kawa

Bingham

káwa

vi. to creep.

kaáwa

n. a village, a town, a city.

káwa

va. causing sorrow when lost.

káwaa

vi. to move along in a company or flock or shoal.

kawa

n. village, town, hamlet, city.
te atu ni kawa: Capital City.

kawa¹

n. Na Kawa: a star.

kawa²

a. to be pitied, miserable, unhappy.nanokawaki: sad.

n. sadness.

a. ka-nanokawa: inspiring pity, compassion.

idiom. e kawa! ai kawa ra! what a pity! how pitiful!

ex.

ti kawa! we are unlucky! we are to be pitied!
kawa n... kawa ni...: in case, lest perhaps, in dange of.
e kawa ni baka: lest perhaps it fails.
tuangnga, be e kawa n aki roko: tell him, because it would be a pity if he did not come.

see rawa n... ni.

kawa³

v. kawawa, ikawawa.

see wa.

kawa⁴

v. to creep, to crawl.

n. te kawakawa: creeping, crawling.

v. kawa nako, kawakawa nako: to creep away.

vc. ka-kawakawa: to cause to...
ka-kawanakoa: to let or to make...

see aeae: to crouch.