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aiai

Bingham

áiai

n. timbers or ribs of a craft.
vi. haul in as a line<fishing>.

Sabatier

aiai

n. ribs or framework of canoe or boat.
ex. te Boto n Aiai: group of stars (they form a v like the pair of canoe ribs), Aldebaran, principal star of head of Taurus.

Topics: Fishing, Sea, canoes and navigation