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raka.
n.
excess, surplus, extension, augmentation, gain, etc.
v.
raka, raraka, rakaraka: to exceed, to surpass, to augment, to increase, to exaggerate, to spread out.
ex.
e raka te ai: the fire has spread.
vc.
ka-raka, karakaraka, kararaka, kakarakaraka: to make exceed, to surpass, to augment, to amplify.
raka1.
n.
measure of length, either by hand (length of extended hand), by foot, length of foot, or by step, length of step;
ex.
te rakana, uaraka, tenraka: one, two, three hands, feet, steps.
vt.
rakata: to measure by hand, foot or steps.
raka2.
vt.
raka, rakaraka: to step over, to stride over, to go over, to go beyond, to transgress.
fig.
infringe, transgress (laws).
raka3.
a.
at fault for having infringed an interdict, a taboo, cursed, bewitched, condemned.
syn.
maraia.
red.
raraka.
ex.
e mate iai ba e raka: he died of it, he transgressed an interdict.
ka-raka:
v.
to make transgress an ..., to give up to ill-luck, to perdition, to make accursed, to bewitch, to cast a spell on, to ruin.
syn.
kamaraia.
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