.MP    AWA  :Channel, passage through reef
*0  >> NP *awaawa, SO *faqi-ava
*4     POC *sawa(n,9) "channel in reef giving passage to boats, landing place, anchorage" (LPO I:204;II:111); POC *qawa 'mouth, opening' (LPO V:129).
*5     PMP *sawaq "channel" (ACD).
ANU    Ava. :Passage from open sea to protected water (not necessarily a channel) (Fbg)
EFU    Ava. :Passage (Mfr)
EUV    Ava. :Passe, passage, entrée, accès, ouverture. Etre ouvert, béant, libre. (Rch)
EUV    Ava/hi. :Ouvrir (Rch)
EAS    Aba. :Canal, channel, crack, crevice, ditch, trench (Fts)
HAW    Awa. :Channel (Pki)
KAP    Awa. :Channel, harbour (Lbr)
KAP    Awa iga. :Fish weir (Lbr)
OJA    Ava. :Entrance through reef. Strait (passage between two islands), if covered at low tide (Hbn)
OJA    Ava/va. :Strait (passage between two islands), if covered at high tide only (Hbn)
OJA    Ava. :River, channel (Smd)
MVA    Ava. :Passe pour les navires (Rch)
MKI    Ava. :Channel (Bck)
MQA    Ava. :Fissure, fente, crevasse; défile, passage, gorge de montagne, passe du lagon. Passe, passage, detroit, canal; distance, espace, intervalle (Dln). (Lch)
MQA    Ava puta. :Seuil de la porte, entrée de la maison (Lch)
MOR    Awa. :River channel . Creek (Shd)
MAO    Awa. :Channel, river (Wms)
NFO    Ava. :Channel (Dye)
NTP    Kupenga tali/ava. :Fishing with net strung across channel (Dye)
NIU    Ava. :Channel, passage through reef, harbour, opening in reef. Furrow, stripe; crack, gap (McE). (Sph)
NGR    Ava. :Channel through reef, main passage (small passage is called muri ava) (Dvl)
NKM    Ava. :Passage (Fbg)
NKO    Ava. :Passage, channel (Crl)
PEN    Ava. :A passage through the reef opening into the lagoon (Cbl)
PUK    Ava. :Reef passage (Mta)
RVV    Ava. :A pass, entrance, channel through the reef (Stn)
RAP    Ava. :Pass, entrance to harbour (Grn)
RAR    Ava. :Channel, passage (Bse)
REN    Aba. :Pass, channel, beach, canoe anchorage (Ebt)
SAM    Ava. :Channel (Prt)
SIK    Ava. :Passage (Dnr)
TAH    Ava. :Passe (pour entrer dans un lagon ou dans un port) (Lmt)
TAK    Ava. :Deep passage in reef, channel (Mle)
TIK    Ava. :Channel; stream of any size (Fth)
TOK    Ava. :A channel (through or across the reef); a natural channel (running up into the reef from the ocean side) (Sma)
TON    Ava. :Passage, opening. A cove, crevice, creek; a hole; a gap; a streight (Mar). (Cwd)
TON    Ava. :To have a hole or aperture in it; to be open... (Cwd)
TON    Ava/ngi, ava/ki. :To perforate, make a hole or opening in; to scuttle (a ship); to lift so as to leave a little space underneath (Cwd)
TUA    Ava. :Pass, channel in a reef, port, harbour (Stn)
TVL    Ava. :Passage through reef (Rby)
PIL    Ava. :Passage through the reef (Hvn)
WAY    Cawa. :Beach or reef below high-tide mark (Ply)