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ne 1 (continued). 
of which it coalesces as with illative s7. 
ka‘u, neke leesie, please let me see it; 
nekesi lae si‘iri, I shall go to-day; nge 
nesi teurt, thereupon I said; ne‘e lae 
kd‘u, let me go; nau ‘unua uri muni 
ne‘e mae ‘oto, I thought I was done for; 
na nesi nei ‘amamu ‘oto, and I shall be 
your father; noko he‘i lae lo‘u mei na 
nest leesi‘o lo‘u, I shall come back and 
shall see thee again. 
ne 2. demonstrative. cf. nd 4. 
ne‘e 1. S., contraction for ne‘ie; ne‘e ka'u, wait 
a bit, stay. 
ne‘e 2. U., pers. pron., sing 1, me and verbal 
particle ‘e. e gale ola ne‘e adea, I saw 
nothing; muni ne‘e loosia, ia‘ane na‘a 
‘unua, if I see him I shall tell it. 
ne‘ene‘e U., v., to whine. 
ne‘i, ne‘ine‘i S. 1. v. tr., to place, to put, to 
appoint. me‘i koni, to lay up in store, 
to make provision; nei siwe, to appoint 
a sum as blood money. 2. to become, 
to turn into, to be: ko ne‘ie ‘oto t‘oe, if 
it be thou; poo ko ne‘i lalamoa ko ‘olisie 
‘oto a mwaena, the pig becomes the 
victim instead of the person; a nesi ne‘t 
‘amamu ‘oto, and I shall be your father. 
ne‘isae S., v. i., to think, to call to remem- 
brance; e‘isae, exclamation, like any- 
thing! me‘isae ‘asi, to forgive; ne‘isae 
lete, to be set in intention; ne‘isae 
moute'i, to determine, to dare; ne‘isae 
su‘ete‘e, to be anxious about; ne‘isae 
tdélihe, to reach in thought; mne‘isae 
to‘ote‘e, to be anxious. 
ne‘isaenga v. n., thought, remembrance. 
nekesi cf. ne 1. 
nemo S., nimo U. 1. n., rain. ha‘anemo. hoi 
nemo, a rain squall; nemo raaraa, S. 
nimo raaraa, U., drizzling rain, sun and 
rain. 2. v.i., to rain, menemo. 
nemosi tr., to rain upon. 
nena S., demonstrative; a ola nena, that thing. 
nengenenge‘a adj., glistening white. 
nerenere n., a sea-bird, the kittiwake; nerenere 
nt ige, kittiwake of the lagoon. 
nesi pers. pron, sing. 1; e with illative si. 
ni 1. genitive, of; sape ni ‘inoni, men’s bodies; 
rato ni mwane, elderly male. (a) 
expressive of purpose: ini ni ha‘aurilana 
‘oto, a person to be saved; kire hala ni lae, 
they attempted to go; e dau ni ere, he 
made to speak; e ka‘a mwadausieu ni 
lae, not easy for me to go; tala ni liu, 
path to travel; hinou ni ‘a‘a‘o, hook for 
fishing; walo ni pa‘asahu, a hook for 
pa‘asahu. (b) expressive of condition, 
lae ni ramo, go in might; ngdu ni pote, 
eat to satiety; lae ni oraha‘a, to go very 
fast; lae ‘oto ni mae, go like everything. 
May be rendered by with or in: rongo 
nt ‘elinge, to hear with the ear; ere ni sae, 
to say with the heart; na ni leesie 
palonga aku, and saw (in seeing) my 
works. (c) used after tala‘ae, U., 
tala‘ae ni lae, begin to go. (d) added 
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ni 1 (continued). 
) to verbal suffix, a‘ini, ha‘ini, etc., transi- 
tive force. Mota nia, with; Florida ni; 
Faté ni. of. genitive li 1. 
ni 2. interrogative. (a) used to call attention, 
ni mwaena? I say, you. (b) in the 
sense of is that so. (c) added for 
emphasis to atei, itei, S., thet, U., nga 
taa, S., nga taha, U.: nga taa ni ‘oko 
ngarase, what are you crying for; 
mwala ‘urei tei ni ‘ie, whence are these 
people? Viti lz. 
ni 3. demonstrative attached for emphasis to 
nouns in Ulawa, to pronouns, adverbs 
to si‘ivi and uri 2; may be reduplicated. 
ngeni nou lae, and so I went; ngaini ni 
eni usie, ngaini nt eni hohoro, one to his 
merchandise, another to his trading; 
a poroni, So-and-so; a laant, So-and-so; 
inge‘i ni e qaoa, he it is who did it; 
ienini, this. Wango ni. 
ni 4. a detachable prefix to pronouns, nihou, 
niparo, niwau, U. mu ‘inont mangot 
ola mola ni kire, S., men are but breath; 
‘oto to‘ohuu ni ngeena, it is so in truth; 
‘omu ka‘a to‘oto‘olamiu ike ni ‘omu, ye 
are not your own. Santa Cruz mi (in 
ninge); Florida ni. 
ni 5. suff. pron., plural 3, neut. 
ni 6. verbal suffix. sdu saéuni. 
ni‘e n., a sleeping-mat made of coconut leaf;. 
ha‘u ni‘e, to plait a coconut leaf into a 
sleeping-mat. 
Nielaha‘u Cape Zélée, the southeast cape of 
Malaita; ‘ahe hirune i Nielaha‘u, its 
tide-rip. 
nihisi v. tr., to refrain; noko nihisie nimeku, 1 
refrain my hand. 
nihisila-(ku) gerund. 
niho (ku) n., tooth. cf. alot, ‘amwada, 
‘anguru. mnihoi t‘e, porpoise-teeth cur- 
rency; ngdngidi niho, to gnash the 
teeth; e rapu ngurusie nihona, knocked 
his teeth out; e sisie nihona, he bared 
his teeth in a grin. 
nihou U., demonstrative pron., this, here: 
pronounced sometimes niheu. 
ni‘i, ni‘ini‘i 1. v. tr., to give, to present, with 
poss. 1, to feed mi‘t ana. nt‘t nime 
haahi, to lay hands on; n7‘t ‘ae la‘o t‘ola, 
to board a canoe; ni‘i suu, ni‘i toto, to 
make a free gift. 
ni‘inge v. n., a gift, a giving, grace (late 
use); ¢ honu eni ni‘inge, full of grace. 
ni‘ila-(ku) gerund. médni ni‘ilana sakanga. 
e mani lae, the complete giving of power 
is completely given. 
ni‘i 2. ni‘i losi, to squeeze, to wring out water. 
nike (ku) mother, aunt; for the vocative teitet 
is generally used; with the personal 
article a nike mother, 7. e., our mother 
in speaking of a particular person. 
nikei ola, S., nikeni ola, U., a big thing,. 
lit., a mother thing; nikand, S., nikend, 
U., ro hai nikand, ro hé'i nikené, wife 
and child, mother and child; ro héa‘é 
nikand ineu, my wife and child. 
1 talani. 
