MUNO 64 
muno n., caterpillar, chrysalis. 
musi-(ku) 1. U., finger or toe nail. mwisi, S. 
2. operculum, met., a piece; musit elili, 
operculum of Turbo petholatus. 
MW 
mwa, mwamwa 1. prefix of condition as ma 1. 
mwamwanoto, mwahiohio. 
mwa 2. U., plural article, used before words 
beginning with a vowel or with /h; 
mwat. 
mwa 3. prefix to nouns expressing relationship, 
mu mwa‘asine, ro mwa‘adine. 
mwa 4. U., exclamation of surprise. 
mwaa 1. n., a snake; mwaa dili sato, a snake 
observed as an omen; sarvo i mwaa, 
zigzag pattern in inlaying; mwaa 
nuenuala, glistening, brilliant, snake. 
Mota mwata. In M.A., p. 221, mati e 
sato should be mwaa dili sato. 
mwaa 2. n., a disease, lupus. mwaa e hure 
ana, he was eaten of worms. 
mwaa 3. lemi mwaa, U., full moon; oku mwaa, 
October. 
mwa‘a 4. v.i., to be extinct (of fire or lamp). 
mwa‘asi tr., to extinguish. 
mwaadalo to be innocent, meek. 
mwa‘adine n., with ro, ro mwa‘adine, two first 
cousins. ‘adi. 
mwaadule earthworm. 
mwaamwaa worm, maggot; mwaamwaa puri, 
trepang, béche-de-mer; mwaamwaa ni 
ngalt, U., woodlouse. Wango mwaa- 
mwada. 
mwaamwaala adj., infested with worms. 
mwaani (au) prep., from, out of, since: the 
pron. sing. 3 is suffixed as anticipatory 
object; used in comparison of the 
adjective. mwaani ta‘a, from what; 
‘ulu mwaani, to overlook; ddu toli 
mwaani, to submit to, to be subject to; 
pola mwaani, to desert a ship; e la ‘otoit 
‘aela mwaani nonola, it is worse than 
yesterday; mwaanie mu _tata‘alanga, 
from evils; mwaanie maenga, from 
death; e paine mwaanie, bigger than he; 
maleledi oraha‘a mwaanie ngaini, to 
rebuke a man for sin; ore mwaanti, to be 
left out. Wango bani, Epi deni. 
mwa‘asine n., brethren; a@ mwa‘asine, the 
brother; mu mwa‘asine, the brethren; ro 
mwa‘asina, U., two sisters-in-law. ‘asi 2. 
mwada, mwa‘amwada S., mwadamwada U. 1. 
to beat out seeds, to thresh; ‘uri mwada, 
to tramp out seeds. 
mwadamwada‘i U., tr. 
mwada 2. U., to lift. 
mwadamwadamu v. i., to masticate, to grind 
the teeth (of pig). 
mwadau, mwamwadau to be easy, possible, 
soft, pliable; ana ke ola mwamwadau, if 
possible; mu le‘u e mwadau, places easy 
to traverse. 
mwadausi tr., to be easy for any one. 
ha‘amwadaust. e ka‘a mwadausieu ni lae, 
not easy for me to go. Wango mwadau. 
| mwadi (na) the old yam from which the new 
» has grown; mwadi ni uhi. mwadine, its 
old yam. 
mwado U., ground, soil. ‘xu‘umwado. i mwado, 
on the ground; mwado huu, the earth; 
uruuru mwado, anklet of shell money, 
lit., gather dirt; mwado mwakita‘a, mud; 
wahawaha ni mwado, dust; mwado waru, 
red earth. Florida meto; Espirita 
Santo metu, dirty; Mota maeto; San 
Cristoval mato, ground. M.L., p. 57. 
mwadola adj., covered with earth, dirty. 
Mwado‘a a village on the west side of Ulawa; 
Su‘u i Teluhia, its boat harbor; ‘Ei‘ei, its 
spring. 
mwae 1. S., n., person, fellow, man; demon- 
strative na may be added; ta‘a 6 may be 
used in conjunction; mwaena, hey, youl! 
mu mwaena, you men! a mwaena, So- 
and-so, such a one; me‘i mwae, mwet 
mwaena, mwaena, mu mwae, all used in 
exclamations; mwae ta‘a, poor fellow; 
mu mwae ta‘a, poor chaps; poo ke ne‘t 
lalamoa ko ‘olisie ‘oto a mwaena, the pig 
is the victim in place of the man. 
Nggao, Ysabel mae; Bugotu mae, mas- 
culine article. 
mw‘ae, mwa‘emwa‘e 2. to be willing, to be 
diligent, to assent, to rejoice. hé‘imwa- 
‘eta‘i, ilenimwa‘e. mwa‘e haahi, said 
of those who clap their hands as an 
accompaniment to dances; kire mwa‘e 
tolea, they consented to carry it. 
mwa‘emwa‘enga v. n., willingness. 
mwa‘esi tr., to assent to. 
mwa‘esilana gerund. Wango mwae. 
mwaelo used with numeral vo; ro mwaelo ana, 
his two wives. 
mwa‘elu adj., crooked, bent. Wango mwaeru. 
mwa‘emwa‘eta (na, ni) n., rejoicing; ke sulu 
i mwa‘emwa'‘etant, sing for joy over. 
mwaera adj., prolific, abundant, increasing. 
mwaero, mwaeroero adj., soft, pliable. 
mwahi to be crooked, bent. 
mwahiohio adj., swayed, bent by the wind. 
hiohio. 
mwai 1. U., plural article: when used before a 
vowel or h, mwa is used; in certain words 
the vowels coalesce, e. g., mwauhi, yams. 
Used of reciprocal relationship; Wango 
mwani; Lau mwat. 
mwai 2. U., mwei S., used with adj. tata‘ala 
or ta‘a to express an endearing or com- 
miserative sense. 
mwia‘i 3. n., a hand-bag, a bag slung over the 
shoulder. haa i mwe‘i, earnest money, 
money given as earnest for the buying 
of a wife; mwela ni mwe'i, a bought 
child; haé‘u mwe‘i, to plaita bag. 4. the 
fiber used in weaving a mwé‘i. 5. v.i., 
to be rich, to have bags of money; 
muini e mwé'i, the rich. 
mwaidi n., cockroach; the small indigenous 
variety, the larger imported one. 
- mwaihana n., used with numeral ro; ro mwai- 
hana, two brothers-in-law. 
