tawa
Bingham
táwa
n. a fish, the.
vt. to dry in the sun.
táwa
a. ripe.
Sabatier
tawa
n. fry of baneaua, fry, chanos, milk fish.
tawa1
n. tawaningining: maturity.
a. mature, ripe, red ripe.
fig. old, very old.
vc. katawaea: ripen, let ripen.
tawa2
a. dry, dried, dried in the sun.
tawa3
vt. tawaea: to spread out to dry, to dry, to put to dry, to hang out to dry.
ex. e tatawa te tei: the child is sun burned.
Goo & Banner
tawa
sn. Chanos chanos.
n. fry; milkfish (ll).
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