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anena

Bingham

ánena

n. foreign land, land not one's own.

Sabatier

anena

a. one who is outside... a stranger to...
ex. aba n anena: a foreign country te I-anena: one who is outside or aloof from a certain group (family, clan, village, island, company, land, etc.).
syn. te irua: but in a more limited sense.
idiom. bon anena ngkoe! you don't get it, you don't understand at all.
ex. e anena: that's not it at all, far from it, it is altogether different from...

Topics: House and village