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maamaa 2 (mama i). 

 maamaa 3 light, portable, easily, com- 

 fortably (mama), 

 hakamaa to unload, to lighten. 

 hakamaamaa to alleviate, to comfort, 

 to console, to ease, to relieve. 

 P Mgv. : mama, light not heavy, to be 

 relieved, to be eased; akamama, to 

 console. Ta. : mama, light. 

 maamaaki evident, 

 maana, hakamaana (mahana i). 

 maata (maa-ta) one who can write. 



tagata maata, scribe. 

 maatoua (maa-toua) quarrelsome. 

 maaua thine. 



mae to fade, to wither, stunted fruit. 

 PS Mgv. : mae, to fade, to wither, to be 

 blighted. Sa.: mae, to be stale (of 

 fish). To. : mae, to fade, to wither, 

 to smell musty. 

 mae atu'ra to cede, to give up. 



This is the only instance of the use, 

 which is unexplained, of the character 4 by 

 Pere Roussel. 

 maea stone, rock. 



maea kore, free of stones. 



maea horohoro, snowy rock. 



maea mataa, obsidian used for spear 



heads T. 

 maea matariki, stone used for the 



images T. 

 maea pupura, hard cellular stones 



used in the platforms T. 

 maea puruhare, tile. 

 maea regorego, a flinty beach pebble 

 used for the finest stone imple- 

 ments T. 

 maea toki, hard slates, black, red and 



gray, used for axes T. 

 maea viriviri, grindstone. 

 maeha 1 light, brightness; to shine, to be 

 bright, to glimmer, to glow. 

 maeha mahina, moonshine. 

 maeharaa, sunrise. 

 maehamaeha bright. 

 hakamaeha to brighten. 

 Mq. : maeoeo, bright, transparent. 

 maeha 2 to get out of the way. 

 maeha 3 thin, slender, slight. 

 maemae soft. 



maemae no, badly cooked. 

 maga 1 (mama 2 ) a mouthful. 

 maga nuinui, to gobble. 

 P Mgv.: maga, a mouthful. Mq. : mana, 

 a bit, a mouthful. 

 maga 2 garbage. 

 maga 3 index finger. 

 maga 4 a branch. 



magamiro, a branch, a limb. 

 magamaga fork, finger, claw, rod. 

 magamaga miro, a branch, a limb. 

 magamaga rima, finger. 

 magamaga vae, toe. 

 magamaga tumu, great toe. 

 hakamaga a roof. 

 P Pau. : maga, a branch, division. Mgv. : 

 maga, a branch, forked, divided. 

 Mq. : mana, a branch, fork; mana- 



maga 4 continued. 



mana, forked, divided. Ta.: mad, 

 split, divided; amaa, branch of a 

 tree. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 280.) 

 magaga fork. 



Mgv.: magaga, the crotch in men. 

 magaro calm, sweet, docile, tame, affable 

 gracious, indulgent, suave; to pa- 

 cify, to reconcile. 

 ariga magaro, amiable. 

 tae magaro, ungracious. 

 tagata magaro, popular. 

 vai magaro, sweet water. 

 magaro ke kokoma, undisturbed. 

 nakamagaro to soothe, to pacify, to 

 quiet, to appease. 

 P Pau.: magaro, salty, briny. Mgv.: 

 magaro, courteous, pleasant, peace- 

 ful, quiet; akamagaro, to soothe, to 

 tame, to quiet. Mq.: manaonao, 

 insipid, tasteless. Ta. : maaro, fresh, 

 sweet, not salted. 

 In Nuclear Polynesia this sense occurs 

 only in Samoa and Niue, as to which see 

 note under kumi 1. 

 magatuhi (maga 4-tuhi) index finger. 

 (magaturu) hakamagaturu (maga 4- 



tnru) slope of a roof, 

 mageo acid, sharp, acrid, purulent; the itch, 

 abscess, pustule, ringworm ; itching, 

 disagreeable, poisonous, spirituous; 

 to long for; disgust, poison, mus- 

 tard, pepper (megeo). 

 hakamageo infection, to infect. 

 P Pau.: mageo, to itch. Mgv.: megeo, to 

 itch, to long for. Mq. : maneo, to 

 itch, to tickle; meneo, mekeo, itch. 

 Ta. : maeo, itch. 

 In Nuclear Polynesia this is found in 

 Samoa mageso, Niue magiho, and Futuma 

 mageo. The megeo form is the only one 

 known to Mangareva; in Rapanui, Mar- 

 quesas, and Hawaii it appears as an alter- 

 native of mageo. 

 (mageo) hakamageo splice. 

 magugupuru miserly, covetous (mogugu- 



puru). 

 mahaa obsidian T (? makaa, maka). 

 mahaga bait, allurement. 



PS To. : talimahaga, the noose in large 

 ropes. Ma. : mahanga, a snare. 

 Moriori ; mehanga, to ensnare. 

 In mounu Rapanui has the common 

 Polynesian designation of bait. This I 

 incline to regard as an error in recording 

 the vocabulary. Assuming a snare encir- 

 cling the bait, the answer to Pre Rous- 

 sel's demand for a name might refer to the 

 important but hidden snare and by him be 

 referred to the bait plain in his view. 

 mahana 1 heat, hot (maana, liana, 

 pumahana). 

 mahana ke, suffocating. 

 mahana nut, stifling. 

 mahana no iti, likewarm. 

 vera mahana, hot. 



