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manau continued. 



PS Sa., To., Fu., Niue: manatu, to think. 



The sense accord is so clear that we 



must give respectful consideration to the 



possibility of the dropping of t from an 



interior protected position. 



manava belly, abdomen, entrails, interior. 



manava ahuahu, indigestion. 



manava hanohano, high tempered, to 



annoy. 

 manava hopohopo, terror, to desolate. 

 manava itiiti, frugal. 

 manava karavarava, colic. 

 manava mate, to be in ecstasy, passion, 



intensity of affection. 

 manava more, to desolate. 

 manava ninihi, colic. 

 manava nuinui, appetite. 

 manava pagaha, affected, to complain. 

 manava rakerake, bad character. 

 manava riri, anger. 

 manava ru, complaint. 

 manava ruru, alarm, consternation, 



emotion, swoon. 

 manava tagi, eager. 

 manava tiha, out of breath. 

 manava topa ki raro, humble, to 



humiliate. 

 manava vai, simpleton, to have dull 



senses. 

 meniri ko manava, little finger. 

 kakari manava, waist. 

 manava eete, to shudder, to tremble, 

 to astonish; anger, fright, conster- 

 nation. 

 manava eete ki te man mea ananake, 



susceptible. 

 eete manava, affected, moved. 

 manava pohi, hasty, cruel, penitent; 



contrition, indignation. 

 kokoma hanohano manava pohi, to 



abhor. 

 manava pohi nunui ke, implacable. 

 P Pau.: manava, the interior, affected, 

 touched. Mgv. : manava, the belly, 

 spirit, conscience. Mq. : menava, 

 respiration, pulse. Ta.: manava, 

 belly, entrails. 

 manavai 1 brain. 



manavai 2 valley, ravine, river, torrent, 

 brook. 

 manavai miro, orchard. 

 Mq. : manavai, valley, brook. Ta. : 



anavai, river, brook. 

 It scarcely appears that these fully 

 coordinate. In Tahiti anavai has a clear 

 etymology, ana meaning the bed of a 

 stream. In Rapanui and in the Mar- 

 quesas mana most readily associates with 

 maga, as water in a forked bed. On the 

 possibility of the assumption of an initial 

 m see the note under aanu. 

 manege to grow (menege). 

 maniga to be notched, to have lost the edge, 



dull. Ta.: mania, dull, 

 maniri ehillv, cold. 

 mano 1,000 R; 10,000 T. 



P Pau. : manomano, innumerable. Mgv. : 



mano continued. 



mano, 1,000. Mq.: mano, 2,000, 

 4,000. Ta.: mano, 1,000. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 195.) 

 manu bird. 



manu uru, kite. 

 manu rikiriki, insect. 

 P Pau.: manu, bird, insect, brute. Mgv.: 

 manu, bird, beast. Mq.,Ta.: manu, 

 bird, insect. (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, 372.) 

 manu nave great abscess, bubo. 

 manua man-o'-war. 

 manua wild, savage, fugitive. 

 moa manua, wild fowl. 

 manuoau foul smelling smoke. 

 mao (soil R; ? typographical error for soif, 



cf. Mq. mao thirst). 

 maoa 1 to clear up (of the sky). 



P Mq.: mao, dry, as land once wet. Ta. : 

 mao, to cease raining, to clear up. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 206.) 

 maoa 2 to hold. 



riva maoa, correct. 

 maomao (soit, cf. mao). 

 maoamaoa to thank. 

 maori 



a. of manual training: dexterity, handy, 



industry, artisan. 



b. of mental training: erudite, finesse, 



cleverness, adroit, ingenious, intel- 

 ligent, lucid, sage, sense, science, 

 talent. 



c. the resultant: memorable, renowned, 



of good reputation. 

 tagala maori, carpenter. 

 rima maori, left hand. 

 tae maori, incompetent. 

 maori ke, judicious, sly. 

 maori ke avai, adroit. 

 T Pau. : maori, maohi, indigenous, sure, 

 safe, perfect. Mgv.: maori, belong- 

 ing to the country, native, of the 

 Polynesian race, right hand. Mq.: 

 maoi, native, natural, common, or- 

 dinary. Ta. : maori, maohi, proper 

 name of the indigenous people of 

 Polynesia, native, good, perfect. 

 mapahiva diamond. 

 marago nearly bald (marego). 

 maraka bristly, shaggy. 

 marama light, day, brightness, to glimmer; 

 month; intelligent, sensible. 

 no tera marama, monthly. 

 marama roa, a long term. 

 horau marama no iti, daybreak. 

 hakamarama school, to glimmer. 

 hare hakamarama, school, classroom. 

 P Mgv.: marama, the light, daylight; 

 mardma, wise, learned, instructed, 

 moon. Mq. : madma, light, broad 

 day, bright, instructed, learned; 

 meama, moon, month. Ta. : ma- 

 rama, moon, month. 

 In form conditional this word seems 

 derivative from lama, in which the illumin- 

 ating sense appears in its signification of a 

 torch. The sense of light, and of specifi- 



