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a.
suf.
him, her, it, a suffix pronoun following an active transitive verb, usually united to the root by i.
pron.
they, when in the nominative case. in this case it is always followed by the predicate.
aux.
a sign of the perfect tense, or of action just completed, often used to express a future immediate action.
affirmative particle much like am, are, is, etc.
n.
under side.
core base of the pan bunch.
n.
stick used in netweaving for measuring the meshes.
n.
marine animal with thorns.
n.
dandruff.
vi.
gape.
a.
four, always followed by a numeral suffix, ai, ua, ung, man, na, kai, kora, or by a certain noun as bong, ririki, ritoro, inaki, atao, ba, or by certain adjectives as bwi, bubua, etc,.
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suf.
it (p.p. object suffix of the 3rd pers. joined to v.t.). It is joined to the root word either directly or by the intermediary of an i or an e or by redoubling of the preceding consonant or redoubling itself.
ex.
katekea: pierce it.
ko noria: you see it.
I kamamaea: I made him ashamed.
a tiringnga: they killed it.
e kabaka: he let it fall.
a kanna: they ate it, etc.
a1.
suf.
part. sign of v.t. when these have an object in the sing.
ex.
I nora te kaibuke: I see the ship.
e urakina te kai: he carries the stick.
a2.
aux.
preceding verbs to show an immediate past or future and sometimes to express the result of an action or a state attained.
ex.
e a nako: he has gone.
I a kabaia: I am happy.
e a mananga te aba: we are about to go .
a3.
pron.
they.
a4.
adj.
root of the num. adj. meaning four (4), the suff. being either a kind as for example, a-ua, a-kai; or a simple noun.
ex.
a-bong, a-ririki, a-ba.
note.
or again the num. adj. indicating tens, hundreds, thousands, millions:
ex.
a-bwi (40), a-ngaun, a-bubua,a-nga, a-mirion.
aa5.
n.
a sea urchin with poisonous spikes.
aa6.
n.
the heart or core of certain fruit.
ex.
aan te mai: core of breadfruit.
aan te tou: core of pandanus.
aa7.
n.
a kind of flour, kabubu, made from the pandanus fruit and mixed with the core of the fruit as well as the pulp.
see
kabubu.
aa8.
n.
a food prepared from a mixture of the core of pandanus fruit and syrup of toddy. (the core is cooked, minced, dried in the sun and ground beforehand.).
aa9.
n.
a small wooden tool used to shape the mesh in making fishing nets.
aa10.
n.
dandruff, desquamation. a peeling, scaling off.
aa11.
n.
yawn.
v.
to yawn.
ex.
te aa ni kanimatu, te aa ni matu: a sleepy yawn.
e ka-aa-nako: he is yawning, beginning to yawn, he is not interested.
aa12.
n.
aan te: the underneath, the bottom, the base, the groundwork , the foundation.
ex.
an te Ekaretia Petero: Peter is the foundation of the church.
te aa ni kabakoa,... ni kabara: sea bottom favourable for shark fishing.
te aa ro: dark sea bottom.
te aa ota: clear sea bottom.
vt.
ana: to put a prop against, to support.
n.
aanan, aanakin: the act of supporting, being supported.
nv.
fig. antaeka (aan taeka), anibana (aa ni bana): to be subject, yield, submit.
ex.
e riai n antaeka te aine iroun te mane: woman must be subject to man.
n.
fig. an te taeka: hidden meaning of a word.
fig. te antari: distant relatives, distant relative.
ex.
antaru, antarim, antarina, etc.
bu: near relatives or relative.
au bu, am bu, ana bu, etc..
pref.
dim. joined to certain words.
ex.
a-karewe: slightly sweet.
a-bue: slightly warm.
adv.
i an: beneath , under.
ex.
e amarake te katama i an te taibora: the cat eats under the table.
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