rawa
Bingham
ráwa
vi. to refuse.
ex. I rawa: I won't.
ráwa
n. a channel to a lagoon or harbor.
Sabatier
Rawa
n. Te Rawa: a star of constellation Aquila.
rawa
n. a passage, canal, passage through reef, a strait.
nv. bono rawa: a rough sea, closing passage.
rawa1
n. refusal, opposition, repugnance, weariness, bad will.
ex.
- I rawa iai: I won't.
- v. I rawa n... I rawa ni: to refuse, to oppose..., to sulk, to abstain from, etc.
rawa2
ex.
- rawa, rawa n, rawa ni: in case.... for fear of... <lest>.
- I aki tamarakea te ni, ba I rawa ni baka: I don't climb the coconut tree for fear I might fall (because I risk falling).