uke
Bingham
úke
va. consumed as bait, consuming.
vi. spread as a sore or fire.
vi. seek.
Sabatier
uke
a. exhausted, fleeced, stripped bare, nothing left.
vc. kaukea: to leave no remains, not a skerrick, to lay bare, to finish completely, to exhaust totally.
syn. kababanea.
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n. search, research, quest; ukeuke:
v. to look for, to seek after.
ex.
- uke-aba, ukeukeaba: to look everywhere.
- uke amarake: to look for food, sustenance.
- uke anti, ukeuke n anti: to look for like gust of wind.
n. te ukeuke n anti: whirlwind, gusty blasts of wind.
v. ukebaba: to look for, to rummage, to ransack.
ukebaun: to collect rations.
uke-biri: to seek while running, hastily.
ukerara: to look in the wrong place, to rummage in...
uke-tati: to seek in vain,... where there in nothing at all.
uke-un: seek a quarrel.
ukebaun: to collect rations.
uke-biri: to seek while running, hastily.
ukerara: to look in the wrong place, to rummage in...
uke-tati: to seek in vain,... where there in nothing at all.
uke-un: seek a quarrel.
n. kaukeuke: the effort of searching.
vc. kaukeukea: to make look for...
ex. kauke aba, kaukebiri, etc.
Topics: Fishing, Health and illness