raka
Bingham
ráka
vi. to increase.
a. accidentally in wrong hands, astray, not belonging here, as a fowl.
rákaa
vt. to pace, to measure by pacing.
ráka
n. a pace, increase.
ráka
n. a small sharp hollow coral.
n. a percussion cap.
Sabatier
raka
n. excess, surplus, extension, augmentation, gain, etc.
v. raka, raraka, rakaraka: to exceed, to surpass, to augment, to increase, to exaggerate, to spread out.
ex. e raka te ai: the fire has spread.
vc. ka-raka, karakaraka, kararaka, kakarakaraka: to make exceed, to surpass, to augment, to amplify.
raka1
n. measure of length, either by hand (length of extended hand), by foot, length of foot, or by step, length of step;
ex. te rakana, uaraka, tenraka: one, two, three hands, feet, steps.
vt. rakata: to measure by hand, foot or steps.
raka2
vt. raka, rakaraka: to step over, to stride over, to go over, to go beyond, to transgress.
fig. infringe, transgress (laws).
raka3
a. at fault for having infringed an interdict, a taboo, cursed, bewitched, condemned.
syn. maraia.
red. raraka.
ex.
- e mate iai ba e raka: he died of it, he transgressed an interdict.
- ka-raka:
v. to make transgress an..., to give up to ill-luck, to perdition, to make accursed, to bewitch, to cast a spell on, to ruin.
syn. kamaraia.
Topics: Shells and sea creatures, The body, Numbers and counting