Mamo—a small bird with yellow feathers, formerly sacred to royalty. Hence a garment made of its yellow feathers. The bird is nearly or quite extinct, and the ancient robes that have been preserved have fabulous values.
Manao—what one thinks or advises, an opinion.
Manoa—the name of a beautiful valley in the suburbs of Honolulu; also, of an ancient or legendary princess.
Mauna Kea—the White Mountain, from the snow that covers its summit a great part of the year. It is 13,805 feet in height.
Mauna Loa—the Long Mountain, a great volcano, 13,675 feet high. The last eruption was in July, 1899.
Mele—a poem, a song, a hymn, a chant; in particular, the epics of the race, committed to memory and transmitted from generation to generation. Some of these epics are supposed to be hundreds of years old, and are almost as unlike modern Hawaiian as Chaucer is unlike modern English.
Milu—the god of the lower world.
Moi—a sovereign in whom is supreme authority, applied to gods and monarchs descended from the gods; but the title was continued during the half century and more that the Hawaiian government was a constitutional monarchy.
Mokuhalii—the name of the god of sharks. On Hawaii, he was known as Ukanipo.
Newa—a feather-helmet.