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mawclia (m), n saliva. Cf. Mir. mos. 



maza (m), n. the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. Cf. koko- 



moi. 

 mazan (t), n. reef. 



mazar (?), Mark, v. 15. mazarpagan, mazarpagizo, sore amazed, 

 meakata (b), a. bright. Cf. meketia, mekata. 

 meamai (b), v. to go in. 

 meamaipa, v. pi. to do. 

 meamoipa, v. have done {pi). 

 mee (ng), n. heaven, 

 megi (Mg), meik (t), n. white, 

 mego (b). n. a lime spatula. 

 meipa (m), v. to take away, 

 mek (t), a. white, = meik. 

 meka (s), v. to wish, 



mekata (s), n. radiance. See meakata, meket. 

 mekatasin, n. glory. Mark, x. 37. 

 mekatia = meket, meketia. 



mekenmepa, v. to like, to wish, to want. Cf. mokenmepa. 

 meker (m), n. a tree {Heritierd). The leaf, when rolled in to a cylinder, 



is used to distend the lobe of the ear. 

 meket, meketia (sj, v. to shine. Cf. meakata, mekata. 

 mekikula (Mg), n. a canoe (Stone). 

 melpal (Mg) = mulpal. 



memain, pi. of mizin. Mark, vi. 32, 33 ; viii. 10. 

 menaro (m) = mina. 

 menir (m), n. the stern of a canoe, 

 mepa, v. to do. 

 mepaia, n. the world (?) ; mepaiangu mai, for the world's sake. 



Mark, iv. 17. 

 merkai, n. a white man (m), a spirit, the death dance ; the flesh of a 



corpse (lib) ; merkai mud (nb), the store-house of a maidelaig ; 



ipika merkai (Mb), a man in the dance dressed as a woman 



(403) ; merkai kwik (Mb), the head dress used in the dance 



(403) ; turkiam merkai (n) (421). Cf. markai. 

 met, n. a fin. 

 mi, prefix^ the root of miei or mido, used as an interrogative. 



Cf. migoiga, miza, mimabaeg. 



