IEKIE 
kiekie S., kiakia U., a club of crescent-shape 
with a point on the back. Guppy, 
“Solomon Islands,’’ p. 74. 
ki‘i, ki‘iki‘i (ku) 1. U., n., hand, finger, rod, 
stem; susue‘t ki‘i, to stretch out the hand; 
ki‘ikit ni he‘u, a rod of iron. 2. a 
dwarf, ki‘iki‘i ni ‘inoni. Makura wiri- 
kikin, Tavara nima-kiki. 
kiito n., a bird, gray fish-hawk (Baza gurneyi). 
Guadalcanar kiso. 
kikiri 1. n., a lettuce-leaf tree with large edible 
fruits considered a cure for coughs; the 
root affords the red dye used on strips 
of cane (ue, aleale). 
kikiri 2., kikiri ge‘u,a ghost. M.A., p. 261. 
kikoa n., a bird, the black mynah. _ sikoa. 
kilekile 1. n., a small parrot (Trichoglossus 
massena). 
kilekile 2. n., a long-handled tomahawk used 
for fighting, with an iron head; a Florida 
word. 
kiliqe‘u 1. n., a depression in the ground, a 
grave. 2.n., a pass in the hills above 
Su‘uholo, Ulawa. 
kilokilo v. i., to beat the water with the hands 
in sport while bathing, making thereby 
a booming noise. 
kilu U. 1. a well of water, a hole in the ground; 
kilu ni wei, a water hole; kilu ni ngedi, 
a pit where flints are found. Florida 
gilu, grave; Lau kilugwou, grave; Wango 
giru, ditch; Viti Rikilo, hole. 
kilu U. 2. contraction of Rira‘elu. cf. kelu. 
kineta‘ini, kinekineta‘ini S., to safeguard, to 
preserve, toobserve and do. keneta‘ini,U. 
kineta‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
ki‘oki‘o n., a bird, the large kingfisher. 
Cruz kio, Mota sigo, Samoa fti‘o. 
kiraa for kire a, used of a company; kiraa ola, 
whom do you mean, lit., they the person; 
kiraa Wate, Wate and his companions. 
kiratei interrog. pron., plural 3: who; followed 
by e or kire; kiratei e lae mat, kiratei kire 
lae, who went? 
kire S., kira U., pers. pron., plural 3; used as 
subject only. 
kireru‘e S., pers. pron., dual 3: they two; used 
as subject only. 
kirori n., a parrot (Lorius cardinalis), found on 
the blossoms of the Barringtonia and 
coconut, tamed as a pet. cf. hirori, 
‘irorit. Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 380. 
Motu kiloki. 
kiru U., rai kiru, a yam with reddish flesh. 
kiukiu rape n., a bird, wagtail. cf. hi‘uhi‘u 
rape. 
ko S., verbal particle used of general time; 
si illative may be added, kosi; in cases 
where a changes to e after a preceding 
7 or u the same change takes place after 
ko. e ‘ure‘ure ko rarangi, he stood 
warming himself; ‘oto kire kosi ‘unue, 
thereupon they began to say it; ko 
ha‘ike, otherwise, else; ko urine, that 
being so. Sesake ko, future particle. 
koe, koekoe U., v. i., to make fun of; with poss. 
3, to jest. 
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koe, koekoe (continued). 
koenga, v. n., koengaha v. n. (double noun 
ending): Wango koe, Florida koehoru. 
koetana‘a to scatter (of a flock of birds). 
kohe, ko‘ekohe as koe, in Qaloto dialect. 
kohi adj., beautiful; e lio kohi, itlooks beautiful. 
kohikohila U., adj., beautiful. 
koho 1. snags, logs or branches in a stream. 
koho, kokoho 2. v.i., to be deceitful, to deceive; 
ko kokoho haahi wala, deceitful in speech. 
kohonga v. n. 
kohu 1. v. i., to be half grown, unripe, green 
(of fruit). 
kohu 2. U., v. i., to cut, to chop. 
kohukohu U., kohukohu laona salo, far-off clouds. 
koikoi U., v. i., to chew with toothless gums. 
ko‘ikori a pudding of pounded taro and cana- 
rium nuts; kort. 
koine v. tr., to adopt. 
koinala-(ku) gerund. 
koke v. tr., to hasten unduly. 
kokela‘i partic., flurried, hastily; nou lae 
kokela‘i, I came away without making 
due preparations. 
kokela‘ini tr. 
koko 1. kokoi epu, a drop of blood. Wango 
kokoru. 
koko 2. v. i., to be narrow, confined. hariko- 
kosi. Mota koko, Malagasy hohota. 
koko 3. kokoi sa‘o, a frond of sago palm; Rokot 
selu, needles of casuarina. 
kokoho‘a a hill. 
kokohisi v. i., to be narrow, strait, confined. 
koko 2. 
kokohono v.i., to be black and lowering. Roko2. 
salo ko kokohono, the sky is lowering. 
koko‘ie‘i partic., narrow, confined. koko 2. 
kokolo n., a large hermit crab, (Ccenobita). 
kokolu U., a coconut with hard flesh, fully 
grown; hoi niu kokolu, hoi kokolu. Rolu 4. 
Espiritii Santo kolo, coconut. 
kokoluta‘a adj., with corners. kolu 2. 
kokome n., round white shell armlet made of 
trochus (la‘o). 
kokopa U., kokopa ni ‘ei, a thin buttress on 
certain trees, such as the canarium and 
liki. 
kokorako v. i., to crow (of fowls). Mota 
kokorako. 
kokoro v. i., to sink deep into, to be deep. 
Mota koro, deep. 
kokosi U., hasi kokosi, to bein distress. koko 2. 
kole, kolekole v. i., to rattle, to rustle; hote sa‘a 
kole wa nga me‘t ola ‘erete‘a ket t‘o ¢ 
sapeka, the paddles must not rattle nor 
anything of light color be about our 
bodies. 
kolokolo 1. U. v. tr., to forget, to fail to recol- 
lect. ha‘akolo. 
kolokolo 2. n., a bird (Turacaena crassirostris), 
a pigeon with a long tail and a crest, 
cries at evening and morning. 
kolu S. 1. pers. pron., plural 1 incl.: we, us; more 
restricted in meaning than ki‘e; used as 
subject, also suffixed to verbs and prep- 
ositions as object. kolu mone, let us be 
gone. Mukawa kota. 
