CHAP. IX.] 



THE DICTIONARY. 



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Matenga head, time of death 



Mate hima fretting, concealed 

 affliction 



Matinga rawa death 



Mati hau nails of fingers 



Matikara finger 



Matiki a fish-hook 



Matikuku nails, toes 



Mutikuku \vae wae toe-nails 



Mato mato green 



Matoke cold 



Matou we 



Matu flesh 



Matua a parent 



Matua tane father ; matua 

 wahine mother 



One matua primitive soil 



Matua keke uncle 



Matuaranga o te po the watch 

 of the night 



Mawa soft, done, cooked 



Mawera open 



Mawete untie the garment 



Mawiti coming forth 



Mawi, i. g., Maui a mytholo- 

 gical personage 



Mawiti witi locusts 



Me and, or, a particle used in 

 comparing, like 



Mea a thing, gift, cause 



Mea speaking, saying 



Meatia give, done, become 



Meatu speak 



Meanga word, command 



Meinga a word, a deed 



Meinga mai tell, speak 



Meireira then 



Meuimeui gather 



Meka meka chain, necklace, 

 bands, halter 



Meke a dwarf 



Mere a war-club 



Merimeri the evening star 



Merekara great words, elo- 

 quence 



Memenge withered, decayed 



Memeha vanish, cut off 



Meme muttering, enchanting 



Mia a particle, affixed to verbs 



in the imperative mood and 



passive form 



Miharo wonder, to be asto- 

 nished 



Mihi sigh, sighing 

 Mihinga sighing, moaning 

 Mirni urine, urinous, make 



water 



Mine assemble 

 Minamina desire 

 Mimiki absorbing, drying up 

 Mira a tomb, place of repose 

 Mire minced meat 

 Miri rubbing 

 Miro name of a pine-tree 



(Podocarpus ferruginea) 

 Miro thread, spinning thread 

 Miro miro, id. 



Miru a bubble, a rill of water 

 Miti licking 

 Miti miti licking 

 Mo for 

 Moa fossil bones of a struthi- 



ous bird of that name 

 Moana the sea, ocean 

 Moaniani flat 

 Moe sleep ; to sleep, dream 

 Moemoea dream 

 Moehewa- -vision, dream 

 Moe koroha asleep in the bush 

 Moenga bedtime, bed, couch 

 Moenaku dream 

 Moepuku forn ication 

 Moe tahae adultery, commit 



adultery 

 Moe tuturu placing the heads 



of enemies upon the pins 



used in making mats 

 Mou for thee 

 Mow take 

 Moi moi dog 

 Mohio to know, understand 

 Mohiotanga understanding 

 Moiri he hau a corpse exposed 



to the wind 

 Moka worm, maggot 

 Moka a shroud 



