tae
Bingham
táe
va. stripped, extracted, drawn out, defeated.
táe
n. a pandanus fruit in a half developed state.
va. tae: cracked as a board.
n. a crack in a board or plank.
Sabatier
tae
radica. of taeka. to pull off, to remove.
v. kataea, kakataea: to remove, to pull off by separating, to strip off, to suppress, to cut off, to abolish.
ex.
- kataea ana kai: take away his weapons, conquer.
- kataea te butika:
see katae.
tae2
n. coconut or fruit fallen before maturity, broken branch.
a. tae, tatae: taken off <take off>, pulled off <pull off>, stripped from trunk (bark, branch).
fig. defeated, suppressed, passed, finished, ended (time).
n. te taenikai: defeat, prisoner of war.
ex. e tae te bong: the day, the time is passed. (see compound words.).
nv. see compound words: