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malatomtommorningAsubena esa yai, malatomtom yai, magu ie tiwa, datu yai.One day, in the morning, the tide went out, at its lowest ebb stage.
malibonflying fox
maliwa1vomit2puke3throw up
maluhilaugh, to
mamasuli1all
mamasuli2many
manawind
manatunawith one's childTa'iede hasala wa manatuna ti lau mulimuli yai.then the young woman went outside with her child.
manubird
masumasuli1many
masumasuli2all
matasharp
mata'asinfeast
matagu1eye, my
matagu2face
matanatip of s.thEna maina i eligali. Ena alahia matana ie au.He shredded his bush string, (and) he tied the tip of his spear.
matau1fear, to2afraid, to be
mate1advthereDun maudo'ina tebe ti oigogosae, mate duni yai ne.All of the village people had already gathered together there at that village.I lau, ie ita nate. Ia waihin saesae alilina.He went and he saw her there. She was a very beautiful woman.2demthat
mate . . . ne1there2those thereNa mate dodoga ne ai gudui, na edi luma aie gabu.But we have closed off those peole there, and we (will) burn their house.
maudo'i1QallNa Liuna. . . ena dodoga maudo'idi luma na'ona yai ti enope'i.But all of Liuna's people were sleeping soundly inside the house.2NPall: used as substitute for an NP.Saha yai ue bawa, e ige'e? Maudo'imiu au pe'i ohi?Where are you sitting,or not? Are all of you completely dead?
maudo'idiQall of them
maudo'inaQall of it
mauli1alive, be2live: be alive i.e., not dead.Esega dumaduma mo ne, i mauli.Just one of them there was alive.3way of life: manner of living.Edi mauli, taba ti laoma, age ta itadi.Their (way of) life, if they (spirits) come, we don't see them.
melumelunchild
memenagutongue, my