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tama

Bingham

táma

n. a father.

tám'a

vi. to climb.

tám'a

n. a form of severe skin disease which progresses in its ravage.

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tama

n. tamau, tamam...: father, my father, your...
ex.
  • ai tamau,... tamam:... uncle.
  • Te Tama: father..., a priest.
vt. tamana: to adopt as...

tama1

v. tamatama: to climb, to go up (a tree, etc.), spreading (skin disease).
ex.
  • te tama ni mane: manner of climbing of grown up men (hand and foot one after the other).
  • te nati n tama: a bastard, illegitimate child.
vc. katama, katamatama: to make... to let climb.
see tamaka, tamarake, tamare.

Topics: Health and illness, Family and people

Words that link here

  • tamatama frequentative of tam'a to climb.