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manawai

Bingham

mæ/nawai

n. ditch around the bottom of a babai pit.

Sabatier

manawai

n. a ditch, trench dug around a taro pit.
vt. manawaia: to dig a trench around a...
vc. kamanawaia. idem.
vt. manawaina: to surround with a...