MADALI 
madali, mamadali (continued). 
Viti dadala, Samoa malali, Lau afedali, 
Florida madali. 
madamada 1. v.i., to be dirty. 2. U., mada- 
mada sulu, a month, October. 
madara‘a adj., sweating, perspiring; 
madara‘a, I sweat. 
madara‘anga n., sweat. 
madeli U., a full grown coconut, hoi madeli. 
madiu U., adj., overlapping; v., to overlap. 
madoo S., adj., cooked. 
madoro adj., hot; ha‘adoro. 
madoronga n., heat, fever. 
hot. 
madou U. 1. madou ni wala, a phrase. 2. 
adj., broken clean off. 3. cinnamon. 
madu S., adj., beloved, dear; kale madu ineu, 
my beloved child. 
mae, maemae 1. v. i., to die, to be ill, to be 
numb, to be eclipsed, of moon; mae 
‘apolo, paralyzed; a ola ko mae, So-and- 
so is sick; a ola e mae ‘oto, So-and-so is 
dead; e hai lalamoa e mae hunia Qai, 
Qai had the death of four men to account 
for; mwane da na Rolu mae, lest we die; 
mae su‘esu‘ela‘’i, to die of hunger; roro 
mae, to strangle; uhu mae, a wig; e mae 
‘o‘o, quite dead. 
maenga v. n., sickness, death; maenga hula- 
hula, danger; maenga mamadali, fever; 
e ka‘a hunie tke maenga, not unto death; 
mwaanie maenga, from death; e qa‘ike 
munia nga maenga, not unto death. 
maeta (ku) v. n., death feast, death, U.; Rire 
ngdu maetana a ola, they eat the death 
feast of So-and-so; horo ni loloto i purine 
maeta, to kill a man after the death 
feast in order that persons may bathe. 
maeha U., maemaeha S., v. n., sickness; 
maemaeha mamadali, fever. 
maela (ku) v. n., danger, death; si‘ohaa‘'t 
maela, to be in danger. 
maelaa v. n., danger, sickness; liunge ni 
maelaa, a plague, epidemic; maelaa ni 
ge‘u, meningitis. 
mae 2. used to denote excess, with poss. 3. 
e ‘a‘aila‘a ‘oto mae ana, he is very strong; 
e lae ‘oto ni mae, he went like anything; 
‘u‘u nt mae, heavy rain. 
mae 3. the lee shore, ‘asi mae; lade mae, deep 
water. 
mae 4. to be well mashed (of areca nut); 
sdune ke mae, pound it to a pulp. 
maesi tr., to be ill of, to die of. Mota mate, 
Polynesian mate. 
mae 5. n., a fighting column, nga mae; mu 
na‘ona‘oi mae, armies. ma‘alimae. 
mae 6. n., war; déu mae huni, to make war on; 
Ghu mae, to cease hostilities; ko apani 
mae pe‘ikie, sides with us; li‘oa ni mae, 
M. A., p. 260, a ghost associated with 
war. 
mae 7. weapons; tapo mae, to seize weapons. 
ma‘e 8. a pronged spear used for fishing; uwa 
ma‘e, a measure, 12 yards. 
maea U., adj., holy, sacred, having to do with 
the ancestor ghosts. 
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maea (continued). 
maeanga v. n., holiness (late use). 
maea. 
maelo adj., ripe (of fruits); the suffixed pro- 
nouns na, ni may be added. ‘tana ko 
maelo, pregnant, lit., her belly is ripe; 
hiu maelo, a rock near Ngorangora; 
raa hitelia hau maelo, prov., dry enough 
to split héu maelo; maelona, its ripeness, 
when it is ripe; maelona e ngéu diana, 
when ripe it is good eating; mgali maelo, 
ripe canarium nuts, the name of a 
month, August. 
maeloonga n., enemy, a maeloonga, mu 
maeloonga. Wango maeronga. 
maelupu‘e S., adj., bruised. lupu. 
maemaea S., adj., used with the personal 
article; a maemaea, the sick man; mu 
maemaea, the sick. 
maemaeko‘a adj., gentle. mamaeko‘a. 
ma‘emahe v. i., to decorate the person with 
mahe. 
maeni S., article plural vocative, maeni ‘inont, 
maent mwane, maeni kent; used also in 
plain statement maeni ‘inoni ineu, my 
own people. 
maenoto v. i., to be grave, sober, quiet. 
maha vy. tr., to profane holy things, to use 
sacrilegiously. 
mahanga v. n., profanation. 
mahe a strong-smelling herb (Evodia hortensis) 
used to decorate the body, stuck in 
armlets. 
ma‘emahe v. i., to decorate with mahe, to 
festoon in general; a garland. 
miahiri, ma‘imehiri v. i., to be intoxicated from 
eating areca fruit. 
mihiringe v. n., intoxication. 
maholo 1. n., space, interval of time or distance; 
nga maholo, what a length of time! nga 
maholo e liu, time went on; maholo ni 
lae inge‘ie, his time for going; maholo 
nou lae, at the time when I went; 
maholo ‘eta mwane e ha‘atau ue, while 
the other was yet far off; maholo ‘ie, 
now; ina‘ona mu maholo, in former 
times; ipurine maholo, after the time; 
ngoongoodo ana maholo, end of the time; 
maholo ni raori‘i, time of virginity; to‘o 
ta‘e maholo, sometimes; maholo e toto, a 
proper time. Florida polo, when. holo. 
maholo 2. U., a thing, a piece, a part. 
maholo 3. v. i., to be parted; sae sa‘a maholo 
wa ke mou, thoughts shall not be parted 
and shall not cease. 
maholota U., n., a piece; maholota ni pua, 
piece of areca nut. 
mahono U., tapa mahono, to interfere, to be a 
busybody. hono. 
mahoro v. i., to appear in view, to pass in view. 
ha‘amahoro. 
miahu rau mehu, to abide; karu mehu, to endure 
hardness. 
mahungaona n., ro mahungaona, father-in-law 
and son-in-law, mother-in-law and 
daughter-in-law; mwane male and keni 
female are added to distinguish the pairs. 
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