mane
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m'aáne
n. brother of a sister, or a sister of a brother.
male, man.
male, man.
n. euphemistic word for penis.
m'æ/ne
n. money (ENG).
m'áne
va. taken, ensnared, entrapped, surrounded.
mæ/ne
n. worth, value, consequence.
a. worn out, worn thin.
Sabatier
mane
a. used, worn, old, shabby, faded.
n. the wearing of, or using of something.
vc. ka-manea: to use, to wear until worn out.
n. te mane n riri: a secondhand skirt or lavalava.
mane2
n. male, man.
a. male, virile.
ex. e a mane: he is adult.
vc. ka-mane: to make or let grow to manhood.
kamanea: to wait till he has attained manhood, virility.
kamanea: to wait till he has attained manhood, virility.
mane3
n. maneu, manem, manena, etc.: brother, sister (special use).
note. a man uses the word maneu when speaking of his sister, a woman uses maneu when speaking of her brother. often also used for cousins instead of aimaneu.
vt. manena: to have, to take as, to adopt as brother or sister.
mane4
a. caught in a trap, surrounded, ensnared, found out.
red. mamane, manemane.
Topics: Fishing, Family and people