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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   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.