nang
Bingham
næng
a. well filled with babai plants, as a patch.
n. cloud.
adv. about to, near to, presently.
Sabatier
nang1
adv. aux. part. of na, future tense. very near, about to happen.
ex.
- ti nangi mananga: we are just about to go.
- e nangi mauna: it is going to disappear.
nang2
n. (1) a cloud.
a. nanginang: with a few clouds, cloudy.
fig. hindrance, annoyance, obstacle, veil, worry..
ex.
- e tei nang, e tei nangina: there is an obstacle, a barrier.
- e katei nang: it puts obstacle, it is too far distant, too difficult (e makinaki).
- katea te nang, katea nangina: to put obstacle, to keep off.
- tae nang, e tae nangina: the hindrance or obstacle has been taken away.
- e tae nangu: I am free, disencumbered.
- kataea nangina: to take away the..., to have done with..., to be rid of...
na. (2) taro (pit) too closely planted.
Topics: Plants and trees, Babai and food crops, Weather and sky, Numbers and counting