Tarawan Vocabulary: a - bûwu

1.	a [H] A euphonic particle of frequent occurrence in the language, as spoken by the interpreters. It may be, in some cases, an article (see the Grammar).
2.	â [N] four
3.	âai [H] t'âai [G] t'âaik [K] the sun (SEE: taai)
4.	abu [H] end, extremity, top. e kâkaña t'ábun au ïdu | the end of my needle is sharp ko tamôtam i tábun te ni | climb to the top of the tree
5.	abunaña [N] shoulder (SEE: aña)
6.	abunibai [N] abim [G] finger (SEE: bai)
7.	abuniwai [N] foot or toe (SEE: wai)
8.	âgu [N] âku [N] back (SEE: gugu, kagugu)
9.	ai [N] ê [I] fire
10.	ai [N] ê [I] here; this e roairi (rayirui), te kî ai, e buakaka te kî ari | the mat here is good, the mat there is bad. antina wân ai? | whose canoe is this?
11.	ai [H] me (affix) antai poai | don't strike me
12.	aia [N] yes
13.	aiai [N] this, these
14.	aiari [N] that, those
15.	aiíne [N] âine [N] woman, female e baibete te aiine | many are the women bain te mô aiine | egg of the hen (female fowl)
16.	aiiók [H] aeiók [H] aiyók [H] to be friendly; friendship 'kam aiiók? | are ye friends?
17.	âio [N] there
18.	aiûri [G] like (SEE: era)
19.	ákadiç [H] katiti [G] knife of shell
20.	akai [H] << >> (SEE: kai)
21.	akêa [N] no, not (SEE: bu) ko akea taia | thou dost not know
22.	akî [N] not aki nako mai | not coming
23.	akideria [G] deep; far off
24.	am [H] thy (prefix)
25.	aman [H] month eraman aman | how many months?
26.	amaráke [N] amárak [I] food, victuals
27.	amda [H] amdra [H] amra [H] what is it? what for?
28.	ami [H] your (plural)
29.	amo [N] to carry on the shoulder; stick for carrying a burden on the shoulders of two men
30.	ana [H] his
31.	ana [N] below (ANT: eta)
32.	ana [H] to take, receive, get, bring, take hold of. mai anáia | come and take it e ñâ te tapa ko anáia erâ? | where is the knife you got from me? anókon ana auboi te rüb iu te nî ni béniak | go and bring for me some clay from the mullet pond. mai anâ te maia ea | come and take hold of this rope
33.	anákara [G] slave
34.	anânau [N] long, tall; a long time; to last long. tia anânau ma uñgoe | I am as tall as you anânau táiñgo ñai aikai | I have waited for you long here. anânau te buóx | the war is long
35.	ane [N] ánene [I] ánini [I] song, to sing
36.	ánea [N] mast of vessel
37.	anéran [G] taro pit (SEE: rua)
38.	ano [H] inside (SEE: nanau)
39.	antai [H] do not, forbear, desist (SEE: tai, tailai) antai diriñir | don't beat us antai katañai | don't make me cry antai kamárakego | don't hurt yourself
40.	antai [N] anda [G] who? antai môn apami? | who is the chief of your land? antai ia diriñkami? | who beats you? ko iri ma 'ntai? | you came with whom? antai ia kamárakego? | who hurt you?
41.	änti [H] änt [K] zentz [G] spirit, god e gaña Tabuerik in ent? | how is Tabuerik among spirits or divinities?
42.	äntia [H] éntia [I] ink for tatooing
43.	ántina [K] anto [G] anti [G] whose? antina tapa ai? | whose knife is this? anto wân ai? | whose canoe is this?
44.	añ [H] wind e baibete te añ | there is much wind
45.	aña [H] shoulder rî-n'aña | bone of the shoulder, scapula
46.	áñara [H] axe
47.	aori! [H] see! behold! (SEE: naori)
48.	apa [N] ap [K] aba [G] land, country, earth antai môn apami? | who is the chief of your land? ión te ap [ión çap] | on the earth ietát e te ap | the land is high
49.	apani [H] ibani [G] finished, complete; all, everything, entirely (SEE: pani, kapani) apani in kanák | all eaten
50.	apâpaki [N] great (SEE: babaki)
51.	apéi [N] basket
52.	apiñi [N] box made of matting
53.	ápon [G] it is, it was apon wam | it is your canoe apon tarina | it was his brother
54.	apo [N] fishline
55.	ara [H] our ara mai | our fireplace
56.	ara [H] very ara bubura, ara bâbak | very large, very great
57.	ara [H] current in the sea iai te ara? | is there a current?
