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manea

Bingham

m'ánea

vt. receive, embrace.

Sabatier

manea

vc. manea, mamanea, manemanea: to catch in a trap, to encircle, to seize in one's arms, round the waist, to hold carefully.
ex. manea raoi: to catch, to seize with care.
see ramanea, bomanea.
vc. kamane: to catch in a trap, to snare by ruse, by lasso, by stratagem, to ambush, to trick, to betray.
red. kamanemane: idem.
ex. te bai ni kamane: a snare, camouflage to catch.
n. te tia kamane: a traitor, betrayer, felon.
vc. kamanea: idem.

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