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baraki

Bingham

baraáki

va. upset, capsized, turned over, covered over as an earth-oven with mats.

Sabatier

baraki

n. a species of grass, ground cherry.
sn. Physalis angulata (or minima).

baraki1

a. babaraki: upset, upside down, capsized, inside out, face downwards, turned over.
ex.
  • e baraki te ai: the fire is covered up with a mat.
  • e baraki te wa: the canoe capsized.
vt. kabaraka: to place upside down, to turn over, to cause to capsize.

baraki2

v. fig. to be bending over, to be absorbed in, to be busy at, to be working hard at...
vt. barakia: to do, to accomplish (a task) without relaxing, to be assiduous at...

baraki3

n. five cards of same colour in poker.
ex. te kawai baraki: five cards in succession of value. <straight--gwg>.

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