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mango, mamango 2 (continued). 
breath; tole mango, to hold the breath; 
to‘o mango, to have breath. 
mango (ku) 3. breath, chest; mangoku, my 
life; mangoi ola, breath; mangona é€ suu, 
his breath has gone, he is dead; mangona 
ue ana, he is still alive; mangona e 
puuto‘o dliho‘i, his breath returned. 
mangoa‘ini v. tr., to be satisfied with; 
mango 1. 
mangomango (ku) n., breath, chest. 
mangoni adv., rich, fat; was mangoni, to emit 
a rich savor. 
mangulungulu adj., resounding. 
mao, maomao 1. v. i., to dance; mao hidehide, 
to dance to the clapping of hands; mao 
pe‘e ihui, to dance holding a dancing- 
club; ‘arasi mao, to lead the chorus in a 
dance; maanit mao, to watch the dance; 
ohoa mao, to practise the dance; sulu 
mao, to sing dancing-songs. 
maonga v. n., dancing; puulie maonga, to 
tread the dance. 
maoli tr., maoli mao, to join in the dance. 
maolila-(ku) gerund. Lau mao, Wango 
mao. 
mao 2. halo mao, a pump drill; a piece of hard 
palm wood is tipped with a flake of 
flint which is bound tightly on, two 
strings hang from the other end and are 
made fast to a short stick; these strings 
are then twisted around the palm wood 
and the drill revolves as the strings 
unwind and rewind by pushing down 
the short stick. 
ma‘ohi, mama‘ohi S., v. tr., to await, to expect. 
ohi 1. ma‘ohi ragasi, to await. 
ma‘ohinge v. n., expectation; ma‘ohinge 
susuto‘o, hope (late use). 
ma‘ohila-(ku) gerund. 
ma‘o‘i 1. adj., broken in two. 
‘o't‘o't. 
ma‘o‘i‘o‘i 
magoti. 
maomaopu'‘e S., adj., well grown, fatted; paisu 
maomaopu'e, in full leaf. 
maoneone U., adj., sore smitten. 
maopaopa adj., distinct, showing up _ sepa- 
rately (of trees in a landscape). opa. 
mapipi adj., receding (of water); wai e mapipi 
‘ohe ‘oto ta‘inie kolune mwakana, whether 
the water had receded off the face of 
the earth. 
mapo 1. n., a locust. 
Mapo 2. Roasi Bay, Malaita. 
mipusu U., adj., stinking, rotten. 
maputaputa U., adj., bruised. 
mage n., Tahiti chestnut (Bocoa, Inocarpus 
edulis). Mota mwake, Tahiti mape. 
mara 1. i mara nume, the front of the house, 
platform at front door, courtyard. 
mara S., mala U. 2. mara hdlisi, the northeast 
wind. Possibly Mota maran, light. 
Mara 3. (Tolo) the island of Malaita. Sa‘a 
Mwala; Mara masiki; Florida Mala. 
maraa-(ku) 1. n., lone, unaided; ineu maraaku, 
2. n., a landslip. 
altogether broken. Florida 
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maraa-(ku) (continued). 
" I by myself; ola maraana, nothing like 
it, superexcellent. 2. U., of one’s own 
accord; e hdé‘iarea maraana, he pushed 
himself forward. 
maraa‘imuni v. i., to do a thing secretly. 
mumuni. 
maraau the southeast trade wind blowing from 
south-southeast to east-northeast during 
the months from May to November. 
aau. maraau wei hata, south-southeast 
wind, a strong wind with cloudy days 
but no rain; maraau i Malau, southeast 
wind, from the direction of ‘Olu Malau; 
maraau i gqaro, south-by-east wind; 
maraau ‘upu‘upu, east wind, blows over 
the middle (‘wpu'upu) of Ulawa; 
maraau wei gini, east-by-north wind, 
brings rain; maraau ro one, east-north- 
east wind. Maori marangai, east wind. 
mara hilisi northeast wind, fine weather with 
masses of cumulus clouds; mara hélist 
i matawa, north-by-east wind. 
mara‘i heutaa U., v. i., to droop (of flowers). 
Maramara ‘O‘orou U., the name of a canoe 
in a story. 
maramarape‘a adj., secure, serene, prosperous. 
maramarawai lo‘a maramarawdi, name of a 
month. 
maranga 1. maranga i maa, eyebrow. 
maranga-(na, ni) 2. hele marangana, take from 
amongst. 
maraohu (ao diphthong) a large food-bowl. 
maraohu‘e S., maraohu‘a U., adj., stale, not 
fresh, brackish, water which tastes of the 
bamboo water-carrier. Wango mara- 
ohua. 
marapute‘i adj., fallen headlong. rdapu. 
marara v. i., to be diffident, hesitating, to 
flinch; hele marara, to act with diffi- 
dence. Mota maragai, to tremble; 
Motu hemarai, to be coy. 
marare‘a adj., white and glistening. 
Mota maran, light (lux). 
marariro‘a adj., sumptuous, bright. 
marawa U., to be blackish, purplish, in color; 
marawa ni deni, daybreak; aau marawa, 
the nuts getting purple in color before 
ripening; a month, July. Mota maras. 
marea n., a small fresh-water fish. 
mareho S. (a Wango word), a mareho, So-and 
so. hereho. 
mari‘iri‘i adj., broken 
malipilipi. 
marou vy. n., to be thirsty. 
Marshall Islands maru. 
maruda U., adj., tender, of flesh meat. 
masa to be shy, ashamed, respectful: used with 
poss. 3. ma‘amasa‘a, ha‘amasa. e masa 
aku, he was shy of me; masa mwaani, to 
be shy of doing; masa suke, to be 
ashamed to beg. 
masanga v. n., shame, confusion. 
misi, ma‘imesi S. 1. to commit adultery; méass 
huni, to commit adultery with; hénua 
nt mast, U., an adulterous place. 
miasinge v. n., adultery. 
red. 
into slivers. Niué 
Mota marou, 
