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tura

Bingham

tuúra

vi. to slide or crawl along as a snail.

túraa

vt. to accidentally subject one's leg to a giving out.

túra

n. a wooden brace to a canoe mast.

Sabatier

tura

n. forked stick, propping canoe mast on outrigger side.
vt. turana: to put a prop to..., to support with prop.

tura1

n. genuflection.
v. to genuflect.
ex. tutura... freq.
nv. turatura: to limp with stiff leg.

tura2

nv. tutura, titura: a way of crawling, leaving trail.
vc. katutura, katitura: to make..., to leave...

tura3

nv. to skid with foot, to slide along..., tree, trunk, rock.
vc. katura.

Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation, The body