uea
Bingham
uéa
vi. reign.
n. king, high chief, lord, sovereign.
Sabatier
uea
n. king, soverign.
ex.
- uea aine: queen.
- uea ni kai: king by right of conquest.
- uea ni Mainiku: the Magi.
a. ae uea, n uea: royal.
ex.
- e uea: he is king, he reigns.
- te waka uea: the tap root, main root.
n. ueau, ueam: my, thy, kingdom, reign.
na. utu n uea: royal family, royal blood.
ex.
- ba n uea: the reigning family.
- niba n uea: of royal origin, prince.
- uea makimaki: king for a day (one who eats all his taro, goes through all his riches in a short time).
vc. kauea: to make, to proclaim king.
vc. kakauea: to act the king, to play the great personage, to be pretentious.
syn. baka n uea.
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