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aeto

Bingham

áeto

vi. rise up straight as smoke.
n. very straight sapling.

Sabatier

aeto

n. a shoot or sprout of a shrub or young tree growing up straight, slender and pointed, a switch, rod.
a. straight, pointed, slender.
ex.
  • te kaeto: a long, thin, straight object.
  • te aeto ni mamira: rod used by composers of rouia in a kind of sorcery called mamira.
  • bon te aeto ni mamira: it is a nice rod like one for....
vc. ka-aetoa: to make straight.