maa 1 (continued). 
‘u‘ut maa, the eyeball; ‘u‘w maai dehi, 
a pearl. 
maa 2. the face; ‘ato maa, to turn the face; 
hoda maa, to wash the face; e ladaa‘inie 
maana, he fell on his face; lio huni maa, 
to exercise partiality; nunuku maa, to 
wrinkle the face; e palingitaa maana, he 
set his face; rdima‘a, to cut and dis- 
figure the face; ‘usw maa, to accuse, lit. 
to point at his face. 
maa 3. with genitive 7 in Sa‘a, ni in Ulawa; hole, 
mesh, opening, outlet, door, gate. maai 
nume, S., maani nima, U., door; maai 
para, S., maani para, U,, gate; ga‘ulimaa, 
door lintel; séu maa ana mu ‘ape, to mend 
the meshes of the nets; taha maa, to 
open the door; to‘oni pono maa, patched 
clothes; maa ni gelusu, nostril. 
maa 4. edge, point, blade, brim; maai mudi, a 
gorge for flying-fish; maana nahi, the 
edge of the sword; pulu maai seu, a 
circular piece used in inlaying, a dot. 
maa 5. front of the house; z maa, outside; 
odona maa, a gate opening directly in 
front of one; oku 7 maa, wall in front. 
maa 6. a stick, a match; maai aro, a stalk of 
ginger; maai (maani) dunge, a match. 
maa 7. one, a, also in plural. maai laenga, S., 
maani laenga, U., a journey; maai sala, 
U., a piece of bast cloth; hat maai dengi 
he‘iliune, the four winds; ké‘u mei nga 
maa, give me one; ta‘ata‘a maai ngeu, 
one meal. 
maai S., maani U. v. tr., to eye, to watch; 
maat ngeu, S., maani ngeu, U., the 
evening star, so called because it shines 
at the time of the evening meal which 
it watches; maa shows no sign of a break 
in pronunciation. 
maani, maamaani tr., to copy, to do like, 
to watch. Mota matai, Polynesian 
mata, 
maa 8. dried canarium nuts, ngdli maa, put 
into a cane basket (fangi) and kept 
above the fire. ha‘amaa. 
ma‘a 9. father, vocative: ma‘a ineu, my dear 
father! mama‘a. 
maadi U., v. tr., to reject. 
maadila-(ku) gerund. 
Maadi‘a the landing-place for Ripoo, Ulawa. 
ma‘ae n., a strong-smelling fish, caught with 
a bait of red clay in which crabs’ claws 
have been set. 
maahoo v. i., to be new to, to be a novice at. 
maahoosi v. i., to boast: ere maahoosi. 
ma‘ahu, ma‘ama‘ahu v. i., to sleep; ma‘ahu 
mala i‘ola, to fast; ma‘ahu pole, to 
dream; nau ma‘ahu qolea, I dreamt it; 
ma‘ahu suu‘i, to guard at night. 
ma‘ahunge v.n.,sleep. e¢to‘onima‘ahunge, 
it is time for sleep. Motu mafuta. 
maai, maaimaai 1. v. tr., to permit, to allow; 
lio maai, toli maai, to allow. 
maaila‘ini U., tr., lio maaila‘ini, to view 
with favor. 
maa‘i 2. adj., holy, sacred: ha‘amaa‘i. loto 
MADALI 
maa‘i 2 (continued). 
maa‘i, to baptize; loto maa‘inge, bap- 
tism; ngéu maa‘i, ngéu maa‘inge, 
sacrificial eating. Mota matai, good; 
Tahiti maitai, Mao. maitai. 
maa‘i 3. beloved; mwane maa‘i ineu, my dear 
fellow. 
maakahi v. i., to peek, to peep, to peer. 
maakali v. tr., to visit. 
maala adv., even if, granted that, supposing. 
mala. 4 
maalau air, firmament. lauwanga. se 
maaliholo the main doorway of a house. 
maalimae hostile bands: mu maalimae. 
maalimaea, enemy. 
maelimwalo a staging for thatching (tahera‘i) 
erected inside the house. 
maalitawa an opening in the shore reef, a 
landing-place. 
maamaa a fastening, a button. 
ma‘amana vo hd‘ima‘amana, mu he‘ima‘'aman- 
anga. 
ma‘amasa‘a adj., ashamed, reverential. 
Maana Odo Port Adam, Malaita. 
maana‘o U., v. i., to be deserted (of a place); 
a desert place. ma‘onga. 
maani, maamaani v. tr., to copy, to do like, to 
repeat: ha‘amaant, S., hd‘imaani, U. 
maani mao, to watch the dance; sz‘o 
maant, to collect. 
maapala S., adj., unprovoked, malicious; 
horonga maapala, murder. 
maapou n. 1. a measure of shell money, from 
the fingertips to the elbow, a cubit. 
2. a piece, a bit. 
ma‘apu‘a U., adj., bloody; n., stripes, bruises. 
maf‘arara‘i v. tr., to provoke. 
ma‘aru U., v. i., to sleep, to twinkle; ma‘aru 
talahi, to go like winking. 
ma‘arunga v. n., sleep. 
maarue S., dsu maarue, to serve two masters. 
maarusi v. tr., to wink; maarusi maa, in a 
twinkling. 
maasilima U., ura maasilima, the second day 
of the moon. 
maatala U. 1. as maapala, S., unprovoked. 
2. in vain. Lau maabala. 
maatoli v. i., to visit. 
maatoto v. tr., to expect, to await; maatoto 
muni, U., to await. 
maa‘u U., ma‘u S., v. i., to fear, to be afraid. 
ha‘amaa‘u. 
maa‘uni tr. 
mada 1. n., dirt, mu mada. ha‘amada. 
mada 2. n., a fresh-water shell-fish (Nerita sp.). 
mada‘a adj., dirty, soiled; to‘ont e mada‘a ani 
hesi‘onga, garments defiled by the flesh. 
mada‘anga n., filth. 
madala 1. the morning star; madala e qa‘a, the 
day star is rising; nga madala mere ‘ana‘i 
garoa adaru‘a, when the day star rises 
we shall hitch it up for them. 2. lo‘a 
madala, the name of a month, May. 
Viti mataka, morning; Bougainville 
Straits matatala, Orion’s Belt. 
madali, mamadali adj., greasy, slippery; 
maenga (maemaeha) mamadali, fever. 
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