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i', afraid; to fear. Tia mag, I am 

 afraid. Tin iin\'j<"^i>, I fear thee. 



*Mai, hither, come here. Witia mai, 

 bring hither. Mai ikai, come hither. 

 Mai ko no, mo, come that you may 

 drink. 



Mai and maiu, from. Ko nako mai la ? 

 from whence comest thou ? Tia roko 

 maiu tirirep, I come from the foot- 

 ball playing. 



Mai, oven, hearth, cooking-place. 



*Maia, rope. 



Main [muiia, mid,], leeward, westward. 

 Tia parau mai maid, we have sailed 

 from the westward. 



*Maiaki, southeast. E kakaya maiaki, 

 at the southeast there are cannibals. 



Mate, necklace. 



Mainaina, white, bright. E mainaina 

 tuitui i Tcarawa, the stars are bright 

 in heaven. 



Mawak, northward, or, perhaps, north- 

 west. Tia kana parautwk i mai- 

 nak, we are going to sail to the 

 northward. 



Maid, windward. Tia kana paraunok i 

 maio, we are going to sail to wind- 

 ward (i. e. east, or east-southeast, 

 see id). 



Maion, through, out from. E tayitayi rin 

 te mat maion tau, the dead man's 

 bones are sticking up through the 

 ground (from mai and id). 



Maipina, cocoa-nut shell. 



Mairu, from. Taua te orak mairur, keep 

 sickness from us. 



Maiti \moiti, G.], many, much ; more. la 

 maiti te karu, there is much rain. E 

 maita wau a kaiam, my canoes are 

 more than yours. E maiti uygoe (G.), 

 you have the most. 



Maiu [meiu, meo, meia, mau, maur], to 

 live, to heal, to get well ; alive, well ; 

 good ; life. Aki maiu e teua, he will 

 not live. Kanamaiu kai ni baiu, the 

 wound on my arm is going to heal. E 

 maiu apar ma apami, our land is as 



good as yours. Kananait maiuir, 

 prolong our lives. 



J\T<ih-i, branch of a tree. 



Makai, jaw. Kalntd makaim, shut your 

 jaws. Makai-lriibura, a scold (big- 

 jaw). 



*Makaiya [makaina], moon. 



Make, a small canoe. 



*Makoko, a wound. 



Mam, fresh water. Te mam in te manop, 

 water from the well. 



*Mdma, ashamed. 



*Mdma, breast of woman, pap. 



Mama (G.), mother (used only by young 

 children). 



Mdmam (G.), rotten. 



Mamdr [memar], weak, feeble. 



Mamona, to mock, make sport of. Ko ma- 

 monaai, you are making sport of me. 



*Man t bird. Ara man, our birds. 



Man, month. Uaman te man, two months. 

 (See aman.) 



Mdnam, a preparation of the arum. 



*Manayi, dirt, refuse. Manayin te ai, 

 ashes. (See maay.) 



Manda, polite, accomplished. 



*Maniapa [manep, mdniap'], council- 

 house. Tia roko mai te maniapa, I 

 come from the maniapa. (Qu. umani 

 apa, house of the town, town-house ?) 



Mdniki, footstep, track. 



Maninar, musquito. 



Mdniyia, foolish. 



Manop [maniap, G.], a well. 



*Mdnrere (Makin), much, greatly. 



*Manu, brother (of a woman) ; sister (of a 

 man). 



* Mayai-ni-wai, little toe. 



Marak, to be hurt ; hurt, sore, in pain ; 

 pain. Ko mdrak la, where are you 

 hurt ? E marak erigu, my side is 

 sore. 



Marandan, slippery. 



Mdrawa, lonesome, lonely, solitary. 



Mdrave, heart of a tree. 



Mariri [merir, K., maridi, G.], cold. 



Maroro (G.), strong, powerful. Maroro 



