Mello. Brown; yellow. Méllo-méllo. Tawny. Mia/w-i. Wreathed; twisted; serpentine: to contort; to twist.. Michi. A dream: to dream. To suck; to inhale. Míli. To rub; to stroke; to smooth down. Mílo. A top; a tetotum; the name of a tree: to spin round. Mími. To make water; to micturate: urine. The pron, ye; your. Mo'a. The domestic fowl. Mo'a tanga'ta. A cock. Mo'a fafine. A hen. Oohígi mo'a. A chicken. Mo'amola. Dryness; dry. Mo'cohoola. An earwig. Mo'como'co. Cold; chilly; cool. Moé. Compounded of mo and he; and the; with the. To press down with the hand or feet; to tread down. Mo'e-mole. A ceremony so called; and used to take off the taboo from persons who have accidentally incurred it: the ceremony consists in touching a chief's feet, &c. Mofooige. An earthquake. Mohe. Sleep; to sleep. Fi'a mo'he. Drowsiness. Tooli mo'he. Nodding with sleep: to dose. Ma'oo. Explanatory; clear; distinct: to define; to make clear. Marly'. An open grass plat, set apart for public ceremonies: there are several on each large island. See Mala'i. Masíma. Salt (muriate of soda). Máta'. A peculiar kind of club, consisting of an entire young tree. Máta' goóli-goóli. A peculiar kind of club, artificially cut in imitation of the mata'. Mataboóle. A rank next below chiefs or nobles. Mata'fa. A cut; a gash; a notch. Mata'ngi. The wind; windy. Ma'tta he mata'ngi. To windward. Matapa'. A door; an entrance into a house or fortress. Ma'te. Death; carnage; slaughter; a corpse: also an eclipse, To die; to wither; to go out as a flame. Ca'no-ma'te. Lean of flesh. Ma'te he la'ä. An eclipse of the sun. Ma'te he mahina. An eclipse of the moon. To guess; to conjecture. Matóchi. Serrated; notched; marked with the teeth of rats or mice. Matóchi-tóchi. See Mato'chi. Matoóa. An old man. Matoóa-tanga'ta. A thrifty, or miserly man. Matóloo. Thick in respect of bulk, or extension (not as to fluidity). Tow matów. To fish. Right, in contradistinction to left. The largest canoe, of a double canoe, Matta. The eyes, countenance, complexion, look, appear ance. Ma'tta-bo'to. Subtle; wise; cunning. Ma'tta-ta'ngi. Peevish; fretful. Matta-téa. Pale in the face; natural paleness of the face. Ma'tta-valve. Quick-sighted. Fúcca boóla ma'tta. To hector; to bluster (to make the face swell, or look big). Ma'tta-kikila. Full-eyed. Ma'tta-tépa. Goggle-eyed. Matta teve. Fearful; cowardly. Matta-loóloo. Owl-eyed. Ma'tta. The eye or countenance (in a metaphorical sense). Ma'tta he hoohoo. The nipple of a woman's breast. Ma'tta he la'ä. The east. Ma'tta mata'ngi. To windward. Ma'tta be oóle. The orifice of the urethra. Ma'tta tów. Having a good eye for taking aim. To act incautiously. Ma'tta valéa. Ma'tta he tófe. Pearls (eyes of oysters). Ma'tta he to'w. The front of battle. Matta-aloochi. The anus; also vexatious, trou blesome. Ma'tta. Edge of any thing; brink; boundary. Ma'tta-he-la'ngi. The horizon. Matta falle. The edge, or threshold of a house. Matta-ma'tta. Having the appearance of; resemblance. Ma'tta-ma'tta cobénga. A cobweb. Ma'tta-ma'tta too'a. Shabby. Matta-ma'tta too'a-a'nge. Shabbily. Ma'tta-ma'tta íta. Angry; having a stern look. Ma'tta-ma'tta to'w. Military; warlike. Matta-ma'tta-égi. Princely; having the appearance of a chief. Mava'va. Acclamation; applause: to acclaim, or applaud. Ma'wle. To vanish; to disappear, as a ghost, or something that has suddenly flown, or gone away. Ma'wquaw. Presently! have patience! directly! Méa. The bread-fruit tree: the bread-fruit. Affairs; matters; things; effects; property: some; a part of. Méa ínoo. Beverage; any kind of drink. Méa vala. Apparel; clothes of any sort. Méa fooa'gi. A present; a gift. Méa ma'ma. Beings, things, or affairs belonging to this world. Mea hotooa. Beings, things, or affairs belonging to the next world. Me-aloo'nga. From above. Méë. A dance: to dance. Mé-fé. Whence; from what place. Me-ha'ge. From above. Méhegita'nga. An aunt. Me-hena. Thence; from that place. Mé-héni. Hence; from this place. Me-hifo. From below. Me-lalo. From below. Méle-méle. To mingle among; strewed among. Méllo. Brown; yellow. Méllo-méllo. Tawny. Mia'w-i. Wreathed; twisted; serpentine: to contort; to twist.. Michi. A dream: to dream. To suck; to inhale. Míli. To rub; to stroke; to smooth down. Mílo. A top; a tetotum; the name of a tree: to spin round. Mími. To make water; to micturate: urine. The pron. ye; your. Mo'a. The domestic fowl. Mo'a tanga'ta. A cock. Mo'a fafine. A hen. Oohígi mo'a. A chicken. Mo'amo'a. Dryness; dry. Moachíbo. The cotton tree. Mo'chri-mo'chi. To crumble. Mo'co. A species of lizard. Mo'cohoola. An earwig. Mo'como'co. Cold; chilly; cool. Moé. Compounded of mo and he; and the; with the. To press down with the hand or feet; to tread down. Mo'e-mole. A ceremony so called; and used to take off the taboo from persons who have accidentally incurred it: the ceremony consists in touching a chief's feet, &c. Mofooige. An earthquake. Too'li mo'he. Nodding with sleep: to dose. To brood, as birds; to hatch. |