b'kileta goliphr ofphr Almost indeed! kileta wala. Almost!kileta walaphr Only almost -KILI 1vb3trans Tochoosebetweenkileta galaphr Almost didnt! good/bad items -kila 1 .Intextthisexclamationlookslikeand sounds like a conjunction, but in fact it never-KILI 2 vb 4 To draw water, scoop up water functionsaspartofaclause.Ifdeletedthefromsoak,etc.Frequentlyoccursasone clausestillstandsacceptably.Alwaysitword-kilisopi pl formofverbworddeclares a sense of amazement at sthg whichikilisopisi,sothatinthisformitmustbe nearly happened or nearly did not happen. Iseenasaclass1verb. have noted the following types of occurrence,Syn. -goli, -kasopi, -tavili. with some context of situation added:tokilisopi n Onewhodrawswater. Abadthingnearlydidnthappen:KiletaMatausina goli tokilisi kami sopiwho Those walakukwapusi Almostbutstillyoufelldraw your drinking water Deut 29.11. down even though I warned you-KILI 3 vb 3 To squeeze out oil from gratedAgoodthingnearlydidnthappen:Kileta tabwainasi Almostwehadmisfortunebutcoconut. kilin 3 The name given to coconut flesh nowwearesafeandsound.OneKiriwina hymn writer used this expression in his song:afteroilissqueezedout;inthisformitis KiletaYesuleima Almostindeedwewerescatteredasfoodforanimalsandchooks. Note:Thisformprobablydevelopedfrom lost but Jesus came. Syn. awom.kila 1 .Abadthingnearlyhappened:Kiletagala akapusibutIdidntfallthankstoKILI 4 -cl 4 groups A hand of bananas var. Almost, this branch.Kileta lokunanakwasikila 3 -clAlmost I. drowned but you hurried and got here in-KILIKOVI vb3trans Topulltopieces time. Syn. baibewa.1 1I have never found this exclamation used tometathesis -ki lova .-KILILEUvb 3 trans To track after s.o., sthg relatetoagoodthingwhichnearly happened In all of the above examples the-ki 1 leleu. intonation contour of the sentence suggestsKILILI 1n3 Pumicestonevolcaniclava.thatkiletaisanintegralpartofthewhole,Vivila iyosisi kilili paila iron Women use it to whereas semantically kileta is standing alonesmootheoutclothingasmoothingdevice andthesecondpartofthesentenceisanlike ironing clothes. independentunit.Eachexampleconsisteof KILILI 2 n 3twoindependentstatementswhichhave A species of insect - cricket? Syn. beenjoinedwithintheoneintonationkivaina 2 . contour.KILIPA n3 Aspeciesoffish,analternateKILETA 2 conj Introduces alternative clauses,name for kaleta.with the sense of unless, if not, stating theKILISALAn 3 A vision; sthg unreal which isconditions which must be answered in someseenwhileawakelikeadream.Okilisala way in the main clause, or causative clausesyaluwa migila bitagwala bitagisi In a vision a introducing the sense of because of, whichspirit of s.o. recently dead lets us see his face. show the reason why the main clause couldSometimes is found to inflect as acl 2 n, e.g. betrue.Herekileta 2 isfunctioningasthekalisamyourdream.Syn.vaseulaandsee initialcomponentofthealternateclause,note there, mimi. contrastingwith kileta 1which stands alone.-KILISOPIvb 1 1 sopi. Kileta walamkwaitapayakamaisikagisaisi To draw water -kili lumalamaofyourlightweseetheKILIVILAn which may refer to all Because 1. A namelightPsalm36.9.Kileta Yesuleimaisaikiof the people of the Trobriand Islands and to tomotasimwasawa BecauseJesuscametheir language. Syn. Kiriwina. peoplefoundjoy.Otherconjunctions 2.Thenamealsoreferstothepolitically introducingalternateclausesincludedominantpeopleinthenorthernpartof kalubikoya, mitaga.KiriwinaIsland,andtothedialectof KILETAWA exclam Alsofoundaskiletowa;Kiriwinanspokenbythem.Becauseofthe contrasttheydrawbetweenKiriwinaand said to besyn of kileta, but may be an elision125'