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masi, md‘imesi 1 (continued). 
masilana gerund., her fornication. 
masi 2. U., article, a, a piece: used also in 
diminutive and depreciatory sense; 
nga and mwai may precede. mdsi 
kaleku, my child; nga mdsi taha, what 
(thing); mwat mesi sae, hearts; iduidu 
mesi ‘ei, jumped about on the firewood. 
Wango: cf. si in hasi; hasi ei, a tree; 
hasi noni, a man; Lau Si a. 
misi 3. dwarfs, pygmies: probably the autoch- 
thons, credited with being stupid. 
San Cristoval masi. ; 
masiki (Tolo word). Mara Masiki, Little 
Malaita. Mota rig, small; Motu 
maragi. 
mata 1. U., club (generic term); tahola‘i mata, 
S., to wave the club in the air. Wango 
mata, Viti manda, Wedau mada. 
mata 2. U., to be rotting away; nga hudi e mata 
‘asi‘a, the bananas were rotting un- 
picked. 
mata‘i to have an attack of malarial fever; 
noko mata‘t, I have malaria; mata‘i holo- 
holo, intermittent fever. Mota masag. 
mataka Qaloto form for matagqa, clear. 
matakara adj., unraveled, come undone. 
takara. 
matakarasi tr., to unravel. 
matamata soot. 
matanga adj., forked, branched. tanga. Lau 
matanga, between, in the midst of. 
mataga adj., clear, open, plain. mataka, 
ha‘amataqast. 
mataqanga v. n., clear light, open space. 
matagqasi S., matagqali U., v. tr., to enlighten. 
Samoa matala, Maori matara. 
mataraha flotsam, drift coconuts. tara 1. 
matasi 1. adj., with the point broken off. 
matasi 2. n., a small fish. 
matawa n., the open sea. ftawa. i matawa, 
the east; mara hélisi i matawa, north-by- 
east wind; hui ni matawa, the giant taro; 
mwat matawa garogaro, U., natives of 
Santa Cruz; mu matawa ‘uhi‘uhi, S., 
foreigners with guns. San Cristoval 
matawa; Maori tawha, open; Omba 
wawa, the open sea; Niué tawana, open; 
Araga wawana, open sea; Mota wawana, 
wide and flat; Malagasy fafana. 
matola-(ku) the midst of, between, midway; 
4 matolana 1 Uki nai Ulawa, half way 
between Ugi and Ulawa; i matolai ‘inont, 
among men. Wango madora. 
Matou a Poro Matou ni Wala, a ghost in Ulawa 
folklore. 
mau 1. to emerge, to debouch, to lead (of a 
path); ko mau 7 ola, leads to such-and- 
such a place. 
ma‘u, mé‘ume‘u S. 2. v. i., to fear, to be afraid. 
maa‘u, ha‘ama‘u. 
md‘unge v. n., fear; ere lole ana md‘unge, to 
talk confusedly from fear; saeda e 
qi‘ilulu eni me‘unge, their hearts were 
dismayed through fear. 
ma‘ute‘ini tr. 
ma‘ute‘i v. i., to fear; noko md‘ute'i rara- 
MAWA 
mau, mé‘ume‘u (continued). 
ngana, I am afraid of it. Wango 
mamau, Malay mataut, Maori mataku. 
maua U. 1. v.i., to dye, tostain. 2.n., a dye: 
the dyes in use are obtained from the 
bark of the casuarina (sdlu) and the o‘a 
(?Bischoffia javanica) and kikirz. 
mauana n., man and wife, parents: used with 
vo, vo hat, ro mauana, U., ro hat 
mauana, S., man and wife; ro ha‘'t 
mauana inen, S., my parents. 
miauli, maumeuli left-handed, awkward; a 
Méuli, a proper name; hele mduli, to 
do awkwardly. Florida mauli, Maori 
maui, Viti mawi, Motu lauri, Nguna 
mauri. 
maumau‘a‘a, maumau‘ala U., mamau‘a‘a S., 
adj., smooth. 
maumauri‘a U., adj., alive. méduri. 
ma‘uma‘uru‘a U., adj., sleepy. ma‘uru. 
mad‘ume‘ule S., frightened, fearful. md‘u. 
maumeuli (ku) left, lefthanded, awkward. 
méuli. 1% meumeuli, on the left; nime 
4 meumeuliku, my left hand. 
maumeuli‘e adj., awkward. 
maumeuri‘e adj., living, alive. médurt. 
huru méumeuri‘e to be living. 
mé‘ume‘uta-(ku) terrible. to‘o md‘ume‘utana, 
terrifying. md‘u. 
miau‘o S., to be offended. ha‘amdau‘o. 
miduri, maumeuri 1.- to live, to be alive, to 
recover health. ha‘auri. ‘asi meurt, 
weather side of an island; lalamoa méuri, 
a captive; tola mduri, to capture, used 
with poss. 3. 
miaurihe v. n., life, soul: used with poss. 3. 
miéurihaaku, my soul, my life; a ‘aes 
meurihe, source of life; raaraa ani 
meurihe, the light of life. 
miuringe v. n., life (abstract). 
miaurisi tr., to survive, to escape from. 
miuri 2. v. i., to be delivered of a child; e méaurt 
ana mwela, she was delivered of a child. 
Java urip, life; Mota maur, Malay 
murip, Ponape maur. Lau mori, to live 
may be connected with Sa‘a moli true 
(wala‘imoli) and with Maioriori, Chat- 
ham Islanders, Maori, New Zealander, 
rather than with méuri. cf. moli. 
miaurihaa‘i S., life, soul. Florida méurthali. 
ma‘uru U. (dialectic), to sleep; ma‘uru Ghu, 
sound asleep, Fagani mauru, Mota 
maturu. 
ma‘usu U., bush, forest; 7 la‘ona ma‘usu, in the 
bush; e ma‘usu ‘oto, it is all overgrown. 
miuta‘a adj., firm, hard, exclam., hold tight. 
ha‘amauta‘a. hoi meuta‘a, a ripe areca 
nut, hard; ‘usu meuta‘a, to affirm. 
mauweline n., with ro: ro mauweline, uncle and 
nephew. wuweli. 
mawa, mamawa 1. to blow strong, to be a gale; 
mawa ta‘a, to be exposed to the air (of 
a sore). 
mawaha U. v. n., tempest, gale. 
mawa, wind. 
mawa 2. a tree, strong smelling when chopped 
and causing vomiting. 
huru- 
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