tano
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tæ/no
n. earth, soil, ground.
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tano
n. sand, soil, clay, ground, land.
ex.
- au tano: my land, my piece of ground, my property.
- an tano: under the ground.
- bain an tano: minerals, metalsaon tano*: on the ground, on the surface of....
adv. i an tano: underground.
ex. i aon tano: on the...
a. tantano, be n tano: covered with sand, soil, dust, dusty.
ex. tanotano: full of sand (food).
vt. tanoa, tanotanoa: to cover with soil, sand.
ex.
- different kinds of soil: tano-bibinang: fine sand, wind blown.
- lown.
- tano-bike: sandy soil.
- tanobon: humus, manure.
- tano maere, maerere: having dark and light layers.
- tano-mai: whitish, limy soil.
- tano-maiu: fertile soil.
- tanoika, tano-bakoa, tanobaibakoa: white granulated sand, the kind used to stick on cheeks in certain magical rites.
- tano-roro: black soil.
- tano uea (N.), bike uea (S.): reddish sand underground.
tano1
n. (no article) ten million (obsolete). a big crowd.
ex. tano aomata aikai: countless, as grains of sand.
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