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kumete

Bingham

kumeéte

a. thin in flesh after a spell of sickness.
see kume.

Sabatier

kumete

n. a kind of wooden mortar trough.
a. hollow, empty, concave, thin, ravenous, hungry.

Kumete

n. a constellation, Quadrilateral of Dolphin.
note. sign of abundant toddy when it is at its zenith when sun is setting.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Coconut, Weather and sky, Spirits, myth and belief