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ka= pron. I (1st person singular irrealis Subject).

kaaf n. crab. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaafat n. fourth.

kaafeer n. crab, brown sea crab, about five inches across, not eaten. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaakas vintr. sweet, to be.

kaal n. digging stick. Category: human artefact.

kaaru adj. other, two, next. Category: numeral.

kaatol n. third.

kafkaf vintr. search by moving things around.

kaflag vambi. lift up something that is covering something else, like lifting up a tablecloth to see what is under it.

kafrag n. scab. Category: body part or product.

kafrali n. crab, big brown crab. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaftal v. search for something by moving something else out of the way, as in to separate the bush.

kaftan n. crab, sea crab, not eaten. Category: aquatic creatures.

kai₁ vintr. cry, to cry for something or someone.

kait vtr. cry for.

kai₂ n. 1 • shellfish sp. cockle. Different kinds of seashells: kaikuk, kainmet, kaifar, kaiflu, kaitlak, kaiuwi. Arcidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

2 • vagina (slang). Category: body part or product.

kai₃ pron. then, echo subject, takes the place of a subject pronoun when the subject is already known.

kai=₄ pron. I (1st person singular perfect Subject).

kaiaraskei n. shellfish sp., abalone (general term). Category: aquatic creatures.

kaifar n. knee cap. Category: body part or product.

kaimes vintr. create, invent. Note: kaimes is used for Biblical creation, preg for construction or craftwork.

kainintas n. barnacle. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaip̃aar n. shellfish sp., Venus clams (general term). Veneridae. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaisur n. shellfish sp., Ornate Mactra. Mactra ornata. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaitao n. fish sp., Jacks and Trevallys. Middle one is kopapun, big one is maur. Kaitao ni karkor hides among jellyfish. Carangidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaiwi n. shellfish sp., Virgate Tellin. Tellina virgata. Category: aquatic creatures.

kak Variant: kak naniu. coconut mesh.

n. coconut mat, mesh formed by the coconut palm, used for straining liquids. Category: plants.

kal vintr. dress, be dressed, to dress oneself.

kala interject. exclamation, used in various contexts.

kalafiei n. fish sp. parrotfish. Category: aquatic creatures.

kalap̃og n. fish sp. Bumphead parrotfish. Bolbometopon muricatum. See: nuo. Category: aquatic creatures.

kalmat n. fish sp. Batfish (also naik nasok, when young, like a piece of rubbish floating in the water). Category: aquatic creatures.

kalnrog vambi. try clothes.

kalo male name marker, old fashioned. This cannot be used as a pronoun. See: lei.

kalo interject. hesitation, used when thinking about the word you want to use.

kalsaar n. stick, for husking coconut. Category: human artefact.

kalsiu n. small women's spear, made of various hard wood, e.g. black palm, hardened in fire, or other wood such as nagi or tap̃ir. Category: human artefact.

kaltag n. dragonfly. Category: insects, grubs etc..

kalum n. spider. Category: insects, grubs etc..

kalus n. shellfish sp. Cockles (general term). There are red (kalus pam) and white ones. Cardiidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

kaluspam n. fish sp. Spengler's Mactra. Scissodesma spengleri. Category: aquatic creatures.

kam vambi. step on, walk on something.

kamarat n. plant sp. Category: plants.

kamkot vambi. stand on and break. See: kamp̃or.

kamnrog vambi. feel with the foot.

kamp̃or vambi. stand on and break. See: kamkot.

kamsok vambi. brake, stop quickly.

kamti vambi ImpO. take rocks from the fire with tongs.

kanin vintr. mad, to be mad.

kano₁ aux. cannot, to be unable. Used before the verb, e.g., kano siwer, 'can't walk'.

kano₂ n. man, person. See: nam̃er. Category: human relations.

kanr n. ant, black ant, fire ant. Category: insects, grubs etc..

kanrsip n. tube of bamboo (for carrying water). Category: human artefact.

kap n. Ghost crab. Ocypode cerathopthalma. Category: aquatic creatures.

kapil n. scar, a healed cut on skin. Category: body part or product.

kapkaap n. Swift (type of bird). Category: birds.

kap̃o n. fish sp. catfish. Plotosidae, Ophidiidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

kapu n. laplap, pudding made of grated vegetable (e.g. manioc, yam, taro, banana) mixed with coconut milk and baked underground on hot stones. Category: plants.

kapuenrar n. fish sp. flounder. Bothidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

kapuer n. old person. Category: human relations.

kapunmarteu n. bread.

1 • bread, also bret. Category: plants.

