ongo
Bingham
óngo
vt. hear, obey.
n. hearing, sense of hearing.
Sabatier
ongo
n. hearing (te ongo, te ongongo).
v. ongo, ongongo: to hear, to learn by hearsay.
fig. to understand, to obey.
ex.
- ongo buaka: to understand wrongly <misunderstand>.
- ongo raoi: to hear clearly, to understand well.
- ongo maki (ongo ma aki): to hardly hear.
- ongo taeka: to obey.
- kaongo taeka: to make obey.
vt. ka-ongoa: to inform, to tell, to let know, to advise.
ex. e kaongoai: he informed me.
vc. ka-ongongo: speak louder to make yourself heard.
v. kakauongo: to listen, to be attentive, to give ear.
a. kakaiongo: prompt to understand, to obey.