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bu, n. the Pleiades. Cf . kusali. 



bua (ir), n. the how of a canoe, 



bua (lib), n. tbe -vrild yam ; (m) Calladium esculentum. 



buai (ji), n. tbe bow of a canoe, = bua, 



bubu (m), n. a stream of fresb water. 



buado, n. tbe side, [buadonn, buadia] 



buboam (m), tbe egg cowrie sbell. {Ovulmi). Cf. boboam, 



bubu (s), n. the tide. 



bubuam (sib), a shell. ( Ovulum). 



bud, 71. paint made from crushed coral used in mourning, hence 



n. mourning, 

 budadigamo. (b), 71. the left side, = boda-dogam. 

 budaman (m), a. flooded (lit. made muddy). 

 budi (m), w. a shell, the small periwinkle, 

 bug (lib), n., ratan. 

 bugiri (b), a. blind. 

 buia, n. blaze, flame. 

 buieli (m), ?i. flame ; (prob, pi. of buia). 

 buiu, n. a glass bottle ; buiu ngukulnga, a^ pitcher of water. Mark, 



xiv. 13. Cf. boii. 

 buji (ir), a cane {Flagellaria). 

 buk (Mb), n. a small mask. 

 buk, n. a common Siluroid. 

 buko (s), n. sand. 

 buli, n. a fly. 



bume (m), n. the frontlet of the Ari. 

 bupa (s, b), n. the bush, the forest, uncultivated land ; iamuliz 



nubepa senabi bupau kuikungu, spoke to him in the bush. 



Mark, xii. 26. [bupau, bupapa.] 

 bupariz, v. to flee. Mark, v. 14. Cf. bupa, ariz. 

 bupur, n. floor. 



bura, n. a leaf (?). Cf. urapabura, 

 burbur (t), n. a small drum, = buruburu. 

 burdo (m), n. grass, thatch. Cf. bardo. 

 barker (ir), n. charcoal, 

 burkui, n. a leak, 

 burom, n. a pig. 

 burubura, n. a small cylindrical drum, Cf . burbur. 



