mola‘a adj., free, without price; tales inu 
mola‘a, just drink without price. 
mole v. tr., to stain, to daub with pigments; n., 
pigments, paint; salo molemole,red clouds. 
moli 1. n., wild orange. hotohotomolita‘a. 
Mota mwol, Viti moli. 
moli 2. Su‘u Moli, a boat harbor at the north- 
west corner of Ulawa. 
moli 3. wala‘imoli, true, i. e., to speak true. 
Niué moli, true. 
molu pers. pron., plural 2, you; used as subject 
or as object of verb or preposition; more 
restricted in meaning than ‘omu; molu 
is also used (a) following ‘omolu or 
i‘omolu as subject, (b) suffixed to a 
noun. dhutamolu. 
momo v. i., to squeeze, to press on each side; 
momo lalamoa, a flat armlet of tridacna 
shell, so called from its being used to 
squeeze men to death. 
momo‘i tr., to bring side by side. 
momo 2. rubbish, sweepings. Motu momo. 
momoke moke. 
momoru adj., small, little. 
monaki cuttlefish; hote ni monaki, the bone 
of the cuttlefish. 
mone adv., follows the verb, xa may be added; 
gives clearness, explains lae mone, gol 
kolu mone, let us be gone; gongiku e to‘o 
mone ‘oto, my time is even now come; 
‘oe ni monena, it is you indeed. 
mono U., to live apart; koro ‘a mono ‘oto 
74 Kalona, they two live apart in Kalona. 
moro, moro‘i 1. pers. pron., dual 2, you two: 
used as subject or as object of verb or 
preposition: used in addressing a mar- 
ried woman, or a woman with a child, 
or a chief, or even a party: moro is also 
used (a) following t‘omoro as subject, 
(b) suffixed to a noun; moro taéria paro 
t‘ola i ‘est ka‘el‘e laelae, you launch 
away the canoe into the sea, let us go. 
moro-(ku) 2. n., buttock. 
moru‘e S., pers. pron., dual 2, you two; used 
as subject or following ‘omoru‘e. 
morumoru 1. U., small, little. momoru. 2. 
broken in pieces, ga‘a morumoru. Lau 
morumoru. 
mota n., a mortar for pounding areca nut; used 
by toothless persons. 
motaa, motaahi S., v. tr., to cause agony to. 
ha‘amotaahi, hulemotaa. 
motaahinge v. n., agony. 
motaahila-(ku) gerund. 
mou, moumou 1. v. i., to be broken. rara 
moumou. hiu moumou, an_ isolated 
rock; e to‘o mou, it has ceased; sae sa‘a 
maholo wa ke mou, thought shall not 
be parted and shall not cease; malau 
mou, an islet; e mou ue ana, still in 
desuetude. 
mousi, moute‘ini tr., to break (of a rope, 
etc.). ha‘amousi. radu moumousie mu 
‘i‘eli, they broke the rope; adoma‘t mousi, 
U., to decide, to dare. 
mouta-(na, ni) e to‘o moutana, it has ceased. 
mousila-(ku) gerund. 
MUNI 
mou, moumou 1 (continued). 
moute‘i, moumoute‘i partic., one, only. 
mwela moute‘i, only child; ta‘ata‘a ola 
moumoute't, one thing only; ne‘isae 
moute‘i, S., to determine, to dare. Mota 
mot, Polynesian motu. 
mou 2. U. (dialectic), forest, bush, 7 mou, oha 
ni mou. ma‘usu. Mota mwot. 
mouholo v. i., to break across. holo. 
e mouholo, I have no spirit left. 
mougeli S., to get ready, to prepare, to be 
ready; used with suffixed pronouns ku, 
mu, nd, dé instead of du, etc.; e mouge- 
line, it is prepared. 
moutoli v. i., to cease, to be ended. 
mu 1. pron., sing. 1, suffixed to noun: thine; 
nimemu, thy hand. 
mu 2. plural article, the: muz is used with nga 
in nga mui ta‘a, what things; nga mut 
tala, paths. 
mudi 1. midrib of leaf of coconut, etc.; the 
suffixed pronoun dé may be added. 
mudine; mudit niu, mudii sa‘o, midrib 
of coconut, of sago; maat mudi, a gorge 
made of sago midrib or of tortoise shell 
for catching flying-fish, the bait being 
the flesh of the claws of the coconut 
crab (Birgus latro, dsusu). 
mudi 2. shear legs. maai mudi S., hou mudi U. 
mudimudi 1. U., a bird, yellow honey-sucker. 
mudimudi 2. U., mwimwidi S.; (to drip; 
mudimudi ura, to drip. 
muini eta muini, some; hahira diana ikire nga 
muini lo‘u ka‘a diana, on the good and 
the bad; muini e mwi‘i, the rich people; 
muint e t‘o mwakule, those who have 
no ties; muini liuta‘'ana a mwane ‘ie e 
qgao‘t ne, more than those which this 
man has done. ini 1. 
mumu 1. U., mumua qangoqango, to decorate a 
nose ornament with porpoise teeth. 
mumu 2. to close in on; ‘ala mumu, to close in 
saeku 
like jaws. 
mumu‘i tr., to place adjoining, close 
together. 
mumu 3. mumulou, wild men, traditional. 
MirAz;i piwd55s 
mumuni 1. v. tr., to hide, to conceal. 2. to be 
hidden. Motu tahuni, Mota tavun, San 
Cristoval ahunt, Mao. nunumi. admuni. 
muna‘i, mune‘i U., adv., used in conditional 
sentences: subjunctive; kira ‘a mune‘t 
lae, were they to go. 
muni U. 1. (au) prep. dative, for, to; e ga‘ike 
munia nga maenga, not unto death; 
munia nga taha, what for. 
muni U. 2. adv., in order that: used as optative 
with verbal particle ‘e; used with ana, if. 
muni ‘e lae mai, let him come; muni ‘e 
(mun‘e) lae, gently; muni ne‘e loosia, 
ta‘ane na‘a ‘unua, if I see him I shall 
tell it; muni nge‘ia ‘e lae mai, if he come; 
ana muni kir‘e ‘unua, if they say it; 
muni ‘ua, why, what for; nau ‘unua uré 
muni ne‘e mae ‘oto, I thought I was done 
for; téu muni, to endeavor. Mota 
mun, Sa‘a huni. 
