Reconstruction Level: PN - Polynesian
| Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|
| MA-TILA | Bamboo; bamboo fishing rod; bamboo knife |
| MAA-TINO | Be realised, known, determined: *maa-(s,t)ino |
| MATIWA | Poor |
| MATO | Precipice, steep place, cliff |
| MA-TOFI.A | Be split in two |
| MATUQA.B | Main, principal; also in expressions for "thumb" and "big toe" |
| MAATUQA | Plural of matuqa.c, parent |
| MATUKU.A | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) |
| MAQU.1 | Fixed, firm; constant, persistent, permanent; caught, stuck, snagged |
| MAQU-A | Hold, take, obtain, find |
| MAQU-QALUGA | High, higher, high-ranking |
| MAQUGA | Mountain |
| MAAUI | Name of a legendary hero |
| MAUMAU.1 | Spoiled, wasted |
| MAUMAU.2 | Unfortunate |
| MAUNU | Bait: *m(a(a),o(o))-unu |
| MAA-UNU | Slip off, peel off, be loosened or removed: *ma(a)-unu |
| MAQUTOFU | A plant |
| KI-MAA-UTOLU | First person exclusive plural pronoun (independent): *(ki)maa-utolu |
| MA-WAHE | Separated, divided, parted: *ma(a)wahe |
| MA-WETE | Untied, loosened, separated: *ma(a)wete |
| MA-WEU.* | Disordered, disarranged, in confusion |
| MEQA.A | Thing |
| MEAQA.* | Clean |
| MEGE | Shrivelled, wrinkled |
| MEI.1 | From |
| MEI.3 | Flinch, draw back |
| MEI.4 | Almost, nearly |
| MELE.1 | Reject; defective |
| MELO | Red/brown (Clk) |
| ME-MEA | Goatfish sp., (Mulloidichthys sp.) |
| MENE | Shrink back, withdraw, contract; round, fat |
| MIGI | Curly (of hair) |
| MIGO | Wrinkled, shrivelled (Clk) |
| MILI | Rub, massage; handle (v) |
| MILO.2A | Twist (by hand), as in twining thread, wringing out |
| MISA | Dry up, recede (of water), hence emerge (Ebt) |
| MISI.A | Grieve for |
| MITI.1 | Dream |
| MO | And, with |
| MOQO | For |
| MOA.1 | Fowl (Gallus gallus) |
| MOA.2 | Rip (of sea) |
| MOA.4A | Flower-bud of banana, which is cone-shaped, like a whipping top and the head of traditional dart; *moa(moa) |
| MOA-MOA | Boxfishes (Ostraciontidae): *mo(a)(moa) |
| MOANA | Sea beyond the reef, ocean |
| MOGAMOGA | Cockroach |
| MOHE-GA | Bed, sleeping place, sleeping mat |
| MOHE-RAGA | Sleeping mat |
| MOHE-MITI | Dream |
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