DIU 
diu 1. to be uneven in length; dama diu, to 
overlap; madiu, overlapping; ddiu, to 
be out of joint. Wango diu, to excel; 
Lau madiu, different. 
diu 2. U., to carve, to chip with blows. 
diuna U., adj., out of joint; ‘aeku e diuna, my 
leg is dislocated. diu. 
do v. i., to gather, to pluck; do rou, to pluck 
leaves for use in wrapping up kara, 
grated yam cooked in leavese r native 
oven, ora. 
dodo 1. to sink, to drown, to be composed, to 
bedeep. ha‘adodo. ‘asi dodo huleione, 
deep water right in to shore; sae dodo, 
dodonga ni sae, ease of mind; kara dodo, 
grated yam run into a bamboo and 
cooked over embers. 
dodoa‘ini tr., to be of good comfort con- 
cerning a person; saeku e dodoa‘ini ‘omu, 
my mind is easy about you. 2. to dip 
into a liquid: to‘oni kire dodoa‘inie, a 
cloth dipped. 
dodonga‘i partic., S., crouched down. 
Wango dodo, to sink; Motu dodo, to 
subside. 
dodo 2. dodo ‘usu, the columella of a shell used 
as a gimlet. 
dodonga a piece, a bit. 
dola used in the reduplicated form dodola, 
various, mixed, of different sorts. 
dolali tr., to commingle, to dilute, to insert; 
déu dolalie, put some with it; hele dolali, 
to take some of one thing and some of 
another, to vary; mgaini dolali‘i, one 
here and there among them. Wango 
dorari, to mix. 
dolosi S., v. tr., to question; e dolosieu, he asked 
my name; e dolosie aku, he questioned 
me about it; ke ménzi dolosie satada, let 
him ask all their names. 
dolosinge v. n., questioning. 
dolosila-(ku) gerund. 
domana, domani, as if, like, just as if; e domana 
nou ka‘a lae ike, it is as if I had never 
gone; ke ‘o‘o domani hune, shall be as 
it wereanet. na5, ni 5. 
domu, do‘udomu S., to fall (used of persons 
only); Domu ni niu, Fall-from-Coconut, 
a nickname. 
done S., doni U., a prickly shrub growing in 
old gardens. 
donga 1. n., a pair, a couple: the definite article 
nga may be prefixed; nga ro donga, two 
pair; dongai niu, S., donga ni niu, U., a 
couple of coconuts tied together with 
strips of their husk; e ‘asi totola donga 
nt mwdéi, wearing a couple of bags 
apiece; e ro donga, two couple. 
donga 2. v. tr., to lengthen, to draw out, to 
splice. 
dongadongaa, U., dongadonga‘a ni ge‘u, the skull. 
Dora the name of families of chiefs in Little 
Malaita. 
dora‘i v. tr., to withhold; hele dora‘ie ha‘alunge, 
to break a promise. 
doro hot; used in compounds; ha‘adoro, to heat 
up food; madoro, hot. 
dudu, dududu U., v. i., to move position; dudu 
mei, ease up; dudu weu, ease off; pua 
dududu i Kela, the areca palm that 
drew toward Kela; walo dududu, elastic. 
duduhi tr., to approach. Wango duuri, 
Florida dudu, to be near. 
dududu U., large glass beads; wili dududu, to 
string beads. 
duidui yellow (vinegar) ants with painful bite. 
dumuli S., hele dumuli, to repress, to hold down. 
dunge S., dunga U., fire, firestick, matches: 
na 5 may be suffixed; dungana e diana, 
its fire is good, it burns well (of fire- 
wood); dunge ko mea, the fire is fierce; 
dunge ko qe‘u, the fire smokes; dunga 
ni heu, U., to undergo the ordeal of 
fire; dunge ni raa, a burning-glass; dau 
dunge, S., to undergo the ordeal of fire; 
esoesohana dunge, the flame of the fire; 
ile dunge, to obtain fire by friction; koru 
dunge, to make a fire; maai, S. (maant 
U.), dunge, a match; mwai keni ana 
dunga rakanga, women who make too 
big fires; mu meameahai dunge, tongues 
of fire; mu melahai dunge, flames of 
fire; qd‘uli dunge, smoke; ruru dunge, 
to build a fire; mu si‘it dunge, sparks; 
wdiwei dunge, to wave a firestick. Tolo 
suna, Efaté fanga, Malay panas, hot, 
Malagasy fana. 
duru 1. v. tr., to place in a store room (of 
yams). 2. a store chamber, cupboard, 
generally a section of the dwelling-house; 
laelaei duru, to go behind the partition, 
a sign of close acquaintanceship. 
du‘u U., v. i to move position. cf. dudu, 
su‘u 6; du‘u mei, ease up; du‘u weu, ease 
off. 
du‘una v. tr., to move up in position; ‘o du‘unaa 
paro, move it on a little. 
duuduu adv., from time to time, at intervals. 
du‘u‘e backward, to go backward. du‘u. 
du‘uhe‘ini U., tr., to destroy. su‘uhe‘ini, S. 
E 
e 1. pers. pron., sing. 3; he, she, it. (a) fol- 
lowing inge‘ie or nge‘ie and supplying 
the place of a verbal particle: mge‘ie e 
lae, he went; inge‘ie nge‘ie e lae, it was 
he who went. Following nouns used 
with verb in past tense: memo e nemo, 
the rain it rained. With nouns having 
a collective force: mu wei e kone, the 
waters were out in flood; kira maeloonga 
hunie esi masa, his enemies were put to 
shame. With interrogative plural pro- 
noun: kiratei, who; kiratei ni e ‘unue, 
who said so? (b) By itself as subject 
of verbs: e ‘unue ta‘ane, he said so. As 
meaning ‘‘there is’’: e ka‘a ola, there is 
nothing; e sato ‘oto, it is fine weather. 
e 2.S., contraction for ie; haahe for haahie, 
about it; pe‘e for pe‘ie; nga taa ni ‘oko 
ngarase, what are you crying for? par‘ie 
here, for paro‘ie. 
‘e 3. U., verbal particle; in pronunciation ‘e 
is joined to the governing pronoun. In 
