maibi
Bingham
máibi
va. broken as something brittle.
n. broken piece.
Sabatier
maibi
n. te maibina, ua maibi: one, two fragments, pieces, bits, small pieces, small change (money).
ex. te maibibina: a tiny piece, a particle, small bit.
a. maibi, maibibi, ma-maibi, mamaibibi, maibi-ua, mamaibiua: broken in two.
maibi-ten: broken in three.
maibi-ten: broken in three.
idiom. e maibi Mainiku: getting bright in the east.
vc. ka-maiba,... bia... to break, to smash something hard or brittle, as vase, glass, etc.