shake (self)erememehiativshake oneself7.3.1.3Shake
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shake (short shakes)omuuovshake back and forth with short movements, such as an earthquake or to remove a post
shake (single object, repeatedly, for a reason)emamuhuꞌutivshake repeatedly to make something happen, such as fruit falling from a tree
shake (things off)imemehiativshake things off, such as a dog shaking off water
shake (twist)oaꞌediovshake with a twisting motion, move back and forth, go around and around; like a child having a tantrum, someone trying to rebalance a wobbling canoe, a canoe following an irregular course, or the twisting motion used to remove a post from the ground.
shake (with each other)eremamuhuꞌuaivshake hands with each other
shape foremeꞌevmake something for someone by hewing out its shapeKa himio atai-da ai-rodau kaumo, moo peei rioi iremeꞌe duumo.The next day we go to hew out the inside of the canoe.6.7Tool
share (one object, in pieces)emaꞌativshare one thing with one person, piece by piece, such as when feeding a baby
share (repeatedly and habitually)emaꞌatidiovhabitually and repeatedly do something for someoneHiei-da, Roma heamoi epuhoro dubui-ro, rio pemaꞌatidio, ruu himia himoꞌa meree ata, gimo hiꞌa-ka, ihiai tooto-ha paꞌai.Then, a leader of the Roman soldiers, he was always giving care to his servant, who was very sick and about to die.
share (with many)eremaꞌativshare with many people
share (with one other)eremaꞌaivshare with one other personRuu-ro retoꞌa goꞌota obo idoꞌai-ka, eremaꞌai-ka ruu atai, moo atai.He dropped two green coconuts, and he drank one and I the other.5.2Food
share (with people)imaꞌativshare something with more than one person
sharpmubamubaadjsharp, made of many pointsIrai moo kakahi mubamuba bia.But my claws are not sharp.
sharpenemehuvsharpenAbeai eꞌakerei emehui-ka, gaꞌai oꞌoi omahoroi-ka.The father sharpened the knife and began to carve out the bow.6.7Tool
sheruuprohe, she, itKiauka ruu gaai-ra mahuumo-ra iha pia'ubai.Then he took the bow and the arrows.9.2.3Pronouns
shearwateraipaucfaipautuomo aipaunseagulls and shearwaters. In the rainy season the chest and tail feathers become black
sheepmamoiMotunsheepKa aaꞌo duoi, mamoi iaꞌe uubi aamiiꞌa, aaꞌo goꞌotoi taitai hauꞌii-da, mamoi paꞌai dabi paꞌaimo.And that night, there were some sheep-watching people, they were in a clearing near the town, caring for their sheep.
shell beltbidibidi baꞌenshell belt ornament
shell typebidibidintraditional decorative shell like a one kina coinegai-umuntype of conch shellgaimaunshell in the potamididae family, mud-whelk or creepersgaimaꞌeinshell in trochidae familygedoransmall species of shellhiiꞌamoncrescent shaped shellika-horonshell, lit:shell boneika-rato 1LLHHnpiece of broken shell used to scratch skin when one has a swelling or headache1.6.1.5Fishika1 2nshellcomp.popu-ikakeiminshell.spkihurinsmall shell that grows on logs, and that you step on in the water, bores a hole into the thing it is growing onmabuonceremonial shell armband, bangle, worn by women4.2.4Dance
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