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Norara, 1. poss. no 1. dual 3. of the two, their.

Norara, 2. leaf no 2. of raro, erythrina; see above.

Nore, to make a noise; nore goro, disturb by noise.

norenore, noise, as of surf.

Noriu, const. nor, thin inner skin in almond, nai; same as pesiu.

Nornor, redupl. nor 2. bear grudge, entertain ill-feeling.

Noro, to tap, sound by tapping, rattle.

noronoro, make rattling noise; o pei ti sale noronoro, when it runs into a tank.

wonoronmo, a rattle, a toy.

qat-noronoro, the bamboo used in vara qat, which one man holds and taps, noro.

noron, tr. determ. to rattle something; vanvanoron-sur, rattle bones.

Nosa, to gasp; qale nosa is still gasping, almost dead, at the last gasp.

Nosalite, 1. leaf of salite, catappa.

Nosalite, 2. a fish.

Nosiu, constr. nos; a young curled leaf, in vernation, as of banana, heliconium.

nosmata, young curled leaf of mata, also nos-nomata; met. a man not easily provoked, tete lologagara tete golgol.

Notao, a fish.

Noto, tree, excævaria agallocha; toto; met. a stingy man.

Nov, complete; me nov, it is quite finished.

Nove, to break a hole through; i David me nove nawarean i gene nan qa.

Novnau, a fish, holocanthus.

Nowo, to gather up weeds, grass, &c.; wura nowo valis nan o qeta, you two clear the grass from the taro; iragai we no-

wonowo alo tuqei, they are weeding in the garden.

Nowoa, un word for vagalo, fight.

Nowonowono, 1. an entire leaf, as of cocoanut palm before the frondlets divide, small, early; 2. met. maro nawonowono, a slight scarcity of food.

Nua, 1. a cliff.

Nua, 2. a creeping plant, used to poison fish; ganua.

Nua, 3. v. move along.

nuarevereve, come in continual succession; reve.

Nug, 1. M. n. spikes inside the base of the rachis of a sago frond; used as pins for noota; same as nuw. nug ras, a comb made of sago nug.

o nug alo vutena, said of one always moving about, can't sit down.

Nug, 2. M. v. to come or go; nug kel, return; nug retret, to finish a part and give up.

nugnug ret, to take short spells; ret at the edge.

Nule, 1. v. to deceive, mislead.

Nule, 2. n. a carved image of Nule at the door of a house, set up after kolekole.

Numa, a fish, blenny.

malake numa, a small fish in a qilo.

Numeg, 1. to nibble at a bait.

2. to twitch, as at the beginning of tetanus, palao.

Numei, n. the unit in numbers above the tens; o numei nivisa? what is the unit above the ten? o numei we qoqo, a large number above ten; o varuei numei, the twelfth.

Nun, 1. to shed leaves, to be shed as leaves; met. of one who carries nothing.

nun saru, to pour down as shed leaves.