VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



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Lona, to pour out, to empty. 



Lovo, lovoga, a furnace, a native oven. 



Lovona (S.), to bury. 



Lovbu, a pit, a hole filled with water. 



Lu or li, a particle of interrogation, as, 



a ava lu ? what is it 1 or a fava li. 

 Lua, a pit. 



Lalita, to vomit (qu. litlua ?) 

 Luka, the mucus of the nose. 

 Luku, to squeeze. 

 Lulu, an owl. 



Luliitu, to drop, as the seeds of a plant. 

 Liima, shame ; ashamed. 

 Lumi, a sea-weed. 

 Lumulumu, to anoint. 

 L/'f//, to fall, drop. 

 Lutundrd, an abortion. 

 Luva -to, to strip, take off. 

 Luvaluva, old sinnet, mat. 

 Luvaluvaki, to exchange. 

 Luvayatnbe, naked. 

 Luve, a child, a boy or girl. 

 Luve, a kind of pigeon. 

 Luve -a, to breed, to increase. 

 Luveniyali, or luve-ni-cde, fatherless; an 



outcast. 

 Luvu, to sink. 



M 



Ma, this, here. 

 Ma, to be ignorant of. 

 Ma, to give. 

 Md, ashamed. 

 Maawa (S.), old. 

 Mdfd, empty. 



MaSala, expanded, intelligent, open, clear. 

 Mafawa, space between, interstice. 

 Mafe, soft ; the husk of fruit. 

 Mafele, finished. 

 MaSendru, hiccough. 



MaSu, sufficient ; not hungry, full ; abun- 

 dance, fullness. 

 Mai, from ; hither. 



Mai (for solia-mai), give me, give here. 

 Makalivata, bright ; brightness. 



Makari, clear (as water), lucid; clearness. 



Makaua, old. 



Make, a noise, to make a noise. 



Makerev&ki (R.), harmonious, well-ar- 

 ranged. 



Mako, to anoint or smear the body. 



Makumbu, a grandchild. 



Makutu, well done, performed with energy. 



Makutu, to desire to do any thing properly. 



Mala, a little thing, a hair ; mala ni ulu, 

 hair of the head. 



Maldi, to scorch, scorched. 



Malakundru, speaking in a low tone. 



Malamala, a mote, chip, shavings. 



Malamalawa, early in the morning. 



Malanitofi, a letter (from mala, ni, and 

 toSi, to write). 



Malaya, a fan made of sinnet ; the tail of a 



P'g- 



Malaya, to preach. 



Mtdcka, palatable, pleasing to the taste. 

 Mdliniali, a smile ; to smile. 

 Malo, native cloth colored. 

 Maldo, flying-fish. 



Malua, until ; shortly, presently ; 'gently. 

 Malumalu, shade, shady. 

 Malumalur/u, weakness, lowliness ; weak, 



defeated. 



Malumu, soft, elastic. 

 Maluyu, a club. 

 Mama, to chew; to steam. 

 Mama, light, not heavy. 

 Mama, a ring. 

 MamaSa, dry, empty. 

 Mamaloki, a joint. 

 MamanuCa, trade-winds. 

 Mamardu, happy ; happiness. 

 Mamari, thin ; thinness. 

 Mamalua, old. 

 Mami, a species of banana. 

 Mambu, the breast, bosom, chest. 

 Mambuloa, a full-grown person. 

 Mana, a miracle. 

 Mana, a salt-water crab. 

 Manda, i manda, before, in front ; formerly. 

 Manda, mandamanda -na and -tak., to 



precede, go before, go forward. 



