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mangao

Bingham

mæ/ngao

a. in confusion, disarranged, out of order.

Sabatier

mangao

n. disorder, confusion.
a. mangao, mangaongao: in disorder, tangled, confused.
ex. e tei mangaongao: it is all muddled, in disorder.
sup. mamangaongao, mangaotata, manggaorua, tokomangaongao: completely in disorder, entangled.
vt. mangaoa: to entangle.
vc. kamangaoa, kamangaongaoa, ka-tokomangaongaoa.