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wadding
B báuriri. a wadding to a gun.

waddling
O katiobuki¹. a waddling gait, fall on posterior, a tumble, a somersault.

wade
B katábo'airi. to wade in the salt water, bending over till the water reaches the chin.

wag
O maeiei. maeiei, mamaieie: to shake, to wag, to wave, to tremb to be agitated, to be shaken.
O makei². karanga ni makeia: to cause to gambol, to play the wag.
O wi n rang. humbug, boaster, wag.
O wi-mari. good story teller in pejorative, braggart, harmless wag, joker.

wage
O bo⁵. price, value, cost, wage, compensation, reward, answer.

wager
O kabeta¹. from beta: to bet more heavily (cards), to increase wager.

wages
O bakabai. payment, wages, bets, salary.

waggish
O kiririnang. frolicsome, waggish.

wahoo
G b'aára. wahoo (sm).
G bárakua. wahoo (sm).
G báratau. wahoo (sm); small one (ll).

waif
O aobaaki. te aobaki: waif, stray, wreck, person rejected, abandoned.

wail
O baebaeta. to lament over, to wail over, to cry...
O tang¹. tangitang: a cry, plaint, wail, complaint, reclamation, sound, siffle, peal, creak.
B tánginiwénei. to ngage in mourning for the dead, to wail.
O tangorake. to heave great sighs, to wail, to groan.

waist
O korea. te korea n nuka: the waist.
B nuúka. the lower waist, the middle.
B úrua. upper part of the waist just below the ribs.

waistcoat
B weétikoti. a waistcoat, a vest.

waist-mat
B kábae. a waist-mat cord prepared for lashing.
B kaburáerae. a waist-matwith an ornamental upper fringe.

wait
O aurama¹. to wait... to watch for person to be met.
O bong. ngke bong: last night kabonga: to wait till night, till dark, to stay the night at ...
O bongibong. kabongibong: to wait, to wait till darkness sets in.
B ingáinga. impatientce in waiting for the time to eat or go.
B kabáibæta. to wait upon the wind until it is stronger.
B kab'akanákoa. to wait until after another has gone.
B kabónga. to wait or last till night.
B kabóngibonga. to wait till night.
B kaiaráea. vt iara to wait for season of neap-tide.
B káiarakéa. to wait for high tide.
B kaingábonga. to wait till morning.
B kamóta. to wait upon a harvest or shower until it is over.
B kangáina. to wait till daylight.
O kantaninga. kantaninga, kakantaninga: to have patience, to wait, to hope.
B kaoiæ/kia. to wait for the time of new moon or a few days before it.
B káoranákoa. to wait for low tide before going a fishing.
B kaoráoraa. to wait for lower tide.
O karakeman. to wait for a favourable time (of moon) for lobster fishing, to fish for lobster.
B katáimaráua. to wait for the middle of the afternoon.
B katáirikia. to wait until evening, to finish the day.
O katairoa. to wait till dark.
B katawanóua. to wait until noon.
B kúaa. to care for, to nurse, to wait on.
O naru. e torotoro Ten Naru: to wait foolishly or uselessly.
O tai taing. wait! don't move! wait a minute!
B taibaábu. let be, let alone, wait a bit (used imperatively>.
B táinga. taingai wait for me.
O tainga. antiquated word for taninga: to wait.
B taitabaábu. (used imperatively) stop, stay, wait a bit, hold on a bit.
B taitáing. (used imperatively) stop, stay, wait a bit, hold on a bit, desist, let be, let alone.
B tæ/ningaa. to wait for.
O taninga¹. tataninga: to wait.
O taninga Nei Kona. wait for Nei Kona, to wait a long time.
O tantani. to watch over, to guard, to supervise, to lie in wait, to watch, to keep vigil.
B tatæ/ninga. frequentative of taninga to wait for.
O tei. tei, teteitei: to stand, to be standing upright, to stand up, to be stationary, to halt, to stop, to wait, to hesitate, to be undecided.
B tikaábu. to stop, stay, hold on, wait a bit.
O ua⁵. to wait until, have patience till, insist until, remain until ...
O wia¹. kawia: to make ..., to wait till the moment of ..., ... the occasion of ...

waiter
B tabónibai. a servant, an attendant, a waiter.
O touati. steward, waitress, waiter.