58.	ara [N] name antai arám? | what is thy name
59.	aramâ [H] foreign rope
60.	ararâ [H] thread
61.	ari [H] there, yonder; that te ni ari ininan | that low tree anoko ari | go yonder
62.	ari [H] the day after niñábu o ari o ari | tomorrow and the day after and the day after
63.	ari [N] eyebrow
64.	aria [G] calm
65.	átai [N] ëdai [I] child
66.	atai [H] edai [I] right, dexter
67.	atai [H] who (SEE: antai)
68.	at [H] liver ia kamâg a kain bô mo atan | his wound is great, reaching to his liver
69.	ata [N] a stay to a mast, a rope
70.	ati [H] child (SEE: atai) atina, atira | his child, our child
71.	ati [H] fireplace; stone used in making a fireplace
72.	ati [H] thatch atin ûman | thatch of thy house
73.	atîpu [N] atib [K] t'áçip [G] a stone
74.	átia [H] hold it (SEE: witi)
75.	atu [N] ëdu [I] head taubukan te atu | top of the head
76.	atunipai [N] wrist
77.	au [H] my au kara | my relation
78.	âua [N] four
79.	auáta [G] many
80.	auboña [H] tridacna (shellfish)
81.	auderia [G] evil spirit, devil
82.	aura [H] auraaura [H] shining, glowing, blazing; red hot
83.	auti [H] auç [I] a louse; the porcupine fish paran t'auti | cap made of the skin of the porcupine fish
84.	auti [H] the Pleiades; also winter (reckoned from the appearance of this constellation)
85.	aútia [G] aúdjia [G] to dig mai ina aúdjia te mániop | come and dig the well
86.	auwára [G] it's a lie!
87.	bâ [H] oil; cocoa-nut oil
88.	bâ [H] rock e nímtea te bâ te nimatani | the periwinkle sticks to the rock
89.	bâ [N] a leaf of a tree bani | cocoa-nut leaf
90.	bä [H] thunder ko uña te bä ari? | do you hear the thunder there?
91.	ba-ni-mata [H] temple, house of spirits
92.	bâbaki [H] great, large (SEE: apâpaki, kabâbak) i a bâbak a kaiu | my wound is great dokóv e ko bâbak iu uea | truly thou art great among chiefs e bâbak Taputeouea | Taputeouea (the island) is large
93.	bai [N] pai [N] arm, hand te muluku ni kai | length of arm (a measure) ôn e baiu | my hand is full
94.	bai [N] bêi [I] bê [I] pê [I] a thing, any thing, something; an instrument, implement; a creature, a living thing (SEE: boi (probably the same word)) e bake te bai | that thing is thrown down te bai ni kanâk | something to be eaten bai ni taitai | implement for tattooing antai kamate te bai | don't kill that creature
95.	bai [H] very (only used in compound words)
96.	baíbete [H] baíbäti [H] much, many, a great deal; greatly (SEE: bete) e baibete te râra rûm | there is much blood about thee e baibete te bóboi | there is a great deal of taro e baíbete t'irírin | great is the heat e baibete te aiíne | there are many women ko baibete 'n dídiri | you are very cross
97.	baibuaka [H] baibuâx [G] very bad, vile, base (SEE: buaka)
98.	bai-ni-kadaradara [H] a spy-glass (i.e. an instrument for causing to see)
99.	bai-ni-kurubuai [H] a razor (instrument for cutting beard)
100.	bainaka [H] honored, sacred e bainaka níyire | she is honored
101.	bain-ganai [H] if (SEE: kanai) bain-ganai tia mîgo ineboñ, tia duañgo kanawa ni mîu | if I dream about you to-night, I will tell you the substance of my dream
102.	baiene [N] basket
