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i 1. prep., locative; always used before names 
of places, also with adverbs of time and 
direction; itei, where; i Sa‘a, 7 hoowa, 
in the morning; i mganite, when. witha 
preceding e or o there is a contraction 
to i: noko lai haka, I go abroad; tai Sa‘a, 
up at Sa‘a; hai Malau, down at Malau; 
laelae i rodo, go until nightfall. Forms 
the compound prepositions ilengi on; 
isuli, according to. Used in phrases, 
4 ladoihaana, in a line with; i ladohaana, 
thereby; i mooruhaana, relying on, 
because of. Florida i, Viti 7. 
i 2. prep., genitive, a variant of mi; joined in 
pronunciation to the preceding word: 
poloit haa, a strand of shell money; 
giret eu, a stalk of bamboo. Used to 
express purpose: oko lai leesie, I go to 
see it. Expresses condition: e lai ‘aela, 
it is bad; e la ‘oto i diana, it is good. 
Used of continued action: hoi i‘a e lae 
mai i rarada i saini one, the fish came 
and grounded on the beach. Used 
after tala‘ae, to begin: e tala‘ai ‘aela, 
it is beginning to spoil. Follows ore, 
to fail: melu oret lae, we almost went. 
Bugotu 7, Lau 7. 
i 3. instrumental prefix forming noun from 
verb: ikeu, a crook; idenu, a baler; 
idemu, a lime spatula, from kdu, dainu, 
dimu. Mota 7, 4; Viti i; Motu 7, in 
igui, a bundle; guia, to wrap; ikoko, a 
nail; kokoa, to nail. 
i 4. prefix to personal and demonstrative pro- 
nouns: ineu, t‘oe, inge‘ie, inihou. Mota 
4 in inau; Maori 7 in ikoe. 
i 5. U., euphonic: sdisemu, reduplicated from 
sdmu, saisesu from saésu, daidenu from 
dénu. 
§ 6. verbal suffix, horo horo‘i: forms a parti- 
ciple, pele pele‘i. Viti i, Maori z (pao, 
paoi), Florida gi. 
‘i 7. suffixed to poss., 1. sing. 1 and 2 and dual, 
used of many things for one person to 
eat, moola Gku‘i; suffixed to poss. 2 and 
used of many things designed for one 
person; ndku‘i, forme. Florida gi, Lau 
gi, plural sign. 
4 8. a suffix denoting plurality, used of things 
only; lae huni‘i, go fetch them; dolali‘i, 
among them. ‘i 7. 
*{ 9. suffixed to pers. pron., dual 1 and 2 excl. 
iemere‘'t, ikara‘i, U., hunireru‘'i. 
ifa U. cf. 7‘e, S. 
‘i‘aa v.i., to be lost, missing. ‘ai‘aa. 
i‘ami U., pers. pron., plur. 1 excl.: we, ours; 
when used as subject is followed by ‘ami. 
Lau igami, Mota ikamam. 
ifamu U. pers. pron., plur. 2: you, yours; more 
general in application than i‘emelu; 
when used as subject is followed by ‘amu. 
i‘ano adv., on the ground, down; mai i‘ano, on 
the earth; with demonstrative na added, 
t‘anona, in that soil; of direction, west; 
haka e lai qai ‘ano, the ship went west. 
i‘au S., exclam. of assent. 
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ida U. ida ‘apala, a length of money from the 
finger tips to the opposite shoulder, a 
yard and a quarter. 
idemu n., a lime spatula. dimu. idemu ni 
loo, a lime spatula used as a dagger on 
a person who is scared (loo) and hard 
to get near but who is enticed by the 
offer of areca nut; idemu ke suu i halena, 
the spatula shall pierce his gums. 
ideni U. tomorrow; kira hunu poo mala ideni, 
tomorrow they kill the pigs. 
idenu n., acanoe baler. dénu. 
idengi S., tomorrow. déngi 1. 
idu, iduidu 1. v. i., to count; iduidu nume, to 
gad about (Florida idu vale); iduidu mest 
‘ei, U., jumped about on the firewood. 
idumi tr., idumia one, countless (count 
the sand). 
idumila-(ku) gerund. 
iduidunge v. n., 
Florida idu. 
idu, iduidu 2. to be weary of a thing, to be ill 
at ease. Florida idu. 
idu 3. n., a drill. 
idule‘ini v. tr., to move the position of a thing, 
to ease a burden. 
‘ie 1. S., demonstrative pron., this, these; fol- 
lows the noun; adverbially used as here, 
now, thus; hunie esi hute ‘ulu ‘ie, that 
he should be born blind thus; inge‘ie 
‘ie, this is he; maholo ‘ie, now; ola‘ie, 
this thing; ‘oto ‘ie, now; ‘oto mola ‘ie, 
just now. Mota ia, Bintulu ta. 
i‘e S. i‘a U. 2. a fish, a fish (porpoise) tooth; hot 
i‘e, a fish: mu i‘e, mwa i‘a, plural; used 
metaphorically in Ulawa as an excla- 
mation of astonishment at size, a big 
thing, a whopper! mga z‘e, 100 por- 
poise teeth on a cord forming a unit 
of money; hoi i‘a e lae mai i rarada 4 
Saini one, the fish came and grounded 
on the beach; z‘e hau, a stone fish; z‘e 
honu, 100 fish teeth; i‘e ‘inoni, a fish 
caught with a scoop net; i‘e ni sane, 
sea-bream (nate); i‘e ni toli, deep-sea 
fish; Aru ni i‘e, honorific phrase of San 
Cristoval. cf. ha‘adihi. honu i‘e, a 
green turtle; xihot i‘e, porpoise teeth; 
palapala ni i‘a, a nose ornament of 
shell cut in the form of a frigate-bird; 
qa‘ui t‘e 4 porpoise teeth; fto‘o, to‘oant 
t‘e, 1,000 fish teeth; waawaatani i‘a, 
pieces of fish. Mota iga, Maori tka. 
‘ie S. ‘ia U. (ku) 3. belly, womb. ‘iana,S., ‘iena, 
U., ‘iana e maelo, pregnant; ‘ieku e tao, 
I am sick at the stomach. Mota tiana, 
pregnant; Bugotu tia, Maori tia, Malay 
tia. 
ie‘iola v. i., to have the head thrown back. 
‘ifeli 1. v. tr., to plait. 2.n., a rope; radu 
moumousie mu ‘i‘eli, to break the rope in 
pieces. Lau inali, Mota tali, Maori tari. 
i‘emelu pers. pron., plur. 1, excl.; we, our; more 
restricted in meaning than i‘emi. 
i‘emere, i‘emere‘i pers. pron., dual 2. excl.; 
we two, our; when used as subject is 
followed by mere or mere‘i respectively; 
ola s‘emere‘i, a thing belonging to us two. 
numbering, number. 
