M̄ - m̄

m̄aē   n. sky; skae lo daon we ol pijin i stap flae. See: tōkmeren̄.

m̄al   n. sow; pig woman. Category: animal. See: qō.

m̄alm̄al   n. young unmarried woman, teenager; gel.

m̄alm̄albak   n. kind of banana; wan kaen banana we stamba blong hem i bigfala mo hem i gro hae be hem i no karem fulap kakae. Taem ol i kukum i drae we i drae. Category: banana.

m̄alrōw   v. be surprised; sapraes. No mē ēl m̄alrōw. I was surprised. Mi sapraes.

m̄am̄al   v. surprise; sapraes.

m̄am̄as   grated Canarium nuts wrapped in datam̄al leaves and baked in a stone oven. Category: food.

m̄am̄ëv   vi. yawn. No ma m̄am̄ëv. I yawned.

m̄arö   adj. empty; emti. In̄kē o m̄arö wötöv gem. This is just an empty bottle. Hemia wan emti botel nomo.

m̄as   n. goatfish; mustasfis. Family Mullidae.

m̄as sarsar   n. yellowfin goatfish, yellowstripe goatfish; wan kaen wasketfis we ol i stap wokbaot long grup. Ol i longlongfala mo ol i waet wetem smol dal red strip long saed blong olgeta. Lit: ?? goatfish Mulloidichthys sp..

m̄as ten̄ten̄   n. dash-dot goatfish; wan kaen mustasfis. Lit: crying goatfish Parupeneus barberinus.

m̄as an̄an̄   n. goldsaddle goatfish; wan kaen mustasfis. Lit: yellow goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomus. Category: fish, marine.

m̄asawsaw   v. loose, slack; slak. No mē lēg ti o ga in̄ko ma m̄asawsaw vitiag. Mi bin fasem taet wan rop be nao ia i slak finis.

m̄asēlasēl   Coix lacryma. Category: plant.

m̄asērig   cheap; no sas.

m̄at   n. snake; snek.

m̄at tan tes   n. sea snake; wan snek blong solwota we i sotfala mo i stap swim antap long ol wef. ‘snake’. Category: animal.

m̄ataklav   v. very happy; glad tumas. No go m̄ataklav sur o rörö vita no go van a Santo. Mi glad tumas from nius ia se bae mi go long Santo.

m̄ataktak   v. active, lively; bodi i no hevi, bodi i laet. Na tarbēk go m̄ataktak ta lo vanvan a lo sur no gö mörös vanvan a lo. Mi smat blong go long solwota from mi wantem go long solwota.

m̄atēk   n. purple swamphen; redhed, nambiru, longnek. Porphyrio porphyrio. Category: bird.

m̄atēkatēk   trouble; trabol. I vo ine go tog m̄atēkatēk vaga. Man ia i stap mekem trabol oltaem.

m̄atēkmëgërsurletes   n. kind of taro; wan kaen taro we han blong hem i dak lelebet mo kakae blong hem i ful yelo. Lit: swamphen wades towards it in the lake Category: taro.

m̄atētē   n. kind of small spider; wan kaen smol spaeda. Kaen we taem yu tajem web blong hem i seksek. Category: insect.

m̄e   n. banded sea snake; sisnek.

2 • n. name of a traditional dance; nem blong wan kaen kastom danis. Category: animal, marine.

m̄alan   n. surprise; sapraes.

m̄eleg   n. Vanuatu yellow white-eye; nalaklak wetem yelo bel. Zosterops flavifrons.

m̄eleg wö   n. grey-backed white-eye; nalaklak. Zosterops lateralis. Category: bird.

m̄em̄eri   n. tentacle; han (blong nawita).

m̄enek   n. squid.

2 • n. cuttlefish; nawita. Category: marine, animal.

m̄ereg   n. emerald dove; sotleg. Chalcophaps indica. Category: bird.

m̄eter   n. woman of high rank who has studied to learn the true traditional way of life. Category: kastom.

m̄ēdē tele   n. bamboo weaving pattern, two strands over, two strands under, alternating the smooth side facing out, then the rough side facing out.

m̄ēkē   n. above, top; antap. Category: spatial.

m̄ēl   n. cycad; namele. Cycas seemannii.

m̄ēl an̄   n. kind of cycad; kaen namele. Category: plant, tree.

m̄ēm̄ērig   n. octopus tentacle; han blong nawita.

m̄ēninin   vi. slippery; glis.

m̄ēriri   n. kind of perennial climbing tree; brata blong namariu, namariu blong solwota. Acacia simplex.

m̄ēririnek   n. kind of tree; namariu blong solwota. Acacia spirorbis. Category: plant, tree.

