mama
Bingham
maáma
a. ashamed, abashed.
n. shame.
m'æ/m'a
a. easily broken as stone, easily crumbling, soft.
m'æ/ma
n. crab.
máma
n. moonlightt.
a. being moonlight.
mæ/ma
n. food which has been masticated for an infant.
vi. masticating food for an infant.
mæ/maa
vt. feed a little child with mama.
n. food which has been masticated for a little child.
Sabatier
mama
n. lung (mamau, mamam... etc.).
mama1
n. moonlight.
v. to be moonlight. e mama: it is moonlight.
ex. e ai mama: the dawn of moonrise. red glow in the sky before moonlight (the days following the full moon).
vc. kamama: to wait for the moonlight or the full moon.
mama2
see m'a.
mama3
n. (1) a species of crab (kind of kauki), the shell or carapace of which was used formerly to make rings.
n. (2) te mama ni bai, a ring (for finger).
mama4
n. shame, timidity, shyness, bashfulness.
ex. akea te mama iroum: you have no shame.
v. mama, mamama: to be ashamed, to be shy, confused.
va. kamama: causing shame.
vc. kamamaea: to make ashamed, to shame, to humiliate, to confound.
n. te bai ni kamama: a shameful thing.
mama
n. food chewed for babies or for chiefs formerly, for betrothed (sign of great esteem, veneration).
vt. mama: to chew, to masticate.
vc. ka-mama... to chew bait and give to fish.
see mamma.
Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Food and cooking, Fishing, Family and people, Feelings and character