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PHILOLOGY. 



Mdndende, spread, open. 

 Mandra! (exclam.) good ! well done! 

 Mandra, old, worn (as a garment), withered. 

 Manflrdi, a kind of food made of vegetables 



buried in the earth and left to ferment. 

 Mandrale, a sacrifice ; -tak., to sacrifice. 

 Mandud, shyness, shame ; ashamed. 

 Mania (S.), to think. 

 Manumanu, a fowl ; an animal of any 



kind. 



Manumanu, a streamer, a pennant. 

 Mayga (Mb.), no, not. 

 Maygai, the dry leaves with which the 



mandrai is covered in the pit. 

 Mayimayi, sinnet braided from the fibres 



of the cocoa-nut husk. 

 Mayiti, cooked food, provisions for a feast. 

 Mayo, to wither (said of yams) ; dry, 



withered. 

 Maopo, wise. 



Mara, burying-place, grave. 

 Mara -ta, to seize, attack (said of a disease). 

 Marama, a lady, a female chief. 

 Mardu, happy. 

 Mardvu, calm, still, no wind. 

 Maromaro, fearless. 

 Marui, leprosy, leprous. 

 Mdsd, restless, on account of heat. 

 Mdsalai, corrupt, putrid. 

 Masalo, envy, envious. 

 Masi, native cloth ; the tree of whose bark 



it is made (morus papyrifera). 

 Masia, to rub. 

 Masima, salt. 



Masumasu, prayer, to pray. 

 Mata, eye, face, presence ; point, edge. 

 MataSia (S.), blind. 

 Matai, a workman, artisan, carpenter. 

 Mataini, first. 

 Matainivua, first fruits. 

 Mataka, day-break. 

 Mataku, fatigued, troubled. 

 Matakui, blindness, blind. 

 Matalailai, having a small point. 

 Mataldu, pretty, neat, rich. 

 Malalafi, a wedge. 

 Matalewa, lascivious. 



Matamataka, dawn, break of day. 



Matamboko, blind. 



MataniSave, a pearl. 



Matanikalou, red. 



MatanikoSo, covetous. 



Matanikoro, gate of a fortress. 



Mat,anisuSu, a nipple. 



Matanivanua, a councillor, a messenger, a 



herald. 



Mataniwai, a spring of water. 

 Mataygdli, a family. 

 Matasela, blind, blindness. 

 Matasele, a snare. 

 Matasoso, covetousness. 

 Matatiri, to sound. 

 Matata, to become strong (said of the 



wind). 



Matatea, poverty, misery ; poor, indigent. 

 Matau, right, dexter. 

 Matau, an axe. 



Mataumbitu, a gouge, a chisel. 

 Matavd, cut. 

 Matavuki, a disease. 

 Matavura, a landing-place. 

 Mate, dead, to die ; death ; sickness. 

 Matni, intoxicated. 

 Mali, to ebb. 

 Matia, shallow water. 

 Matiu, to fall in, as the earth into a well 



or pit. 



Matua, old ; strongly, vigorously. 

 Mau, firm, constant. 

 Maumau, fatigue, trouble. 

 Maumi, mountain. 

 Mavo, convalescent. 

 Mavoa, to cut, injure. 

 Mavoata, to break. 

 Mavuike, earthquake ; name of the wife of 



the god Ncleyei. 



Mbd, a branch ; -na (S.), to branch. 

 Mbd, a fence. 

 Mbd, to quarrel. 

 Mbd -tak., to deny. 

 MbaSa, disease, sickness ; sick. 

 MbaSa, a bait ; -na, to bait, entice, cheat. 

 Mbaimbaia, a maggot. 

 Mbakewa, the pilot-fish. 



