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anga

Bingham

ánga

n. shoulder.
n. proper direction for planeing a board or writing a line.

aánga

vt. give, hand.
vt. warm.
a. four fathoms, four thousand.
see a.

Sabatier

anga

vt. to warm, to warm oneself at the fire.
ex. a anga baia: they are warming their hands.

anga1

n. a bivalve shell, a species of babai, taro.

anga2

n. shoulder.
ex.
  • aon anga: on the shoulder.
  • tabo n anga: extremity of shoulder.
  • bukin anga: back of shoulder.
  • angatai: right shoulder, or side, the right.
  • angamaing: left shoulder, or side, the left.
  • te angabai, te anganga: measure from fingers to shoulder.

anga3

n. way, manner, method, means, knack, procedure.
ex. e aki reke angana: the means was not found.
see angabe, angabuaka, angaraoi.

anga4

a. four thousandd.

anga5

v. anganga, anga nako: to give,..., give to,... offer,... dispense, attribute.
n. donation, offering.
te tia anga, te tia anganga: the giver.
vt. angana, angangana: to give, hand to, present.
ex.
  • e anganai: he gave me.
  • anga karea: give a donation, a present.
  • anga taeka: give one's word, promise.
  • e anganai te kairua: he attributes the error to me.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures, The body, Numbers and counting

Words that link here

  • angana anganai? anganiko, anganna, angan: give me... you..., etc.
  • anganga frequentative of anga.
  • takuanganga a person having large sloping shoulders, arms swinging, a worthless…