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PHILOLOGY. 



e -gai, I am strong. T'ap maroro, 



strong wind. 

 Mdrua [or morua], to lose; lost. Ko 



marua aru tapa la ? where did you 



lose your knife ? E mania au dyara, 



my axe is lost. 

 Marua-gin, to forget. E mdrua-ginia, I 



forget it. Ko mdntaginai, hast thou 



forgotten me ? 

 Maruru (M.), soft, quiet. 

 *Mata, eye. Matau atai, my right eye. 



Matau maa-g, my left eye. 

 Mataki (G.), blind. 

 Matamar (G.), short-sighted. 

 *Matay [mata], spirit (?). Ba-ni-matay, 



temple. Wa-ni-matay, ship. Matay 



America, whites from America. 

 *Matau, fish-hook. 

 *Mate, to die ; dead, slain ; dead person ; 



death. E mate teua kuananoa, he 



died yesterday. E mate rim antai, 



killed by whom ? Teiti berigi matu, 



those who seek my death. 

 Mate (G.), raw, not well cooked. 

 Maternal, wood. 

 Matoto (G.), hard, solid. 

 *Matu (Kuria), to sleep. Ko matu la 



wzofop, where shall you sleep to-night? 



(See keru.) 

 Maua (G.), afraid. 



Mauli (G.), to labor, to cultivate the ground. 

 Mauna; e mauna ni makaiya, absence 



of the moon (before the new moon). 

 Mauyg, to have a disagreeable smell. la 



mauyg, it smells bad. 

 Mauyga \rnau, G.], a cup. lai te mauyga 



e teuana erum, have you another cup ? 

 Mauri, wicked, bad. E diriyia ina mauri, 



I beat him because he is bad. 

 Mauripi, to think of. 

 Meauni, rushes. 

 Meg, to dwell, to live, to be. Ko meg la, 



where do you live 1 Taiiok a uygoe 



ko meg ar uea, for friendship, be thou 



our chief. 

 Mei, breadfruit. 

 Meo [meou], dew ; perspiration. 



*Meo [nid~\, Chinese paper-tree. 



Metaro, scuttle, hatch. 



Metdur [qu. mataora?], to be troubled 



about. Antai metauria, don't trouble 



yourself about him. 

 Meu, good. (See maiu.) 

 Mi, to dream ; to think ; dream, revery. 



Sain ganai tia mlgo inaboy, tia 



duaygo kanawa ni mlu, if I dream 



about you to-night, I will tell you the 



substance of my dream. Tia miia, I 



will think of it. 

 Ml or *mlml, to wonder, to be surprised. 



Tia ml rum, I am surprised at you. 

 Mimi, mingere. 



Miniti, fat. Minitin fan, fat of the tor- 

 toise. 



*Mirimiri, a babe. 

 Mo, with, by, as (same as ma). 

 *Mo or mdi, to drink. 

 Mo, fore-part, front, face. Mo-ni-piroto, 



fore-part of the belly. Teia mom, 



wipe your face. 

 Mo [ma, man, man], before. Antai nea 



e mon teua, who was king before him ? 



Akl roko mon, none came before me. 



(See iramo, karamo.) 

 Mo, chief, king. Antai momi ungwd, 



who was your chief formerly ? Mon 



te apa [montgap], chief of the land, 



king. 

 *Moa, domestic fowl. Mo'uman, cock. 



Md'aiine, hen. 



Modia, to sneeze. (See kamodi.) 

 Moeti, fat of meat, blubber. E kaykan 



moetin te kiwi, the fat of the porpoise 



is good. 

 Mog, dog. 

 Mogur, work, task, labor; to work. E 



pani au mogur, my work is finished. 



Tera go na mogur, what are you going 



to do? 

 Mai, cooked, well done. Ko kana te orora 



o ko kana te moi, will you eat it raw 



or cooked? 

 Moko (G.), rotten. E moko uln, his teeth 



are decayed. 



