nei

Bingham

néi

n. fresh water pool or pond.

n. blister a running sore.

pron. the base of neie,prefixed to the name of women and girls - Mrs, Miss.

néi

n. the fish.

nei

n. Mrs., Miss, Madam (art. or title before fem. names).

ex.

Nei Joanna, Nei Oa: Miss So and So.
Nei-ko: Mrs! Miss! (for calling a woman).
Naka! for calling women or females or for calling men and women (ladies and gentlemen);...
Neiei: this lady here; neie: this one who...
neienne: that one who...; neierei: that..., there; neiere: that one there who.

nei¹

n. (1) a pond, pool, swamp, marsh.

ex. i taun te nei: on the bank of the pond, pool.

v. e nei, e neinei: having water, forming puddles.

n. te neinei: puddle of water, sheet of water, liquid.

vc. ka-neineia: to put liquid into..., to make liquid.

idiom. e nei te ran: it is not boiling.

n. (2) pustule, pimple with pus, blister.

a. e nei: containing pus.

vc. kanei: to let the pus form in the...
kaneia: idem.

nei²

n. (1) a species of ray fish, numb fish with dart.

n. (2) a small fish with smooth skin (wrasse).
(3) a tiny fish found in holes in rocks.

nei

pr. nei: (k).

sn. Hemigymnus fasciatus (ll).

n. wrasse (sm).