kua
Bingham
kúa
a. weary.
kúaa
vt. to care for, to nurse, to wait on.
kúa
n. a whale.
Sabatier
kua
n. cetacea, whale, cachalot, spermaceti whale, porpoise.
nv. tiri-kua: magic for protection against...
kua1
n. (1) tiredness, fatigue.
a. tired, fatigued, knocked up.
kakua: tiresome, tiring.
kakua: tiresome, tiring.
vc. (2) kakua: to vex, to tease.
n. te kakua, te kakua n rang.
ex. te kakua n aomata: a bore.
Kua
n. Buki ni kua: a constellation, Stars of Andromeda, Persius and Cassiopeia.
kua2
vt. to labour at, to work at, to work to accomplish, to operate, to bend over, to care for a sick person.
red. kakua, kuakua.
Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Weather and sky, Spirits, myth and belief