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PHILOLOGY. 



Mara, a kind of food made of vegetables 

 which have undergone fermentation. 



Maroa, a long time. 



Masi, salt. 



Mdsmds, hungry. 



Matgdo, an artisan, workman. 



MatU\ cold. 



Ma8o, mad\ face, eye. 



Madua, old, full-grown. 



Ma\>ua (mam&ua?), elder, councillor. 



Mauuri, mdur', to live ; alive. 



Meamea, small ; young. 



Mean-u'u, nail of finger. 



Mem, fresh (as water), not salt. 



MX 1 a, red. 



Mitserdni, mitsaren, morning. 



Moa, fowl, hen. 



Mokoi, we. 



Mose, mils, mois, to sleep. 



Motara, forehead. 



Mpera, clay, earth. 



Muri; -da-muri, a common man, a man 

 of low rank. 



Mut-sese-rua, halves (qu. divided in two ?). 



N 



,ZVa (nao), to give ; waw, give me, give 

 here ; naat or nd-d', give away, give 

 thee or him. 



Nam, shoulder. 



Ne, if, whether. 



Neinei, strong, healthy. 



Niu, cocoa-nut. 



Nona, presently, by-and-bye. 



Noa, welcome ; noa la, the usual salu- 

 tation. 



Noh* nosuo, sit down. 



Noho, leaf. 



Nutsu, nouts, mouth. 



It 



, yes (a kind of inarticulate murmur or 

 grunt, the head being, at the same 



time, thrown a little upward and back- 

 ward). 



Haydtga, yaydty, chief, noble. 



Ho or you, I. 



o 



O or ou, thy. 



Ohoni. (See ukani.) 



Oi-hapa, bark of tree. (See ai.) 



Oitu. (See aitu.) 



Omua, of you two (dual pos.) 



Omus, your (plu.) 



On, his. 



On, of, belonging to (?). 



O?ta, drunkenness. 



0o, on, six. 



O??a, lightning. 



Oria, of them two. 



Oris, their. 



Oroif, heaven, residence of the deity. (See 



aitu.) 



Oto or otou or ondou, my. 

 Otomia, of us two. 

 OM (or o), thy. 

 Ou, to cry. 

 Owa, of you two. 



Pa, grass. 



Pa, to wish, desire. 



Pari, banana. 



Pat, to love. 



Patpdta, plebeians, common people. 



Pelu, pel, to fight. 



Pepnouts, lip. (See nutsu.) 



Peruperu, yellow. 



Pitsa, cat. 



Poke, ten. 



Popi, puop,puy, night ; epuyda, last night 



e poyi, to-night. 

 Pou or 6M, very. 

 Puaka, pig. 



