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Bebiirfoa, cockroach. 

 *Vcni or perC , old ripe cocoa-nut. 

 Ben-te-nuku (qu. bai-n-te-nuku ?), waist- 

 mat, cincture. 



Beniaku, mullet. Te ni ni beniaka, mul- 

 let-pond. 



*Bcnua \ln nit], country, land, island, shore. 

 E ram te binu, the land is far off. 

 Tiaki roko binu, we will not go on 

 shore. * Muri-bemta, land's-end, end 

 of an island. 



Berig, 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. Berigia, hurry 

 with it! Teiti berigi matu, people 

 that seek my death. Ko berigir in 

 buerar, thou hast urged us to do wrong. 

 Ko berigiai in kamatego, thou wilt 

 make me kill thee. 



Bite [bfti, bati], much, many. E bit' 1 ana 

 mate teua, many are his slain. Ebete 

 te karu, there is much rain. (See 

 baibete.) 



*Beti, inner part of the pandanus nut. 

 Bibitti [bibus], afloat (G.) 

 Bigiigu, pregnant. 



Bika [biga, pik\, beach, strand, sandy 

 place ; sand. Eduai uti te bika, the 

 beach is not yet in sight (or risen). 

 Bir, lizard. 



Birimiik [birimdr, G.], to run, to hasten. 

 Birinok, to run away, to run to. E yd 'm 

 kaw'1 Akea, bu birinok kudnano, 

 where is your slave ? I don't know ; 

 he ran away yesterday. Birinok e 

 te bat, run to the house. 

 *Biti, iron. 



*Bitibiti, knife of iron. 

 Bo or po, to meet, come together ; reach 

 to, touch, attain. Tia bo, we will 

 meet. Eduain bo ma ungoe, I have 

 not met with you. Ko bo ma karawa 

 o moni, you have reached the skies 

 and the subterranean world. la ka- 

 mdg a kain e bo mo atan, his wound 

 is great, reaching to his liver. Tiaki 



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bo map (ma op'), I shall not reach the 

 land. 



Bo [qu. bu ?], bent, crooked. E bo wain 

 teua (G.), his leg is crooked. E bo 

 matam, you are cross-eyed. 



*Bo, to trade, exchange (see kaboboi) ; pay- 

 ment, equivalent. 



Bobo, to light, kindle, burn. E bobo te ai 

 iniayai? when will the fire be lighted? 



* Boboi or popoi, taro, arum esculentum. 



Boe, gone (qu. paddled off? see hue). 

 Akea bu boe te wa, indeed the canoe 

 is gone. 



Boi, property, any thing possessed ; thing, 

 in general. Akea te boi run, he has 

 no property. Witia mai te boi, give 

 me the thing. Auboi ai, o amboi ai, 

 anaboi f uea e tok' ai, this is mine, 

 that is yours, and the rest belongs to 

 the king. (See bai.) 



Bokabok \butabut, G.], to cough. 



Boki, greatness, size. Ko kamdg in bd- 

 kim in ant, thou art fearful in thy 

 greatness among spirits. Tia bokin 

 ungoe, I am (of) the size of you. (See 

 baki, bdbaki.) 



*Boy, night; used also for the entire day of 

 twenty-four hours. Niydn te boy, 

 to-morrow night, (G.) Tiaki maiu, 

 e roko au boy, I shall not live, my time 

 is come. 



Boy [boya, buya'], to set, as the sun. E 

 boy a taaik [e boy tdi, G.], the sun is 

 set. Kana boy a taaik, the sun is 

 setting. 



Boy or bay, a fish-trap made of withes, an 

 eel-pot. 



Boya, to bear, bring forth ; born. E boya 

 niyire, she has brought forth a child. 

 Ko boya mai erun tinam iniayai? 

 When were you born from your mo- 

 ther? (or borne by). 



Boyiboy, growing dark, becoming night. 



*Bou or pou, post of a house. 



* Bu, spouse; husband or wife. 



Bu, [pu, pun, bun], but, only, merely, 

 just. Tidk Tabura, bu teua, it is not 



