man
Bingham
man
a. suffix following the digits in counting persons and animals.
maan
n. custom.
Sabatier
man
prep. from (latin ex).
ex.
- i uotia man te kawa: I brought it from the village.
- uoua man aua: two from four.
man1
n. animal, beast, insect, etc.
ex.
- te man ae kakang: a wild animal te man n uma: a tame animal.
- man n eta: a land animal.
- man n ta-ri: a sea creature.
- man aika ai waeia: quadrupeds.
- man aika a mamma: mammals.
- man ni kiba: birds.
- man aika pingingi: insects.
- man aika tingingi: insects.
- man aon te ora:... found at low tide on beach.
- man aika a nana: shell fish, crabs in shells.
- man aika manana: domestic animals.
vt. mani-manina, manina, mamanina: to have... to rear, to own an animal.
n. te tia maniman: stock breeder, animal lover.
man2
suf. to cardinal numbers for persons, animals, small- and medium-sized fish.
ex.
- onoman te aomata: six persons.
- uoman te tarabuti: two sardines.
man3
n. messenger, delegate, deputy, representative, ambassador.
ex. ana man te Pope: the Pope's delegate.
man4
n. sign, letter, flag, standard, omen.
ex. te man teuana, te man uoua: standard of clan flown on canoes.
vt. manina: to take as one's flag, standard, banner.
man5
n. long duration, long time, fairly long period of time.
a. lasting a long time.
v. to stay or be a long time.
ex.
- e aki man i mwin nakona: it is not long since he left.
- e a kaman roko: he arrived, came a long time ago.
vc. ka-mana: to prolong the time, to stay a long time, to make last.
Man
n. a star, Canopus.
Topics: Birds, Weather and sky, Spirits, myth and belief, Numbers and counting