waiting
O taninganinga. waiting lazily, idly.
O toka-nei-moa-aine. inactive, inert, waiting (like fowl hatching eggs), timorous, pusillanimous, waiting foolishly.

waitress
O touati. steward, waitress, waiter.

wait till
O ka. to make, to do, to cause, to render, to provoke, to urge to, to wait till, to let, to let ripen, to give time to, to permit.

wake
B ánoai. calm streak, wake of a craft.
B ánoai. make a track or a wake as a craft.
O bakaro¹. bakarokaro: a feeble wake of light, an intermittent pale glimmer, phosphorescent glimmer, spark.
O inimaki. inimaka: to move abruptly, to set in motion abruptly, to wake up, or wake someone suddenly, to rush into.
O kubaraki. kuba rake, kuba nako: to start, to give a start, to wake with a start.
B mæ/nængo. wakeful at night, often waking.
O mata⁵. (2) the wake or wash of rapid canoe, footprints, traces, wake, marks, prints.
B nib'áraa. wakeful, restless.
O tari³. te tari, te taritari: the wake of fish, ... canoe.
O taritari. (3) furrow, wake.
O tikurere. rustling <rustle>, wake or furrow made by bait drawn by line, something alluring <allure>, enticing bait.
O ua-tari. (3) to make or leave a wake, wash, track in water.
O uti². to get up, to swell, to lift up, to wake up, to raise up, to stand on end, to be awake, to be up, lifted up, swollen.
O utibanae. to wake up with a start.
O wenei. (2) shooting star, bolide, aerolite, meteorite, fugitive, fleeting light, rapid passage, phosphorescent wake.

wakeful
B rírika. wakeful.

wakefulness
B kámweúti. causing wakefulness.
B karírika. to cause wakefulness.

wake up
O ueke. kauekea: to wake up, to make alert, to smarten, to excite, to make lively, animated.

walk
B aubéabea. very slow in walking.
B aubéabea. slowness in walking.
O babai wae. to go or walk stealthily.
O barakaraka. to walk uneasily, unsteadily, to go or do with hesitation or difficulty.
B butæ/nuwae. to walk.
B éuta. lift the foot as in walking.
B éutániwae. walk.
O kabuti. a walk, parade, evolutions of dance step.
B kakib'áoa. to cause one to walk in a stooping attitude.
B kanakonákoa. to make to walk.
B kanáokoro. to walk by one's self.
O kanenei. kanenei nako ... nakon ... to go, to walk, to act with decision, spirit, determination in following one's way, to dash.
O karae. to walk, to proceed, to sail in roundabout way, to zig zag, to swerve, to go a roundabout way.
B katæ/rikeke. vi tarikeke to walk or step on the fore part of the sole.
O katiki. kakatiki; procession, walk, stroll.
B katióriri. to walk so as to swing the fringe of a riri in walking, so as to arrest attention.
O kauki-ang. kauki ang: to go for a walk, to take the wind (canoe).
B kawáetata. to walk rapidly.
O kawainimone. to walk in single file.
B kím'ai. slow in learning to walk.
B kiribwébwe. to walk side by side.
B mwemweáero. walk in one's sleep.
B nákonako. to walk.
B nákonako. walking, going.
O nakonako. walk, stroll, displacement, voyage, movement, to publish, to make known ...
B óko. staff, cane, walking stick.
B rángata. rangati waem: to make to walk fast.
O rangataki. (1) to walk quickly, to hurry.
B re. to walk on the hands in sport.
B taebóebo. to walk briskly.
B tébetebe. to walk lame, as a man with a springhalt.
O tiki. katiki: to stroll, to take a walk, to process.
O toua katea. fig. to walk or go quickly with precaution (as person carrying sail yard along edge of canoe in order to tack).
B tóuakatéa. to walk rapidly.
O turabeau. moving, dragging, sliding with difficulty, ... slowly through faulty construction (canoe), through physical deformity (pers.), to walk laboriously, to drag oneself along.
O wae ni kinouti. to walk, or go with light tread.
O wae ni koroa. to walk with ...
O wae ni kun. to walk like kun, dance step, small quick steps with sudden stops on one leg, walk like crane m.
O wae ni were. to walk with poise, with precaution (as when looking for were shell fish).
B waekíekie. to walk with a springhalt.
B wáemwere. to walk slowly, to be slow in arriving.
B wáenikóroa. to walk on stilts.
B wáenimæn. to walk rapidly.
O waerebutata. to walk, or go with quick steps. .
B wáeremwe. to go or walk slowly.
B wáeremwe. slow walking, late arrival.
O waeribono. to walk with short steps, close steps.
O waeroa. to walk with long steps.
B wáetata. to go or walk rapidly.
B wáetatáwe. to walk rapidly.
O waetebe. waetebetebe: to lift one leg and throw it forward when walking.
B wáetoka. to walk briskly.
O waetoka. rapid walk, haste.
B watangáina. to swim on the back, to walk with the face turned upwards.

