mwaihei U., interrogative plural, who, what 
people. 
mwaiki v. n., to stand on tiptoe, to reach out to. 
mwi ‘ile cycas (Cycas circinalis). Mota mwele. 
mwiimwei S., to be small. ha‘amwdimwei‘e. 
e mwéimwei ‘aela, it is very small; 
helehele mwéimwei, seventh and eighth 
days of the moon; lo‘a wéi mweimwei, 
February. 
mwdimweiha v. n., used with poss. 3; 
mwiimweihaana, when small, a small 
size. : 
mwidimweisi tr., to be too small for. Tolo 
maimat, 
mwaka 1. v. i., to despise; used with poss. 3. 
mwakata‘ini tr., to despise, to make naught 
of. 
mwakata‘inila-(ku) 
mwagitaini. 
mwaka 2. green, unripe, not full grown; uhi 
mwaka, January. 
mwakana S., n., ground, earth, me‘i mwakana. 
mwakana loho, dust; mwakana wai, 
moist ground; ngangai mwakana, dust; 
dangona mwakana, trees of the field; 
puulie mwakana, to tread the earth. 
mwakano S., n., ground; 1 mwakano, on the 
ground; kolune mwakano, the surface of 
the earth; wai e lama haahi ue kolune 
mwakano, the water covered still the 
face of the earth; wiéi e mapipi ‘ohe ‘oto 
tainie kolune mwakano, whether the 
water had receded off the face of the 
earth. 
mwakano‘a covered with earth, dirty. 
Probably connected with ‘ano, earth. 
Lau gano, Mota tano, earth. 
_ mwakatereha‘ini tr., to flout, to put to scorn. 
mwakatereha‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
mwaketo U., adj., crooked, bent. 
mwakita‘a U., adj., clayey; mwado mwakita‘a, 
mud. 
mwako 1. v. i., to pierce, to prick. 
mwakoli tr.; ova e mwakolie ‘aeku, the spike 
/ of the ona has got into my foot. 
mwakolila-(ku) gerund. 
mwako 2. v. tr., to set open; nou mwakoa maa, 
I set a door open. 
mwakomwako‘a U., adj., prickly. 
mwakule S., adj., with no ties, unattached, 
bare; follows the verb; muini e t‘o 
mwakule, they have no ties. 
mwakuku adj., loose, slack. 
mwala 1.n., people; nga mwala, a people, nation; 
mwala ineu, my people; mwala ‘uret 
tei ni ‘ie; mwala ko ku‘ie, people mocked 
him. 
Mwala 2. Malaita; called also in Lau Mala and 
in Tolo Mara. 
mwalamwala‘a adj., ashamed. 
mwali to foregather at a harbor waiting to 
embark. Viti melo. 
mwalo 1. n., a sunken rock, a reef; mwalo 
suhu kao, a rock that pierces the bottom. 
Mota mwalo. 
mwalo 2. maalimwalo, a platform, a staging. 
mwamwadilita U., adj., without blemish. 
gerund. Wango. 
MWANE 
mwamwadoleta i‘o mwamwadoleta, patient. 
mwamwakaula‘a adj., of medium lightness 
cf. mwamwate. 
mwamwaki S., wantonly; horo mwamwaki, to 
kill wantonly. 
mwamwakinge v. n., wantonness. 
mwamwako‘a S., adj., prickly, dango mwa- 
mwako‘a. 
mwamwanoto adj., quiet. 
mwamwanga S., a few; used with inz 2. 
mwamwangaini odd ones, some here and 
there. 
mwamwasu U., wala‘anga mwamwasu, up- 
braiding words. 
mwamwasu'‘i S., partic., of none effect, in vain; 
kire ko mwamwasu'i eni hungunge, they 
become unfruitful. 
mwamwate S., to be of light weight. ha‘amwa- 
mwate‘'a. Viti mamada, light; Niué 
mama. 
mwamwatekola n., dust, flue, rubbish. 
mwana 1. v. i., to cover, to feign, to pretend. 
mwana haahi, to make pretence. 
mwananga v. n., mwananga haahilana, a 
cloaking. 
Mmwanamwana n., 
closure, deck. 
mwana 2. S., used to express the numerals 
above ten (pe‘s 2); used also with units 
to express the tens. mana U., awala 
mwana ‘enite ‘oto, how many more than 
ten; awala mwana rue, ten and two, 
twelve; totola mwana hai, 440. Viti 
mani, 
mwanamwana‘a adj., decorated. 
mwane 1. n., a male, man, boy; added to proper 
names and to certain other words to 
denote sex distinction. mga mwane, a 
man; mu mwane, the males; mwane, mu 
mwane, ro mwane, all used as exclama- 
tions; mwane poo, mwane ‘usu, barrow 
pig, dog; a mwane kenturion, the cen- 
turion; mwane ineu, my dear fellow; 
mwane ana a ola, such-and-such a fellow; 
mwane ana a Uge, the man called Uqe; 
mama‘u ni mwane, a fearful lot of men, 
beyond count; hota ni mwane, all the 
boys who are eligible for ha‘amalaohu; 
ile mwane, ini mwane, male; mwane 
kurekure, a witch doctor; haka lude 
mwane, a vessel in the labor trade; 
mwane maa‘i ineu, my dear fellow; uri 
ga‘une nge mwane, I mean that the head 
is the male; séu mwane, to commit 
murder; sdéu mwanenga, murder. 2. 
used to denote sex. ola mwane, male; 
mwane kdule, male frigate-bird; e lai 
mwane diana, fine, beautiful. 3. belong- 
ing to males, holy, ola ni mwane; nume 
ni mwane, church; kara ni mwane, 
yam pudding (hinanga) used in sacri- 
fices. Gilbert Islands mane, Florida 
mane, Malay mon, omant, manesh. 
mwane 4. adv., lest. mwane da na kolu 
mae, lest we die; mwane e ‘ue, why 
not; mwane ‘o ro‘urohute‘inie ngaralaku, 
hold not thy peace at my tears; mwane 
a covering, hatchway 
