baka
Bingham
b'áka
vi. to fall.
n. a fall, suppression, defeat.
land acquired through marriage.
land acquired through marriage.
bæ/ka
n. a wedding feast.
a. fully ripe, as the pandanus fruit.
vi. to go at, to begin, to attempt.
bæ/kaa
vt. to pretend, to make as though.
Sabatier
baka
a. red, vermilion (used specially for fruit, and more especially for pandanus fruit).
ex. baka, bakabaka: red, vermilion. e baka-tawa, e baka tokinana, e baka morina: the fruits are red, ripe.
vt. kabakea, kabakabakaea: to let ripen.
baka1
n. te amarake ni baka, te baka: a feast, banquet, marriage feast.
baka2
v. babaka, baka n... babaka n: to simulate, to feign, to pretend.
n. pretence.
ex.
- e baka n akoi: he pretends to be kind.
- e baka ni birinako: he pretends to run away.
vc. bakaea te: to pretend to...
baka3
v. to fall, to tumble, to overturn, to ruin.
n. decadence, want, turn to play (cards).
v. baka, babaka, bakabaka: to fall, to tumble, to succumb, to sink down, to collapse, to give away, to fall in, to die (S.), to be beaten in combat, to fall away, to fall from one's rank, to deceive, to dupe, to be scandalized, to abate.
ex.
- e baka man nakoana: he was sacked, put out of office <fired -- gwg>.
- e kakerikakaki, e baka au bong: I lost a day, I missed my day.
v. bakarake, bakario: to go or to drift towards the east, the west side.
nibakabaka: to stumble, to stagger often.
nibakabaka: to stumble, to stagger often.
vc. kabaka, kabakabaka: to make fall, to throw down, to upset, to knock down, to steer for, head for.
fig. scandalize, deceive, disconcert, to foil.
ex.
- kabakanano: to discourage, to deceive.
- ko a kabaka: you are discouraging.
a. kabakaroro: very deceptive.
v. kabaka: to disconcert.
n. te man ni kabaka: deceptive manners.
te bai ni kabaka: scandal.
te kabakabaka: scandal giving.
te bai ni kabaka: scandal.
te kabakabaka: scandal giving.
idiom. e na baka ra?: excuse for not giving more.
ex. te kab'aka: syrup of toddy (very thick) gets its name from the fact that it does not pour out but falls by bits.
Topics: Pandanus, House and village, Colours