aweawe

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aweawe

a. straight, slender, pointed.

n. te kai aweawe: a long rod, a tall straight tree without branches, higher than those around.

fig. person tall and thin.

ex. ba-aweawe: high palm.

fig. person proud, stand-offish.

ex.

e ari n aweawe, e nakonako n aweawe: to try in vain to be haughty, pass by proudly...
te buki n aweawe, i buki: extreme end, point far away.
tawe (ta awe): a little distant, detached.

fig. solitary person, left alone, abandoned, without company.