walker
O wae mwere. a slow walker.

walking
B búni. slow in walking or climbing.
B kib'áo. standing or walking with the body inclining forward without much bending of the back.
B kiribéubeu. not idiomatical, stumbling in walking or talking.
B tæ/tatæta. to stumble, to stumble along in walking, to stagger.

walk on
O tou³. toutoua: to step on, to walk on, to trample, to stamp on, to drive back, to push back, to press on.

wall
B aáia. pile or lay as a stone wall.
O bono. a closing, a fastening, a wall, dyke, jetty, pier, breakwater.
O bonobono. a low wall, a stone boundary, a kerbstone, a curb, a patch for mending.
B íngunako. fall to pieces as a pandanus fruit or stone wall.
B ma. low stone wall on a flat for catching fish.
B nòno. breast-work, a fort, a wall.
O nono. a pile, mass, wall, tower, fort, trench.
O rariki. side, flank, wall.
O taeba. tae-o ...: to make wall tae-buia ...: to make platform or floor.
O taeo. to make wall, or partition by tying ba side by side.
O wae ni ma. (1) arm of fish trap, low stone wall which gathers fish towards ma (fish trap) in form of V.
B wáenim'a. a low stone wall running toward the shore from a ma by which to run fish into it.

walrus
B wárati. a walrus.

wan
O inaki-wara-wara. pale, sallow complexion, wan (of sickness).
O taetoba. paleness of recently confined and nursing mothers, pale, sallow, wan.
O tawere. pale, wan, ghastly.

wand
O kainonoki. (myth) name of man transformed into a whale, a giant whale, special magic wand which was pointed towards whale while saying magic formula to protect canoe.
O rio¹. te kai ni kario: rod or wand waved about to obtain inspiration.

wander
O batirae. batirae, batiraereaea, babatiraereaea: to wander.
O biriaitua. to run here and there, to wander about, to be always on the move, to get off the subject.
B bukitíotio. to wander, to roam about.
O butinaiwa. to wander, to roam, to ramble about.
B ikawaáwa. strolling about, wandering around.
O ikawawa. to go here and there, to wander at random (pers.).
O koroa. to wander here and there.
O raerua. to wander to and fro, to lose one's way.
O rerebaua. to wander here and there, to roam about, to flit about, to run here and there.
O rerebu. to roam, to wander, to run here and there, to roam about;
O taurere. tataurere, taurererere, taurerea: to wander, to run here and there, to gad about.
O tio. katiotioa nanona: to let mind, thoughts wander.
B tíotio. frequentative of to wave as a flag, to roam or wander about.
O wa⁶. ikawawa: to wander around in mobs, gangs, etc., vagrancy of number of persons together.

wanderer
O butirawa. abandoned, forsaken, without house or home, wanderer.

wandering
O batirae. wandering, straying.
G kíriri. <bird> wandering tattler (The bird is dark grey above and has soft bluish-grey wavy lines on a pale grey or whitish background on the underparts; The bill is fairly long, straight and dark grey, while the legs are dull. There is a conspicuous light superciliary streak and a dark grey eye streak from the base of the bill.) (aa).
O tio. fickle, vagrant, roving <rove>, wandering here and there.

wanderkabuti
O mata¹. kaoi mata: wipe eyes, console kabuti mata: to let eyes wanderkabuti mata ni katobibi: to look all around.

wane
O maki. closed together (leaves), closed (curled up as dried leaves), closed (books, eyelids, oysters), waned (visibility, flame).
B rjn. to wane as the moon.
O ruo. ruo, ruruo, ruoruo: to descend, to fall, to decline, to be on the wane, to fall off, to grow old, to lose (in game).

