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Rh 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.