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nima

Bingham

nima

vt. to drink.
a. five, always followed by a numeral-suffix as ai, ua, ung, man, nga, kai, kora, or by certain nouns, as bong, ririki.
see a.
a. ten, in counting by twos, five twos.

Sabatier

nima

a. (1) rad. of adj. number five.
ex. nimaua, niman, nimai, nimangaun, etc.
a. (2) five pairs.

nima1

vt. to drink, to swallow, to absorb.
red. ninima.
n. te ninima: drink, beverage.
ex. nimau, niman, etc.

Topics: Numbers and counting