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tabu any matter that is forbidden. 
you speak too much tabu. SG 121. 
one fella tree he tambo along you 
altogether. L 363. 
tail tail belong him (the stingray) just 
like oar. R118. 
small fellow old man belong tail: the 
monkey. 
take to carry, to take, to have. 
1. only takee tea. HW 97. 
he sorry he no take him. Se 444. 
cappen you been take me along three 
year. W 373. 
he tell me takeum cutter big fellow 
hospital. G 198. 
he take one fella bone belong him. L 
363, Se 560. 
fellow belong simoke me take him all 
time long cigar: a cigar holder. 
Re 114. 
2. you take him he come: bring here. Re 
II4. 
that schooner no takee-him come-him 
friend. G 232. 
3. take cold heart: mildtempered. V 253. 
talk to speak. 
this fellow he no sabe talk long white - 
man. SG 20. 
all he talk: they all say. SG 121. 
no proper word belong talk. Se 587. 
Eve she talk talk talk allee time. L 
363. 
talk along boy. L 363. 
talk too much crooked: to deceive. 
V 253. 
talk big: to promise. V 253. 
talk small fellow: promise not. 
LRe 
talk straight: to speak plainly. V 
254. 
talk plenty bad belong man: to 
swear. V 354. 
taro the bulb of Caladium esculentum. L 
363. 
tea HW 97. 
tell to speak, to order. 
1. he tell me takeum cutter. G 198, 223. 
2. to say. 
he tell ‘‘no, all right.”” G 198. 
3. to ask. 
we tell ‘‘ what name we go Ambrym?” 
G 198. ’ 
inside tell himself: to consider. V 
252. 
ten two fellow ten one fellow: twenty-one. 
W 53. 
that the distant demonstrative, idiomati- 
cally supported by fellow. 
that schooner. G 232, 259. 
that boy. Se 567. 
he do that. Se 567, 623. 
that fellow that fellow he belong my 
place. Se 441. 
you savvy that fellow place. G 259, 
207, 232. 
the all the boy. W 373, G 243, 259. 

then more idiomatically thai time. 
bymby he go on then you coming. 
G 207. 
there commonly that place, all same place. 
he keep a bee there. G 243. 
bush stop far off gardens there. Se 
614. 
these the plural distinctionisan unnecessary 
refinement. 
Adam Eve these two fella. L 364. 
thing not in common use. 
best thing you learn us. V 254. 
think I think he plenty cross. G 232, 223, 
243. 
heart along him think. V 254. 
I think you give mebig fellow tobacco: 
to hope. G 223. 
we think he eat: perhaps. V 253. 
this the near demonstrative, idiomatically 
supported by fellow. 
this time: now 
suppose this fellow man he sabe. SG 
25, Se 623. 
he puss-puss belong this fellow. SG 
124. 
this fellow he no sabe talk. SG 20. 
by and by this fellow he die. SG 26. 
this fellow he good. SG 27. 
three particularly noted in speech because 
of the underlying trinal number. 
three moon. W 349, 373, G 260. 
three fellow. HW 53. 
me three fellow: trinal, I and two 
others. 
throat my throat he fast:tobedumb. V 
253. 
tight half-tight: scarcity of water. V 252. 
tik=a=tik watch. R 168. 
time 
I. no got time: to be unable. 
2. all time: always. 
he go all time: a watch or clock. 
Re 114. 
we fellowstop all time along Mabuiag. 
V 252. 
she carry yam all-a-time. 
he walk about all the time. 
talk allee time. L 363. 
look along us two fella all’m time. 
G 207. 
L 363. 
L 363. 
3. first time: formerly. V 253. 
4. good time. 
they two fella have’m good time too 
much. L 363. 
5. long time. 
he look daylight a long time: to lie 
awake. V 252. 
long time fashion: old custom. V 
253. 
stop Matupi long time ago. W 290. 
6. old time: ancient. 
old time fashion. Se 323. 
7. one time: once, at once. V 253. 
one time Lamanian man he keep a 
bee there: formerly. G 243. 
