VITIAN DICTIONARY. 



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Men, to take care of children. 



( L.), a thing, affair; (R.)> an enemy. 

 Mcke, song and dance. 

 Mele, the bad part of a good thing. 

 Mcic/nc/oto, brown ; hrn witness. 



, to Si TV!'. 



Mcnie (Mb.), tongue. 



Mi/////, thy (of drinkables). 



j\li'ii/itinfii/t, your (plural ofmcmu). 



Memundrau, your (dual ofmemu). 



Mena, his (like memu). 



Mrti,//-ci, /iii'/i/lrau, their (plural and dual). 



Mi-iri'i, for (used before proper names and 



interrogative pronouns). 

 Mi, mingere. 



Mikimikia, swift ; swiftness. 

 Milu, to scratch. 

 Milamila, diseased (cerem.) 

 Milolo, healthy, oily, shining with oil. 

 Mini, -ka, to squeeze. 

 Mini, to sow seed. 

 Miri, to rain. 

 Miri miri, to drizzle. 

 Moa, the tip or end of any thing. 

 Moala, a variety of the yam. 

 Mofe, to sleep ; sleep. 

 Mofelutu, to sleep soundly. 

 Moemofe, a bed, bedstead. 

 Mofemofe-yatuli, sleep. 

 Moka (R.), necklace of shells. 

 Moko, a lizard. 



Mokomoko, neckband of a chief. 

 Moku -ta (O.), to kill. 

 Mali, a shaddock, a lemon. 

 Momo, to break a cocoa-nut. 

 Montoggilipgili, round, roundness. 

 Mondre -ta, to tease. 

 Mo/ioka, to squeeze, shrivel. 

 Monomano, to mend. 



Moyge, to be restless, to kick, to struggle. 

 Moygemoyge, restless. 

 Moysimoygili, round or oval. 

 Mopgomoygona, same as above. 

 Moijgo, to lie down, (a word of anger). 

 Mosamosa, ravenous. 

 Moto, spear. 

 Motu -ka, to beat, punish. 



-lak., to beat, make havoc. 



i, a worm. 

 Moumouta, motomoto, a ball ; round. 

 Moya, the brain. 

 Mu, thy (affixed to nouns). 

 Mudi ma nrla, prow of a canoe. 

 Mitaimitri, stern of a canoe. 

 Miinnina, talkative. 



, a gentle breeze; to blow gently. 



-ka, to cut (as a stick or finger). 

 Miina, or munda, to speak ; a word, lan- 

 guage. 



Muri, behind, to follow. 

 Murimuri, to follow. 

 Musa, watery (used of the arum root). 

 Musu -ka, to cut, break. 

 Musu, mouth. 

 Musumusu, sullen, sulky. 



N 



Na, sign of the future. 



Na, art., the (same as a). 



Nd, a word used by children to their mother- 



Nai&i, when. 



Nakita, to expect, to do any thing one's 



self(?). 



Namaka, to chew. 

 Namo, the space between the reef and the 



shore. 



Namu, musquito. 

 Nana, purulent matter. 

 Nanoa (Mb.) yesterday. 

 Ndsawa, to knock with the fingers. 

 Nati, nanati, to watch, to be vigilant. 

 Naica, to float. 



Nawaya, nanawaya, to attend , to remember. 

 Nau, a word used by children to their 



grandmother. 



Nau-lailai (O.), aunt by the mother's side. 

 Nrla, excrements. 

 Ndafi, to nurse. 



Nda&nnbolevu, a coward ; cowardly. 

 Ndai, a lie ; -na, to lie. 

 Ndaimbiri, a snare, a trap ; to ensnare. 

 Ndaindai, false. 



