ra
Bingham
ra
pron. what? (an interrogative pronoun following the noun).
ex.
- te aomata ra? what man?
- baika ra? what things?
adv. how.
ex. ai kamimi ra! how wonderful!
pron. our, a suffix pronoun.
ex. kawaira: our path.
n. one width of a mat-sail.
Sabatier
ra1
intj. suf. of exclamation or surprise.
ex.
- ai tamaroa ra!: how beautiful!
- ai tena ra!: how tight!
ra2
adj. suf. of interrogation: what? which?
ex.
- te aomata ra?: which man?
- baika ra?: what things?
- n te tabo ra?: in what place?
- au ra, am ra, ana ra: my, thy, his, your, what?
- tera?: what?
- am ra te bai anne?: for what is that thing of yours?
- rau? ram? rana?: what? (meaning relationship).
- ram te tei anne?: what relation is that child to you?
- bon taru: he is my brother.
- ran te taibora?: which part of the table?
- i rau? i ram? i rana?:
adv. where in connection to me, you, him.
ra3
n. a piece, a strip, band put side by side to make a whole, a width. for ex. widths of material joined to make a sail.
ex.
- ira ra am ie?: how many widths on your sail?
- te tao ra: reducing size of sail by folding a width (in strong wind).
ra4
pref. nearly, not altogether, incomplete.
ex.
- e ra koro: nearly complete.
- e ra bubua: nearly 100.
ra5
a. bad, defective, improper, disagreeable, constrained, striped,.
denuded, unfavourable, impure, imperfect, etc.
denuded, unfavourable, impure, imperfect, etc.
ex.
- e nano ra: he is discontented.
- e teke-ra: he is unlucky.
- e tai ra: it is not the time just now.
vt. tae-ra, taeraea: to take off, to tear, to strip off what does not suit (for ex. branches).