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wae

Bingham

wáe

n. a leg, a foot.
n. a shriveled, undeveloped coconut including the husk.
a. blighted, as a coconut.

Sabatier

wae

n. feet <foot>, leg;.
see ranga.
a. waewae: having fat legs, thighs.
idiom. katei wae, katea waena: to refresh oneself, to take refreshments,... restore energy.
vt. aoniwaea, aniwaea: to place under leg or foot.

wae1

n. (1) te wae: a freak coconut with no kernel, barren woman, impotent man, dried up fruit, freak, good for nothing.
(2) this freak coconut used as skittles by children, as support under canoes.
nv. karewae: to throw a skittle between legs, to play game of...

wae2

n. te Wae: name of a constellation.

Topics: Coconut, Weather and sky, The body