103.	bairi [H] boini [G] nose (SEE: ruku-bair)
104.	baítar [H] boítari [G] holothuria, sea-slug, bicho da mar
105.	baka [H] bäka [I] baxa [I] to fall; to set, as the sun (SEE: kabaka) irik atûn o e baka ma raraúnok | his head turned round and he fell in a fit kana baka te karu | the rain is going to fall e baka taaik | the sun is setting
106.	baka [G] to throw e baka gin e ñai | throw it to me
107.	bakainê [H] to slight, contemn (ANT: iakai) ko bakainêai | you slight me
108.	bakabota [N] a fish-spear
109.	baki [N] hungry
110.	bakin [H] greatness (SEE: bokin)
111.	bákoa [N] shark
112.	bâmuti [N] beads
113.	baña [G] cannot, know not how (SEE: papaña) e baña tiritiri | he cannot be angry e baña uoua | I don't know how to swim
114.	bara [G] dirt, dirty bara in te ai | ashes (dirt from the fire)
115.	bárai [N] a cage for fowls
116.	bárea [H] béreak [K] béniak [G] a canoe-house
117.	barik [K] dirty (SEE: bara)
118.	bata [N] bät [I] bët [I] house, dwelling batam | thy house
119.	baut' [H] to swallow; subsistence, food (SEE: kabautiá) bautia | swallow it ko akî bô ma bautam | you won't get a livelihood
120.	bauwar [H] spittle divianok bauwaram | eject your spittle
121.	bebádoa [H] cockroach
122.	beni [N] pen' [N] old, ripe cocoa-nut
123.	ben-te-nuku [H] bain-n-te-nuku (?) [H] waist-mat, cincture
124.	béniaka [H] mullet te nî ni béniaka | mullet-pond
125.	benua [N] bïnu [I] country, land, island, shore e raro te binu | the land is far off ti akî roko binu | we will not go on shore muri-benua | land's end, end of an island
126.	berig [H] to help, to hasten; to strive for, seek; to urge, to induce mai ikai ko na berig auboi ai | come and help me with this thing berígia | hurry with it! teiti bérigi matu | people that seek my death ko bérigir in buérar | thou hast urged us to do wrong ko berigia in kamatego | thou wilt make me kill thee
127.	bëte [H] bëti [I] bäti [I] much, many (SEE: baíbete) e bët' ana mate teua | many are his slain e bete te karu | there is much rain
128.	beti [N] inner part of the pandanus nut
129.	bíbuti [H] bîbus [G] afloat
130.	bigúgu [H] pregnant
131.	bîka [H] biga [I] pik [I] beach, strand, sandy place; sand eduai uti te bika | the beach is not yet in sight (or risen)
132.	bïr [H] lizard
133.	birimâk [H] birimâr [G] to run, to hasten
134.	birinok [H] to run away, to run to e ñâ 'm kaw'? akêa bu birinok kuánano | where is your slave? I don't know; he ran away yesterday birinok e te bät | run to the house
135.	biti [N] iron
136.	bitibiti [N] knife of iron
137.	bô [H] pô [H] to meet, come together; reach to, touch, attain tia bô | we will meet eduain bô ma uñoe | I have not met with you ko bô ma karawa o môni | you have reached the skies and the subterranean world ia kamâg a kain e bô mo atan | his wound is great, reaching to his liver tiakî bô mâp (ma ap') | I shall not reach the land
138.	bô [H] bû [I] bent, crooked e bô wain teua [g] | his leg is crooked e bô matam | you are cross-eyed
139.	bô [N] to trade, exchange; payment, equivalent (SEE: kaboboi)
140.	bôbo [H] to light, kindle, burn e bôbo te ai iniañai? | when will the fire be lighted?
