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._