tei
Bingham
téi
n. kind, sort, variety, a watch as on ship-board, a standing.
téi
vi. to desist, to stand up for the purpose of beginning, to stand, to stop.
teéi
n. a child.
Sabatier
tei
n. teitei: standing position, attitude, posture.
v. tei, teteitei: to stand, to be standing upright, to stand up, to be stationary, to halt, to stop, to wait, to hesitate, to be undecided.
ex. tei moa!: wait a minute! stop!
see several compound words lower.
ex. au tei, am tei: my turn, your turn, to be on duty.
vc. katea, kateitea, katei, kateitei: to put standing up, to put upright, to train, to erect, to build, to construct, to found, to institute, to plant.
n. te katei: edifice, monument, building, invention, foundation.
fig. custom, practice, manners, traditions, procedure, method, manner of doing, way of living.
ex.
- katei rimoa: ancient custom.
- te katei n aomata: native custom te tia katei bai: architect, builder.
na. te katei, ae katei: slope, escarpment, sloping, steep.
nv. katei-bai: to lift arms, hands.
ex.
- katei bai: construction, construct.
- katei baobao: to build on piles, platforms.
tei1
plural. ataei.
and te ataei (S.):
n. child,.
and atei Butari).
n. te tei-ni-mane, te tei-n-aine: boy, girl.
ex.
- te tei aine: young woman, young girl.
- te rorobuaka: young man.
- te tei rara: boy, girl not yet quite adult.
Topics: The body, Family and people