ai
Bingham
ái
n. flint lock musket.
n. fire.
vi. come to a head as a boil.
vi. rise as the moon.
a. numeral suffix.
adv. particle of affirmation.
Sabatier
ai
adj. for counting certain categories; ex. matches, bottles, pieces of wood, big fish, tools, long objects; teaina, uai, tenai, ai, nimai, oneai, itiai, wanai, ruai, tengaun: one, two, three, etc. <(N.) -- tg>.
ai1
intj. word accentuating the exclamation tone of a phrase.
ex.
- ai ko keve!: nonsense!, you are telling a lie!
- ai ngai!: it is I!
note. sometimes it gives the exclamatory tone to the phrase.
ex. ai tenua te namakaina n nako: it is now three months ago.
ai2
pref. as, the same as, in like manner.
ex.
- n ai arou: as I.
- e taetae n ai aron te mane: he speaks like a man.
- ai tamaroa ra!: how beautiful!
- ai bon ngkoe!: well!, it's you!
ai3
adv. word preceding names of relatives to modify the meaning.
ex.
- ai tamau: my uncle (the same as my father).
- ai tinau: my aunt.
- ai taru, ai maneu: my cousins.
ai4
pref. to some words having the meaning of reciprocity.
ex. aioro, aitara, airua, etc. hit one another, look at each.
ai5
suf. to certain words to signify suddenness, rapidity.
ex. enatinai, enarinai, nibaeai, waeai, maeai, menai, etc.
ai6
suf. joined to tr. verbs to show the 1st pers. of the pers. pron. objective case sing.
ex.
- e karineai: he respects me.
- ko na buokai: help me.
ai7
n. the ace (in cards).
ai8
n. the fire.
fig. fervour, passion, ardour.
ex.
- kamaka am ai: stir up your fire.
- ain te nano: ardour, fervour, zeal.
- kakana te ai: add firewood to fire.
ai9
v. to give its fire, get red, glow.
ex. e ai, e ai ota, e a ai namakaina.
ai10
v. to heap up, accumulate, build.
ex. ai-ma: to make a fish trap of stones like a wall; ai-ngao: make a nest.
vt. aia, aiarakea.
red. aiaia.
vc. kaaiarakea.
ai12
root. of aira.
n. ocean current (used only in compound words).
ex.
- e ai-rake, e airio, e ai-nakoiang, e ai-nakoaiaki: the current is going east, west, north, south.
- te ainako: the current flows from the land.
- te ai-raoi: favourable current.
- te ai-buaka: unfavourable current.
vc. kaairakea, kaairioa: wait for the current to turn east, west.
ex. kaairaoia: wait for a favourable current.
ai14
n. coconut crabb (edible),.
sn. Birgus latro.
ai15
n. a big axe.
ai16
n. part of the line used in the game kabane which is held in the hand to make it turn.
ex. ni aia: turn a string around this part.
ai17
n. glimmer, light, spark, radiance, illumination.
v. to glimmer, to illuminate, to sparkle, to shine.
ex.
- e ai mainiku: the east is aglow.
- e ai namakaina: the moon is shining.
Goo & Banner
ai
sn. Birgus latro.
n. coconut crabb (i).
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