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ewe

Bingham

éwe

vi. jump.
vi. err by eating forbidden food.
n. jump.

Sabatier

ewe

v. ewe:we. to jump, to bound, to bounce, to spread about, to move from place to place.
ex. ewerake, ewerio, ewenako: idem. towards...
n. ewen... eweraken, ewerion, ewenakon... jump, bound, bouncing, propagation, going out.
a. ae eweewe: which spreads from one place to another (sickness).
vt. ka-ewea, ka-ewerakea, kaewerioa, ka-ewenakoia: to make jump, to bound, to pass over, to transpose, to transport, to carry forward.
ex.
  • te kaewe baneawa, te kaewenei: baneawa fishing.
  • te kaewewe: bara fishing (at which the bait is bounced up and down).

ewe1

n. ten ewe (who jumps) lobster, more commonly called te newe.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Food and cooking