b'ofresponse.Usedascomponentintwogroup. stative clauses which function as idioms for 5. Some fruits are specified by kwai- when emotive comments.smallandya-whenlarge,aspawpaw,ikwdiladabala phr Lit.Hisheadispumpkin,melons,breadfruit.Howevernoteaccepting. He has asked and asked withoutthattwoitemscoconutsandgourdsare getting any response, and so he accepts thisspecified solely by ya- because both may beimatila dabala. and stops asking. Syn.phr latermadeintostopperedcontainersforikwdila matalaphr Lit. His eyes arewater, lime, etc. See under ya- sense 3.accepting.1.Heacceptsthathiswrathhas 6.Alsospecifiedbykwai-areabstract been answered by one blow, and now he isnouns,temporalsandlocatives, content to stop fighting. Syn. isaiki matala.topographicalfeatures,forcesofnature,2. He cannot undertake more wore work aspersonal experiences, and nominalised verbs. heissatisfiedwithwhathehashadtodo.Syn. gaya. Syn. ikila matala, itotila matala. 7. Anything indefinite or unknown may be KWADOYA n3 Acuscusnotcommon;first specified by kwai-, but when known may possiblymoveintosomeotherclassifiers sometimes killed, sometimes kept as villagefield of reference. Items that are ungrouped, pet.undivided,passiveandunsdescribedfall KWADUVAn 3 initially into this field of reference. Note alsoA sawfish. Syn. iyamwali. KWADUVAn 3 1. A species of fish, which isone special use within the Kilivila dialect. The village of Kaibola on the northern coastline of the folk taxon family name for the seapike orKilivilaisaspecialistinsharkfishing,and longtoms,whichincludesthespeciesthey specify all shark by kwai-, the same as iyamwali,kaibala,kalibatuma,kumidu,usedinKavatariaandotherdialectsto kwaduva, lova. mwala, sasouma, sevaleya.specify yams, because shark flesh is for that 2.IdentifiedasForstersseapike,also community a staple. Kavataria reference for described as the Giant Seapike or sawfish, 2shark is na-. Second note: the deictic when metres, Sphyraeruabarracuda or using this classifier has uniquely two plural ,forms,theregularmakwaisinaandthe Agrispospsphyraeuia barracuda Munro 271, plate 22.exceptionmakwaisita,whichislisted KWADUYAn 3 elsewhere as a headword.A baler shell. KWAGU n3 Aspeciesoffish,alternate Becauseofthefrequencyofheadnoun deletionintheNPwhichisaidedbythe spelling kwaku.specificreferenceofclassifiers,many KWAI 1 - cl1basicpropertyspecifier Also modifiersbearingthiskwai-classifierqre foundaskwe-,espwhenfurtherfromderivedasthenounswhichtheyhave syllablebearingwordstress.Thisclassifiersupplanted.Alsoavariantformkwe-is hasaverybroadfieldofreference,andisfrequently found, usually occurring in longer also used as an anything else reference, pluswordswheretheclassifierisfurtheraway an unknown thing reference where there isfrom the point of word stress Added here is a uncertainty.Itsspecificfieldsofreferencelittlelexiconofthemostfrequentlyfound are listed here, adding contrasting referencemodifierclassifier words using kwai. Each tosimilaritems.Syn.baisa.1.Anyobjectmaybefurtherexaminedunderitssecond composed of a number of different parts as apart,eachofwhichwillbefoundasa house, necklace, box, chain, table, sewn matsheadword.Theyareexamplesofwhatisa but see note under kai- sense 6, in referencefrequentfunctionoftheclassifierasitaids to things perceived as having different sortsprocesses of deletion. of complexity. kwaibogwa cladj Thefirstthing,the 2.Objectsofnoclearshape,orroundancient item. objectswithnoneckormouth,asastone, kwaibwaila cladj Agoodthing.Ant.ball, pigs bladder used as a football.kwaigaga.3.Allmassnounsassand,water,rice, kwaigaga cl adj Thebadone.Ant.sugar, etc.kwaibwaila.4. Seeds as rice, maize, pearls, all small nuts kwaikesacl adjA remnant, where only and small fruit, yams, etc. However note nextoneisleftout,asonlyonefingerofhis168'