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maru

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maru

a. superimposed, piled up, thick, bushy.
sup. mamaru, marumaru: very...
ex.
  • e maru te koraki: a dense crowd.
  • e buka maru: he is no longer alone, his people have returned.
n. te buka maru: a grass skirt, several layers superimposed.
ex. e tai marumaru: it is nearly night, the day declines.

maru1

from. ruru.
na. a coconut which rattles when shaken.
ex. e maruru te ben: it has become copra.

maru2

n. a muffled noise, bass note.
v. to make a muffled sound.
red. aruru.
vc. kamarurua: to make...

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