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kauna

Bingham

káuna

vt. to anger, to vex, to provoke, to set on, to persistently refuse a gift.

káunaa

n. kabubu which has mixed with the core of the pandanus fruit.

Sabatier

kauna

n. a kind of food (kabubu mixed with a, tabataba, tangauri).

kauna1

from. un.
vt. to oppose one to another, to put in conflict, in contest, in competition, to arouse, to put end to end, to inure to fight, to make hardy, aggressive, belligerent, to anger, to vex, to make angry, to do a magic rite to inure, make courageous, terrible.
ex. I kaununai: I got cross.

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