Mama
1. To chew. 2. To mouth-feed (arch.)
he-mama i te vai tôa koia ko te tiapito kiroto ki te
haha o te poki, she mouth-feeds the child with
sugarcane juice together with tiapito juice. 3. A
sea mollusc (with an eight-horned shell). Vanaga.
1. To leak, to ooze, (maamaa).
P Pau., Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 2. To chew. P Mgv.,
Mq., Ta.: mama, id. 3. Light not heavy, (maamaa).
P Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 4. A limpet (Chiton
magnificus). Mgv., Mq., mama, a shellfish. 5.
To open the mouth; hakamama, to yawn, to gape, to
be ajar. Pau.: hamama, to open. Mgv.: akamama,
to burst open. Ta.: haamama, to open. Mq.:
haámama, to open the mouth. 6. Ta.: mama-orero,
conclusion of a council. Ha.: mama, to finish, to
have done with a thing. Churchill. |