akea
Bingham
akéa
vt. remove bones from a fish or fowl.
akéa
intj. exclamation of surprise or emotion.
n. nothing, not anything, space, void.
Sabatier
akea
n. nothingness, absence, inexistence, emptiness, nothing, naught.
ex.
- tai taekina akean te Atua: don't speak of the inexistence of God.
- ae akea: nothingness, want of, absence of. a. not being, not having, empty, etc.
- iai? akea: is there any? there is none.
- akea n ana auti: he is absent from home.
- akea kanoana: it is empty, there is nothing in it.
- n akea: without, in the absence of...not.
vc. ka-akea (kakea): to deny the existence of..., to disown, to count as naught, to renounce, to deprecate, etc.
n. te ka-akea: renouncement, abjuration.
akea1
intj. exclamation to show surprise.
ex. akea! akea ngai! akea ngaira!: oh! dear me! what an affair!
akea2
idiom. adv. nothing so...,.
ex.
- akea n te kamimi: nothing so astonishing.
- akea ae akea: nothing at all.
- akea ba: lo! and behold!
- akea ba e a roko: here he comes.
- akea te amarake: nothing to eat.