141.	bóboi [N] pópoi [N] taro, arum esculentum
142.	boê [H] gone (paddled off?) (SEE: bue) akea bu boê te wa | indeed the canoe is gone
143.	boi [H] property, any thing possessed; thing, in general (SEE: bai) ake te boi rûn | he has no property witia mai te boi | give me the thing auboi ai, o amboi ai, anaboi t' uea e tok' ai | this is mine, that is yours, and the rest belongs to the king
144.	bokabok [H] butabut [G] to cough
145.	böki [H] greatness, size (SEE: baki, bâbaki) ko kamâg in bökim in änt | thou art fearful in thy greatness among spirits tia bokin uñgoe | I am (of) the size of you
146.	boñ [N] night; used also for the entire day of twenty-four hours niñân te boñ | tomorrow night [g] tiaki maiu, e roko au boñ | I shall not live, my time is come
147.	boñ [H] boña [I] buña [I] to set, as the sun e boñ a täaik (e boñ taai [g]) | the sun is set kana boñ a taaik | the sun is setting
148.	boñ [H] bâñ [H] a fish-trap made of withes, an eel-pot
149.	boña [H] to bear, bring forth; born e boña niyire | she has brought forth a child ko boña mai erûn tînam îniañai? | when were you born from your mother ? (or borne by)
150.	boñiboñ [H] growing dark, becoming night
151.	bou [N] pou [N] post of a house
152.	bû [N] spouse; husband or wife
153.	bü [H] pü [I] pün [I] bün [I] but, only, merely, just; with akea in answer to a question, it forms a sort of an affirmative tiák Tabura, ba teua | it is not Tabura, but he tiák te ômat e níñin, bun te änt | she is not a human being, but a spirit e tia bu maúriñia | I have just thought of it e tia bu bô ma uñgoe | I have just met with you bün te rañ uñgoe | you are only a slave bün karôgo | just be quiet e uti te wa? akea b'ûti te wa | is the canoe in sight? yes, the canoe is in sight
154.	bu [H] a smell
155.	bua [N] mouth
156.	buai [N] beard kurubuai | to shave
157.	buâka [H] buâkaka [N] bad, vile teua buaka ma kai | he is bad with the spear e räûirüi te kî ai, e buâkaka te kî ari | this mat is good, that is bad buaka-karawa | stormy weather
158.	buañ [H] basaltic stones found in the roots of trees which are drifted to the islands
159.	buáñui [N] whale's tooth
160.	bubu [H] bub [I] to sprout, to grow bubun t'ai | smoke (i.e. product or growth of the fire)
161.	bubu [G] blunt, not sharp
162.	bubuônibai [N] elbow
163.	bubuôniwai [N] knee
164.	bûbura [N] large
165.	bûbuti [H] deep e bûbuti te rawa | the channel is deep
166.	buê [H] búe [G] bui [G] warm, hot; heated, burnt (SEE: kabuê) tia buê | I am warm e buê auraura | it is red-hot e buê bätar | our house is burnt
167.	buê [G] bûi [G] steering-oar, rudder (SEE: poe)
168.	buénar [H] poênar [I] a paddle
169.	bui [H] buin [I] egg buin te mô aiine | egg of the hen
170.	buîa [G] loft of a house (SEE: pura)
171.	buiérar [H] to smell sweet; fragrant
172.	buînai [H] earth, loam
173.	buír [H] to do wrong, to be in fault; sin, fault, error tia buír | I am in fault tautauir in buirar | save us from our sins
174.	buíra [N] to smell bad; fetid
175.	buíräbuir [H] froth kâk e buirabuir in te karuôruo | take the froth from the toddy
176.	buke [H] to throw down with noise e buke te bai | that thing is thrown down
177.	bûki [H] buku [H] buk [I] puki [I] buttock, tail, hinder part
178.	bûkibûk [H] biûkibiûk [I] cask, barrel
179.	bukin-atu [H] nape of the neck
180.	buki-ni-wai [H] heel
181.	buna [H] deaf e tániña buna | he is deaf
182.	bunekéaki [N] a cutaneous disease, the herpes (SEE: guni)
183.	buni [G] good
184.	bu-ni-mân [K] a poor man bün umân | only a common person (?)
185.	bû-ni-matañ [G] a chief-judge, a prime minister
186.	bunin [G] round
187.	buña [H] chin buñam | thy chin
188.	buñabuña [H] a hole buñabuña ni riêm | hole of your lips, mouth
189.	búñaga [H] boñaga [H] a word used in entreating ia buñagam, Tabuerik | we pray thee, O Tabuerik e buñagam ko na rok ar nea | we beg thee to become our chief tia buñagami | I beg of you
190.	buók [H] buóx [I] war; to fight; hostile; troubled, distracted anânau te buók | the war lasts long kom buók? | do ye fight? teiti buók | one who fights, a warrior e buoka kân ion te ap akaiim | all the people of the land are opposed to you e buók a nanu | my mind is distracted
191.	buokonikai [H] buôkunyikai [K] buoguínyikai [K] buâxanikai [G] buônikai [G] woods, woodland, inland country
192.	bure [N] the ovula-shell
193.	burêr [H] pilar hair; feathers
194.	buruburu [N] fur, hair of animals buruburun te kimóa | fur of the rat
195.	buta [H] navel
196.	butan [G] root butan-te-ni [k] | lower part of the trunk of a tree, stump
197.	bûtabut [G] cough (SEE: bokabok)
198.	bûtara [G] black
199.	butu [N] dagger, a small weapon armed with shark's teeth
200.	bûwu [H] throat bûwum | thy throat