anna
Bingham
an/na
n. terra firma.
Sabatier
anna
a. dry land (opposite of sea).
note. word used in Butaritari and Makin but elsewhere only in the exceptions of ri-anna and bonoannara.
ex.
- waerake nako anna, nako eta, nako anna, nako eta: to go ahore.
- toua anna: to keep near the shore (sailing).
- ri anna, ri eta: to go by way of land.
ant. ruwa: go by canoe.
anna1
n. membrane surrounding the foetus. not the placenta (beti).
ex. anna-ra: painful labour, difficult birth.
n. te anna ni bung: a kind of sorcery to bring back unfaithful partner, using something belonging to the child.
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