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maroa

Bingham

mæ/roaa

a. lonesome.

mæ/roa

n. food, refreshment.

Sabatier

maroa

n. a part of food portioned out.

maroa1

n. a feeling of loneliness, solitude, isolation.
va. maroa, mamaroa: to be alone, isolated, suffer from isolation.
a. kamaroa: makes one suffer from isolation.
n. te kamaroa: solitude, desert-place.
a. ae kamaroa: solitary, desert, desolate.
n. atu-maroa: a solitary, a hermit.

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