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kom

Bingham

kom

va. falling short, too short as a beam.

ko:m

n. a comb (ENG).

Sabatier

kom

n. a comb. (ENG).
vt. komua: to comb.

kom1

v. komkom, takomkom: to cease abruptly, to hide, to escape, to be missing, to be short.
ex.
  • e kom mai baiu: it slipped out of my hand.
  • komkom: to lose sight of.
  • takomkom: missing, escaping at times.
v. kakom: to make fleeting, slippery, hard to hold or take.
vc. ka-koma...