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rarai

Bingham

rarái

n. a section of a bunch of bananas.

rarái

a. fastidious in taste or without appetite as one in pregnancy.

rarái

vi. to sway to and fro as a tree top.

rarái

a. sulky.

Sabatier

rarai

v. to twist and untwist in turning.

rarai1

n. a part of pandanus fruit detached from whole.

rarai2

a. surly, sullen (see Bingham).
see Bingham).

rarai3

n. capricious tastes, capricious whims of pregnant women, changeable whims.
a. having these...
vt. raraia, bararaia, nibararaia: to desire, to long for a certain food.
ex. nibararaia: a lesser desire.

Topics: Pandanus