nuka
Bingham
nuúka
n. the lower waist, the middle.
núka
vi. to be made ashamed.
Sabatier
nuka
n. middle, centre.
a. central, midst.
adv. i nuka: in the middle.
nuka1
vt. nuka: to take as the middle, to put between two, in the middle, to surround.
ex. e nukaki: he was caught, caught red-handed.
vc. ka-nuka: to place between two, in the centre, in the middle.
nuka2
n. the shame of one caught wrong-doing, infamy, dishonour.
a. ashamed, degraded.
vc. ka-nuka, kakanuka: to dishonour, to cover with shame, to make infamous.
ex. ae aki ka-nuka: which does not dishonour.
Topics: Feelings and character