VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



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Mbaki, perhaps. 



Mbakola, rnbokola, the corpse of an enemy 

 slain in war ; used, also, as a contemp- 

 tuous epithet. 



Mbala, the male tortoise. 



Mlxdamhala, hair-pricker. 



Mbaltin/, mltilambalavu, long; length. 



MItulaira, a coarse, strong mat. 



/'it, Vitiun name of separate state (?). 



M/xilf, death ; to die (ceremonial). 



M/i/<; a spear. 



Mbali-a, to knead, to rub. 



71 1 /in/in, foolish. 



MbaJolo, name of a certain sea-worm. 



MbuliJo-lailai, a month nearly correspond- 

 ing to our October. 



l\l/H'/olo-levu, November. 



Mbalu, the cheek. 



MfxiHibalavu, long (see Mbalavu). 



Mbambamatua, quarrelsome. 



Mbam/iani, to pillage, cut. 



Mbani -a, to press down. 



Mbayi, forsooth. 



jHlmravi, the uninhabited part of the sea- 

 shore. 



Mbari-ni-savu, a precipice. 



M/xtsaya, a branch. 



Mbasamliasaya, branchy. 



Mbasaga, a crossway (from mbasaya, i, of, 

 and va, four). 



Mbasu, to break, tear. 



MbasumlMsuJca, broken, torn. 



Mbatambatd, cold. 



Mbati, tooth ; edge. 



Mbati (R.), an inferior ally, a dependent 

 town. 



Mbatikalili, a precipice. 



Mbatiniika, an ornament made of the 

 teeth of fish. 



Mbatinimayimayi, a plait of sinnet. 



Mbatiniwai, verge or bank of a river or 

 well. 



Mbatiniwakolo, wayside. 



Mbau, the name of a tree. 



Mbait, very. 



Mbausoro (O.), to ask pardon. 



Mbawa, a banana. 



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Mbea (S.), babe. 



Mbeambeanimata (S.), eye-ball. 



Mbefi, irreverent, irreverence. 



Mlxka, perhaps. 



Mbelembelenindraka (R.), lips. 



Mbeli, to grow, as leaves. 



Mbelo, a crane (bird). 



Mbenambena, a marriage. 



Mbenu, rubbish, the refuse of food. 



Albera, slow, slowly. 



Mlx'rai, almost. 



Mbere, the foot or leg. 



Mbese, impudent, wicked, perverse, un- 

 willing. 



Mbcte, priest. 



Mbeto (Ra.), house. 



Mbewa, ten bunches of bananas. 



Mbewambewa, a cloud. 



Mbi, ten tortoises. 



Mbi-afa, loathsome ; name of a disease. 



Mbiau, a wave. 



Mbifi, flesh. 



Mbiko, a disease. 



Mbila, to throw. 



Mbili -ya, to drive or push. 



Mbiliyga, loose, as earth that has been 

 dug. 



Mbilo, a dish, a cup. 



Mbimbi, heavy ; heaviness. 



Mbini -a, to heap up, to pile. 



Mbiri, to spring. 



Mbita -lak., to throw down, to dash. 



Mbila -rah., to throw down when fatigued. 



Mbili, a bed of arum-roots. 



Mbitu, bamboo. 



Mbitunitayi, bamboo flute. 



Mbiu -ta, to throw away, abandon. 



Mho, a sore or boil. 



Mho, fibres of the cocoa-nut husk. 



Mho -ka, to know, to find, meet with. 



Mbokala (see mbakola). 



Mbola, a hundred canoes. 



Mbola (or mbula) ten fishes. 



Mbola, to cut, divide, draw apart. 



Mbola, leaf of a cocoa-nut tree plaited for 

 thatching. 



Mbok, to challenge. 



