kawai
Bingham
káwai
n. a path, a way, a road, a street.
vi. to engage in performing an incantation in order to make the beard grow.
Sabatier
kawai
n. road, way, route, path, street.
ex.
- au kawai, am kawai... the way which I took,... which you took.
- kawaiu, kawaim: my way...
n. te kawai ni kauriri.
see kauriri.
n. te tuta ni kawai: crossroads.
kawai1
n. method, procedure, means, manner, trick, system, rite, magic rites.
ex. kawaiu, kawaim...: my..., your...
kawai2
n. name of one of the first beings created with Riki.
a. old, ancient, antique.
adv. N ikawai: of old, of ancient times.
ex. te ikawai: an adult.
v. to be adult, mature.
n. baka n ikawai: injustice, unfairness, fraud.
v. to be unjust, etc.
Topics: Spirits, myth and belief