nata
Bingham
næ/ta
n. a collection of more than two persons or animals.
a. numerous, collected in numbers.
Sabatier
nata
n. (1) a heap, pile, collection, mass, crowd.
ex.
- te nata ni bai, te kanata ni b'ai: accumulation of things.
- te nata n aomata: a crowd of people.
note. for animated things it is better to say: te nna n aomata, te nna ni man.
vc. ka-nata: to pile up, to heap up, to accumulate.
n. (2) te nata: place of assembly of certain fish.
Topics: Numbers and counting