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Koa
1. Rori te koa
hogihogi, to follow a scent.
2. Joy. Koakoa, joy,
content, happiness, gay,
satisfaction, hilarity, mirth,
to leap for joy, to please, to
fondle, dear; ariga koakoa,
good-humored; hakakoakoa,
to rejoice, to leap for joy. P
Pau.: koa, contented,
pleased; koakoa, joy.
Mgv.: koakoa, rejoicing,
joy, mirth, to be content,
satisfied; koa, to mourn.
Ta.: oaóa, joy, gladness.
Churchill.
Pau.: Koari,
to languish, to fade. Mgv.:
koari, half-cooked. Mq.:
koaí, rotten, insufficiently
cooked. Koata, a mesh.
Ta.: oata, hole in
coconuts, etc. Mq.: oata,
crevice. Churchill.
Mgv.: Koai,
a plant. Ta.: oai, the
wild indigo. Ma.: koai, a
plant. Akakoana-kohatu,
to make a small shapeless hole.
Ma.: kohatu, stone.
Koata, light of the moon
shining before the moon rises.
Ha.: oaka, a glimpse of
light. Churchill. |