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PHILOLOGY. 



Milimili, Haw., mirimiri, Mang., to 

 examine, as a curiosity. 



Milo, Sam. Haw., mio, Tong., miro, N. Z., 

 to twist, make twine ; komirimiri, 

 Mang., to twist ; milo, Tong., a top, 

 to spin round. (See fili, Jilo, vilo.) 

 Miro, Tab., mio, Nuk., a tree, the 

 thespecia populnea ; miro, N. Z., the 

 podocarpus ferruginea. 



Mimi, ubiq., miijere. 



Minamina, N. Z., to long for any thing ; 

 Haw., to grieve for the loss of any 

 thing. 



Mist, Sam., mihi, Tah. Haw., mii, Rar., 

 to regret, to grieve ; mihi, N. Z., to 

 sigh, to moan ; mii, Mang., to be 

 offended, bear ill-will. 



MM, Sam. Tong., mi, Tar., to dream. 



Miti, Tah. Mang., the sea, salt water. 



Miti, Tong., to suck ; Nuk., to lick ; Haw., 

 to eat poi with the fingers ; mitimiti, 

 Haw., to nibble. 



MOfl, ubiq., domestic fowl, hen. 



Moa, Tah. Rar., sacred ; Nuk., an atten- 

 dant on the tauas or priests. 



Moake, Mang., moae, Haw., the east wind, 



the trades. 

 MOdna, ubiq., the sea, ocean (never used, 



like tai and miti, for " salt water") 



Mohuka (qu. ?), Tong., mouku, Nuk., 

 mau'u, Sam. Haw., grass. 



Moke, Mang., hidden, or lost; mo'e, Tah., 

 to be lost or forgotten (not to be con- 

 founded with moe, from mose). 



Moko, mtfo, ubiq., lizard, reptile. 



Moko, N. Z., the tattooing, probably from 



its spiral and curving figures. 

 Mokmwko, Tong., cold (as the skin of a 

 reptile), momoko, a disease attended 

 with chills and wasting of the flesh ; 

 moko, Nuk., lean, momoo, benumb- 

 ed, a cough. 



Mokopuna, N.Z., mo'opuna, Haw. Nuk., 



a grandson ; makupuna, Mang., a 



nephew. 

 Mole, Tong., smooth ; molemole, Haw., 



bald. 

 Moli, Sam., mori, N.Z. Rar. Mang. Tah., 



oil for burning, a lamp. 

 Momo, Nuk., mmnae, Tong., petty, 



small, a scrap, crumb ; momomo, 



Sam., bruised, mashed. 

 Momoa, Tah., to promise, betroth; Haw., 



to give liberally. 



Momona, N.Z. Tah. Haw. Nuk., lus- 

 cious, succulent, pleasant to the taste. 



Mose, Rot., moSe, Viti, mohe, Tong., moe, 



Sam. et cset., to lie down, to sleep. 

 Mohe-ga, moe-ga, moena, moeka, moea, 



ubiq., a sleeping-mat, bed. 

 Moenaku, N. Z., irimoe, moemoed, Rar., 

 moerika, Mang., moeuhane, Haw., to 

 dream. 



Fie-mohe, Tong,,Jia-moe, Sam., hia-moe, 

 N. Z., to wish to sleep; hia-moe, Haw., 

 to sleep, deep, sound sleep ; Nuk., a 

 nap, a fourth part or watch of the 

 night. 



MotO, Tong. N.Z. Mang. Rar. Tah. Haw., 

 to box, strike with the fist. 



Motu, ubiq., to cut, cut off, separate ; se- 

 parated, cut off. 



Motu, ubiq., a division, a separate dis- 

 trict, a small island separate from the 

 main land. 



Mu, Sam. Tah., a noise, noisy. 



Mua, ubiq., front, before. 



Muka, Tong., a sprout, shoot, blade of 

 grass, the bud of the plantain or 

 banana ; muka, N. Z., flax ; muko, 

 Nuk., the bud of the breadfruit; mu'a, 

 Sam., a young cocoa-nut. 



Muli, Sam. Haw., muri, N.Z. Rar. Mang. 



Tah., mui, Tong. Nuk., after, behind. 

 Tau-muli, Sam. Tong., the stern of a 



vessel. 

 Mulu (?), mulumulu, Sam., to rub, to 



