maran
Bingham
mæ/ran
a. straight as the hair.
n. melon (ENG).
n. long spear without teeth.
Sabatier
maran
a. smooth, glossy, polished.
ex.
- maranran, mamaranran: very slippery, very sleek, smooth.
- maran nako: extending smooth surface.
- katimaran: glossy, smooth, polished.
- v. kamarana: to make slippery, to polish, to make smooth.
n. the rocky smooth plateau at the ocean side of island.
ex. aon te maran: on this plateau.
n. glossy hair.
a. having glossy hair.