maa 3. voc., father; maa nau, father.  S. ma’a.

maabala to no effect; rao maabala, to work unprofitably.  S. maatala.

maabe v. i., to be willing; mu maabe ni elela, you were willing to rejoice.

maadara (gu) n., forehead.  S. dara.

maafu v. tr., to cover with wrappings; maafu maa, to blindfold.

maala an ulcer, a sore.

maaligwou v. i., to be thirsty, gwou 1.

maalimaea enemy. mae.

maalitafa channel in reef.  S. maalitawa.

maamana; ro maamana, father and son.

maasi v. tr., to await, expect.

   maasia adj., while.

maauugala to mock at, used with poss.

mabe v. i., to be obedient, willing; manata mabe, patient.  Cf. gwarimabe.

mabesi v. tr., to correct, rebuke.

madafi v. tr., to perceive, feel.

madalaba oven.

madiu adj., different, other, another, astray; too madiu gi, gentiles,

madiua 1. exclam. well, I never! 2. adj. different.  S. diu.

mae, mamae v. i., to die, to be ill, to be numb, to be eclipsed, of moon.

   maeli v. tr., to die of; bae maeli, to condemn to death.

   maea v. n., death, sickness,

   maela (gu) v. n., death, danger,

   maemaefa v. n., sickness.  S. mae.

mafo v. i., to be healed.  Mota mawo.

magu n. clothing; si magu.

mai 1. adv., here, hither, this way; ita ana mai, hither; ita mai logo, thence.  S. mai,

mai 2. transitive suffix to verb, ala, alamai; fatola, fatolamai.  S. ma’i.

makalokalo adj., in the early morning, used with locative i.

makeso adj., weak, feeble.

Mala 1.  Malaita; Mala baita, Big Malaita; Mala Tout, Little Malaita.

mala 2. mala iteite v. tr., to wound.  Cf.  S. mala masi.

malefo shell money,

malengai coconut,

malimali adj., sweet.  S. malimeli.

malingi adj., split, overturned.  S. malingi.

mamagu; v. i. bae mamagu, to revile.

mamagua n., weakness,

mamaloni adv., only, merely,

mamalu 1.(gu) n., a shadow; 2. v. i., to cast a shadow; sato e mamalu, it is towards evening.  S. mamalu.

mamana v. i., to be true, real; doo mamana, truly; manata mamana, to believe.

   mamanaa truly.