_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.
_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.