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kimoa

Bingham

kimóa

vi. to steal.
n. a thief, a rat, a fish, the.

Sabatier

kimoa

n. mouse, rat.

kimoa1

n. a robber, scrounger, thief, trifler.
a. thievish.
ex. te kimoa te aine: unfaithful woman.
n. kimoa tiritiri: brigand.
kimoatorara: an out-and-out thief.
vc. kakimoa: to accuse someone of...
n. Na Kimoa: magic practice (te wa n aine).

kimoa2

n. te kimoa: thresher shark with long tail at an angle of 40 degrees.

kimoa3

n. fish (wrasse).

Goo & Banner

kimoa

sn. Anampses diadematus (ll).
n. wrasse (sm).

kimoa1

sn. Gomphosus tricolor (ll).
n. wrasse (sm).

kimoa2

n. thresher shark (ll).

Luomala

kimoa

sn. Alopias vulpinus.
n. thresher shark.

Topics: Fish, Spirits, myth and belief, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)