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uti

Bingham

úti

n. louse.
a. greater, larger, used with riki.
vi. arise, awake.

Sabatier

uti

n. (1) (Baringloria asiatica) perhaps Bairiati.
n. (2) a bush.

uti1

n. te uti: louse, lice.
ex.
  • utin te man: animal lice.
  • utin bakaua: bugs.
  • te uti baraki: crab louse.
a. utiuti, uti n rang: crawling with...
v. kin uti: to catch lice, fleas.
ex. kang uti: to crunch lice.

uti2

n. utiuti, ututi: rising, awakening.
v. to get up, to swell, to lift up, to wake up, to raise up, to stand on end, to be awake, to be up, lifted up, swollen.
ex.
  • e uti buraena: its hair bristles,... is standing up.
  • e uti te buraua: the bread is risen.
vc. kauta, kakauta, kaututa: to waken, to call, to make get up, to make stand up,... rise up.
fig. to excite, to stir up, to rouse.
idiom. kauti-nako: to go off early in the morning to work, etc.
nv. te kauti, te kauti ni mane, te kauti n aine, a kauti: magical ceremonies <ceremony> on the ocean side facing the rising sun.

Goo & Banner

usi

sn. Barringtonia asiatica (z).

Topics: Plants and trees, Family and people, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner)