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mare

Bingham

maáre

a. few, not many, here and there some.

m'áre

a. having a double chin.
n. loose skin forming the double chin.

mæ/re

n. marriage (ENG).

Sabatier

mare

n. rolls of flabby skin under the chin (double chin), under the arms (found in old people).
v. mare, maremare: to have...

mare1

idiom. e maremare karawa, a katei maremare, e uananginang: the sky is covered with rolls of white clouds.
ex.
  • te nang maremare: a cloud of white padding.
  • te bike maremare: a stretch of rolling sands.
vc. kamarea, kamaremarea: to cause to have pleats, wrinkles.

mare2

n. marriage. (ENG).
a. married.
vt. marea: to marry.

mare3

a. well-scattered, dispersed.
vc. ka-marea, kamarearea: to disperse, to scatter.

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