want
O akea. ae akea: nothingness, want of, absence of. a. not being, not having, empty, etc.
O aronga¹. approach of a bad harvest, scarcity, want, famine.
O baka³. decadence, want, turn to play (cards).
O baka n rang. to feign poverty... want.
O butare. bubutare, boi tare (S.). privation, want, ill luck at fishing.
O kai¹. 3. pain: suffering (physical or moral), particular sickness, want, privation, need, misery.
O kan. to desire, to wish, to will, to want to.
O tangira¹. tangira, tangirangira: to love, to cherish, to have affection for, to desire, to wish, to want, to covet, to crave.
O tare. tatare, kitaretare, nikitaritari: deficiency, insufficiency, lack of, scarcity, want.

wanting
O ringoungou. hard to satisfy (with food), always wanting more.
O toara. wanting, not enough, without partner, help, second, opposite, odd number, incomplete, badly seconded <insufficient>.

wantonly
O baka n rerei. to jest, to banter, to treat wantonly, to tease, to joke.

war
B báurua. a large canoe or proa, for war, or interisland sailing.
O bo². te bo ni buaka: a battle, a war.
B búaka. war.
B búaka. to wage war, to engage in war, to be tempestuous, stormy.
O buaka². war, combat, fight, tempest, bad weather, conflict, <battle>.
B búakana. to wage war against.
B kamáiu. one spared in battle or war for a slave.
B katórobúaka. to encamp in anticipation of war.
O koto. e mwemwe te koto: war is declared.
B mwéuti. a condition of anxiety unfavorable to sleep as in war.
B tæ/nomæki. greatly excited as a multitude as by a rumor of war.
B tókabeti. coming into possession of much land after a war.
O uouan te kai. war dance.

warbler
G bokikokiko. <bird> warbler (The upper parts are greyish with whitish tips to the feathers; The underparts are mostly whitish, tinged with pale grey on the sides and with pale yellow on the breast; The legs and feet are grey and the bill blackish above, flesh colored below.) (aa).

war club
B bæ/tiraku. a war club.

ward
O bung¹. ana ni bung: charm for ... uma ni bung: labour ward (house).
O rere¹. e rerea kaina: he nimbly warded off the blow.
B toutóua. to ward off.
O uma ni bung. labour ward, hut for ...

ward off
O katoki-kai. katoka kaina: to ward off a blow.
O otokai. otea te kai, kabaka te kai: to break, to ward off ill-luck, to take away, to withdraw a punishment, to take one's revenge on ..., to pay back, to get even with.
O tua². katua, kakatua, katuanakoa: to make deviate, rebound, to turn aside, to ward off a blow, a shock.
O tuakai. katua kai: to ward off blow.
O tuka. tuka te kai: ward off a blow tuka man te: to protect from ...

warm
O abue. moderately warm, more than lukewarm.
B ang. warm.
O aang³. a angi baia: they warm their hands at the fire.
B aánga. warm.
O anga. to warm, to warm oneself at the fire.
B aángibúe. warm.
B bóbai. uncomfortably warm when trying to sleep.
O kabue. warm (weather), terrifically hot.
O kabuebue. kabuebue, kakabuebue: being warm.
B kángibuéa. to warm.

warmth
O kabuebue. heat of fire, warmth.

warn
O borika. (kai ni kamaen) Tuangai, borikai, kaetai: warn me, redress me, direct me.
O ongo tao. ka-ongotaoa: to inform, to warn, to let know by spreading rumour.
O tua³. tua, tutua, tuatua: counsel, advice, information, notification, warning, caution.
O tuanga. from tua: to command, to warn, to inform, to counsel, tell>.

warning
O eti. te kaeti: rectification, asking permission, putting in order, a notice, a warning.

warp
B nínib'áo. curved up. warped, as a coconut husk.
B nínib'áoua. warped, drawn up as a person lying down, repeated curved as a stick.
B ro. a girdle, a cable, a warp.

warped
B kóu. excited, stirred up, agitated, warped.
O ninibaoua. warped, twisted, crooked, distorted.

warrior
O atinro. n.a. atinron Tarawa, atini kaura, kauran Tarawa: the strong man, the preeminent warrior, the hero, the pillar.
O Bouru. te tia Bouru: a fierce warrior, implacable.
O buaka². te tia buaka: warrior te tanga ni buaka: an army, soldiers.
O kaburoronteun. an ancestor, a warrior.
O tabokaikai. a warrior armed to the teeth.

wars
B tæ/nua. tanuani buaka rumors of wars.

warship
O maniua. manua (man ni wa or man te wa: (2) manuao (man of war) warship.
O manuao. man o'war, warship.

