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92 :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.