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mae

Bingham

mæ/e

a. sufficiently dryied or cured by the sun as karababa.

m'áe

n. necklace, wreath.
a. sun-burnt.

m'aee

vi. move.

máee

vi. break ranks, move aside or give way as in battle, scatter.

Sabatier

mae

a. dry, dried, roasted.
vc. ka-maea: to dry up, to toast.
ex. kamaea te kobe: to roast the coffee beans.

mae1

n. string, rope, cord, anything hanging, necklace, necktie, little fishing basket.
vt. maena: to have or wear...

mae2

v. to drag, to move, to drag on anchor.
vc. ka-maea, kakamaea, kamaemaea: to make move a little.
va. kamaemaea, kakamaemae: which makes...
red. maemae (idem.).
from. ae.

mae3

n. mamae: debris.
v. to disperse, to break up, to scatter.
a. scattered, disseminated, decomposed.
ex. mae nako: scattered far and wide.
vc. ka-maea, kamaenakoa: to scatter, to disperse, to strew about, to decompose, to analyse.
n. maean te aba: dispersion.
pref. to several compound words.
see kamae.

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