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ngeena demonstrative pron., that: follows noun 
or pronoun; inge‘i ngeena, that is he; nga 
ola taa ngeena, whatisthat thing? mxge. 
nge‘i pers. pron., sing. 3, he, she, it: a shortened 
form of nge‘ie; used as subject followed 
by e. mxge‘i ‘oto e ‘unue, it was he who 
said it; nge‘i nou ka‘a lae, that is why 
I did not go. 
nge‘ie S., nge‘ia U., pers. pron., sing. 3, he, she, 
it: used as subject followed by e; three 
forms of the pronoun may be used 
together for emphasis: inge‘te nge‘i 
e ‘unue, it was he who said it; in Sa‘a 
the final e becomes a before the personal 
article a and a long vowel results. nge‘ie 
ni, that is it; mge‘ia i Arona, nge‘ia 
‘ulehu, it is at Arona, the ‘ulehu, I mean; 
nge‘ia a ola e ‘unua, he, So-and-so, said 
it. Mota neia. 
ngeitei S. 1. interrog. pron., what: used pre- 
ceding noun. mxgeitei ‘inoni, what man? 
ngeitei li‘oa, what spirit? 2. ngeitei ue 
ena, that is just it, just so. 
ngengede-(na,ni) ngengedena, its end. Wango 
ngengede. 
ngeni cf. nge. 
ngenita U., used with locative 7 as nganite, 
qd. v. 
ngerengereta adj., of a checked pattern. 
ngero v. i., to chew, to nibble (of rats, etc.). 
ngero‘i tr., ‘asuhe e ngero‘ie, the rat gnawed 
it, 
ngeu cf. ngdu. 
ngi,verb suffix of transitive force. raa raangi. 
ngidu. (ku) U. 1. the lip (of persons); by 
metonymy in Sa‘a the mouth. tero 
ngidu, to pout the lip. 2. ngidu ‘upu, 
ngingidu ‘upu, to hate; ngidu ‘upunge, 
hatred. Mota mngusui, Florida gidu, 
Viti ngusu, Motu udu, Sa‘a ngudu. 
ngingidu‘e the native bee, honey. Florida 
midua. 
ngingite ‘ala ngingile, to clench the teeth. 
ngisu, ngingisu S., ngisungisu U., to spit; hoi 
ngisu, spittle, lungs; ‘ono ngisu, to water 
at the mouth; sae ngisu, the lungs. 
ngisunge v. n., spitting. 
ngisuhi tr., to spit, to spit on; e ngisuhie 
‘apu, he spat blood. 
ngisuhe‘ini tr., to spit on. 
Maisin kasufe. 
ngisu ‘ate U., to be thirsty; ngisu ‘atenga, n., 
thirst. 
ngo‘a adj., blunt, with the point broken off; 
nga ngoongoo ni salo e ngo‘a, the tip of 
the cloud was broken off. 
ngoli v. tr., to destroy a man’s property after 
his death, huni ngolie to‘oto‘olana. 
M.A., p. 263. su‘e ngoli, to fall back- 
ward and break the neck. 
ngolite v. n., a destruction of property: 
wrongly spelt in M. L., p. 263. 
ngolila-(ku) gerund. Florida boli. 
ngoongoo (na, ni) U., end: with locative 7; 
ngoongoona, its end, skirts; paro ¢ 
ngoongoo, at the edge; i ngoongoo ana 
MeL O. 31; 
Fi, 
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ngoongoo (continued). 
walumalau, S., at the world’s end; 
4 ngoongoo ana Kahua, Cape Keibeck, 
San Cristoval. Fagani ngo, lip; Santa 
Cruz ngo, nose. cf. M. L., p. 84. 
ngoongoodo S., end; mgoongoodo ana maholo, 
end of the time. 
ngora (na, ni) 1. a point of land, acape. mngo- 
rana hdnue. Mota ngaregi, point of 
land. 2. lip. cf. ngidu; déu (téu, U.) 
ngora ‘upu, to hate, lit., swollen lip; 
ngora ‘upunge, n., hatred. 
ngora, ngongora 3. to snore, to grunt, snort; 
ngora « lue (ku), to growl. Mota 
ngora, Maori gorongoro. 
ngorangora 1. an isthmus, a cape. 
Ngorangora 2. the village at the northeast end 
of Ulawa; Wai ni Tehulu, its lagoon; 
‘Ele Maosi, its landing place. 
ngori v. tr., to quench; mgoria Li‘oa, to quench 
the Spirit. 
Ngorieru an ‘akalo ni matawa armed with gar- 
fish, seen off Qa‘ulo. M.A., p. 259. 
ngudu S., lip. cf. mgidu, U. lio geru ngudu, 
to grudge, to hate; qé‘u ngudu, the 
blackfish. Mota mngusut, lip; Poly- 
nesian thu. M.L., p. 85. 
ngulu to resound; mwangulungulu, resounding. 
nguru, ngunguru, ngungunguru S., nguru- 
nguru U., 1. to growl or roar (of animals), 
to mumble or groan (of persons). 
nguruhi tr., to growl at (of dogs). Maori 
nguru, to grunt; Bugotu nguunguru, to 
growl; Niué ngungulu. 
nguru 2. pola nguru, U., name of a month, 
September. 
ngurusi v. tr., to knock out some (of things 
in a row). ‘anguru. e répu ngurusie 
nihona, knocked his teeth out, said of 
a young child when the teeth of his 
elder brother fall out. 
nguu v. i., to answer, to make response. 
nguuhi tr. 
nguuhila-(ku) gerund. Wango wxguuhi; 
Samoa ngu, to growl. 
O 
‘o 1. exclamation of dissent. 
‘o 2. pers. pron., sing. 2, thou; used as subject 
of verb either by itself or following z‘oe; 
suffixed to verbs and prepositions as 
object. Florida o. 
oa 1. v. i., to share in, to be fulfilled, to come 
to pass, to be fitting, to suit, to be 
suited to, to permeate. ha‘aoa‘i, ha‘ioa. 
melu oa ‘oto ana, we share in it; mu 
maholo e oa ‘oto, the time is fulfilled; 
€ oa ana, it is suited to it; foto oaoa, to 
permeate. 
oala-(ku) opposite to, over against, corre- 
sponding to, concerning; papanguru- 
nguru oalana, mutterings concerning. 
oaoanga v. n., a sharing in; mani oaoanga 
hé‘iliu, equality. 
oangi tr., to follow suit. hd‘ioang?. 
