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toma

Bingham

toóma

vt. to taste of, to sip.
n. a taste of a liquid food.

tomaá

vt. to splice.

tóma

n. a splice.

Sabatier

toma

n. join, joining, junction, seam, affix.
ex.
  • te toma moa:
  • te toma mwi: prefix.
  • te tia toma: suffix; adjuster, joiner.
vt. toma, tomatoma: to join, to readjust, to make a seam.
ex.
  • tuta: to join end to end.
  • ribata: to join by adding piece over join.

toma1

vt. totoma: to taste (to see how it tastes), to sip, to savour.
v. kato-mam: to sip, to taste, to...

Topics: Food and cooking