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na 1. definite article, a, the; used with both sing. and pl.; gera na Grekia, the Greeks. Cf. Florida na. M. L. p. 524: na noni, the body; na sasigamu, your brethren; is in more frequent use than the corresponding nga in Sa'a; in many cases nouns are used without any article when the signification is general. S. nga.
na 2. pronoun suffixed to nouns, sing. 3; abana, his hand: added to the first of two nouns to express a genitive; i tolona fera, on the tops of the hills; gwauna na ai gi, head of men: added to cardinals to form ordinals. S. nd, Mota na.
na, nana 3. demonstrative pron., there, that, follows noun; si doo na, that thing.
na, nana 4. adv. follows the verb and denotes a preterite, already, finished; e sui na, e sui nana, it is finished; sui na, thereafter.
naga v. tr., to waste, to spend.
namo, inner harbour, lake, pool; suu i namo; asi namo a lake. S. namo.
nana, na 3. 4.
nani, nanani, v. i., to seek for.
nanisi v. tr.
nao (gu) n. face; with locative i; in front of, before; naoe gula, first place; i naogu, before my face; before my time, naonao tolia, chief portion at a feast.
nao v. i., to lead; nao tala, lead the way; eta inao, to lead. S. nao.
naofa (na) n. eldest, first, naofana mwela, eldest child, naofe mwela.
nare 1. v. tr., to roast on the embers.
nare 2. v. tr., to prepare, make ready, serve, wait upon.
nau 1. pers. pron. sing. 1. I, used by itself as subj. or follows inau; nau gu ote nau ni lea, I do not want to go. V. nau.
nau 2. as nau 1. but suff. as obj. to verbs and prepositions.
nau 3. fanau educate. S. nanau.
ne 1. demonstrative, there, that; a mwela ne, that person, he.
ne 2. interrogative pron. follows the interrogative ati, who; ati ne? e uta ne, how is it?
ne 3. v. i., to speak, make a sound.
nee v. i., to be still, silent.
nena demonstrative pron., that, follows the noun; doo nena, that thing.
neneo charcoal.
ni 1. genitive, of, belonging to; (a) used mainly in construction; fote ni fera, a native paddle; baea ni sugela, words of deceit, mwemwedua ni lalano, wild honey; (b) expressive of purpose, si gula ni lea inia, a place for him to go to; (c) expressive of condition, rosuli ni manatai gami, hear us in mercy, gera mou ni oli, they feared to return; fasia muka manata ni bae uri, think not to say thus; (d) added to verbal suffix giving transitive force foaa, foaataini. S. ni. Cf. M. L. p. 532.
ni 2. personal article used with the names of females, both native and foreign; ni Alida, also used with certain nouns which denote women where in Sa'a nga or a is used, ni te nau, my mother; ni mwaimwane, a man's sister or a woman's brother; ni aia, female relations; ni doo the woman; ni mwela ne, that woman; is not used with afe wife, nor with geni female; is not used with plural. Duke of York ne, M. L. p. 566, Gilb. Is. nei, Efate lei, S. kei.
ni 3. interrogative used to (a) call attention; ni ai? I say, you! (b) in the sense of, is that so? S. ni.
ni 4. demonstrative attached to ta, one, a; tani aiai, some people; to oto; tani oto ni saiai. S. ni 3.
ni 5. a detachable prefix; doo nifai, doo ifai, what thing? S. ni 4.
ni 6. transitive suffix to verbs; mou, mouni. S. ni.
ni 7. pers. pron. sing, 3. it, used in explanation; na light fuana noni ni maa, the light of the body is the eye; e uta ro si lio ni amu, why are you of two minds?
ni 8. suff. pron. pl. 3. neut; i talani, in their place. S. ni.
nia personal pronoun sing. 3. he, she, it; used by itself as subj, or follows inia. S. nge'ie.
niania v. tr., to deny, repudiate.
nifai interrog. pron. what, follows noun; doo nifai, what thing?
nima, ninima 1. (gu) n. hand, arm; ninimana tala, corner of the way, beside the way. S. nime.
nima 2. for lima five.
nina v. i. to be accustomed to, be able. S. nina.
noabu sparrow hawk.
noni (gu) n. body, shape, fashion; noni fii, to suffer; noni fiila v. n., suffering; nonilau, to be safe and sound. Mao tino.
nono v. i., to place the face against, to sniff, to kiss; nono faini, to kiss.
nonoi v. tr. S. nono.
nue v. i., to be foolish, dumb.
nuela v. n., folly.
nui (na) n. a nest. S. niui.
nuku v. i., to be wrinkled. S. nuku.
nunulu v. i., to wither. S. nunulu.
NG
ngado 1. v. i., to be firm; ngado fua, to trust, manata ngado ana, to rely on; too ngado, to remain firm.
ngado 2. i aena ngado, at the very bottom. S. i ngadona aena, at his feet.
ngae (na); adala i ngaena maa, envy. S. ngae.
ngaini transitive suffix to verb; saw, saungaini. S. nga'ini.
ngali 1. v. tr., to take, to receive.
ngalila v. n., burden.
ngali 2. canarium nut. S. ngali.
ngangarea adj., deep rooted.
ngasi v. i., to be firm, hard; bae ngasi, to speak sternly. Florida ngasi, hard.
ngi 1. v. tr., to divide; mangisingisi.
ngi 2. transitive suffix to verb; sau, saungi. S. ngi.
ngidu (gu) n., lip; ngidu auau fua, to hate. S. ngidu.
ngisi; fangisi, to acknowledge.
ngisu 1. v. i., to spit; 2. n. fe ngisu, spittle.
ngisufi v. tr., to spit on. S. ngisu.
ngosa v. i., to bud; ngosa faolu, just come into bud.
ngongosa, a spike, a horn; ngongose doo.
ngu 1. v. i., to sing; 2. n. a song.
nguli v. tr., to sing; ngulia ngu, to sing a song.