Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 231 



.mitale, mitalenga, mitalnga, a. sweet, tasty ; g'ru tha mitale (m), 



a. sweet tasted ; adabada mitalnga (b), n. brackish water, 

 mitinit, n. a chain, 

 mito (m), n. taste. Cf . mita. 

 .mitun, 



miza, interrog. pron. which ? what thing ? 

 mizin (s), to sail ; tana gumi mizia inabi gul, they departed by ship 



privately. Mark, vi. 32. 

 moa, 



moaizinga, n. an iilcer ; a. impure, 

 .moamai (?), moamai kauralnga, a. deaf, 

 moamoa (s), a. eminent (man), 

 moamu (s), n. art. Cf. muamua. 



mobalmobal (?), mobalmobal palan, v. to pluck. Mark, ii. 23. 

 modobaig. Mark, xii. 21. 

 modabia, modobia (s), v. to answer, to pay ; to punish ; to pay the 



blood price or were geld, 

 modobigal (?the fellow answering); uka modobigal, three. Cf. 



numerals in Grammar, 

 moeai, v. to enlarge, 

 modobigipa, v. to be unrewarded ; modobigipa launga nubepa, he shall 



not lose his reward. Mark, ix. 41. 

 mogi-botainga, ad. in the morning, long before day. Cf. mugi 



bateing (m). 

 moi (b), fire, = mui ; moi i asimis (m), moi i usimi (lib), a stamping 



dance (362). 

 moidai, moidan, v. to build ; lagau moidai mabaeg, builder. Cf. 



mideipa. 

 moidemin, v, to prepare. 



moiga (?), ngalpa moiga kaziol, is on our part. Mark, ix. 40. 

 moigi (s), n. dawn. Cf. aro. 

 moi-id (t), n. an eruption of pimples, 

 moilmoil, ad. sadly ; a. grieved, 

 moin, pi. suffix to verbs, 

 moi-nitun, v. to float, 

 moken (s), n. want, 

 mokenmepa, v. to wish, to want, 

 molpalo (b) = mulpal. 



