tua
Bingham
túa
vi. to graze, to glance, to ride over a wave as an outrigger.
túa
a. moderate in amount as food.
túa
n. a law.
túa
vt. to tell, to command.
túaa
va. fined.
n. a fine, a penalty.
Sabatier
tua
pref. ratua (tau, S.) in compound words for dimension, proportion, quantity of such...
na. tua-raoi, tua-tau: good, adequate dimensions, etc.
ex.
- tuakaei: of very big...
- tua rerei: of beautiful proportions.
- ra tua: nearly, almost...
see tua beku, tua kai, tua nonoku.
tua1
n. te tua: flame flower treee.
sn. Delonyx regia.
tua2
n. tuatua, tua nako: deviation, rebound.
v. to deviate, to rebound.
vc. katua, kakatua, katuanakoa: to make deviate, rebound, to turn aside, to ward off a blow, a shock.
tua3
n. law, precept, rule, commandment, ordinance, prescription.
ex.
- ana tua te Atua: commandments of God.
- kain te tua: government officials, magistrates, etc.
- bain te tua: government affairs.
v. tua, tutua, tuatua: to give an order, to prescribe, to advise.
see tuanga.
n. te taetae n tuatua: the imperative.
tua, tutua, tuatua: counsel, advice, information, notification, warning, caution.
tua, tutua, tuatua: counsel, advice, information, notification, warning, caution.
v. to denounce, to report, to tell.
ex.
- tai tua! tai tuatua: don't tell! don't say anything about it!
- tuatuan te Evangkerio: Gospel counsels.
tua4
n. fine, penalty.
v. to lose one's stake money, to be fined, penalized.
ex.
- karuo tua, kabaka tua: to put down stakes.
- kabara tuana: to pay one's fine.
Topics: Plants and trees, Food and cooking