kolu-(ku) 2. the back (of persons), the outside 
(of things); kolune ‘asi, the face of the 
sea; wai e lama haahi ue kRolune mwakano, 
water covered the face of the earth; 
kolune nime, the outside of a bowl. 
3. the heel, kolune ‘ae. Motu dolu. 
kolu, kokolu 4. to gnaw, to champ with the 
teeth. 
koluhe v. n., the roof of a house, used with 
poss. 3 ana, koluhaana nume. kolu 2. 
koma v. i., to kick; used with poss. 3 as 
object. 
komu family, clan, sort, tribe (late use); in Sa‘a 
pers. pron. sing 3 ne is suffixed; komu 
t‘emelu, our family; Romuna a ola, So- 
and-so’s family. Florida komu, village; 
San Cristoval kumu. 
Komukomu n., the artificial islets off north 
Malaita. Florida Rokomu, islet. 
kone v. i., to set (of current), to carry along in 
flow, to be in flood; Rone e gera, much 
flood-waters; ewe kone, to gather to- 
gether (of flood-waters); wéai ko kone, 
the river is in spate. Ambrym kone, 
to carry. 
koni, konikoni v. tr., to put, to place, to set, 
to keep, to adopt, to endow, to receive, 
to entertain, to nourish. koni diana, 
to take good care of; konia kau, U., 
wait a while; koni i keke, to excommuni- 
cate; maénu Roni, a tame bird; hu‘e kire 
konie mola, a concubine, lit., wife enter- 
tained merely; ne‘t koni, to lay up in 
store, to make provision; noko koni‘o ana 
to‘olaku, I endow thee with my property; 
‘onime‘t Roni, to store up; sz‘o kont, to 
collect together; tola koni, to receive. 
konihe, konikonihe v. n., a servant, depend- 
ant. 
konila-(ku) gerund. Florida mggoni, Wan- 
go gont. 
konito‘o adj., assured, in safety; z‘o Ronito‘o, 
rest in safety. koni. 
konokono (ku) n., throat, gullet. cf. ‘ono‘ono, 
to swallow. Florida sonosono, Wango 
gono, Ulawa tono, to drink; Mota gom, 
to hold liquid in the mouth, gonogono, 
hollow, with a mouth. 
koo v. i., to cause to boil by placing hot stones 
in, stone-boiling. 
koongi tr. 
kookoo a word used to deter children, probably 
connected with Lau koo a grandfather, 
and having to do with religious rites. 
kopi S., v. i., to touch, to flick with the finger; 
used with poss. 3 as object, e kopt eku, 
he touched me. 
kopi U., v. tr. 
korasi 1. v. tr., to scatter, to put to flight; 
é korasie mu na‘ona‘oi mae, he put to 
flight the ranks of the foe. 2. v. tr., to 
pour out upon. Mota gora, to push 
away. 
kore, korekore U. 1. v. tr., to sweep. 2. a 
besom made of midribs of sago frond- 
lets. 
kore 3. ruru kore, a landslip, avalanche. 
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Korea Lamai Korea, a lake on Little Malaita 
above Su‘u Peine. 
kori 1. a yam pudding. ko‘ikori. 
tobacco (late use). 
koro, koro‘i U., pers. pron., dual 3; they two; 
used both as subject and as object; 
koro ‘a mono ‘oto i Kalona, they two 
live apart in Kalona. 
koru 1. v. tr., to heap up, to be heaped up; 
ha‘akoru. koru dunge, to make a fire; 
nga hale e koru hula i sinaha, the shed 
was full right to the door. 
korute S., koruha, koruta U., a company, a 
collection. 
koruhe‘ini tr., to heap up. 
Koru 2. a district on the hills of Little Malaita 
near Au Qei‘i. 
korukoru 1. v. i., to water (of the mouth). 
korukoru 2. n., a piece, a morsel; nga koru- 
korut niu, a piece of coconut. 
kosi verbal particle of general time: Ro and s¢ 
illative; ‘oto kire kosi ‘unue, thereupon 
they began to say it; Rost met, it has 
just begun to ebb. 
koso v. i., to drift (of a canoe). 
kosola‘ini tr., to be driven by a storm, to 
be drifted. 
kosu v. i., to be humpbacked. 
kotaa v. i., to chatter. 
kotaaha v. n., confusion, vexation. 
kotaahi tr., to chatter and vex, to annoy. 
Mota kota. “© 
kou 1. clean-shaven head. cf. torokou‘e. 
kou, to shave the head clean. 
kou‘e clean shaven; ‘olo kou‘e thune, shave 
his head close. ftorokou‘e. 
ko‘u 2. adj., maimed in foot or hand. 
ko‘ukohu S., kohukohu U., with genitive 7, 
a piece. cf. ko‘uko‘u. ko‘ukohut poo, 
a piece of pork. 
koukou 1. v. i., to gargle; Roukou wei, koukou 
‘esi, to gargle with sweet water, with 
salt water. 
koukou 2. with genitive li, ni. cf. poupou 2; 
koukouli ‘ae, S., Roukouw ni ‘ae, U., 
ankle. 
koukou (na, ni) 3. n., kernel of canarium. 
ko‘uko‘u 4 as ko‘ukohu. 
ko‘uko‘u 5 loud noise, bang. kokohu. rongo; 
ko‘uko‘u ana, to hear a loud report. 
ko‘uko‘uhe v. n., report, loud noise; 
ko‘uko‘uha ana siute, report of the gun. 
koukoule S., adj., short, stumpy. 
koulaa S., hata koulaa, noisy chattering. 
ku 1. pron., sing. 1, suffixed to nouns and to 
stem a forming poss. 3. Mota k, Poly- 
nesian ku. 
ku 2. exclam. of contempt. 
ku 3. v. tr., to mock at. 
ku 4. v. tr., to bark at; ‘usu e kueu, the dog 
barked at me. 
kue S., kua U. 1. n., a domestic fowl; hot kue, hot 
mwaopu ni kue,afowl’segg. Wango kua. 
ku‘e S., ku‘a U. 2. pron., sing. 1, suffixed to 
stems ‘a and na forming poss. 1 and 2. 
ku‘i v. tr., to mock at. ku 3; mwala ko ku‘te, 
men mock him. 
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