IPEIPA 
ipeipa U., pipe (English). 
ipelu S., ipdlu U., ipeipelu v. i., to fight, to 
make war; ipelu eni heu, to fight with 
stones. 
ipelunga v. n., fighting. 
ipoipo‘ala U., adj., muddy. ‘ala 8. 
ipu n., a pool of water in a hole in a tree. 
ipuri adv., behind; prep., with suffixed pron. 
(ku) after; i purine maholo, after the 
time. puri. 
ige 1.a lake. 2. calm water inside a reef. 
nerenere ni ige kittiwake of the lagoon. 
ireki n. 1. tongs of bamboo for removing hot 
stones from the fire in cooking. 2. a 
constellation, the Southern Triangle. 
vaki. 
ireune S., prep., beside, used of things; ireune 
wai, beside the water. 
Sri‘o n., porpoise; porpoises are hunted and 
the teeth (nihoi i‘e) form one of the 
currencies of the Solomons. Lau kiri‘o, 
Mota ririgo. 
‘iro, ‘iro‘iro 1. to look at, to look for, to see; ‘ivo 
keni, to look for a wife. Mota tiro. 
‘iro 2. ‘iro ni sato, drought. 
‘Iro 3. the district on the hills on the west side 
of Mara Masiki Channel. 
‘iro‘iro 1. a pool among rocks used as a mirror. 
2. a glass (late use). Mota tironin. 
‘iro‘iroa‘if‘e S., adj., reflecting like a mirror, 
glassy. 
“Sirori n., a parrot (Lorius cardinalis). cf. 
hirori, kirori. taka ‘irori, proverbially, 
of confusion of voices. 
ru, ‘iru‘iru 1. v. i., to blow (of wind). 2. n., 
wind. 
Siruhi v. tr., to blow on (of wind). 
gurt. 
i saa-(ku) S., not used in sing. 1 and 2, where 
the form 7 sie is used instead; at the 
house of, with, to; i saada‘elu, at their 
house, at home. 
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isiisinge v. n., cursing. 
isila-(ku) gerund. 
isi 2. isi ta‘a, S., isi taha, U., to come out, to 
emerge. 
isita‘anga, isitahanga v. n., ha‘aisita- 
‘anga‘ini. 
isi 3. ha‘aisi, adv., at all. 
i sie-(ku) at the house of, with, to. cf. 7 saa. 
nou lae mai i siemu, I have come to you. 
i sinaha, i sihana, S., adv., outside the house. 
isipuri v. i., to be last. 
isuisu 1., v. i., to run along on top of a wave 
(of acanoe). cf. tataisuisu. 
isuisu 2. v.i., to play at cat’s cradle. 
isuisunge v. n., cat’s cradle. 
isuisu 3. U., tsuisu ni ‘ei, a splinter. 
i su‘e adv., exterior to, on the outside. 
isule‘i, isuisule‘i partic., unstable, moving. 
isuli 1. adv., accordingly, after, alongside, by. 
cf. luluisuli. hele isuli, do according to; 
lio isuli, watch; rongo isuli, to be 
obedient to; si‘o isuli, to follow the 
footsteps of; sulu isuli, to obey. 2. 
prep., with suff. pron. (du), after, 
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isuli (continued). 
according to; hele isulieu, copy me. 
3. U., prep.; of motion toward. 4. nono 
isuli, a strong-smelling herb. 
ite 1. U., one, another: mga is always prefixed, 
the plural article mwa is used of persons 
only. mngaite ola, another thing, some- 
thing else; gaite laa, another person; 
nga mwaite ‘inoni, certain persons. 
ite 2. a round basket made of plaited coconut 
leaves for holding yams. 
Site 3. v. tr., to find fault with, to reject. 
Wango ita, to reject. 
itehula- S., with poss. 3: because of, through 
the agency of. itehulaana a ola, because 
of So-and-so; itehulaamu, through thine 
agency. 
itei 1. S., interrog. adv.: where. U., thet. 
2. interrog. pron., which, what, whether 
of two; ini itei, which one; ‘oko sare 
ngdu itei, which will you eat. 3. in 
phrase nge itei ue ena, that is just it. 
Mota vea, Niué fe. 
iteitana S., one, any: used with negative verbal 
particle ka‘a, sa‘a. e ka‘a iteitana 
ngaint, there is not any one; ifeitana nga 
ola sa‘a diana, nothing will be good. 
Mota isei. 
ito 1. orchid. 2. bunch of money, tto ni haa. 
ito 3. v. tr., to offer, to make an offering to 
ghosts. 
itoli n., a shell ornament stuck in the tip of the 
nose, the man-o’-war hawk is carved on 
the projecting end, which is turned up 
to represent the neck and breast of a 
sea-bird. 7 3. 
iwe‘ite S., adv., the day before yesterday; 
i we‘ite wau, three days ago. 7 1. 
i welita U., adv., the day after tomorrow. gf. 
wali. i welita poo wau, three days hence. 
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ka pron., plural 1. incl.: suffixed to nouns and 
denoting possession; nimaka, our hands. 
ka‘a S., negative verbal particle, used of both 
present and past time; ka‘a balanced 
by wa with ke is used as the negative 
correlatives neither, nor. ‘omu ka‘a 
manata‘inie wa ‘omu ke _ leesie, ye 
neither know him nor have seen him; 
nou ka‘a manata‘ie ike, I don’t know; 
e ka‘a lae, he did not go; e ka‘a ola, there 
is nothing; nou ka‘a ola, I have nothing; 
melu ka‘a ola ni ngaa, we have no food; 
ka‘a equates with kaka. cf. Mota te, 
tete. Maori ka, Mota ga 4; Lau ka, 
future particle; Tolo ke, negative 
particle. 
kaakae U., child, baby. Wango kaakae. 
ka‘alawa v. i., to be listless, inert. cf. lalawa; 
sapeku e ka‘alawa, my body is listless. 
kaata cart (English). 
kae 1. v. i., to pluck; kae ‘asi, to pluck out. 
kae, kaekae 2. U., v. tr., to deceive; lopo't kae, 
to deceive. 
kaenga v. n., deceit. 
