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ore 1 (continued.) 
shall be left; kire ngéiu orea, they did 
not eat it all. 
creore n. with genitive i, ni, oreorei ola, an 
empty case, a shell. 
oreta (ku) v.n., anend. e ‘unu oreta ana 
mu wala, he spoke and finished the 
words; kesi oreta ana uunu ‘asilana, 
whose end is burning; oretana mu ‘inoni, 
the rest of the men. 
oretalana ana i oretalana, finally. 
oretanga v. n., the finish, final end. Motu 
ore, ovena, remnant. 
ore 2. used with genitive 7, ni; almost, nearly, 
just failing to. melu orei lae, we nearly 
went. 
ore S., ura U., 3. fresh-water prawn, ore ni wet. 
ore S., 4. crayfish, ore ni ‘esi. Motaura, Maori 
Roura. 
ore 5. hd‘iore, to scold, to quarrel. 
orea to chatter (of the bird wisi), wisi ko orea. 
M.A., p. 220. 
ori, oriori v. tr., to peel; ort whi, to peel yams; 
yams are peeled with a shell held 
between the thumb and index finger, 
the motion being away from the body 
and not toward it as with Europeans. 
Viti ori, to cut; Fate ori, Motu oria. 
oro, orooro v. i., to bend down, to stoop, to 
lean over; oro 7 ‘ano, to stoop to the 
~ ground. 
oroha‘i, oroma‘i v. i., to bend down, to 
stoop, to slant. mwaoroha‘i. 
oropa (ku) U., ulcer; ovopaku, the ulcer on my 
body. 
orooro n., the beetle that bores the yams. 
orooro‘a adj., eaten by yam beetles. 
oru n., grasshopper, locust. 
osa S. 1. (ku) ulcer; wweli osa, cerumen, wax 
in the ear. 2. to be rotten. 
osanga v. n., corruption. 
osani karekare U., cliff. 
osi 1. to cut, to score. 
osi 2. nimeku e osi, my arm has gone to sleep, 
pins-and-needles feeling. 
Sosi 3. ‘o, thou; si, illative. 
osiosi to be lukewarm. wawiédi osiosi. 
osiosita‘a adj., striped, streaked. 
‘o si‘u‘e exclamation of assent, yes; used in 
response to a negative question where 
English calls for no. ‘uri ngaini ka‘a 
‘unue? ‘o si‘u‘e, did no one speak? yes 
(scilicet, no one did speak). 
ote n., open bush-land just above the beach. 
Soto 1. adv., follows the verb; is used to denote 
the preterite; expresses finality; ex- 
presses emphasis; the demonstrative 
na or ni may be added; used to connect 
the narrative and to show consecutive 
action, then, thereupon; marks cessa- 
tion of action; used to denote a few, of 
things just beginning or a few things 
left. kire lae mango ‘oto, they all went; 
melu ke‘i tola ‘oto, are we to begin to 
carry? ineu ‘oto, it is 1; inge‘ie ‘oto itet, 
where is he? nou sa‘a lae ‘oto, I shall not 
go; ngaini ‘oto ka‘a gaoa nga le‘u, no 
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‘oto 1 (continued). 
one at all did anything; ‘omu sa‘a lio 
odo‘ieu ‘oto lo‘u, ye shall not see me 
again; ‘oto ‘ure mdi, up till now; ngaini 
‘oto amelu, one of us; wa ‘oto amolu, or 
one of you; mwaanie ‘oto me‘i olana, 
from that very thing; e honu eni ni‘inge 
na ‘oto ani wala‘imolinge, full of grace 
and truth; fo‘olaka‘elu ‘oto, our own 
property; mala ‘oto nou ka‘a helesie ike, 
as though I had never done it; ‘oto 
inganite, when? ‘oto wéi na‘ona, right 
before his face; ‘oto i ge‘une, right on his 
head; ‘oto ina‘o, formerly; ‘oto qéni, of 
old; ‘oto di, S., ‘oto huu, U., forever; ‘oto 
waite, long ago; ‘oto thei, laa, where to, 
lad? ‘oto mola, ‘oto molana, at this 
present, now; ga liwe ‘otona, it was a 
cave; ‘oto nou si teuri, then said 1; kire 
si rohu, ka‘a séiunte ‘oto, they then ceased 
and left off beating him; kire ka‘a hata- 
hata‘inie ‘oto, they no longer accom- 
panied him; e ro ‘ata ini ‘oto, just a few 
as yet; e ta‘a kele le‘u ‘oto, only a little 
piece left; ko nisi ‘oto tle‘u, this is the 
boundary; e no‘z ‘aela ‘oto, it has become 
bad; nonola ‘oto wau, three days ago; 
e ngaa ‘oto, did he eat it? ‘oni huu ‘oto 
ana, to be settled; ha‘ike ‘oto ‘o‘o, never 
at all; e pele ‘oto, it is of no avail; int ni 
ha‘aurilana ‘oto, a person to be saved; 
ko ne‘ie ‘oto i‘oe, if it be thou; na nest 
ne‘t ‘amamu ‘oto, and I shall be your 
father; e holai na‘o ‘oto wau, he led 
the way first; a ola e na‘oku ‘oto, So- 
and-so preceded me; na‘a lae ‘oto, I am 
going; e la ‘otot ‘aela mwaani nonola, it 
is worse than yesterday; koro ‘a mono 
‘oto t Kalona, they two live apart in 
Kalona; e molahie ‘oto, it failed; e 
ma‘usu ‘oto, it is all overgrown; wdi e 
mapipi ‘ohe ‘oto ta‘inie kolune mwakano, 
whether the water had receded off the 
face of the earth; e mango ‘oto, it is 
quite finished; mango ‘oto, thereupon; 
melu mango ‘oto mdi, we are all here; 
‘uve ‘oto mdi i ‘aehotalana, from the 
beginning up to now; e lae ‘oto ni mae, 
he went like everything; e ‘a‘aila‘a ‘oto 
mae ana, he is very strong; ‘oto ‘ie, now; 
‘oto mola ‘ienini, just now; ‘oto inihou, 
just now; ke‘i ‘ue ‘oto, how shall it be 
done? ‘oto kire kosi ‘unue, then they 
said it; poo ke ne‘i lalamoa ko ‘olisie ‘oto 
a mwaena, the pig is the victim in 
place of the man; awala ‘oto huu, U., a 
full ten; wai e huuhuu ‘oto, water gushed 
forth; ‘oto wai lalo, in the inside; noko 
lapata‘i ulo ‘oto, I lament with crying; 
le‘une nou daa ‘oto, I did that already; 
likimaana ‘oto, certainly. Wango oto, 
oto hu, forever; Vaturanga noho; Maori 
noho, to sit. 
oto 2. (ku) cooked food taken on a journey. 
mu oto. otona laeha, food for a journey. 
Lau oso, Samoa oso, Viti odho, Maori 0, 
‘oto di used of indefinite space of time, past or 
