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PHILOLOGY. 



Tabura, but he. Tidk te dmat e ni-gin, 

 bun te ant, she is not a human being, 

 but a spirit. E tia bu mauriyia, I 

 have just thought of it. E tia bu bo 

 ma uygoe, I have just met with you. 

 Sun te ray uygoe, you are only a 

 slave. Bun karogo, just be quiet. 

 With akea in answer to a question, it 

 forms a sort of an affirmative, as, 

 e uti te wa 1 is the canoe in sight ? 

 Akea Viiti te wa, yes, the canoe is in 

 sight. 



Bu, a smell. 



*Bua, mouth. 



*Buai, beard. Kurubuai, to shave. 



Buaka and *budkaka, bad, vile. Teua 

 buaka ma kai, he is bad with the 

 spear. E rauirui te ki ai, e budkaka 

 te ki ari, this mat is good, that is 

 bad. Buaka-karawa, stormy wea- 

 ther. 



Buay, basaltic stones found in the roots of 

 trees which are drifted to the islands. 



*Bu&yui, whale's tooth. 



Bubu [bub], to sprout, to grow. Bubun 

 fai, smoke (i. e. product or growth of 

 the fire). 



Bubu (G.), blunt, not sharp. 



* Bubudnibai, elbow. 



* Bubudniwai, knee. 



*Bubura, large. 



Bubuti, deep. E bubuti te rawa, the chan- 

 nel is deep. 



Bue [hue; bui, G.] warm, hot; heated, 

 burnt. Tia hue, I am warm. E hue 

 auraura, it is red-hot. E hue batar, 

 our house is burnt. (See kabue.~) 



Bue or bid (G.) steering-oar, rudder. (See 

 poe.) 



Buenar [or poenar] a paddle. 



Bui [buiri], egg. Buin te mo aiine, egg 

 of the hen. 



Bum (G.), loft of a house. (See pura). 



Buierar, to smell sweet ; fragrant. 



Buinai, earth, loam. 



Buir, to do wrong, to be in fault; sin, 

 fault, error. Tia buir, I am in fault. 



Tautauir in buirar, save us from our 

 sins. 



* Buira, to smell bad ; fetid. 



Buirabuir, froth. Kdk e buirabitir in te 

 karudruo, take the froth from the 

 toddy. 



Buke, to throw down with noise. E buke 

 te bai, that thing is thrown down. 



Buki or buku [buk, puki\, buttock, tail, 

 hinder part. 



Bukibuk [or biukibiuk] cask, barrel. 



Bukin-atu, nape of the neck. 



Buki-ni-wai, heel. 



Buna, deaf. E tdnipa buna, he is deaf. 



*Bunekeaki, a cutaneous disease, the her- 

 pes. (See guni.) 



Buni (G.), good. 



Bu-ni-mdn (K.), a poor man (qu. bun 

 umdn, only a common person ?). 



Bu-ni-matajf (G.), a chief-judge, a prime 

 minister. 



Bunin (G.), round. 



Buija, chin. Buyam, thy chin. 



Buyabuya, a hole. Buyabuya ni riem, 

 hole of your lips, mouth. 



Bu-gaga or bo-gaga, a word used in entreat- 

 ing, la buyagam, Tabuerik, we pray 

 thee, O Tabuerik. E buyagam ko 

 na rok ar nea, we beg thee to be- 

 come our chief. Tia buyagami, I 

 beg of you. 



Budk [&MO/], war ; to fight ; hostile; trou- 

 bled, distracted. Andnau te budk, the 

 war lasts long. Kom budk ? do ye 

 fight 1 Teiti budk, one who fights, a 

 warrior. E buoka kdn ion te ap 

 akaiim, all the people of the land are 

 opposed to you. E budk a nanu, 

 my mind is distracted. 



Buokonikai \budkunyikai, buoguinyikai, 

 K., budfianikai, buonikai, G.], woods, 

 woodland, inland country. 



* Bure, the ovula-shell. 



Burer, pilar hair ; feathers. 



*Buruburu, fur, hair of animals. Burn- 



burun te kimda, fur of the rat. 

 Buta, navel. 



