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Bingham
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pron. he, she, it.
vi. be in a spasm of pain.
vi. lay or place a line on the ground to be used as a pattern in cutting or fitting a sail.
int. exclamation of disapproval.
Sabatier
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pron. it, he, she.
plural. a.
pref. to a number of compound words meaning to raise, to lift, to heave.
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intj. of disapproval. conclusion of dance songs and of certain cries or yells.
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n. accent, tone, air, melody, pronunciation.
ex.
- te e ni meang: a northern accent.
- te e ni maiaki: a southern accent.
ex. e bure ana e: he has a bad pronunciation, his tone is false.
ex.
- te e ni nimamanei: a slow, sweet air.
- te e ni maraki: lamentation or plaintive air.
- te e n tang: a sad air.
vt. ea, kea, kekeia: to lengthen the note, the air, the sound or accent in dance songs (e...e...e...e...e...).
vc. kaea: to intensify the sound, etc.
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n. pattern, model, copy, design (for sail or clothes).
vt. ea, ena (te ie, te kunikai); to take the measure for cutting out sail or clothes.
taona en te ie: to peg out and put string around plan for cutting out a sail (lit.), lay out plan of sail.
taona en te ie: to peg out and put string around plan for cutting out a sail (lit.), lay out plan of sail.
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n. te kanoa n e, kanoan te e: enlarging of sail corresponding to yard arm top and bottom (the plan on ground should show a curve).
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