mamanaa n., power. S. nanama.
mana used of numerals over ten; aqala mana fai. U. mana.
manata 1. v. i., to think; manata suli to know; manata luga, to for- give; manata too (gu) to remember.
manatai v. tr. to pity.
manataila v. n., 1. pity, mercy; 2. thought. S. manata.
manata 2. v. i., to be quiet, tame. S. manata.
mani; qaimani, to help; qaimani fainau, help me; fatake qaimani, to be a peacemaker.
qaimania, v. n., a company. S. mani.
manu bird. S. manu.
manga time, occasion, place; i kade manga, at the time; i kade manga na, now; si manga uta, when?
mangata (na) n., midst, middle; used with loc. i. S. matanga.
mangisingisi adj., broken in pieces. ngi.
mango (gu) n. life, breath; mango fu, to be sad; mango suu, to faint.
mangoli v. tr., to breathe upon. S. mango.
mao 1. v. i., to dance. 2. n., a dance.
maoli v. tr., to dance; maoli mao. S. mao.
mara- (gu) n. of own accord, alone. S. maraa.
maraqai; alu maraqai, to become red and glowering, of sky.
marigo (gu) n. flesh, body.
matafa- (na) n., too matafana, to know. S. mataqa.
matai, mamatai v. i., to have ague; matai afedali, fever.
mataia v. n., disease, a sick person; si mataia.
matala adj., lone, alone, merely; tefe mwela matala, only son.
matanga (na) n., midst, used with locative; i mangata.
me for mai hither; lea fasi me, come here,
mea 1. (gu) n. tongue; 2. v. i., mea too, to taste of.
meali v. tr., to lick.
meafa (na) v. n.,
tongue; meafana ere, tongues of fire. S.
mea.
meme in pieces; too meme to break in pieces.
mi 1. personal pron. pl. 1. excl. we; used by itself as subj. or follows gami.
mi 2. transitive suffix to verb; ano, anomi.
midi v. i., to taste; midi odonga ana, to taste of.
mode v. tr. to mend, patch.
modela v. n., a patch.
moi adj., broken. S. ’o’i.
moko, momoko 1. v. i., to be corrupt, to smell; 2. n., corruption.
mokola v. n., corruption;
mokofa- (na) v. n., the smell of.