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Bingham
úa
n. fishing in deep water in which a number of persons accompany or manage the seine by swimming <fishing>.
vi. swim, fish <fishing>.
uá
a. two, used in counting tens, hundreds, thousands, etc, days and years.
see a (for numeral suffixes).
vt. await the night or sunset.
uaa
n. fruit.
vi. bear fruit.
Sabatier
ua
a. two, in compound words: ua-kora, ua ngaun, ua-bubua.
ua1
a. two, when counting in pairs, by two's.
ua2
v. rad. of uota in compound words to have on oneself, to carry on oneself.
ex. ua-kai, ua bai: to carry arms...
ua3
v. rad. of uaua: to swim.
ex. ua rio, uarake, ua nako: to swim down,... up, away.
n. te ua: a manner of fishing with net in deep water.
vc. ka-uaua: to make swim.
see v.t. uana: to swim to,... towards.
ua4
n. measure, manner.
idiom. uau naba, uam naba: me also, you also.
ex.
- uana naba: in the same way, and so on.
- uau aei i tari: the water was up to here (show) on me in the sea.
- akea uam: there's nobody like you, nobody your size.
ua5
v. to wait until, have patience till, insist until, remain until...
ex.
- ti ua rekena: we will wait till we get it.
- e ua matena: he kept at it till death.
- n ua te: until.
- n ua matena: even until death...
vt. ka-ua: in a state of waiting, of patiently waiting, until...
ex. kauako, kauangkami.
ex.
- kauangkami i main te ongora: have patience while waiting for the address.
- kaua te ongora: wait until the...
- kaua matum: wait till it is time to go to bed.
- kauai nanomi: be patient! you will get satisfaction!
intj. ua reke! ua roko! ua rongo! (ironical) let it come! what odds!
ua6
n. te ua, uan te...: fruit, product, result, gain, profit.
ex.
- te ua ni, uan te ni: fruit of coconut tree; te ben: coconut.
- te moan ua: the first fruit.
- akea uana: without profit,... value.
v. kariki ua: to give fruit, profits, results.
nv. kinika ua: to gather,... pull fruit.
vc. kauaea: to make..., to let produce fruit,... profit.
Topics: Fish, Fishing, Numbers and counting