Chapter M

Maa _Eating._
Maea _Twin children._
Maeo _To scratch one’s self, to itch._
Maï _More, is likewise said_ maine; _it
is an adverb of repetition_ etere,
_to go_, etere-maï _or_
etere-maine, _to go once more, to
go and come again._
Maglli _Cold._
Mala _More._
Malama _The moon._
Malou _Considerable, great._
Mama _Light, not heavy._
Mamaï _Sick._
Manoa _Good-day, your servant; expression
of politeness or friendship._
Manou _A bird, swift_ (_leger._)
Mao _Hawk for fishing._
Mataï _Wind._
Mataï-malac _East or S. E. wind._
Mataï-aoueraï _West or S. W. wind._
Matao _Fish-hook._
Matapo _One-eyed, squinting._
Matari _The_ Pleïades.
Matïe _Grass-herbage._
Mato _Mountain._
Mate _To kill._
Mea _A thing_ (_chose._)
Meia _Banana-tree, bananas._
Metoua _Parents._ Metouatane, _or_ eoure,
_father_; Metouaaine, _or_ erao,
_mother_.
Mimi _To make water, to piss._
Móa _Cock, hen._
Moea _Mat._
Mona _Fine, good._
Moreou _A calm._
Motoua _Grand-son._

N.

Nate _To give._
Nie _A sail of a boat._
Niouniou _A jonquil._

O.

Oaï _Walls and stones._
Oaite _To open._
Oorah _The piece of cloth which they wrap
themselves in._
Ooróa _Generous, he that gives._
Opoupoui _To drink._
Oualilo _To steal, to rob._
Ouaouara, _Aigret of feathers._
Ouaora _To cure, or cured._
Ouanao _To ly in._
Ouare _To spit._
Ouatere _The helm’s-man._
Ouera _Hot._
Oueneo _That does not smell well, it
infects._
Ouetopa _To lose, lost._
Ouhi _Ho! ah!_ (_hé._)
Ouopé _Ripe._
Oupani _Window._
Oura _Red._
Ouri _Dog and quadrupeds._

P.

Pai _Periagua._
Paia _Enough._
Papa _Wood, chair, end every piece of
furniture of wood._
Papanit _To shut, to stop up._
Paoro _A shell, mother-of-pearl._
Parouai _Dress, cloth._
Patara _Grandfather._
Patiri _Thunder._
Picha _Coffer, trunk._
Pirara _Fish._
Piropiro _Stink of a fart, or of excrements._
Pirioi _Lame._
Piripiri _A negative, signifying a covetous
man, who gives nothing._
Po _Day_, (_light_.)
Póe _Pearl, ornament for the ears._
Poi _For, to._
Poiri _Obscure._
Poria _Fat, lusty, of a good stature._
Porotata _Dog-kennel._
Pouaa _Hog, boar._
Pouerata _Flowers._
Poupoui _Under sail._
Pouta _Wound._
Poto _Little, minute._

_I know no word that begins with Q._

R.

Rai _Great, big, considerable._
Ratira _Old, aged._
Roa _Big, very fat._
Roea _Thread._

_No word is come to my knowledge beginning with S._

T.

Taitai _Salted._
Taio _Friend._
Tamai _Enemy, at war._
Tane _Man, husband._
Tao-titi _Name of the high priestess, who is
obliged to perpetual virginity.
She has the highest consideration
in the country._
Taoa-tane _Married woman._
Taporai _To beat, abuse._
Taoua-mai _Physician._
Taoumi _Gorget of ceremony._
Taoumta _Covering of the head._
Taoura _Cord._
Tata _Man._
Tatoue _The act of generation._
Tearea _Yellow._
Teouteou _Servant, slave._
Tero _Black._
Tetouarη _Femme barée?_
Tiarai _White flowers, which they wear in
their ears instead of ornaments._
Titi _A peg, or pin._
Tinatore _A serpent._
Twa _Strong, malignant, powerful._
Tomaiti _Child._
Toni _Exclamation to call the girls. They
add_ Peio _lengthened, or_ Pijo
_softly pronounced, like the
Spanish_ j. _If the girl slaps her
hand on the outside of the knee,
it is a refusal, but if she says_
enemoi, _she thereby expresses her
consent_.
Toto _Blood._
Toua-pouou _Hump-backed._
Touaine _Brother or sister, by adding the
word which distinguishes the sex._
Toubabaou _To weep._
Touie _Lean._
Toumany _Action of fencing; this they do
with a piece of wood, armed with a
point, made of harder materials
than wood. They put themselves in
the same posture as we do for
fencing._
Toura _Without._
Toutai _To make the natural evacuations._
Toutη _Excrements._
Toupanoa _To open a window or door._
Touroutoto _A decrepit old man._
Toutoi-papa _Light or fire of the great people_;
niao-papa, _light of the common
people._