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ba adv., gives force, explains, makes the diction less abrupt; ai ba, who then? a doo ba, why so-and-so; go may be added, a doo bago, the man there.
babala n., a tempest; babalai tolo, a hurricane.
babali (gu) n., cheek. Cf. bali. S. papali.
babara (gu) n., side (of persons only), loins. S. parapara.
babaranga n., a draught, shoal, of fish; babarangai ia, a shoal of fish.
babataini v. tr., to throw down, break by throwing down, overthrow. S. papa.
bae, babae v. tr., to speak, to say; bae fua, to rebuke.
baea, v. n., word; si baea, a word; a si baea, The Word.
baela (gu) v. n., word, the act of speaking; si baela nana, that word.
baita big, loud, to grow big; manata baita ana, to love a person; mala baita, Big Malaita. It is worth notice that the last three letters of baita, viz, ita, are those which the Spaniards, the original discoverers of Malaita, added to the name mala, by which Malaita is known to the natives of those parts. The part of the island which the Spaniards saw and named is called by its inhabitants mala baita, and it is conceivable that the ba of baita may have been lost in transcription. S. paine, Alite baita. The root is probably bai, and ta a verbal suffix.
balafe v. tr., to thank, to praise. S. paalahe.
balafela v. n., praise, thanksgiving.
balala, bala v. i., used with fafi; balala fafi, to despise.
bali n., part, side, of position; ita bali logo, from over there; i bali jordan i bali logo, from the other side of the Jordan; te bali babali, one cheek; te bali maa, one eye; Cf. babali. S. papali, cheek.
bara n., a fence, gate, wall, courtyard; gule bara, family (tribe). S. para.
baraa n., a feast.
baru n., a large sea-going canoe, ship (late use).
bata n., shell money. S. haa.
bebe n., moth, butterfly. S. pepe.
bele v. i., by mischance, by mistake, in error, of no avail.
belengaini v. tr., to do a thing by mischance, in error. S. pele.
beli, belibeli v. tr., to steal, to rob, to steal from a person.
belila v. n., theft. S. peli.
beu n., a chamber in a house; kade beu, inner chamber.
bibii n., mud. S. qiqi.
bibisu n., shiny starling, callornis metallica. s. pipisu.
bibiu, mwela bibiu, a baby, an infant. ?Mota piopio.
bilage v. tr., to shut; bilage maa, to shut the door.
bili; fabili, to make dirty.
bilia adj., dirty, unclean.
bilili v. tr., to press upon, weigh down. S. pilingi.
bilingi v. tr., to press down.
binaae v. i., to shine, of sun.
binisi v. tr., to bind.
bito 1. v. i., to sprout, to shoot, to begin to grow; 2. n. a sprout;
bitona e bito, it sprouted. S. qito.
bobola to be fitting, meet.
bobongi with loc. i, i bobongi, tomorrow. Mota qong.
boe v. i., to be whole, big.
boeboela adj., whole, sound, fat, well.
bokosi v. tr., to hinder.
bola n., a pigeon, carpophaga rufigula. Florida bola.
bole; teo bole, to dream; Teo bolea, teo bolela, a dream. S. qole, Mota qore.
bona v. i., to cease speaking, to be silent.
bono v. i., to close a hole; toongi bono maa, sackcloth. S. pono.
bongara, bongangara, v. i., to succor, nourish; bongara fonosi, to oppose.
bongi; 1. too bongi, to be sad of face.
bongi; 2. dau bongi, to take hold of.
boro 1. (na, ni), borona aena, heel.
boro 2. adv., perhaps, probably, possibly.
boro 3. v. i., boro tafa, to emerge, come out from. S. pola.
boso n., a pig. Bugotu, botho, Florida, bolo, New Guinea, boro.
bota used with poss., blessed, to receive a thing gratis, to be well provided with; bota ana, haply.
fabota v. tr., to be of assistance to.
bouruuru v. i., to fall down, to kneel down.
bouruurula v. n. S. pouruuru.
bubu v. i., to look; bubu tete adalu, to look earnestly at them.
bubungi v. tr., to look at.
bubulu n., a star; fe bubulu, a star; a bottle (late use).
bubulua adj., black. S. pulupulu'e.
bubungi; bubungi luma, a village. S. pungu.
bukonu v. i., to be grieved; lio bukonu, to be sad of heart.
bulo, bulobulo v. i. to turn; afe bulobulo, a tide rip. S. pulo.
bulu n., gall. S. pulu.
bungu 1. a shell trumpet; ufi bungu, to blow the trumpet.
bungu 2. v. i., to be deaf; alinga bungu, deaf. S. pungu.
buri (gu) n., back, stern, behind, after, of persons, buri mwane, second son.
burina after that; i burimu, in your absence. S. puri.
buro; lio buro, manata buro, to forget. S. pu'o.
burosi v. tr., burosi lio, to keep in doubt. S. mahuro.
buroburo v. i., to bubble, to spring up, of water. S. hure'i.
buru v. i., to be narrow; tala e buru, narrow is the way.
buruburu v. i., to be frequent; adv. frequently. S. puru.
busu v. i., to squirt, to eject spray; busu asi, a whale. S. pusu.