mao
Bingham
mæ/o
n. large bush.
a. bitter.
maáo
va. nearly finished as a shower, raining gently.
Sabatier
mao
n. (1) a bush (Scaevola sp.), salt bush, grows mostly at ocean side. species: mao-ngirake, mao-kika, mao-maran, mao-bo, mao-bui.
a. mamao, kau mao: abounding in...
v. ere-mao: to cut, to clear away mao.
n. (2) a meeting to feast for a new baby, three days after birth (so called because a mao was pulled up by the roots to preserve the child from evil spells).
see kauraura.
mao1
n. bitterness, acidity, sourness, sharp taste.
a. bitter, acid, sour (as sap of mao).
fig. mao riana: he is punished, caught, deceived, disgusted.
ex. e kamao ria: that disgusts you,... will teach you a lesson.
mao2
a. healed, closed up (a wound, a sore).
ex. e mao ikoakina: his wound is healed.
v. kamaoa: to heal, to close.
mao3
a. nearly finished, decreasing (rain, noise, ardour).
syn. ba'o (S.).
vc. kamaoa, kabaoa: to wait till it stops, diminishes, attenuates.
ex. kamaoa ana taeka: moderate his talk.
Goo & Banner
mao
sn. Scaevola sericea Jahl (z).
n. <saltbush>.
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