M̄ēsēn   n. place name; ples.

m̄ēsir   v. warm; womem.

m̄ëg   n. carver, carpenter, handyman, man who has skill for making things; man we hem i save katem wud, o gat skil blong mekem samting.

m̄ëg simsim   n. man we hem i katem wud sloslo be hem i mekem gudwan.

m̄ëg sōbōr   carve randomly; katem wud olbaot nomo.

m̄ëkër   n. flying fish; flaeng fis. Category: fish, marine.

m̄ël₁   n. green coconut that has water inside but no flesh on the shell; grin kokonas we hem i gat wota blong hem be i nogat mit mo yumi no stap dring from i no swit tumas. not good for drinking yet as they don't have much sweet flavour. Category: coconut.

m̄ël₂    Nēk gem o qaqa, da ine in̄ko, laki o len̄ më m̄ël tek me, ti kōmōrōk a rōn̄teg, ba si ta kōmōrōk miti rōn̄rōn̄teg ti, nēk, in̄ko nēk mi miat.

m̄ës   vi. fall; foldaon.

m̄iak   n. Tahitian chestnut; namambe. Inocarpus fagiferus. Category: plant, tree, food.

m̄iarmōvōl   stillbirth; woman i karem pikinini be pikinini i ded. Category: kastom.

m̄iarten̄   ol noes we ol man ol i mekem wetem flut o wanem, taem ol i mekem vōnō1/4ōlō. Category: kastom. See: vōnōm̄ōlō.

m̄ie   adj. first, first born; fas, fasbon. Mö tulëg o m̄ie ma van. He sent the first one. Hem i sendem faswan i go.

2 • adj. leader; lida.

m̄irm̄iar   n. child; pikinini.

m̄isiak   n. coconut leaf mat with only one side; lif kokonas wetem wan saed nomo. Category: weaving.

m̄ivian   n. Coprosma persicaefolia. Category: plant.

m̄olo   n. incubator bird; skrabdak, namalao. Megapodius freycinet. Category: bird.

m̄om̄o   

m̄on   vt. wrap up; paselem.

2 • n. parcel{n}; pasel. Ilēkē o m̄on gē. That's a parcel of kava. Hemia nao pasel kava.

m̄ot   n. Mota, neighbouring island in Banks group; Mota, aelan long Bangkis.

m̄ō   n.loc. before; bifo. Ba a m̄ō min nēn a Vōnō Lav, o tō odian̄ aē. But before with us on Vanua Lava there were no chickens. Be bifo wetem mifala long Vanua Lava i nogat faol. I rētnen rōrō mi miat a m̄ō den rōrō. Their mother died before the two of them. Mama blong tufala i ded bifo long tufala.

2 • n.loc. first, in front; fastaem. Kōmōrōk a var kal siag li tōw, no am̄ō, nē töwur. The two of us walked up the hill, me in front and him behind. Mitufala i wokbaot i go antap long hil, mi fastaem, hem bihaen. Category: temporal.

m̄ōgōt   n. kind of grass; wan kaen gras. People know that when it flowers it is almost the season of rar, dry season. Taem i karem flaoa i minim se klosap taem blong rar. Oplismenus hirtellus. Category: plant.

m̄ōrm̄ōrse   n. bubbles, foam; babol.

m̄ōrm̄ōrsenaw   sea foam; spet blong solwota.

m̄ökölagē   n. food and presents for the house given with bride price; ol samting we ol i givim wetem braed praes olsem kakae mo ol samting blong haos. Category: kastom.

m̄öl   n. orange; aranis. Category: plant, tree, fruit.

m̄öldöl   num. hundred; handred.

m̄öldöl vagōrō   two hundred; tu handred.

m̄öldöl vagtöl   three hundred; tri handred. Category: numeral.

m̄örögötö   n. pallid triggerfish; kaen strongskin. Category: fish, marine.

m̄ösu   old; olfala, wan samting (olsem naef, haos) we hem i olfala.

m̄öt₁   n. bush; bus.

m̄öt luwō   forest; fores, bigfala bus.

m̄öt vadam̄eg   isolated location, interior of island; medel bus.

m̄öt₂   adv. quickly; hariap, kwik. Van m̄öt! Kam kwik!

m̄öt₃   vi. break; brok. O ga mö m̄öt. Rop i brok. See: dalēt; mēlēt.

m̄urës   v. tired?; les. La masawre nēk i sum o gē, taval meren nēk i m̄urës idian. When you drink kava, the next day you are tired. Taem yu dring kava, long nekis dei yu les tumas.

m̄usu   ?. ?

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