ata
Bingham
atá
vt. know.
áta
n. span.
n. skull.
n. stay or brace from the outrigger to the masthead of a canoe.
vt. braid, weave.
a. broad as a mat or cloth.
Sabatier
ata
n. skull (of dead), head detached from body (insult if used about a pers. living).
ex. te bora n ata, te bora n atu: temple (anat.).
note. widely used in proper nouns meaning chief.
ex. ata ni borau, ata ni beia, Ata n Tarawa, etc.
ata1
n. rope which connects mast head with outrigger.
ex.
- te ata n nanoa: rope attached to middle of kiaro.
- te ata n tinaniku: the one tied to the outrigger.
ata2
n. width, of land, material, mat, house, etc. (for smaller dimensions the word rababa is used, it is the general term for all dimensions).
ex. ata, ataata, ata-kaei, atamamaua, large.
vc. ka-ata: to make large, to enlarge.
ata3
from. ati.
vt. to weave, to interlace, to plait, to weave mats, baskets, leaves of coconut or pandanus.
v. ati-inai: to weave coarse coconut mats.
ex.
- ati-ato: to make thatch of coconut leaves.
- ati-baene: to weave baskets of different leaves.
- ati-baba: to weave baskets of coconut leaves (coarse).
Luomala
ata
sn. Megalops.
n. tarpon.
Topics: Coconut, Sea, canoes and navigation, The body, House and village, Weaving and crafts, Ethnobotany (Luomala)