wart
B nóngai. a wart.
O nongai. wart.

wary
O aomano. fig. reserved, discreet, circumspect, wary, sly, artful, cunning, sullen.
B mæ/takai. skilled in avoiding a sudden thrust, wary.
O mautara. mautara: to take precautions, to be prudent, circumspect, cautious, wary.

wash
O bururu¹. te kabururu, kabururua: to wash one's face, morning toilet.
B írea. rub, wash.
B iréire. wash, rub.
B kábururu. to wash, to engage in washing the face and mouth with the hands and fingers.
O kabururu. kakabururu to wash one's face, to rinse one's mouth, to cleanse, to splash, to sprinkle, to squirt water from mouth to bathe babies.
O mata⁵. (2) the wake or wash of rapid canoe, footprints, traces, wake, marks, prints.
B tebóka. to water as a plant, to wash, to bathe, to baptize.
O teboka. to pour water on, to wash, to bathe, to bath, to cleanse, to wash one's face, to baptize.
B toóbuna. to wash with soap, to soap.
B turúnga. to wash as a garment as by pounding on a plank.
O ua-tari. (3) to make or leave a wake, wash, track in water.
B uaáti. wash.
B uaáti. work of washing clothes.
B uaátia. wash.
B uauaáti. frequentative of uati wash.
B uauaátia. frequentative of uatia wash.

wash board
O baba³. a board, plank, used for divers purposes; for ex. a wash board, surf board, etc.
O baba³. baba ni wati: wash board.
B káretæba. a wash-board in the bows of a canoe.

wasp
O manibero. a large wasp, bee.

waste
O aabu. to waste away.
O bakake. to waste, to have no care of (food, harvest, children, etc.).
O bakatae. to waste, to squander, to lavish, to dissipate.
B bakatáea. to squander, to waste.
O bataka. kabataka: to make dry, to let get dry, to lose, to waste.
O bua. loss, perdition, waste, damage.
O bururu¹. te bururuni bai: waste matter.
O kangi bai. to win the stakes (at cards), to waste, to squander in any way.
O karebuia. to go from house to house, to waste time.
O kataeare. waste, wasting.
O katurara. to let fall here and there, to waste (of food).
O kimaua. kimaua: to waste, to squander.
O manenibai. thing used or worn, waste, reject.
O matebuaka. I matebuaka: I waste my time.
O tao². kataoa, kataonakoa: to make or let overflow, to pour out, to fill too full, to put in excess, to let go to waste, to deduct, to take off.
O taonaba¹. expression of pity, regret for loss, waste, damage.
O uruaba. to devastate, to lay waste, to work havoc.
O urubai. to destroy, to devastate, to lay waste, to break, to smash, to upset, to dismantle.

wasted
O bubura¹. te bubura ni baki: starved, wasted away, malnutrition symptoms.

wasteful
B kim'aáuau. improvident, wasteful.
O kimaung¹. wanting in foresight, negligent, wasteful, squandering, dilapidated.

wasting away
O bakitaia. thin from sickness, wasting away, vegetating, skinny, rickety, frail, undernourished.
O bamate. languishing, wasting away.

watch
O auantai. clock, watch, alarm clock.
B káran. to be on the watch against, to stand guard.
O karan¹. an ambush, watch, ambuscade.
O matau¹. matauakina: to observe, to keep an eye on, to watch.
B matáuna. look out for watch,.
O matauna. to observe, to watch carefully, to examine, to keep account of, to keep check.
B rab'árab'ana. to guard or watch over, to look out for.
O tai². (1) clock, watch.
B tæn/tæni. the keeping watch, watchfulness over a place.
O tantani. to watch over, to guard, to supervise, to lie in wait, to watch, to keep vigil.
O tantania. to watch over, to guard, to keep watch.
O taobura¹. tataobura: to keep an eye on, to watch someone's behaviour before taking action.
B taokæ/bia. to waylay, to watch for one.
O tara³. tatara te tei: keep an eye on the child, watch it, look after it taratara: to watch attentively, to be awake, vigilant, not asleep.
O tararua. to watch constantly, vigilantly, to take great care of, to be solicitous about.
O taratara. to keep watch, to look well at, to pay attention, to take notice, to be awake, vigilant, attentive.
O tauan tai. clock, watch.
B táuantaai. a clock, a watch.
O taubea. to take care of, to look after, to have in one's care, to watch over (a person) as escort or chaperon.
O taukiro. takiroa: to spy on, to watch, to survey.
O tauoa. to supervise, to watch, to keep, to cherish lovingly.
B téi. kind, sort, variety, a watch as on ship-board, a standing.
O teiakina. (1) to guard, to watch, to be on duty, to be on guard.
B torokáræn. to be on the watch for a thief.
B torokárania. to watch for a thief.
B wáti. a watch.

