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Bingham
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n. trap to catch eels <fishing>.
pron. my.
ex. baiu: my hand.
vi. go in great numbers, swarm about.
vi. fish for eels with an u.
Sabatier
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suf. to nouns indicating poss. adj. 1st person.
ex. tina-u: my mother; bai-u: my hand, my arm.
u1
pref. to most words beginning with u.
meaning up, upwards, lifting up, rising <rise> up.
meaning up, upwards, lifting up, rising <rise> up.
u3
n. a humming noise, buzzing,... of crowd, of wind.
v. to roar, to rumble, to hum, to buzz in swarms.
a. abounding, crawling, pollinating <pollinate>.
ex. e u te maninara: the mosquitoes are swarming and buzzing.
u4
n. te u, to u: eel basket, eel pot.
v. u: to fish for...
ex.
- tao-u: to fix the eel basket, to put it down to sea bottom.
- tae-u: to make eel basket.
- taona te u: to put down...
- taeko te u: to pull up...
nv. ka-u, kauai, kau kamakama, kau waro, etc.: to fish for crabs, kamakama, sea mantis, etc., by alluring <allure> them, enticing <entice> them (ka-u).
u5
n. perforation.
v. to perforate, to pierce.
ex.
- te bai n u: ancient gimlet of pointed shell.
- te u-baba: brace drill.
vt. una: to pierce, to perforate with brace bit.
u6
n. te u: a skin disease (which makes holes).
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