ataei
Bingham
atáei
n. child, children.
Sabatier
ataei
n. children.
ex.
- ataei n aine: little girls.
- ataei aine: young girls.
- ataei ni mane: young boys.
- rorobuaka: young men.
- te ataei (S.) te tei: child.
a. n ataei: puerile, childish, youthful, trifling.
vc. ka-ataeia: to treat grown-ups as children, to look on as children, to let babies grow up, to wait till little ones grow bigger.
n. ataein te: the young of...
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