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salt man-Sydney no good, too much salt. 
W 284. 
samani tinned salmon; see peasoup. 
same, all same 
I, just as. 
all same dark you can’t see. Se 610. 
all same sick he no savvee kaikai. 
L 363. 
all same mary she talk along boy. 
L 363. 
2. like, to resemble. 
plenty good, Missi, all same one 
fellow chicken. G 212. 
all same fire. V 253, R 120. 
all along same as: to resemble. V 
253. 
all the same one: alike. V 252. 
this fellow no all the same. W 144. 
3. that, with explicit particularity. 
that fellow place you eatum dinner, 
all same place Tannaman he eat 
woman. G 260. 
he speak all-a-same plenty time. W 
373- 
savvy to know, to know how, to understand 
to comprehend, to believe, to be 
able. 
1. absolute, to be wise. 
you sabe too much. SG 25. 
2. in negative response. 
no savez, Cap. W 290. 
3. governs a verb directly. 
this fellow he no sabe talk along white 
man. SG 20. 
henosabe pull. Sg 24, G 207, L 362. 
4. governs a direct object. 
you no savvee white man, me fella 
me savvee him. L 362, G 259. 
5. to be able. 
chief he old man he no savey walk 
good. W143 
all the same sick he no savvee kaikai. 
L 363. 
6. he savez that another kind: to know 
better. Se 623. 
say me (eR along him say bokkis he stop 
362. 
god say “‘what name?” L 363. 
schooner G 232. More commonly two 
fellow mast. 
scrub see bush. 
they fright like hell and they go hide 
along scrub. L 363-4. 
see all same dark you can’t see. Se 610. 
see you no: donot. V 253. 
sent me shiver sent: I shivered. V 254. 
she subject. Thegender distinction is rare, 
see he. 
she carry yam all-a-time. G 207. 
shift to move. V 253. 
ship W 1s. ; 
shiver me shiver sent: I shivered. V 254. 
shoot s’pose you look’m these two fella 
Adam Eve you shoot’m plenty too 
much. L 364. 

short short man. HW 53. 
short of wind: breathless. V 252. 
shove little fellow bokkus you shove him he 
cry, you pull him he cry: accordeon. 
sick see bad. 
all the same sick. L 363. 
side he got house other side Matupi. W 
290. 
This place and other side are very fre- 
quent position designations on the 
smaller islands, not only in the 
Beach-la-mar but in the proper 
languages of the several islands. 
sing see cry. 
sing out 
hearum sing out: hear the noise of 
the eruption. G 259. 
what name you sing out along me? 
L 362. 
he sing out ‘‘Adam!” L 363. 
time wild fowl he sing out. V 253. 
sing-sing adance. SG 125, W13. 
asong. L 361. 
skin skin belong me heavy: to be thirsty. 
V 254. 
sky half-way in sky. R ror. 
all along same as island in sky. V 
252. 
sleep me sleep strong fella too much. L 
363. 
woman he hear him, bal belong him 
he move, he no sileep. SG 123. 
sun he go down, he gosleep. W 349. 
slew slew, slew round, slew behind: to 
turn. V 254. 
bone along me slew: to be bewitched. 
V 252. 
slush to anoint. 
that fellow mary he slush’m grass be- 
long head too much stink: to dress 
the hair with perfumed oil. 
small of size, and a general diminutive. 
he smallnowbymbyehe big. Se 623. 
small bush in garden: weeds. R 122. 
small father: father’s younger 
brother. V 253. 
small talk: to whisper. V 254. 
small boy: foolish. V 253. 
cook him small hot: underdone. V 
253. 
small fellow master. SG 24, 23, R 
121, L 360. 
talk small fellow: to promise not to. 
V 253. 
smart he look very smart: to act quickly. 
Vi 253, 
| smell see siznk. 
bymby hearum smell. G 259. 
smoke all same other fellow belong smoke. 
Re 114. 
so so manhe savy this fellow grave. Se 623. 
so Adam Eve these two fella go along 
scrub, L 364. 
some some boy he get him spear. 
some place me go. L 361. 
Se 560. 
