| B |
i:/a | |
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adv |
where? (interrogative) |
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vt |
grate, grind |
| B |
ía | |
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n |
gray hair |
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n |
vein |
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n |
state of tide |
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pron |
them, often a suffix pronoun and often connected to verbal root by i, indicated by i' their a suffix pronoun |
| O |
ia | |
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from |
i |
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vt |
to grind, to grate, to pulverize. |
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v |
falling abundantly as in the following. |
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ex |
e ia te karau: it is raining and raining |
| O |
ia1 | |
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adv |
where (interrog.). |
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ex |
ko maeka ia?: where do you live? |
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ex |
ia abam?: what country do you belong to? what nationality are you? |
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ex |
ko nako ia?: where are you going? |
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ex |
ko nako mai ia?: where do you come from? |
| O |
ia2 | |
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n |
a vein, an artery |
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ex |
ian te rara. |
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ex |
e bure te ia: the vein is distorted (varicose) cramped, spasm> |
| O |
ia3 | |
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n |
nerve, muscle, tendon. |
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ex |
e tiki te ia: the nerve is strained |
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ex |
e bure te ia: a cramp <spasm> |
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ex |
ian te korakora: the nerve of strength |
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ex |
iaia: to have cramps |
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ex |
taka iaia: to shiver, to tremble, teeth chattering |
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vc |
ka iaia: make, cause ... |
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ex |
ka iaia mangaina: to move the jaws |
| O |
ia4 | |
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n |
grey or greying hair. |
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ex |
e a teke te ia: the hair is beginning to go grey |
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ex |
e a koro te ia, e takaiaia te atu: altogether white |
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ex |
iaia |
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vc |
ka-iaia: to make or let grow gre |
| O |
ia5 | |
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adj |
poss. suff. of 3rd per. plur. their. |
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ex |
atuaia: their God |
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ex |
atuia: their head |
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ex |
taekaia: their reputation. |
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note |
see compound words below -- |
| O |
ia | |
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n |
tide, flow, flux, ebb. |
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ex |
te moan ia: beginning of spring tides |
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ex |
te o n ia: spring tides at highest point |
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ex |
te iara: neap tides |
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ex |
te kabi n iara: neap tides at lowest ebb-tide |
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ex |
te ia kamate: half tide (between neap and spring) |
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ex |
te ia n ora: lowest point at time of spring tide. |
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syn |
oratangetange, te toki n ia: last of spring tides (taitoki). |
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vc |
ka-iarakea: wait for the tide, the ebb. |
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vc |
ka-ia n ora: wait for ... |
| O |
ia7 | |
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suf |
to tr. verbs followed by animated plural object. |
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ex |
ko na batiboia: you must beat them |
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ex |
N na tuangia: I will tell them |
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ex |
a angania te batoro: they gave them the bottle |