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kimai

Bingham

ki:/mai

vi. to come near.

kím'ai

a. slow in learning to walk.
n. a child who is slow in learning to walk.

Sabatier

kimai

v. approach.
to come nearer, to move forward while seated on the ground.
ex. kimai! come forward!
vt. kakimaia.

kimai1

a. delicate, sickly, (baby) late in starting to walk.

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