rai
Bingham
rái
n. a plank, a board, a mat-covering for a native oven, a sort of seine made of coconut leaflets braided or secured with the rootlets of the pan tree.
a. withered.
rái
va. refusing to speak because offended.
n. a refusal to speak because of one's being offended.
raái
vi. to twist and tangle easily, as a thread or line.
n. a state of being tangled.
Sabatier
rai
pref. rad. of many compound words meaning: turned, turned over.
rai1
a. dried up, withered, faded.
ex. e rai moana: he has an emaciated look.
vt. ka-raia: to make or let dry, to fade, to wither.
rai2
n. an old mat, bag, board used to cover earth oven. extension of leaves to a fishing net.
ex.
- te moan rai, te kauouan rai, te mwi n rai.
- te rai anau, te rai uarereke is said of a long or short sail.
v. rai-anau, rai nako: to extend, to protract by adding another strip.
vt. raia: to prolong, to enlarge, to extend (one's land, etc.).
vc. ka-raia: to lengthen, to prolong.
rai3
a. untwisted, unravelled.
v. to move, to turn in wrong direction, contort.
ex. e rai am ao: your fishline is becoming undone, untwisted.
vc. ka-raia...
rai4
v. to have an aversion, repugnance, disgust.
ex.
- te rai nano, te rai n nano: aversion.
- e rai nanou: I am disgusted,... have taken a dislike to...
- karaia:
vc. to disgust, to make turn away from.
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