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maigu (s), blind; v. to shut one's eyes (b). 



maiguma, maigumua, n. a blind man ; senabi maigumau goto, the blind 



man's hand. Mark, viii. 23. 

 mai-id, n. sorcery, = maid, 

 maiko (b), n. widow. 



maikuik, maikuiko, maikuika (b), = markuik6. 

 maingu, 

 mainguzi (s), n. birth ; nongo mainguzi goiga, his birthday. Mark, 



vi. 21. Cf. mani (b). 

 maipa (s), v. to bring, 

 maipa (?) mipangido ngona mina mabaega do maipa, why callest thou 



me good? Mark, x. 18. 

 maita, n. the belly, stomach ; bowels (b) ; koimaita (b), n. gizzard of 



a fowl ; kai maitalnga (b), a. corpulent, 

 maita-iginga, a. hungry ; v. to starve, 

 maita-kupa, n. the navel. 



maitaleg (m), maita-laig (s), a. pregnant ; n. pregnancy, 

 maitarun, a. filled with food. Cf. maita, irun. 

 maitui (?) tanamun puruka maitui, their eyes were heavy. Mark, 



xiv. 40. 

 maiwa (m), n. the great clam {Tridama gig as). 

 maiwa (n), n. the performers at a ceremony during the wangai season. 



Of these there were two (magina and kaiza) who danced in front 



of a waus. (321.) Cf. kamus. 

 maiwas (t), n. a small leaf petticoat imported from Mowat, small in 



front. Cf. maideg. 

 maiwazo (Mb) = maiwas. 

 maja (b), maji (ii), n, a coral reef, 

 mak (m), n. a breakwind of bushes, 

 makamak, maka (m), n. narrow, circular, twisted leg ornaments, from 



one or two to thirty or more in number, worn round the leg 



just above the calf, 

 makaso, n. a mouse, a rat. Probably introduced. 

 makiara, n. a scream; makiam ieudan, wondered. Mark, vi. 51. 

 makikak = makamak. 

 makupui (b), n. a flag, 

 makuz (m), n. a mouse, = makaso. 

 mal (m), n. deep water, =malu. 



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