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kaule (continued). 
the male bird: term used generally in 
speaking of the kéule; répu keule, to 
tattoo the frigate-bird on the cheek: the 
tattoo takes the form of an inverted W 
where the two points represent the 
curve in the wing of the bird. A 
similar W pattern also called ké‘ule i 
found on the flat blades of clubs 
(Guppy, ‘‘Solomon Islands,”’ p. 74), and 
it may be that a further explanation of 
the device is that it is the conventional 
representation of the kdule. Florida 
daula. M.A., p. 126. 
kaumota n., adze; in old days made of a stone 
attached to V-shaped handle composed 
of a branch and part of the stem of a tree. 
kauwa‘a S., n., must, mildew, rust. 
kawa‘i S., v. tr., to hear; ‘alinge ka‘a kawa‘ie, 
ear hath not heard. 
kawe n., a string of shell money (haa), nga 
kawe. Wango gawe. 
ke 1. S., verbal particle used of future time; 
saune huni ke mae, pound it so that it 
will be well mashed; ana ke ola mwam- 
wadau, if possible; ke mdédni dolosie 
Satada, let him ask all their names. 
With the negative particle ka‘a: e ka‘a 
ola ke léku, there is nothing whole; 
e ka‘a ola neke leesie, I saw nothing. 
Used with negatives ka‘a and sa‘a cor- 
related with wa in the sense of neither, 
nor: ‘omu ka‘a manata‘inie wa ‘omu ke 
leeste, ye neither know him nor saw him, 
Florida te, of present time. Lo te ke. 
Mota te 1; Ulawa ‘e. cf. ha‘ike, qa‘ike. 
ke 2. exclam., used when one has made a wrong 
statement. 
kei 1. n., a female (of persons only). cf. mwei; 
the personal article a precedes and de- 
monstrative nd is suffixed; a keine, the 
woman; mu keine, the women; keine, 
vocative, woman; the addition of laa 
expresses commiseration; kei ta‘a, poor 
dear; pdine, big, is added in the case of 
important persons, kei ta‘a pdine, dear 
lady. Gilbert Islands nei, Lau ni, per- 
sonal article preceding the name of a 
woman; Trobriand na, Efaté lei, Tangoa 
ve. cf. mwae. 
kei, keikei 2. U., adv., of motion from, out of; 
é kei hei, whence; nau keiket ana, I am 
from thence. 
ke‘i 3. S., verbal particle used of definite future. 
cf. ke 1. ke‘t lae ta‘ane, he will go cer- 
tainly; ke‘i ‘ue ‘oto, how shall it be done; 
kire ke‘i ne‘i manata‘a diana, they shall 
become well trained; melu ke‘i tola ‘oto, 
are we to begin to carry? Fagani i, 
Omba, Maewo 7. 
keke 1. U., with locative 7; i keke, beside, out- 
side; koni i keke, to excommunicate. 
2. with suff. pron. (ku), to (of persons 
only), Qaloto use. i kekemu, asi siemu, 
in your house; 7 kekena wii, beside the 
stream. 3. adv., behind; lio keke, look 
behind. 
KI‘E 
keke (continued). 
kekea‘i S., kekeni U., partic. lio i kekea‘s 
maanga, to bear ill will, to have a spite 
against. malakeke. Wango gege, Lau 
gege, behind; Motu kekena, by the side of. 
Kela the southern end of Guadalcanar. awalosi 
t Kela, the southwest wind; hana ni 
Kela, a yam planted head downward; 
gaso ni Kela, armlet of dyed grass. 
kele, ‘ele U. 1. adv., somewhat, a little, just 
now: precedes the verb. sz kele ine, it 
has just rooted; esi kele loto, just washed; 
kele mei langa, it lets up a little. 2. 
adj., small, little: precedes the noun; 
kele mwau ineu, my little boy; kele 
mwela, little child; kele me‘i ola, a little 
thing; kele poo, a little pig; a kele ola, 
young So-and-so. (Probably connected 
with kale.) Wango gere. 
keli cf. kéli. 
kelu U., contraction of kira‘elu, used as subject 
only. 
kemo U., v., to be straight, of hair. 
kena‘i ha‘akena‘i, he‘asikena‘i, interjections, 
not to be used in the presence of women. 
keneta‘ini U., v. tr., to safeguard, to observe 
and do. kineta‘ini, S. 
keneta‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
ha‘akeneta ‘ini causative. 
keni n., woman, wife, female: added to proper 
names to show sex. ha‘akeni. kent, mu 
kent, vocative; kent ana a ola, such-and- 
such a woman; nga keni mala a kalemu, 
a girl, a mate for your son; keni ha‘alu,S., 
kent ha‘olu, U., a maiden; kent ineu, my 
dear; kent raori‘t, a virgin; Reni toro, 
the lady; Reni ulao, a harlot; ‘az ha‘an- 
gdu keni, ginger given to women as an 
ordeal; hau ni keni, a rock at Ali‘ite 
where female ghosts congregate; ile keni, 
female; ini kent, female; i‘ota‘i rongo 
keninga, to set about a betrothal; me‘s 
kent reu, a lowly woman; tola keni, to 
take a wife. Motu kekeni, Doura, N. 
G., eneni; Rotuma hen. 
kere, kerekere v. tr., to incise, to draw, to 
outline, to cut lateral marks on nautilus 
plates. makere. Florida mggere, to 
write; Wedau teretere. 
kerehi, kerekerehi v. tr., to look at, to stare at. 
kerekere 1. hui kerekere, a taro shot with veins. 
kerekere-(na) 2. U., used with locative 7, of 
things only; beside, by the side of. 
1 kerekerena tala, beside the path. 
kereru‘e S., pers. pron., dual 3: they two; used 
only as subject. 
kesi verbal particle: ke and sz illative; nge 
laenga kesi lae, then the journey will 
take place. 
keta, ketaketa v. tr., to annoy, to provoke. 
ketanga v. n., uproar, upset. 
ketala-(ku) gerund. 
ki’e S., ki‘a U., pers. pron., plural 1 incl.: we; 
more general in meaning than kolu or 
ka‘elu; used as subject, or suffixed as 
object to verbs and_ prepositions. 
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