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Maori, Tah., mart, Rar., really, indeed, 



merely, only. 

 Mapu, Sam. Nuk., mabu, Tong., to 



whistle ; nuipuea, Sam., to sigh. 



Masa (?), mafia, Tong., mafa, Viti, 



empty ; mamasa, Sam., mamaha, 



Tong., low water, shallow. 



Malta, Tah., quiet, appeased, satisfied, 



comforted ; Haw., to rest from labor, 



hoo-maha, to be satisfied. 



Masaki (?), mahaki, Tong., maki, Rar., 



Mang., ma'i, Sam. Tah. Haw., sick. 

 Maki, Nuk., a sore. 

 MiikiiniiLt, Nuk., ma'ma'i, Tab., to 



desire, long for (i. e. be sick for). 

 Masi (?), mahi, N. Z., to work; maki, 

 Haw., yaohi, tauhi, Tong., to culti- 

 vate, till the soil. 

 JudSOn, Sam., mahoa, Tong., arrow-root 



(tacca pinnatifida). 



Masui (?), mahui, Tong., mahue and 

 maue, N. Z., to leave, to abandon, 

 flee from ; maue, Tah., to fly. 

 Mata, ubiq., face, eye, front, edge. 



Matamata, Sam., mamata, Tong., to see. 

 Mata-pd (night-eyed), N. Z. Mang. Tah. 

 Haw. Nuk., mata-ivi (bone-eyed), 

 Sam., blind. 



Mata-riki (little eyes), N. Z. Mang., 

 mata-rii, Tah., mata-lii, Haw., mata- 

 iki, Nuk., the Pleiades. 

 Mata-hiti, Tah. Haw., mata-iti, Rar., a 

 year (the rising of the Pleiades, which 

 marks the commencement of the year). 

 Kamata, Tong., amata, Sam., timata, 

 N. Z., haamata, Tah., akamata, 

 Mang., hoomaia, Haw., to begin. 



Mata-ainana (qu. ?), Haw. Nuk., the 



common people, the lower classes. 

 Mataku, matd'u, ubiq., afraid. 

 Matau, ubiq., fish-hook. 

 Mate, ubiq., to die, to be hurt, ill, sick. 

 Mate, matemate N. Z. Mang., Haw. 



Nuk., to wish, desire, long for (i. e. to 



be dying for). 



Mate, Sam., to suppose, explain ; Tong., 

 to conjecture. 



Matikuku and matiao, N. Z., matikao 

 and maikao, Pau., maikuku, Mang., 

 Nuk., wio,Tikop., ma?n'u,maiao, 

 Tnh. Haw., finger-nail (see kukit). 



Matolu, Tong. Haw., maforu, N. Z. 



Mang., matou, Nuk., thick. 

 Matu, Haw. Pau., to run off, to flee. 

 Mau, ubiq., fast, firm, fixed, constant ; to 



obtain, hold fast, adhere, remain fixed. 



Mau or mow (?), moil, Mang., a hill, 

 mound ; hence, mau or mou, a col- 

 lective particle (Gram. 14). 

 Mauga or mouya, mauna or mouna, 

 maita or moua, ubiq., mountain. 



Mau (?), maumau, Sam. Tong. N. Z., 

 moumou, Rar., spoiled, wasted, de- 

 stroyed ; mauna, Haw., maua, Tah., 

 to waste. 



Maule, Haw., mauri, Mang., timid, fearful. 



Mauli, Sam., the moon ; Haw., the first 

 day of the new moon ; maura, Mang., 

 a season, time. 



Maunu, N. Z. Haw., mounu, Mang., a 



bait for fishing. 

 Me, with (see ma); hence, me, N. Z., 



Tah. Mang. Nuk., mei, Rar., mat, 



Haw., like. 

 Me, N. Z., mei, Nuk., mai, Haw., 



almost, near, about to (Gram. 53). 

 Mea, ubiq., thing. 



Mea, Haw., to do, to act ; N. Z., to do, 



to say, to think. 

 Meika, Mang. Nuk., mei, Pau., maia, 



Tah. Haw., the banana. 



Meitakl, Rar. Mang., meitaki and meilai, 

 Nuk., maitai, Tah. Haw., good. 



Melie (?), merie, Mang., meie, Nuk., com- 

 mon, free, not tabu (perhaps from 

 malie). 



Milt, Sam. Tong., to rub, stroke, smooth 

 down. 



