Mátwi

Seen in the folk-tales

• Tubanga iteka; iteka ia ahetu ni mesu mâ, ni mele mâ, ni matui mâ, ni mazunu mâ, ni makanu mâ.We shall make images; images of girls, with their eyes, their breasts, their ears, their noses, their mouths.XXII · told by The same informant as No. II
• Uàtubula o matui mâ, uàta o jibixa; uàtakana o misanga, ni hula; uàuaia o hula; eie uàsema uasu ua mulemba, uàuaia uê; o tumikolo uê uà tu takana.Thou shalt pierce their ears, and put on earrings; thou shalt fetch beads and red-wood; thou shalt smear on the red-wood; thou shalt tap gum of the wild fig-tree, and smear it too; small ropes also, thou shalt fetch them.XXII · told by The same informant as No. II