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wara

Bingham

wáraa

a. without trees, treeless.
n. a treeless section.

Sabatier

wara

na. warawara, korowarawara: open mesh, having holes,... wire netting, lattice work, net, open, sparsely wooded, riddled with many holes, openings, passages, intervals.
vc. kawara, kawarawara: to make,... pierce,... leave spaces, intervals, holes in.
n. te kawara: a blasted, open passage, a break <gap>, a clear space.

wara1

v. (1) wara going badly, turning out badly, ill luck.
a. (2) badly behaved, detested.
ant. waraoi.

Topics: Plants and trees