manua

Bingham

mæ/nua

n. fish.

maánua

n. roasted coconut kernel.

manua

n. (1) te manua: te manua ni buni. a large buni (fish).

a. (2) enormous, large, of great dimensions.

n. (3) cannon (so named because big). syn. te kati ae bubura.
(4) man of war.

manua¹

n. the smell of roasted coconut.

vt. manua... manuaia: to roast coconut, to give an odour of...

v. boimanua: exhaling an odour of roasted coconut.