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baribari, a. young, of a coconut. 



baroma (k), n. a pig. 



basabasa (k), n. a net for fish. 



bata, n. a girdle, belt; a long band used for carrying firewood ; cuirass 



of cane. (Mir. wak.) ; bage bata (k), a leather belt; poto 



bata (e), a belt with white shells. Cf. bagi. 

 bata (k), a. thick, 

 batamere, (p), n. a frontlet, 

 be, 



bedaiuio ? an interrogative particle. Mir. na ? 

 bedamota ? bedamutu (k), ad. how many ? Mir. naket ? 

 bedana (k), ^ro». which one. 



bedar ? ^row. interrog. what ? Mir. nako. Cf . bertu. 

 begube (f), Jew's harp. Cf. pekupe. 

 benupedudi, v. to think, believe. Mir. odaratare. 

 benumuguruti, v. to repent. Mir. obazgeda. 

 beo (m), the liver, 

 her, n. a boar's tusk, 

 bereburo (m), n. a girl, 

 berego (k), n. a variety of banana, 

 beromamu (f), n. a kiad of arrow, 

 berseai (k), v. to throw away ; leave of£ ! Cf . isiro. 

 bertu (m), ^row. what ? 

 besere, beseri (es), n. a girl, an unmarried woman ; daughter (e). 



Cf. bueri. 

 besi, a. slow, difficult, moist, heavy (of the eyes). Mir. beber, wapum. 

 beturo (e), pron. interrog. who ? Cf . botur. 

 beu (e), n. the liver ; imuru beu (e), n. the spleen, 

 bibiriti (e), v. to boil (active) ; iro bibiriti, to boil food, 

 bidibidi (e), n. a pendant of shell worn from the neck. ?dibidibi. 

 bidu (e), n. a shark. Cf. biju. 



bigi (m), n. the coccyx ; the loins (e) ; the back (Beardmore). 

 bigu (m), n. a species of snake, so called by the bush men. (Saib. 



elma.) 

 biju (m), n. a porpoise. Cf. bidu. 



bio (f), n. post of house on which trophy-skulls are suspended, 

 biroro (m), n. scolding, (D'Albertis). Cf. wiroro. 

 boa (e). n. a variety of yam. 



