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_kiki_ v. tr., to pour,
_kila_ a stone axe. S. _'ile_.
_kilu_ a hole, grave, well; _kilu ni kafo_, a well of water. S.
_kilu_.
_kilugwou_ a tomb. S. _kiliqeu_.
_kirio_ porpoise. Mota _ririgo_. S. _'iri'o_.
_ko_ 1. verbal particle, used only with _o_ pers. p.r.o.n. sing. 2.
_oko_; denotes consequence of action, used of present or future time,
_ko-_ (_gu_) 2. n., ancestor; _ko gia gi_, our fathers. S.
_kookoo_.
_kobu_ v. i., to be fat.
_kobukobula_, adj. fat.
_koburo_ N. W. wind. Florida _komburo_.
_kokomu_ an islet. S. _komukomu_.
_kone_ 1. n. a flood of waters; 2. v. i. to be in flood. S. _kone_.
_kore_; _ruru kore_, an avalanche. S. _kore_.
_kua_ fowl; _kakarai kua_, fowl's egg.
_kubou_ a staff.
_kudo_; _qae kudona_, guiltless,
_kukui_ a dog. Mao. _kuri_.
_kulu_ 1. v. tr., to bury at sea. S. _kulu_.
_kulu_ 2. cf _kanikulu_.
_kuru_ 1. a piece, section, _kurui bata_, a piece of money, _ro kurui doo_, two sections.
_kuru_ 2. v. i., to be maimed.
_kuru_ 3. v. i., to sink.
_kuta_ v. i., to shake. S. _kute_.
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_la_ 1. termination of verbal nouns; attached to verbs; _mae_, to die, _maela_, death; _bae_, to speak, _baela_, speech; the meaning seems to be gerundival and to denote the act of doing a thing. Cf.
S. _la_ 5.
_la_ 2. termination of the verbal nouns, attached to certain nouns; _te_, mother, _ro mwai telana_, mother and daughter; attached to verbs; _tasa_, _ro fe tasala_, twice as much.
_la_ 3. adjectival ending; attached to verbs; _taga_, to be scattered, _tagala_, promiscuously; _tagalo_, to be lost, _tagalola_, lost; _teo_, _teteola_; attached to nouns, _mwai_, _mwaila_.
_labu_ v. tr., to a.s.sault. S. _rapu_.
_labua_ n., point, p.r.i.c.k, splinter.
_lada_ v. i., to fall down. S. _lada_,
_lade_ deep water, secure anchorage. S. _lade_.
_lado_ v. tr., to join, knit; _lado ae_, to follow.
_ladola_ v. n., a member.
_lafi_, _lalafi_ v. v. tr., to take up, pull up, draw out, Mota _lav_.
_lafu_ 1. v. tr., to pull, to wrench, pluck.
_lafu_ 2. to be worn out, old; _lafue toongi_, old clothes. S.
_lahu_.
_lafusi_, _lalafusi_, v. tr., to be ignorant of.
_lai_ transitive suffix to verb; _tege_, _tegelai_. S. _la'i_.
_lala_ v. i., to stretch; _lala fonosi_, protect. S. _lala'i_.
_lalaba_ v. i., to walk about. S. _la'alapa_.
_lalabata_, court yard.
_lalago_ v. i., to cling. S. _nanako_.
_lalano_ the ground immediately above the beach.
_lalanga_ v. i., to be dry, without coconut milk (of yam puddings), unleavened; _usu lalanga_ to wipe dry. S. _langa_.
_lali_ (_na_) 1. n., root, _lali ngado_, to be firmly rooted.
_lali_ 2. v. tr., to drive.
_lalao_ v. i., to run.
