mai
Bingham
mái
vi. used imperatively, come here.
pre. from.
adv. this way, here toward the speaker.
n. bread-fruit tree.
m'aái
n. before.
n. hat or wig made from hair.
mái
a. pale, white.
n. fish.
a. bitter.
m'ái
a. cooked.
n. cooked food.
Sabatier
mai
prep. from (ex in Latin).
ex.
- mai ikai: from here.
- mai kanne, mai ikekei: from there.
- mai ikao: on this side of.
- mai i etan: from above.
adv. suff. nakomai, birimai, kemai, omai.
ex.
- nakomai: come here, come towards me.
- kamai: give me! (for distant objects).
syn. nka (for objects near at hand).
ex. mai: come here.
mai1
n. breadfruit tree, its fruit.
ex. species: mai uea, mai rekereke, bukiraro, etc.
mai2
n. a pale-coloured stingray.
mai3
a. pale, greyish, whitish.
ex.
- mai nako: to become or be pale, to get pale suddenly.
- mainaina: white.
suf. to several words of same meaning.
see rabono-mai, ira mai, ba mai..
vc. ka-mai: to make... to make appear...
n. te kamai: the white of the eye, white bottom of lagoon.
mai4
n. sourness, acidity.
a. sour, insipid, acid, unripe, green (fruit), tasteless.
va. kamai-ria: disgusting, distasteful.
mai5
n. maiu, maim, maina, etc. the front of, fore quarters, fore parts, front.
ex. i main, mai main: before. <m'aai>.
ex. i main bungiakin: before the birth of...
vt. maina: to have, carry, put, or be in front or before.
ex.
- e mainaki: he is forestalled, or outrun.
- e mainira: he got before us.
mai6
n. a wig.
mai7
a. cooked, well done, well cooked.
fig. cooked, too hot.
a. mai-oraora: badly cooked, under done, half cooked, half raw.
kai-mai: easily cooked, quickly cooked.
kai-mai: easily cooked, quickly cooked.
vc. ka-maia, kamaimaia: to cook it.
n. te kamaimai: cooked toddy, syrup, molasses.
Goo & Banner
mái
sn. Artocarpus altilis.
n. a breadfruit tree (k,z).
mái
n. a pale colored stingray (ll).
Luomala
mai
sn. Dasyatida.
n. stingrayy.
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