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moguru umuru bum (f), n. wooden female figure fastened round neck 



and hangs down in front ; girls like young men to wear them. 



Cf. uvio-moguru, urumuruhuru, etc. 

 moimarai, pron. I myself. Cf . mo, imarai, 

 moini, v. to love, to pity, 

 momi, n. to leave waiting. Mir. naokaili. 

 momo (k), n. an edible snake, said not to bite. 

 momogarina, n. fabulous animals like pigs with spiked claws. They 



live in hollow logs, roam at night, and devour men, pigs, and 



dogs. — Ann. Eep. 1894, p. 58. 

 momogo, v. to serve. Mir. memeg. 



momogosio (k), n. a fire-place, made in the house or on a canoe, 

 momoro (k), n. a variety of yam. 

 momorua (m), n. earthquake. Cf. aromorubi. 

 monobainomi (k), v. to stay. 

 monoboi, pron. I here. Mir. kakanali. 



mopo, a. fastened, fixed ; n. a knot ; v. to fasten (k). Mir. mukub. 

 mora (?). D'Albertis has mora api, stone. 

 more, pron. mj, mine, 

 moro, n. honey. 



morogomoa, proti. with me. Cf. mo, gomoa. 

 moromoro (k), n. wax knobs on the gama. 

 moronamiradiibu (k), n. friend (lit. my countryman.) Cf. moro, 



namira, dubu. 

 mosia (k), a. that, 

 mosore, n. husk, 

 motai (31), n. a bed. 

 moto, n. a house ; a house for women (31) ; wowogo moto, (e) n. a 



bird cage, 

 motu (m), = moto. 

 mou (k), pron. I. 



mu (k), n. the flower of the double red Hibiscus, 

 muapo (m), n. testicles. Cf. muopu. 

 muba, n. a beak ; a point of land, cape (k) ; muba-muso (k), u. beard, 



moustache, 

 muguru, a. tabu, holy, sacred. Mir. zogo. Cf . zugu ; hence Oboro 



Muguru, Holy Spirit. (Mir. Lamar zogo.) Cf. moguru. 

 muo, n. hair. Cf. muso. (Mir. mus.) 



