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iomakorinawa

Bingham

iómakórinawa

vi. deceive, mislead.
n. deceiver.
n. porpoise.

Sabatier

iomakorinawa

orig. e ioakina ana koraki te korinawa.
n. the smallest of a school of porpoises, the one who directs, leads the others <leader>.
fig. a traitor, treason, treachery.
vt. iomakorinawa: to betray, to lose, to ruin.

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