toto
Bingham
toóto
a. of little volume as the voice.
toóto
vi. to steal.
toóto
n. the perpendicular sticks on an outrigger.
tóto
suf. adv (an intensive) very.
ex. e maraki toto it is very painful.
tóto
a. soft as a young coconut.
tóto
va. near to death, used in the prophecy.
ex. ko toto[the prophecy mentioned above as near to death].
tóto
n. sweat on a decaying corpse.
Sabatier
toto
n. a forked piece of wood joining floater to rest of outrigger.
toto1
n. (1) toto ni kimoa: a feeble cry of very weak person.
(2) a coconut just beginning to have water inside.
(2) a coconut just beginning to have water inside.
toto2
suf. meaning small noise, squeak.
ex. bana toto.
toto3
na. bakatoto, korototo, katoto, mautoto, maungtoto: anything soft, slimy (flesh of young coconut, flesh of mollusc), soft flesh, decomposing...
suf. soft, tender, decomposed, rotten.
ex.
- e toto inona: crawling with worms.
- maung toto: smelling bad, putrid...
fig. soft, effeminate, with no consistency, flabby, a worthless kind of man.
vc. katotoa, kabetotoa, etc.: to make soft, tender, rotten, to cover with dirt.
ex. kamaungtoto: to soften, to decompose, to putrefy.
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