mara
Bingham
mæ/ra
a. soft as an animal shedding its skin.
wet, moist.
wet, moist.
a. bald.
n. bald head, baldness.
bib. Amos 8: 10.
máraa
a. eyeless as a needle.
a. having a harelip.
a. free from trees.
m'áræ
va. disgusted or shocked at the sight of.
Sabatier
mara
n. baldness, calvities, loss of hair, bristle, scales.
a. bald, bereft, losing skin, hair, scales, decomposing.
sup. maratau, maratataua.
v. kamarataua: to make bald...
mara-rake: losing hair from the forehead upwards, receding hair.
mara-rake: losing hair from the forehead upwards, receding hair.
n. te ka-atumara: an old bald man.
mara1
n. decomposing fish, beginning to decay.
ex. e mara te ika: the fish is tainted.
mara2
a. moistened, soaked, softened, steeped.
ex.
- marato, maratu, maratuatua, mara tingo: very, extremely...
- e mara te benu: the coconut husk is soft after soaking.
vc. ka-mara: to moisten, to soak, to steep, to soften.
mara3
a. marato, maratirati, marabe: oiled, shiny, smooth.
mara4
from. marangan:
a. (1) separated, thinly spaced.
open, separated, torn.
open, separated, torn.
vc. ka-mara: to open, to separate, to tear, to yield, etc.
ex.
- e mara te tu: the needle eye is open, broken.
- e mara rian te ika: the lip of the fish is torn.
a. kamara, kamaranga, kauki marenaia. (2) dirty, filthy, disgusting, repulsive.
nano mara: disgusted, repulsed.
nano mara: disgusted, repulsed.
vc. ka-nano-mara: to inspire disgust, to repulse.
mara5
or. te kamara.
n. a game.
mara7
suf. to certain words signifying feebleness.
ex. biri-mara, buti-mara, tangi-mara, ura mara, etc.
see mara n ai.
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