maeka
Bingham
máeka
vi. abide, dwell, reside, live.
n. small village, hamlet.
vt. pick to pieces.
Sabatier
maeka
n. residence, domicile, abode, sojourn, dwelling.
v. maeka, mamaeka: to live, to dwell, to reside, to sojourn.
vc. maeka, kamamaeka.
n. te karatia ae mamaeka: habitual grace.
ex.
- au maeka: my house, residence.
- maekau: my sojourn at... in.
vt. maekana: to take as one's residence, to live at.
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from. mae.
red. mamaeka, maekaka.
vt. to reduce to small bits, to grind to powder, to pulverize, to crush.
ex. maeka kanam (am kamimo): to cut up the tobacco for a smoke (maekia).
Topics: House and village