mate
Bingham
mæ/te
a. dead.
committed to memory.
committed to memory.
n. death, a dead person.
Sabatier
mate
n. death, disappearance, extinction.
ex.
- mateu, matem, matena: my death, your death, his death.
- maten tai: eclipse of sun.
- maten namakaina: eclipse of moon.
n. a defunct, a corpse, a deceased person.
plur. mate.
ex. au mate, am mate, ana mate: my defunct, your..., his...
a. mate: dead, defunct, paralysed, stopped, extinct, tired, unconscious, lost, cancelled, taken, blocked (in games), known by heart, memorized, free, tranquil, etc.
ex.
- e a mate te kawai: the way is free, open, available.
- e a mate karawa: the sky is beautiful, clear, favourable.
- e a mate marawa: the sea is calm, nice for fishing, travelling.
- e a mate te ika: the fish bites.
v. mate: to die, to go out (fire, etc.), to stop (clock, etc.), to perish, to faint, to succumb.
a. extenuated, worn out, dead tired.
n. mamate: mortality, attacks of fainting.
a. mortal, perishable.
ex.
- ae aki mamate: immortal, imperishable, inextinguishable, immortality.
- te ai ae aki mamate: inextinguishable fire.
- e a kani mate: he is dying.
- e a kani mate: he is very sick.
v. i-mamate, i-kamamate: to kill one another.
a. mate n..., ni...: to be dead with..., to have a thirst for..., to desire ardently.
ex.
- I mate n tangiriko: I am dying with love of you.
- I mate ni baki: I am dying with hunger.
n. te baoki ni mate: a coffin.
ex.
- te rua ni mate: a cemetery.
- te buaka ni mate: last agony.
a. kamamate: mortal, dangerous, grave, heavy, venomous, poisonous, painful, grievous, killing.
vc. kamatea: to kill, to extinguish, to learn, to memorize; kamate-b'ai: to learn by heart.
nv. kamate kai: to learn the gestures, movements (used for dance, wrestling).
vt. mateakina: to desire, to love, to die with...
ex. I mateakina tangiram: I love you to distraction.