ngaina
Bingham
ngáina
n. daytime.
a. being light or daytime.
Sabatier
ngaina
n. day, daylight.
a. daytime.
ex.
- e ngaina: daybreak.
- e a kani ngaina: it is nearly day.
adv. ni ngaina: by day.
ex.
- ni moani ngaina: very early.
- ingini ngaina, ewa ni ngaina: day dawn.
vt. ka-ngaina: to wait till day, to stay up all night to... (play, fish, keep watch). adv.
ex. ni kangaina: until day.
n. te karangaina: dawn, sunrise.
adv. ni karangaina: at dawn.