Nir, 3. to chop; nir lue, chop a hole through.
Nir, 4. the fibrous spathe of a cocoa-nut frond, used to strain sago.
Nirua, [ni 2.] two.
Niruarua, two by two, by twos, two at a time.
Nis, 1. a plant used in poisoning food; met. a stingy man; to be stingy.
- 2. to delay eating food, out of stinginess.
- nisiaga in matanisiaga.
Nis, 3. to sing a song in a low voice.
Nisqalo, smooth.
Nit, to tie, connect; of land shutting in the sea, o vanua we nit goro o lama.
- nit saratuwale linai, to conspire.
Nitol, [ni 2.] three.
Nitoltol, by threes, three at a time.
Niuniura, [ra 4.] adj. ragged ; o gae woe galoma o samsamui apena.
Nivat, [ni 2.] four.
Nivatvat, by fours, four at a time.
Niwa, a man who is fond of meat, birds, fish.
Niwiai, roe of fish.
No, 1. (k) poss. n. with general notion of appertaining, of what is possessed; anoma tama apeniko, we van ma, a thing with you that comes to you; amoma tama ko me ge.
- Banks’ Ids. generally no; Fij. no; N. H. northern Ids. no; Sol. Ids. no, nu, ni; Mao. Pol. no called prep, but nona his.
No, 2. const, naui, leaf; but often part of the name of a tree.
- no-aeae, 1. name of a fern. 2. anything very light; ae.
- no-arvau, broad leaves of the arvau, pinned, vino, to make saova.
no-ere, leaf of a small pandanus, used in covering in, vus, the ridge of a house.
no-granagana, a leaf to eat off, laid down to place food on.
no-gae, leaves made into roqo, mats to cover in the oven; te luqai goro o um mun o nogae.
- las nogae the leaf mat woven together by the stalks.
nolaslas, the leaf mats, roqo, for covering the oven, woven, las 3., when new and light.
nolelep, a leaf laid down to keep food clean; te lelep goro o tarowo nia.
nomae, a tree.
nomaaeae, very light leaf; met. anything light; maaeae.
nomalu, a tree, aralia.
nomata, leaf of heliconium; a wrap in cooking.
nomatavgae, leaf of betel pepper; drunk in lig matig for cough, makes it mamarisa.
noota, 1. leaf of sago palm, ota; 2. the atap, leaf made up for thatch.
noqalata, a banana leaf dead and dry.
norara, 1, leaf of erythrina, which decays to a skeleton. 2. met. a very thin man.
nosalite, the leaf of salite, catappa terminalis.
nosaqsaqat, a leaf to guard the fingers; saqat.
nosin, cocoa-nut fronds used as torches for taking fish, te sin o iga nia.
nosurere, leaf of a shrub used in closing in the ridge of a house.
notagai, no leaves, 'tagai'; 1. a tree that has shed its leaves; 2. met. a poor man.
notangae, 1. leaf of tree. 2. un for no-mele.
