tauti
Bingham
táuti
a. stingy, selfish, niggardly.
n. stinginess, selfishness.
táuti
n. a fish, the.
Sabatier
tauti
n. a fish, puffer fish, diodon.
ex. te bara n tauti: native helmet made of spiky skin of this fish.
tauti1
n. avarice, niggardliness, stinginess <stingy>.
a. tauti, tatauti, kitatauti, tautikoko, banga n tauti: avaricious, niggardly, very mean, miserly.
ex. tautikoko: rich miser.
ex. nano n tauti: mean hearted.
vc. kabatatautia: to treat as a miser.
Goo & Banner
tauti
sn. Diodon hystrix (ll).
n. pufferfish (sm).
Luomala
tauti
ew. tautu.
sn. all Diodon (Diodontidae).
n. spiny puffer.
Topics: Fish, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)