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ngaihei U., interrog. pron., who: plural 
mwaithei. ngathei e lae mai, who came 
here; kira mwaihei, who are they. 
ngaile U., article, one, a: ile. ta‘ana ngaile, 
every one; ‘etana ngaile, the first; wala‘a 
wa‘ewa‘e ana ngaile, to speak excessively 
to one. 
ngaini 1. S., article, one, a. ta‘eta‘ena ngaini, 
every one; iteitana ngaini ka‘a lae mai, 
no one came; ‘etana mngaini, the first 
one; ¢ ka‘a iteitana ngaini, there is not 
any one; gaint sa‘a liu ha‘ahireru‘e, 
none shall pass in front of them (and 
overcome them); maleledi oraha‘a 
mwaanie ngaini, to rebuke a man for sin. 
ngad‘ini 2. verb suffix of transitive force, hii 
hiinge‘ini. Mota ngai. 
ngd‘ingedi to be strong, to be firm. 
ha‘anga‘ingedi. 
ngaite U., article; ngaite holoholo, a different 
thing; gaite laa, another person. 
ngali 1. n., canarium nut; ngdli maa, smoked 
nuts stowed inatangi. cf. repo. ngiéli 
maelo, the month of August, the time 
of ripe nuts; karoa ngdli, to pick the 
nuts; kokopa, buttress flanges on the 
lower trunk of the tree; kouwkou, kernel 
of the nut; ga‘akora, the outer skin of 
the nut. Mota gai, Solomons ngali. 
ngali, ngalingeli U. 2. v. tr., to shake, to dis- 
turb, to move about restlessly, to move 
one’s position. 
ngalute S., mu mgelutei ola, all and sundry 
things. 
nganite S., ngenita U., time when, with loca- 
tive 4, inganite, when, at what time; 
used of future or past time. Florida 
ngiha, Mota ngaisa, Lau angita. 
nganga a crumb, used with genitive i, S., i, 
U.; crumbs, shavings, dust, small pieces. 
mu ngangai ngeulaa, crumbs of food; 
ngangat mwakana, dust of the earth; 
mwat ngangani ‘ei, chips of wood. 
ngangadi, ngangangadi v. tr., to creak, to 
grate, to grind the teeth; ngangadi niho, 
to grind the teeth, ngangadi nihonga, 
v. n. 
ngangau to spread (of ulcers), to blaze (of fire); 
maa ngangau, blear-eyed from smoke of 
cooking fires. 
ngara, ngarangara v. i., to cry, to buzz, of 
mosquito; ngara ‘i‘ile‘t, to cry aloud; 
ngara li‘eli‘a‘a, to give an uncertain 
note; ngara loulou, to resound; ngara 
mango ta‘a, U., to sob; ngara tahela‘'t 
ana, to call upon him with weeping; 
ngara uloulo, to weep bitterly; ngara 
welewele‘a, to have a solid sound. 
ngaraha U., v. n., cry. 
ngaranga v. n., weeping. 
ngarata v. n., sound; ngaraiai ‘ehuri, sound 
of the conch. 
ngarasi tr., to cry for, to cry on account of. 
ngarala-(ku) gerund. mwane ‘o ro‘uro- 
hute‘inie ngara’aku, hold not thy peace 
ngadt, 
NGE 
ngarala (continued). 
at my tears. 
out. 
ngisi 1. v. i. to be tough (of food). 
ngasi, hard. 
ngdsi, ngd‘ingesi S., ngésingasi U. 2. to chew, 
to roll about in the mouth. Wango 
ngasi. 
ngdu, ngdungeu 1. v. tr., to eat; with poss. 3, 
ngdu ana, to eat of; ngdu hikena, ngiu 
hikeni, to partake of; ngéu i nimana 
nga keni, to live with a woman, lit., to 
eat from the hand of a woman; ngdu 
tapaika, to smoke tobacco; gaéu maa‘i, 
a sacrificial feast, mgdu maa‘inge; ngiu 
‘inoninge, cannibalism; ngdu ni pote, 
to eat to satiety; mgdu ge‘u suu, to gorge, 
lit., to eat till the head drops; ngéu 
saedami, to eat to repletion; ngiu 
leketeke, nga mala eke, to drop crumbs 
while eating; ’o‘a sare ngdu thei, what 
will you eat; ta‘ata‘a maat ngeu, one 
meal; maai, S. (maani, U.), ngeu, the 
evening star, lit., meal watcher; kire 
ngaiu maetana a ola, they eat the death 
feast of So-and-so; maelona e ngéu 
diana, when ripe it eats well; ‘o ngdu 
mingana, did you eat of it; olo ngéu, to 
fast, to abstain from food. 
ngduhe S., v. n., a feast; ngduha, U., a feast, 
food. r 
ngauhe-(ku) gerund.; ngduhanae paipeine, 
he is a great eater; ngduhana e ‘aela, he 
overeats; supungie ngduhana, to offer 
food to. 
ngdulaa v. n., food, things to eat, me‘i 
ngeulaa, mu ngeulaa; mu ngangai 
ngeulaa, crumbs of food. 
ngdunge v. n., an eating, a meal; taataa 
maai ngeunge, one meal. 
ngdula-(ku) gerund.; ngdulana e diana, it 
is good to eat. Wango mgau; Mota 
ngau, to chew; Motu gauat, Maori ngau. 
ngau 2. vocative, used of children of each sex: 
ngau, lad! ‘alat ngeu, U., you boys; ro 
ngdu, you two children. 
ngaungeu nime armlet made of haa, huresoso, 
malo. 
nge pers. pron., sing. 3, he, that; 1. used before 
proper names: mxgea Awao, that man 
Awao. ‘otongea Dora esi teuri, then said 
Dora. 2. a shortened form of inge‘ie: 
‘amamu nge itei, where is that father of 
yours; ngeatei, ngea ola, whom do you 
mean? 3. added for explanation: uri 
ga‘une nge mwane, I mean that the male 
is the head; so nge, well then; mge, nga 
taa ni, hey! what’s that? mngeni ‘oto 
ngeena, yes, that’s it; ngeni nou lae, 
that is why, thereupon, I went; mwai 
keni ana wala‘anga ngeni, what women 
for talking; ohe nge e urine, possibly 
that is so; nge laenga kesi lae, then the 
journey will take place; nge ke ‘ue ka‘u 
ne, how then will it be? 
Florida ngaraha; to cry 
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