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Bingham
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n. a canoe.
n. sleepers of a floor.
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vi. to move along in a company as persons or fish.
Sabatier
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n. te wa, to wa (N) any vehicle, any means of conveyance: canoe, boat, bicycle, cart, toy..., pawn in chess,... checkers.
ex.
- wam te baitika: your bicycle.
- te wa ni kiba: aeroplane <airplane>.
fig. e maninga wau: my head forgets.
see v.t. wana.
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pref. of waki in compound words.
see wa-puaka, wa ni kangare, wanraea.
note. in the sense of, to be doing. corresponds to manibuaka, manraoi, manikangare, manrea: to be in a state of... (slight nuance).
wa3
n. beam, joist.
ex.
- te wa n nano: lower beam, floor beam.
- te wa n anti: scaffolding, horse or trestle.
wa4
n. species, kind (fish, birds), category of...
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n. te wa n Tarawa: a dance, manner of procedure, ceremonial <ceremony> for different rites, composition or performance following a method.
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nv. wawa, wanako: to go,... move,... displace oneself, to flow,... flow away.
ex.
- a wa nako ika: the fish are going off, travelling.
- a wawa ranni matana: his tears are flowing.
vc. kawaea, kawawaea: to make flow.
n. te bai ni kawawa: guttering, spouting.
ex. ikawawa: to wander around in mobs, gangs, etc., vagrancy of number of persons together.
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n. te Wa: a constellation.
Topics: Fish, Birds, Sea, canoes and navigation, Weather and sky, House and village, Games, songs and dance