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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.
Mo. And; also; likewise; with; besides.

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'achibo. The cotton tree.
Mo'chi-mo'chi. To crumble.
Mo'co. A species of lizard.
Mocoboo'na. A nephew, or niece.
Mócochía. Cold, chilly.

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.

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Tooli mo'he. Nodding with sleep: to dose.
To brood, as birds; to hatch.

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).

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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-géhe. To defeature; to spoil the appear-
ance of any thing.

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.

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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 fonnoo'a. Coast, or shore.

Ma'tta-he-la'ngi. The horizon.
Ma'tta-he-ta'hi. The sea-shore.

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!
Me. From; (as, from any place).

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 ky. Food.

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.
Méle-méle-gétoo. To hop; to go upon one leg.
Melie. Sweet: any thing sweet.

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.
Mo. And; also; likewise; with; besides.

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.
Mocoboo'na. A nephew, or niece.
Mócochía. Cold, chilly.

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.

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Too'li mo'he. Nodding with sleep: to dose.

To brood, as birds; to hatch.

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