karau
Bingham
kárau
vi. to rain.
n. rain-water, rain.
Sabatier
karau
n. a sea shell, sandworm.
karau1
n. rain, rainwater.
v. to rain.
ex.
- e karau, a kakarau, e baka te karau, e babaka te karau: it is raining.
- te karau ae taningan Nei Kona: persisting rain (ae aki momoti).
- te karau tangi nako: heavy shower.
- te karau ae wae bubura: rain in big drops.
- te karau ni karume: sunshower.
- te karau ni roro: heavy, penetrating rain.
- te karau ae ironga: torrential rain.
- te karau ae kamanawa: intermittent showers.
- te karau ae m'ao, te karau ae bao: decreasing rain.
- te karau wa n anti: waterspout.
n. wa ni karau: guttering.
wa ni karau: staying out in rain.
bai ni karau: raincoat, waterproof, etc.
wa ni karau: staying out in rain.
bai ni karau: raincoat, waterproof, etc.
Luomala
karau
sn. Annelid.
n. palolo worm.
Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Weather and sky, Ethnobotany (Luomala)