2 • coconut just before sprouting, with soft flesh like dry bread inside it. Category: plants.

kar vambi. scratch.

kareo n. shellfish sp. Strombidae, Strombus gibberulus gibbosus (?). Category: aquatic creatures.

karkar vintr. itch, scratch (like a chicken scratching); fiddle.

karkor n. jelly-fish. Category: aquatic creatures.

karo usrek vintr. naked. See: puu.

karo₁ adj. grey, to be. Category: colours.

karo₂ vintr. topless, have no shirt on.

kasar vambi. grab hold of something like a pig or child as it runs.

kasfas n. cicada. Category: insects, grubs etc..

kat₁ prep. because of, due to.

kat₂ vambi. bite.

kat soksok npatin close one's mouth, refuse to drink.

kat p̃orp̃res npatin grind one's teeth, usually in anger.

kat naniu vambi. husk a coconut with one's teeth.

katmanuk n. cricket.

katmanuksa n. cricket that bites. Category: insects, grubs etc..

katnam n. mosquito. Category: insects, grubs etc..

katnrap n. soursop, custard apple is katnrap ni nam̃er tar ('whiteman's soursop'). Category: plants.

katnrog vambi. taste.

katol n. third.

katom n. Hermit crab, land hermit crab. Coenobitidae. See: katp̃aar. Category: aquatic creatures.

katp̃aar n. Hermit crab that lives in the sea. Diogenidae. See: katom. Category: aquatic creatures.

katp̃o adj. greedy, to be.

katsok vintr. hold between one's teeth.

kau₁ vintr. row a boat.

kau₂ n. cow. Category: other animals.

kauri n. plant sp. Category: plants.

ke= pron. he, she, it (3rd person singular irrealis Subject).

kefi interrog. how much, how many.

kel Variant: kelkel. hold.

vintr. hold onto something, touching but not grabbing it. See: tkal.

kelsman vintr. drive (hold steering wheel). See: pusman.

kelsok vintr. cling.

kerkerai Variant: kerai. strong. Variant: kerkrai.

1 • vintr. strong, to be.

2 • adj. brave.

3 • adj. hard.

nakerkraian n. labour, giving birth.

kfet adj. dry taste, like an unripe banana. Astringent.

ki₁ prep. to, with, of.

ki₂ vintr. ring, of ears.

ki= pron. he, she, it (3rd person singular perfect Subject).

kia Variant: ki. DEM. Variant: kin.

dem. here, this one, used as a way of talking about something that has just been mentioned, and also as part of idiomatic expressions, gawankia, welkia, both meaning something like 'thus'.

kig n. fish sp. unidentified fish. Category: aquatic creatures.

kil vambi. dig the ground (with a tool). See: traf.

kilkil n. seagull (type of bird). A white bird with brown spots, its meat is strong but it is eaten. Category: birds.

kin₁ COMP. that, which (complementiser) when following a verb.

REL. that, which (relativiser) when following a noun.

that. Used to start a new sentence, but referring back to earlier information.

kin₂ vambi. pinch.

kineu pron. I, me (1st person singular Subject or Object). Usage: wou is 1SgO, now not used as much as kineu

kinlep n. thumb. Category: body part or product.

kinliu n. finger, middle finger.

1 • finger, middle finger.

2 • middle toe. Category: body part or product.

kinm̃at n. 1 • finger, index finger.

2 • big toe. Category: body part or product.

kinrik n. finger, little finger.

1 • finger, little finger.

2 • toe, little toe. Category: body part or product.

kintapul n. finger, ring finger.

1 • finger, ring finger.

2 • toe, second toe. Category: body part or product.

kipwi n. Indian mynah (type of bird). Acridontheres tristis. Category: birds.

kirkis vambi. tickle.

kis vambi. press.

1 • press, push down.

2 • turn on (lamp).

kispuen n. middle of a mat, where the two parts join.

kispun v. abort, kispun teesa, abort a child.

kistup̃ vambi. poke, tickle quickly.

kit pron. 1 • we (1st person plural inclusive Subject).

2 • our (1st person plural inclusive Direct Possessive).

3 • us (1st person plural inclusive Object).

kiwi adj. enough. See: tlas.

klat n. germinated coconut. Category: plants.

klet n. sow. Category: other animals.

klet n. shellfish sp. general term for Conchs. klet nraan shell with 'fingers'. Strombidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

klop n. knot in bamboo or cane. The piece of cane between the knots is called malmal. Category: plants.

knen adj. of it, its own.

knopun n. fish sp. Balloonfish. Category: aquatic creatures.

ko conj. or. Also used to form questions.

ko= pron. 1 • we (1st person plural exclusive irrealis Subject ).

