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onea

Bingham

ónea

vt. replace, fill as a vacantcy.
n. change as of clothing.

Sabatier

onea

vt. (irr.) oneai, onoiko, onea, onoira, or oneira, onoingkami, onoia, oneaki, with direct object of each plural ono, oni, onoi one and onei: to change, to change oneself, to transform, to modify, to metamorphose.
ex.
  • N na oneai moa: I will go and change first.
  • onei nana: to change shells.
  • onoi burae: to change feathers, to moult.
  • onoi mane: to change money.
  • one aba: change country, to emigrate.