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mot mena, old clearing grown over with big trees.

maso mot, uncultivated region ;

masaoi motmot, forest.

Mot, 2. v. to cut, break, stop, short off ; adv. short, short off.

nalolok me mot, I am settled in my feelings, vet mot, to speak decisively, once for all ; nonom mot, to make up one's mind, agree, think and bring thought to an end ; paso mot, finish completely.

motmot, redupl. see below.

A common Ocean word. Pol. motu.

Mota, the island, a Mota.

Motalava, part of Saddle I. Mot-lav ; big Mota.

Motarig, Mota as distinguished from Motalava, little Mota.

Motangae, [mo 2.] a clump of trees, grove.

Motar, [moai] title of rank in women's suqe.

Motmena, wood of old trees.

Motmot, 1. forest ; mot 1.

Motmot, 2. adj. broken short in places, separate ; adv. from time to time ; mot 2.

2. to leave off from time to time, stop now and then, here and there.

3. to break over and over again.

Motmot-wora, a careless, easy, giver ; we tenegag ape gae toe motmot.

Motogo, a clump of reeds.

Motogol, a kind of palm with small nuts ; V.L.

Motor, a tall man.

Motu, same as mot.

Mou, adv. thoroughly, utterly ; kor mou, mena mou.

moumoura, adj. complete, quite.

Movetal, [mo 2.] clump of bananas.

Mowur, V. one who does things slowly.

Mu, prep, stem of mun; originally n. ; takes suffixed pron. in mura, murara, and, with less certainty, in munau, munina.

Muimuira, very wet, as firewood.

Mulan, again, moreover.

Mule, 1. V. come, go ; mule tak, carry,

muleva, coming, going, journey, motion.

mulevag, come, go, with.

Mule, 2. to refresh, restore in sickness.

Mulegona, hostile movement, the enemy come or go to make the opponents' country gona ; o tavalalea we mulemule gona ma; kamam me mulegona goro veta; the enemy come hither to molest us; we had already invaded.

Mulemule, [mule 2.] refreshment, damp, moist ; ge mulemule o apei, refresh the mind and spirits ; ape mulemule, with spirit refreshed.

mulemulei, (k) the giving of good things for the comfort and refreshment of the sick.

Muleqleq, a firefly.

Muleva, [mule] v, n. constr. muleve, going, coming, movement, journey.

Mulevag, [mule] to go, come, with.

Mum, 1. to make indistinct hum ; ni gate vava we mum gap.

Mum, 2. a shallow circular pool or reef.

Mumeiatag, shake from unseen cause ; when a pig is running among bushes o mot ti mumeiatag.

Mumumuara, a children's game.

Mumuritiga, [mur 1.] to groan in lifting a weight.