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m i Ka m i ka continued. 



rauoho tnikamika, tangled hair. 

 Mq.: hadmimiko, curly. 

 mimi urine, to make water. 

 tae mimi, dysury. 

 na mimi, urethra. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: mimi, urine. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 375.) 

 mimiro compass, to roll one over another, 

 to turn in a circle. 

 P Pau. : miro, to rope. 

 mine to spy, to make signs with the eyes, 

 to glance. 

 mala mine, to consider. 

 minemine to consider, to make signs 

 with the eyes. 

 mini to carry one's head high. 

 minuta minute of time. 

 miramira to shake, to perplex, tangled. 



hakamiramira to perplex. 

 mirimiri curly. 



rauoho mirimiri, lock of hair. 

 miripau testes T (maripu). 

 ? miritoun seaweed T. 

 miro tree, plant, wood, plank, ship, building. 

 miro kohukoku, bush, thicket. 

 miro takataka, bush. 

 miro tupu, tree. 

 miro vavau, switch. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Ta.: miro, a tree with red 

 wood, Thespesia populnea. Mq.: 

 mio, id. 

 miroahi firebrand. 

 tniterio mystery. 



miti to suck, to lap, to lick, to taste, to 

 absorb, to drain. 

 tae miti, inexhaustible. 

 P Pau.: mitimiti, to lap, to lick up. Mgv.: 

 miti, to lick, to percolate away. 

 Mq. : miti, to taste, to lick, to suck, 

 to absorb, to evaporate. Ta.: miti, 

 to lick. 

 mitimiti to clack the tongue. 

 mitinare missionary. 

 mitutika the lip Q. 



In the unfamiliar handwriting of an 

 unknown language nu might easily be 

 misread as mi; thus we may restore the 

 prototype nututika in the manuscript 

 source which we infer; then in recognition 

 of the frequent n-ng mutation we restore 

 the true form gututika, the tattooing on 

 the lips. 

 mo 1 for (moo). 



ika ke avai mo, abuse (bad treatment 



too great for). 

 riva mo tere, navigable (fit for voy- 

 aging). 

 pu moo naa, hiding-place (hole for 



hiding). 

 koona moo tomo, port (place for enter- 

 ing). 

 moo iharaa, ordinary. 

 moo te oone, shovel (for the sand). 

 PS Mgv.: mo, for. 

 Sa., To., Fu., Niue, Ma.,Aniwa: mo, id. 



mo 2 in order that (moo). 



mo okorna, to accompany, to adjoin 



(in order to be two- together). 

 moo arai, to join (in order to be to- 

 gether). 

 mo 3 a negative value (moo). 

 moo aneira, inopportune. 

 moa fowl. 



moa toa, cock. 

 moa uha, hen. 

 moa ohoa, crowing of cocks. 

 moa manna, wild fowl. 

 moa herea, tame fowl. 

 P Pau.: moa, domestic fowl. Mgv.: moa, 

 cock. Mq.: moa, hen. Ta.: moa, 

 cock, hen. 

 moahu to aid. 

 moana salt water, deep sea, ocean. 



P Pau.: moana-tekereke, blue. Mgv. 

 moana, the sea, the ocean. Mq. 

 moana, ocean, high sea. Ta.. 

 moana, sea, ocean, abysmal depth 

 or height, heaven. 

 moaua hibiscus. 



moe to sleep, to lie at full length, to dream, 

 to brood, to place, to cohabit. 

 moe atu, to leave off, to desist. 

 moe atu ra, to adjourn, to postpone. 

 moe hakahepo, to talk in the deep. 

 moe aherepo, somnambulist, sleep- 

 walker. 

 moe hakataha, to sleep on the side. 

 moe no, to oversleep, concubinage. 

 moe tahae, to be a light sleeper. 

 moe tahaga, a sleeper. 

 moe vaeahatu, moe hakaroa, to sleep 



sprawling. 

 rava moe, to sleep sound. 

 ariga moe ki raro, to lie flat on the 



ground. 

 tae moe, bachelor. 

 hakamoe to brood, to fold the wings; 

 to reserve, to lay up ; to struggle. 

 P Pau.: moe, sleep. Mgv.: moe, sleep, 

 to lie down, coitus, to shut the eyes. 

 Mq.: moe, to sleep, to lie down; 

 hadmoe, to set down on the ground. 

 Ta. : moe, to sleep, to lie down. 

 moea moea raruga, lying flat. 

 moeaivi thin. 



Mq.: ivi, hadivi, id. Ta. : ivi, id. 

 moega mat. 



Pau.: moehega, bed. Mgv.: moega, a 

 sleeping mat. Mq.: moena,moeka, 

 mat, floor cloth, bed. Ta.: moea, 

 bed. 

 moemata to sleep with the eyes open. 



mea moemata, phantom. 

 moemoea a dream, vision. 



tikeahaga moemoea, apparition by 

 night. 

 T Mgv., Mq., Ta.: moemoea, dream. 

 mogo shark. 



PPau.: mago, id. Mgv.: mago, id. Mq.: 

 mano, mako, mono, moko, id. Ta.: 

 mad, id. 



