te
Bingham
te
art. a always followed by a numeral suffix, ai,ua,un,man,nga,kai,kora or a certain noun the expletive euphonic na being always added.
see a.
te
vi. to hiss, as frying fish, or as fermenting karewe.
Sabatier
te
art. the. a <an>. the indefinite article one can be used as te, but generally by teuana, temanna. both te and teuana are used together.
ex.
- weteia te tei temanna.
- kamai te boki teuana.
te1
n. tete: fizzing sound, bubbling, fermenting, seething, noise made by effervescence.
v. to boil, to fizz, to bubble, to froth, to ferment.
vc. katea, katetea: to bring to the boil.
n. te katete: toddy brought to boiling point only to prevent fermentation.
vc. fig. katea riki te taeka: stir up the discussion.