kaina
Bingham
káina
n. a pandanus tree, the screw-pine.
káinaa
vt. to cause one at appear to disadvantage as when poorly dressed.
káina
vt. to shut, to close.
Sabatier
kaina
vt. kakaina: to close, to shut, to lock, to confine.
ex. kaina: to bolt, to lock, to padlock, etc.
n. te uma-ni-kaikain, prison, jail (in sorcery): to provide against, to protect, to make imppervious to evil spell.
syn. bonota.
ex. e kainaki, bonotaki aona: he is immune from evil, immunized, preserved from...
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n. pandanus (over 300 known species).
Topics: Plants and trees, Pandanus, Spirits, myth and belief