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uakai

Bingham

uákai

a. two in counting trees, plants, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
vi. go armed.
n. custom of carrying deadly weapons.

uaákai

pron. these men or boys.

Sabatier

uakai

pron. these.

uakai1

n. two (plants, instruments, arms...).

uakai2

nv. to carry weapons, tools, to be armed to the teeth, provided with tools.

Topics: Plants and trees, The body, Numbers and counting