watcher
O karan¹. te tia karan: watcher, man on look out.

watch for
O aurama¹. to wait... to watch for person to be met.

watchful
B kamæ/rurunga. to make one's self watchful or wide awake.

watchfulness
B karíaria. constant watchfulness for an arrival.

watching
B katáratara. to engage in watching by night, to keep awake.

watchman
O tantani. te tia tantani: sentry, watcher, guard, guardian, night watchman.

watch over
O akinna. to take care of, to look after. kawakinna: to look after, to preserve, to keep, to watch over.
O taubeakina. tataubeakina: idem. (persons, things) to take care of, to watch over, to guard, to have charge of ...

water
B áoka. water which is poured on scraped coconut as a solvent.
B íakébokebo. full of water as a rua or canoe.
B íbu-ni-kátio. coconut shell for water not tied to a second.
B ítia. scoop up as water, dip, ladle.
B kákenga. a collection of coconut-shell water bottles.
O kamoa. to water animals, to give a drink to, to water (plants).
B káro:. very deep water, water dark beause deep.
B katæ/ti. having bold water, deep close to shore.
B kawanéinea. to make too watery.
B kawáwa. to engage in collecting dripping rain water.
B kawawáea. to collect dripping rain water.
B mæm. fresh water.
O mam. fresh water. ant. tari: salt water.
B mæ/rawa. ocean, deep sea, deep water.
O maua ni kua. is said of ditches full of water.
B maáwanéinei. smooth as still water.
B néi. fresh water pool or pond.
O neinei. (1) sheet of water, marshy, swampy, liquid.
B ræn. fresh water, sap, juice.
O ran. water, fresh water, liquid, juice, sap, milk.
B raánga. a temporary stream of rain water.
B ræn/ni. the water in a ripe coconut.
O ranni. the water from ripe coconut.
O rannoa. dirty water, washing-up water, washing water, suds, etc.
B ráutæri. water for rinsing after bathing in salt-water.
O rautari. (ra'utæri) fresh water for bathing after swim in sea.
O roa¹. roa, roaroa: to get water with ...
B ruwá. to go by water.
B taári. salt water, salt, a sea.
B tæ/ri. rippled by fish, as the surface of the water.
O tari. (1) (no article) sea, salt water, sea water.
O taritoa. limited water around an island, its territorial waters, inside boundary or dividing line between two islands.
B tæ/rotæro. water in a shell or cup for a wan with which to sharpen a knife.
O tarotaro. the water off grindstone.
B tatáurake. to come up in great schools of fish into shallow water.
B tebóka. to water as a plant, to wash, to bathe, to baptize.
B téboræn. to play at water throwing.
O teboran. v.t. teborania: to play at throwing water on each other.
B tjm/tjm. to drop, as water.
B uúra. throw salt water onto a rai to frighten the fish away.
O uria ni bati. to sprinkle and hit with batiraku dipped in a kind of sacred water.

watercourse
O ranga³. flowing, to place in which water flows, watercourse, streaming.

waterproof
O karau¹. bai ni karau: raincoat, waterproof, etc.

waters
O teboka. e teboka arokana: he waters his plants.

water-soaked
B róto. damp, water-soaked.

waterspout
O karau¹. te karau wa n anti: waterspout.
O nakiniwae¹. waterspout, tornado, cyclone, magic spell to ward off cyclone, hurricane, etc.

watertight
O au¹. auna to caulk, to make watertight.
O mano. mano, mamano: water tight, sheltered, covered, under cover, sheltered from the rain, ... the air, ... from sight (tan: sheltered from wind).

watery
O bunran. watery, too much liquid, not sweet enough.
O butikeke. swimming in water, oil (food), too greasy, watery, too oily.
B ræn. watery, as karewe which has been mixed with too much water.
O ranran. liquid, watery, juicy, full of water, excessive water.
O ruamakana. diluted, too watery, too thin (food, drink).
O titi¹.

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