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teke ua tabo

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teke ua tabo

a. beaten both ways, going and coming (race).
ex. teke oti: pierced through and through, transpierced.
v. teteke rake, teteke rio, tetekenako: to flow from large wound, from hole, to flow into recipient, through channel, to flow towards, to flow through.
vc. katetekea: to make flow, to establish a current towards, to direct the flow.
katekea, katetekea, kateketekea: to hit, to touch, to win, to prick, to pierce, to transpierce, to aim at, to point at, to steer to.
n. te bai ni kateketeke, te kateketeke: thorn, sharp point, dart.
a. ae kateke, kateketeke: prickly, sharp, painful, thorny, spiky, rough.
n. te kateke: a good fishing ground.

Topics: Fishing