tangira
Bingham
tángira
vt. to love, to desire, to cry for, to long for.
n. love, desire.
Sabatier
tangira
n. love, charity, affection, desire.
tangira1
vt. tangira, tangirangira: to love, to cherish, to have affection for, to desire, to wish, to want, to covet, to crave.
ex.
- ana tangira nakon: his love for ana tangirai: his love for me.
- ana tangirira:... for us.
- tangirana, tangirakina: passive love, love for him.
- au tangira (am tangira) object of my (thy) love.
- te bai n tangira: (au bai n tangira) a present, gift (my present).
- tatangiri-mata-n-aomata: compassion, pity, compassionate.
nv. te itangitangiri, i tangitangiri: mutual affection, to love one another.
ex.
- tangirangiraki: (person).
- tangiraki (objects).
tangi-ra
see syn. n.a. tangibuaka.
Topics: Feelings and character