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matagi, re., v. Wind; to blow. 



matalau, n. Pseudupeneus chryserydros. Name probably derived from barbels, called lau, like lau ulu, 



hair of the head, 

 matalau uliuli, a. Pseudupeneus bifasciatus. 

 matu, n. Xystsema argyreum. 

 matu loa, n. Xystxma gigas. 

 matu mutu, re. Kyphosus waigiensis. 

 mea, meamea, adj. Young; an infant. 



mea, meamea, adj. Yellowish brown, brownish; mea (Tahiti), to be red, as the skin after eating fish, 

 mea-sili, adj. Exceedingly young, 

 mimi, v. To urinate. 



misimisi, re. Pleclorkynchus crassispinus. 

 misimisi, v. To smack the lips, 

 moai (?), n. Cheilio inermis. 

 moaga, n. Pseudupeneus sp. 

 moaga faiava, n. Pseudupeneus moana. 

 moamoa, n. Lactoria cornula, a horned trunk-fish. In Hawaii moamoa signifies a sharp point or 



spur at the stern of a canoe; the word may possibly be derived from moa (cock), as many of the 



Ostraciidre have spurs. 

 moamoa samasama, «. Ostracion sebse. (See samasama.) 

 moamoa uli, u. Ostracion tuberculatum. 

 moamoa uliuli, re. Tetraodon hispidus. 

 moana, n. Hepalus guttatus. 

 moana, re. The ocean. 



moana, adj. Ocean-blue. Lanu-moana, color of the ocean, sea-blue, sky-blue, 

 molemole, n. Xocaculicltthijs txniurus. 

 moloasi, n. Monacnnthus melanocephalus. 

 moloasi, re. A toadstool; fungus, 

 mu, v. To glow, to become red. 

 mumea, re. Lutianus bohar. 



mumu, n. To be red or ruddy, a sign of beauty, 

 mumu moana, re. Monotaxis grandoculis. 

 mutu, re. Hololrachys lima, a red squirrel-fish, 

 mutu, adj. to be cut off, blunt, truncated, 

 mutu uli, n. Megaprotodon trifasciatus. 

 nanue, n. Name applied to several species of snappers (Lutianus species). The word is sometimes 



pronounced lanue or nganue by the Samoans, who are apt to be careless in their use of consonants, 

 nefu, n. A name applied to small fish swimming in shoals, like anchovies. The name probably has 



the same origin as nefunefu (Samoa), to be turbid; nehunehu (Hawaii), a multitude; neltu-tai 



(New Zealand), sea-spray, 

 nofu, /;. Name applied to toad-fishes, Scorpxnopsis gibbosa, and Synanceja verrucosa. Nohu (JManeaia), 



the name of a fish having poisonous spines; nufu (Guam), a toad-fish, Synanceja verrucosa. 

 pa'e, pa'epa'e, adj. White; light-colored, 

 paipai (New Zealand), n. A cutaneous disease; paipai (Hawaii), to peel off, as the bark of a tree or 



the skin of an animal, 

 pa'ipa'i, n. The name of a fish. Pa'ipa'i (Samoa), useless, to no purpose. In many cases pa'ipa'i is 



probably a corruption of pa'epa'e, white. 

 pala, n. Mud; parapara (New Zealand), mud, dirt, 

 pala 'ia, re. The name of a fish which is called maomao when very young and logouli when changing 



to the adult stage. 

 palagi, re. A name applied to Clenochxlus striatus. 

 palagi samasama, n. Hepalus aquilinus. 



pa'ofu, a. Name applied to Eleotris fusca, Mapo fusctm, and other gobies; oopti in Hawaii, 

 pa'u, n. Skin, rind, bark, 

 pa'u 'ulu, re. The rind of the breadfruit. A name applied to Siganus marmoratus. 



