uma
Bingham
uúm'a
n. lagoon side of an island.
úm'a
n. house, cook-house, small house.
va. collected or assembled.
started, moved as a rock.
lifted a little in the middle as a mat spread out.
started, moved as a rock.
lifted a little in the middle as a mat spread out.
Sabatier
uma
n. any kind of dwelling, anything with roof, house, dwelling, hut, shelter, cabin, roof, tent, umbrella.
ex. uma ni mane: average-sized house.
a. uma, umauma: vaulted, convex, dome shaped, arched.
uma1
adv. n uma, i uma: in an inhabited place, at place dwelt in, in the village, at home.
ex. te aine n uma: housewife (married woman).
a. uma n, uma ni kewe, uma n taninga: to have the habit, vice of lying, laziness.
syn. baran, niba n, etc.
vc. kauma, kaumauma: to make roof shaped, to lift up one side with crow-bar, to make dome shaped,... arched, tunnelled.
see v. umana: to dwell in, under, to have as..., to take as one's dwelling, shelter.
uma
n. a system of navigation for travelling at night.