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kauti

Bingham

kauúti

vi. to engage in awakening.

káuti

vi. to go before sunrise to the weather side to perform an incantation.

Sabatier

kauti

from. uti.
n. magic practice (kind of morning prayer) at tanrake in the early morning for divers aims.
ex. te kauti ni mane: to become strong and vigorous.
ex. te kauti n aine: to seduce or win a woman.

Luomala

kauti

sn. Ocypode.
n. ghost crabs.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Spirits, myth and belief, Ethnobotany (Luomala)