iti
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íti
a. seven, always followed by a numeral suffix or certain noun.
see ono six, note on.
n. lightning.
vi. lighten.
act instantly.
act instantly.
va. used up, consumed, all gone.
Sabatier
iti
a. root of num.
adj. seven; itua, itiman, itiai, itikai, etc.
vc. kaitua: to complete up to seven, to make it seven.
v. kaka itua: each one seven, etc.
iti1
a. fourteen (when counting by two).
iti2
n. lightning, thunderbolt, electricity, light.
iti, ititi, itirua: flashing lightning.
iti, ititi, itirua: flashing lightning.
ex. e ititi n omatata: long quivering flashes.
fig. to act like lightning, rapidly;
see itina.
n. Nei te Iti: the lightning flash, wife of Tabuariki (thunder).
ex. known also as: Itiniba, Itingarena, Itinibaro, Itinimakona, Itinikarawa, Itiboa.
idiom. te iti ma te areau: grand and gorgeous.
ex.
- e iti ma areau: it's splendid and magnificent,.
- nowadays the terms -- A ura taura, e oti tai are more usual.
iti3
n. injection, vaccination.
iti4
n. clearness, cleanliness, brightness.
a. clear, clean, bright, cleaned up.
fig. hard up, finished, ruined, broke.
ex.
- e iti karawa: the sky is clear e iti aon te taibora: nothing more on the table..., stakes swept off.
- e iti matata: a clean sweep, nothing left.
- itiwewe sup. altogether finished, empty.
vc. ka-itia, kaita: to make clear space, to exhaust, to drain, to make a clean sweep.
kaitita, kaitiwewea.
kaitita, kaitiwewea.
syn. kababanea.
Topics: Weather and sky, Numbers and counting