aua
Bingham
áua
n. hour (ENG).
a. four, the general word for four, ua being suffix.
see a.
vt. caulk a boat or canoe.
n. fish.
Sabatier
aua1
or. aoa.
n. hour. (ENG).
ex.
- iraua te aua?: how many hours?
- te aua iraua?: what time? (what hour?).
aua2
n. a fish (mullet).
ex. varying names -- baneriki, baua, baua maran, aua, auatara, mango aua ni buti, aua baraki, ntaningamea, baitaba, ten taeaea.
aua3
from. au.
v. dawdle, straggle.
note. used esp. in the negative: aki aua.
ex.
- e aki aua n roko: he won't be long in coming.
- a aki aua: they didn't dawdle.
vt. to do... accomplish a task slowly, in a dawdling manner.
Goo & Banner
aua1
sn. Mugil spp. (hh).
n. mullet (sm).
aua2
sn. Mugil sp. (cc).
n. poisonous mullet (cc,sm).
aua3
sn. family Mugilidae.
n. mullet (sm).
Luomala
ava
sn. Mugil cephalus.
n. mullet.
sn. Mugil engeli (& auamaran).
Mugil viagiensis (& auataba).
Mugil viagiensis (& auataba).
Topics: Fish, Sea, canoes and navigation, Family and people, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)