2 • you (2nd person plural irrealis Subject).

kof₁ vambi. roast meat on the stones separate from laplap. See: tanum̃.

kof₂ v. hang, e.g., of a flying-fox (mantu) hanging.

koi= pron. we, you (1st exclusive or 2nd person plural perfect Subject).

kol₁ adj. cripple, to be.

kol₂ n. coral sp. Category: aquatic creatures.

kol₃ vintr. shout.

kom vambi. suck.

komam pron. we, us (1st person plural exclusive Subject or Object). See: mam.

kon vintr. stuck, be stuck, bump.

konafnako n. fish sp. Goatfish (general term). Mullidae. See: suus. Category: aquatic creatures.

konr n. shellfish sp. Strombus.. Category: aquatic creatures.

konrkai n. pig, female pig which has no piglets. Category: other animals.

koo v. kiss.

koof n. hut, shelter in the garden, temporary shelter made for special occasions. Category: human artefact.

kookon adj. bitter, to be.

koom n. fish sp. Groupers. See: p̃autop. Category: aquatic creatures.

kop vtr. chase.

1 • chase.

2 • follow. See: p̃as; fkop.

kopnan n. plant sp. used as ringworm medicine. Category: plants.

kor₁ n. fence, fishtrap. See: lak. Category: human artefact.

kor₂ vambi. parry, block a blow.

koren n inposs. sister, also mother's or father's sibling's daughter. Category: human relations, kinterm. See: tai; p̃al; sulsul.

kori n. dog. Category: other animals.

kortas n. washstrake, wooden rail built onto the upper rim of a canoe to strengthen the side and to keep out water. Category: human artefact.

kos adj. dense, to be (namlas kos, dense forest).

koser n. fish sp. Crescent-banded grunter. Category: aquatic creatures.

kot vintr. cut laplap.

kotfak n. half.

1 • half, a small amount of something.

2 • leftover food.

kotfan n. afternoon, evening. Category: temporal.

kotfel n. flying fox, red flying fox. Category: other animals.

kotiou n. piece of laplap. See: repek.

kotkot adv. really, emphasises a verb or adjective, e.g. pramkotkot, very long; malpei kotkot, long ago; teetwei kotkot, very long ago.

kraf v. crawl.

krak vintr. crawl.

krakfufu vambi. chop something into small bits, cut in pieces.

krakfunfnoi vambi. erase, rub out. See: funfnoi; surfunfnoi.

krakpel vintr. drop something by accident.

krakpes vintr. make noise.

krakp̃og v. conquer, defeat.

krakp̃orp̃or v. break something like wood or bones, making a noise.

krakpun Variant: krakpn. kill.

vambi. kill.

kraksmanr vambi. miss, e.g. not hit a target.

kraksok vintr. catch.

1 • catch, as in catch a disease.

2 • understand, catch on.

3 • prepare, make something ready. Variant: kraksoksok.

kraktof vambi. break (a branch).

kram p̃el n. adze with a flat blade, used to shape the outside of a canoe, with the finishing work done with limur. See: limur; took. Category: human artefact.

kram p̃og n. sugarcane (sp.), also the name of one of the naflak, dark red colour, nearly black. Each section is short, but thick. Category: plants.

kram teu n. sugarcane (sp.) Category: plants.

kram₁ n. axe (originally made of clam, kram). Category: human artefact.

kram₂ n. shellfish sp. Clams and Miters, shellfish, generic name for several types including Giant clams. Types include kram nap̃rai, kram p̃og. Tridacnidae, Mitridae. See: lisan. Category: aquatic creatures.

krip n. whip, made of nap̃lel for example, used to control animals. Category: human artefact.

Krismes n. Christmas. Category: other supernatural.

krokur vintr. frightened, to be; to be surprised.

krum vintr. cross one's arms.

krusperi n. wild berry. Passiflora foetida. Category: plants.

kruuk vintr. collect, gather, pick up off the ground.

ksakes adj. green, to be. Now also used for blue. Category: colours.

ktekit vintr. against, to be against. See: kitsa.

ku interrog v. why, for what reason? Mostly used in the expression iku or nlaken iku 'why'. See: nafte.

ku= pron. you (2nd person singular realis Subject).

kuf₁ Variant: kuuf. n. arrow for killing birds, it has a flat or round end so that it stuns the bird and knocks it to the ground. Category: human artefact.

kuf₂ v. fight, physical fight.

kufa n. shellfish, 2 or 3 inches long. Category: aquatic creatures.

kui= pron. you (2nd person singular perfect Subject).

kuk vintr. shrink.

kukumper n. cucumber. Cucumis sativus. Category: plants.

kul vambi. cover.

1 • cover, as in a blanket, wrap as in a present (note that kul is also 'skin').

kulkul vintr. cover.

2 • suffer from being indoors too long (idiomatic), perhaps to do with the pale sking that comes from being indoors. See: nakul.

kulkor vambi. cover, as in covering laplap. See: kul.

kulmam n. person who can see supernatural beings, like ghosts, but doesn't have to bea munwei or kulru. See: munwei; kulru.

kulmer n. light-skin.