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matoru continued. 



matoru, id. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 238.) 

 matou we. 



to matou, no matou, ours. 

 pet ra ta matou, proverb. 

 pet ra hoki ta matou, usage. 

 matu let us go, to be ready to go. 



Mgv. : matu, let us go. 

 matua 1 chronic. 



Ta. : matua, id. 

 matua 2 a parent (metua). 

 matua tamaroa, father. 

 matua tamaahine, mother. 

 matua too, adoptive father. 

 matua kore, orphan. 

 P Pau. : makuahine, mother. Mgv. : motua, 

 father; matua, superintendent, 

 overseer. Mq.: matua, any man; 

 motua, father. Ta. : metua, metia, 

 father, mother, parent. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 271.) 

 mau 1 as soon as, since. 

 mau 2 several. 



te mau tagata, a collective use. 

 mau 3 food, meat. 



mau nut, abundance of food, pro- 

 vision, harvest. 

 mau ke aval, abundance. 

 Mq. : mau, a great repast, a feast. 

 mau 4 end, to take away. 



PS Sa. : mau, to result, to terminate. 

 mau 5 to hold, to seize, to detain, to arrest, 



to retain, to catch, to grasp. 

 mau 6 certain, sure, true, correct, to con- 

 fide in. 

 mau roa, indubitable, sure. 

 P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: mau, true, correct. 

 mau 7 fixed, constant, firm, stable, resolute, 

 calm. 

 tae mau, not fixed, unstable. 

 mau no, stable. 

 hakamau to make firm, to attach, to 

 consolidate, to tie, to assure. 

 pena hakamau, bridle. 

 hakamau ihoiho, to immortalize. 

 hakamau iho, restoration. 

 P Pau.: mau, solid, stable. Mgv.: mau, 

 fixed, firm, stable. Mq.: mau, 

 firm, attached, fixed. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 207.) 

 mau 8 to give, to accord, to remit, to satisfy, 

 to deliver; to accept, to adopt, debt; 

 to embark, to raise. 

 maua 1 at last. 

 maua 2 we. 



to maua, no maua, our. 

 P Mq.: maua, we. Ta. : maua, id. 

 mauga manga kore, impalpable. 

 maumau a step. 

 mauoko immovable. 

 maute paper mulberry (mahute Q). 

 P Mgv. : eute, ute, id. Mq. : ute, id. Ta. : 

 aute. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Pau.: 

 aute, id. 

 Beyond the forms here listed the word 

 is known only through Samoa and Maori 

 aute. As to the frontal accretion by m 



maute continued. 



see aanu. We can less readily account 

 for the frontal abrasion by which ante 

 becomes Marquesas and Mangareva ute 

 mauteki to assure. 



tae mauteki, ina kai mauteki, incred- 

 ulous. 

 mautini pumpkin, gourd, squash. 



PS Pau.: mautini, gourd, pumpkin. Mq.: 

 mautini, a large gourd. Ta.: mau- 

 tini, pumpkin. Sa.: mautini, a 

 gourd. 

 The Samoan identification rests upon 

 the dictionary of Pere Violette, for Pratt 

 does not include it. With this exception 

 the word is not found outside Southeast 

 Polynesia. 

 me me mai, from, since. 



Pau. : me, with, since, from. Mgv. : me, 

 and, as, like, so, with, for. Mq.: 

 me, and, as, like, so, with. 

 mea 1 red. 



ata mea, the dawn. 

 meamea red, ruddy, rubicund, scarlet, 

 vermilion, yellow. 

 ariga meamea, florid. 

 kahu meamea, purple. 

 moni meamea, gold. 

 hanuanua meamea, rainbow. 

 pua ei meamea, to make yellow. 

 hakameamea to redden, to make 

 yellow. 

 PS Ta. : mea, red. 



Sa. : memea, yellowish brown, sere. To. : 

 memea, drab. Fu. : mea, blond, yel- 

 lowish, red, chestnut. 

 mea 2 a thing, an object, elements (mee). 

 e mea, circumstance. 

 mea ke, different, excepted, save, but. 

 mea no iti, easy. 

 mea ra, nevertheless, but. 

 ra mea, to belong. 

 mea rakerake, assault. 

 ko mea, such an one. 

 a mea nei, this. 

 a mea ka, during. 

 a mea, then. 



no te mea, because, since, seeing that. 

 na te mea, since. 

 a mea era, that. 

 ko mea tera, however, but. 

 hakamea to prepare, to make ready. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta. : mea, a thing. 

 mea 3 in order that, for. 



Mgv. : mea, because, on account of, see- 

 ing that, since. Mq. : mea, for. 

 mea 4 an individual. 



tagata mea, tagata mee, an individual. 

 Mgv.: mea, an individual, such an one. 

 Mq., Ta.: mea, such an one. 

 mea 5 necessary, urgent. 



e mea ka, must needs be, necessary. 

 e mea, urgent. 

 mea 6 manners, customs. 

 meamee (meemee). 

 mee with, and (me). 

 mee (mea 2). 



