katei
Bingham
katéi
vi. to set sail.
n. a mode, a method, a way, a sect, a denomination.
Sabatier
katei
n. work, monument, sect, manners, institution, customs, method, procedure, behaviour.
te katei n aomata: native ways, manners, customs.
te katei n aomata: native ways, manners, customs.
ex.
- te katei n I-Matang: European manners.
- te katei ni baba: foolish customs.
- te katei-man: typesetting, design in mat- weaving.
n. te tia katei: builder, founder, etc.
a. ae katei: vertical, straight, abrupt, steep.
see katati.
ex. akea te katei irouna: he has no manners, bad behaviour.
a. ae katei buaka, ae katei ra: bad manners, bad behaviour, ungrateful, unjust, hard hearted.
v. to have such manners.
a. ae katei raoi: well-behaved.
Katei
n. Na Kate'i: a star.
katei1
v. forming many compound words.