nao
Bingham
náo
int. halloo, ho, you there (addressed only to a male).
n. wave.
Sabatier
nao
interj. for calling a man. Nao! you!
Mr.! (to be respectful the name or title must follow).
Mr.! (to be respectful the name or title must follow).
ex. Nao, te Tama, Teuaei (for women, Neiko! Neiei!).
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n. waves, billows, breakers.
a. naonao: rough sea.
ex.
- e ba naonao: the waves are breaking on the reef.
- te tabo n nao: a rough spot.
- kinds of waves: te nao uea: big swell.
- te nao uatao: piled up waves.
- te nao bangaki: wave coming sideways.
- te nao moro: short waves breaking.
- te nao batia:... close together.
ex. te nao batete: wave descending.
ex.
- te nao bai ni kaikia: white crested waves.
- te nao buroburo: waves with foam.
- te nao ni bunobuno, te nao ni kabuno, te nao ni kabo: waves retreating from the shore.
- te karaki: short breaking wave.
- te nao kamaoto, te nao rebua, te nao tokia, te nao tuoa, te nao kabwereia: a kind of tidal wave which once swept the shore and left trace behind <tsunami?>.
- a aibiko, a aibikobiko nao: wave rising and being entangled reason of currents and shallows.
n. te ba-naonao: breakers.
Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation