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teme

Bingham

téme

vi. to breathe at the surface as fish.

téme

n. a smoke, a smoking of tobacco,.
n. a wasting sickness.

Sabatier

teme

v. temeteme: to taste a beverage, to drink.
ex. temeka.
vt. teme temeka: to sip, to drink in sips.
idiom. e temeteme waena (S.), e tebetebe... (N.): halt, crippled, leg which is thrown forward when walking, to swagger, to play the dandy.
vc. katemea, katemeteme: to give a smoke to..., to pass pipe.

teme1

v. te teme, teme moko, tenamoko: to smoke, to smoke a pipe.

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