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hot, coat. 



hot meta (m), court-house, judgment hall, [kot-em, to the court.] 



hotor (m), heaven, lit. above. 



humala, sweet potato {Ipomaea chrysorrM%a). Lifu humala from Samoan 

 ^umala. Pratt in his Samoan Dictionary says it is an introduced 

 word. The word is widely used in the Pacific. Tongan 

 gumala; Marquesas, humaa; Banks Is., Fiji and Maori, 

 humara. 



kumete, basket. Lifu himete from Samoan 'umete, a wooden bowl. 



hunu (k), maize. English, corn. 



Lamar (ir), demon, devil, lit. le, man, viar spirit. 



lamei)a, lamp. 



laulau, table. Lifu laidait from Samoan laulau, a tray made of plaited 



coconut leaf. 

 le neg (ii), reapers, lit. men (of) seeds. Cf . meta-neg. 

 lepera, leper. 

 leuen, levene, leaven. 

 lino (s), linen. 



lino-wali (m), linen. English and Miriam. 

 luho, wolf. Greek Avkos. 

 luhup (m), medicine, paint. Perhaps from Miriam lu and Saibai 



kupe, a medicinal plant. 



Main, an iron plate, a sheet of metal ; malil-lager (m), a chain. 

 Perhaps from Lifu melele, thin. 



>wfl!»iO(9, sheep. Lifu and Samoan ?w«»Joe. Introduced into Samoa from 

 Tahiti and also used in Ptarotonga. 



mamus, chief. A Miriam word introduced into Saibai and Daudai. 

 It seems to have originally been a personal name, Mam-mm, 

 Eed-hair, but is now applied to the native placed in authority 

 on each island by the Queensland government. 



manahai (d), soul, ghost. Cf. Malakai in Saibai vocab. 



mani, money, [maniu, maniginga (s).] 



map, map. 



maram-gudo (s), a tomb, lit. a pit with mouth. 



maridan (s), miiTor, looking-glass, lit. spirit-eye, i.e. by which one 

 sees the spirit or reflection of anything. 



