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banna

Bingham

bæn/na

n. a corpse, a corpse of some days, a skeleton.

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banna

n. skeleton, bones, place where skeletons are kept, place of abode to which one always returns.
fig. a drawing, design, figure, image, picture, sketch, diagram, photo.
a. skeleton-like, emaciated, thin.
v. koro banna: to draw, to paint, to photograph.
syn. koro tamnei.
n. te tia koro banna, te tia koro tamnei, te tia karao tamnei: painter, artist, photographer.
vt. ka banna: to make skeleton-like, wasted, emaciated.

Topics: The body