequent use yet of im- 
perfect amity. 
he plenty cross that schooner no 
takee-him come-him friend. G 
232: 
fright he too muchfright: afraid. Se552- 
my word, they fright like hell. L 363. 
me fright along you too much. L 361. 
from long way from village. Se 162. 
full he full up blood he kill him. Se 563. 
game another kind of game: different cere- 
mony. V 252. 
gammon (Nicholas found it in use in 1815 
in New Zealand.) 
to lie, to exaggerate, to joke. L 360. 
to cheat, to deceive, to pretend. V 
352-3. 
bad man too much gammon black- 
fellow. Ro 252. 
god big fella marster he gammon 
along you. L 363. 
expletive: Eve she speak ‘‘Gammon! 
What name?” L363. 
no gammon: really. 
he no gammon fine yam. V 253. 
garden this is restricted to the culture of 
the islanders, see plantation. 
bush stop far off gardens there. Se 
614. 
he make’m big fella garden. L 363. 
get you get water, wife belong you no got 
water. Se 383. 
some boy he get him spear: to be 
speared. Se 560. 
no get him plenty kaikai. W 349. 
get to hell along scrub. L 364. 
why you stop him get hurt. Wa 152. 
this fellow kaikai you if he get chance. 
Wa 152. 
girl girls no good. Se 70, 567. 
give he give’m this fella Eve along Adam. 
L 363. 
he give this fella marster belong god 
one big fella musket. L 364. 
you give me bad word. V 252. 
you give me good road: to direct 
aright. V 253. 
glad he glad for that fish. V 253. 
go 
1. of motion away. 
boy he like go. W115. 
what name we go Ambrym? G198. 
very good you no go firs’. G 207. 
some place me go man no good. L 
361. 
you golonghousebelongme. Re114. 
by and by you go belong Sydney. 
SG 24. 
go along my man: to accompany. 
V 252. 
go alonga home. 
2. to be in motion. 
him fellow go all time: a watch. Re 
II4. 
3. to become. 
him fellow belly go bad: stomach 
ache. 
him go dead: to die. 
by-n’-by he go finish: to die. G 198. 
W 349. 
