ira
Bingham
íra
int. how many? always followed by a numerical suffix ai, ua, un, man, na, kai, kora, or by a certain noun.
see a.
vt. accompany, go with.
ira
pron. us.
note. when following a transitive verb it becomes a suffix. It often follows nako.
ex. nako ira to us.
íraa
vi. steal.
n. theft, stealing.
íra
n. pan leaf for braiding.
n. a hair.
n. eel.
Sabatier
ira1
adv. how many? (what quantity, how much?);
ex.
- iraua? iraman? irakai? irai? etc.
- te kairaua? te kairaman? which one? what one?
- kakairaua? kakairaman? how many of..., to each?
see irana.
ira2
n. a slender eel.
ira3
n. hair, hairs, thread, strands.
ex. te irana, ua-ira, ten ira, etc.
n. te iranatu: hair (of head).
na. iraira, kau-ira: having thick hair, hairy, abundant hair.
ex.
- ira-kiau: thick wavy hair.
- ira-maiu: nice head of hair.
- ira-maoto: wavy hair.
- ira maran: smooth, sleek hair ira monmon: nice coloured hair.
- ira munimun: sparce, thin, scraggy.
- ira ngeri: frizzy hair, fuzzy hair.
- ira n tibe: in tuft over temples.
- ira bo: greying hair.
- koro-ira: hair cutting.
ira4
n. a strip, a tress (of pandanus leaf), pandanus leaves destined for weaving.
ex.
- te ira ni kie: strips for mat-weaving.
- te ira n roba: strips for coarse mats.
- te ira ni baba:... basket weaving.
ex. te ira ni bara: strips for hat weaving.
v. bo-ira: to collect leaves for weaving.
eki-ira: (eki-ra) to braid the last row of a mat for th edging.
eki-ira: (eki-ra) to braid the last row of a mat for th edging.
ira5
vt. iraira: to follow, to accompany.
ex.
- ira nanon te aomata: to do the will of...
- ira nanon te taeka: to keep to the meaning of the text.
n. te iraira: habit of following, following blindly, sheeplike.
vc. kaira, kairira: to lead, to take along... to conduct, to direct.
v. kaira nako: to take away, to lead away.
ira6
n. theft, robbery.
v. to swindle, to cheat, to fraud, to pilfer, to dissimulate.
ira or iraea: to steal, to rob, to cheat.
ira or iraea: to steal, to rob, to cheat.
vc. ira, iraea: rob, cheat.
fig. doing something on the sly, to pretend, to feign.
ex.
- e iraea n uotia nako: he seized it and took it away.
- e iraea nakona: he stole away on the quiet.
a. ira n rabakau: cunning.
adv. n ira: on the sly.
n. te tia ira: robber.
vc. ka-iraea: to incite to rob.
Goo & Banner
ira
n. ira (k) a small thin eel, possible name for all worm eels (ll).
Luomala
ira
sn. Moringua.
n. worm eel.
Topics: Fish, Pandanus, The body, Weaving and crafts, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)