unun
Bingham
únun
n. crossness, moroseness, disposition to quarrel or fight.
n. shark.
n. long spear with sharks teeth.
a. given to anger or ill-temper, disposed to fight.
Sabatier
unun
n. (1) te unun: lagoon shark.
n. (2) a lance with double edge of shark's teeth.
unun1
freq. of un.
na. passionate, fiery, of choleric temperament, violent, irascible, pugnacious, quarrelsome, disputatious.
fig. harsh, cross, peevish, moody, disagreeable.
ex.
- bakaunun, kakaunun: blustering, swaggering, braggart.
- baka te un: to pretend to be angry.
- kakaiun: choleric, irascible.
- kaunun, kakaunun: irritating, vexing, offensive.
vc. kaununa: to irritate, to vex, to offend, to hurt.
Goo & Banner
unun
n. white tipped lagoon shark (hh).
Luomala
unun
ew. uniuni.
sn. Negaprion acutidens (charcharhinidae).
n. requiem shark.
Topics: Fish, Fishing, Sea, canoes and navigation, Colours, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)