rotu
Bingham
ròtu
n. the spider shell-fish.
ròtu
a. dull, not sharp, blunt.
Sabatier
rotu
a. blunt, not sharp.
ex. roturotu: very blunt.
vt. rotua: to make blunt, to take the edge off.
vc. karotua: to make blunt...
fig. to impede, to contradict, to counteract.
ex. Ko karotua te taeka: You contradict what I said, you take away the effect, you suppress the real meaning.
syn. kabubu.
rotu1
n. spider shell fishh (shell with six points).
Topics: Shells and sea creatures