ro
Bingham
ro
n. salary, sustenance, a living.
darkness.
a girdle, a cable, a warp.
darkness.
a girdle, a cable, a warp.
a. dark.
vi. to faint from weakness.
Sabatier
ro
n. obscurity, darkness, gloom.
fig. gross ignorance, ignorance of childhood.
ex.
- e ro: night, dark, gloomy, obscure, ignorant, without reason.
- te rotongitong: thick darkness.
- e roro...: very dark.
n. te ro n nano: gross ignorance.
ex. te nano ro, e nano ro: he has not reached age of reason, he is ignorant, stupid.
vc. ka rotongitonga: to make very dark (night or mind).
ex. A ro tabo n ati: The rocks are not visible (for sailing or fishing).
ex. A ro matau: I feel weak, faint.
vc. ka-roa: to darken, to dim.
v. kairoro: to act, to get up, to stay in dark.
ro1
n. cable, rope, chain, belt, anchor chain, anchor.
ex. te ati n ro: stone anchor.
fig. te ro teaina, ro te aina: work in shifts, teams, in one gang, all together, to make copra going from land to land.
vt. roa: to attach, to tie up, to put at end of rope, to tether, to anchor.
ex. roa te nano: to overcome oneself.
ro2
n. salary, pay, pension, fee, <tuition>.
ex. rou, rom, rona, etc.
vt. rona, karekea rona: to pay salary, fees, pension.