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mange

Bingham

maánge

n. litter, rubbish.

mæ/nge

n. tooth back of the front teeth.
vi. chew with the canine teeth and the molars.

Sabatier

mange

n. (1) rubbish, refuse, dirt, sweeping.
ex.
  • au mange: the rubbish I have collected.
  • mangeu: the rubbish I have made (or left).
a. mange, mamange, mamangeange: full of..., covered with dirt or rubbish.
vc. kamangea: to make.., to leave..., to dirty.
n. (2) sexual organ of male.
syn. ana buakaka te mane, mangena,.
ex. e koreaki mangena: he is castrated.

mange1

n. edge, brim, brink, border, ridge, end.
n. first molar next to main incisor.
v. to eat, to chew with...

mange2

syn. bakaine: taramangurea.
n. te I-mange: a beggar, a tramp.

Topics: The body