mena
Bingham
ména
n. thing.
vi. abide.
ménaa
vt. do.
Sabatier
mena
n. indeterminate thing, without name.
ex.
- te mena ni bai: element of thing, matter.
- te bai: a thing more determined than mena, object, affair.
vt. mena.
plur. menai, menaki..
ex. I mena (or I menaki) baikanne: I am doing,... manipulating those things.
mena1
n. so and so. what do you call it?
what's its name? gadget, things (of which one can't recall or doesn't know name), thingummy, thingumajig.
what's its name? gadget, things (of which one can't recall or doesn't know name), thingummy, thingumajig.
ex.
- menau, menam, menana, etc.
- te mena are ko taku: the thingummy you spoke of.
vt. mena: to do, to arrange, to machinate, etc.
ex. e tuai ni menaki te baere: that thing hasn't been done.
mena2
v. to be, to reside, to remain, to stay.
ex.
- ko mena ia?: where are you? where do you live?
- ko memena ia?: where do you stay? where is your domicile?
n. sojourn.
ex. ko uringa menau ikai?: do you remember my sojourn here?
vc. ka-menna, kamemena: to put, to place, to leave.