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tari

Bingham

taári

n. salt water, salt, a sea.

tæ/ri

n. a man's brother, a woman's sister.

tæ/ri

va. rippled by fish, as the surface of the water.

tæ/ri

n. flowing coconut sap.
turbid dalt water roiled by fish.

Sabatier

tari

n. (1) (no article) sea, salt water, sea water.
ex. i tari: in the sea.
n. te tari: salt.
(2) salted and dried fish.
a. ae tari: salty.
vt. taria, tariaki: to salt, to be salted.
syn. tarina, taorona.

tari1

n. taru (tariu) tarim: brother (of a boy), sister (of a girl).
ex.
  • tarin Bauro: Bauro's brother.
  • tarin Maria: Maria's sister.
see maneu, manem.
ex.
  • ai tari, ai taru: cousin; for very distant relationship.
  • au tari, am tari.
plural. au tari.
n. te Tari: lay brother.
nv. i-taritari: fraternity, to act as, to treat as brother or sister.

tari2

n. te tari, tarin te ni: sap, juice of coconut spathe.
v. tari, tatari: to have, to give juice.
a. full of juice.
nv. ua-tari: to take one's quota of juice to the cooperative where each member takes turn to transform it into molasses by boiling.

tari3

n. te tari, te taritari: the wake of fish,... canoe.
v. to make or leave a...
ex. te tari, te mantoa: wake or troubled waters indicating passage of shoal of mud scavenger fish.

tari4

n. pref. fig. of prec. word forming some compound words.
ex. a trace, air, appearance of...

Topics: Fish, Coconut, Family and people