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bobo. n. a lagoon, a pool ; a bog, STramp (k) ; an excavation, well, 



water bole (e) ; obo-bobo (s), a lagoon, 

 boboku (f), a kind of arrow^. 

 bobua (? bobo), edea bobna (k), n. a grave, 

 bodoro, n. tbe breast ; tbe chest, bosom, 

 bodoro, V. (? to bunt or persecute) in Savage's ms. as equivalent of 



Saibai wakaean, Miriam deskemer. Plur. bodorodi = Mir. 



deskemereda. 

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

 boigaro (?) 



bomakiwa (f), n. boar's tusk "woi-n as a pendant from neck. Cf. boromo. 

 borne (f), n. a headdress worn in fight and dance. 

 boo (m), v. to fight. Cf . boso. 

 borguborgu (k), n. baggage = burgoburgo ; borguborgu srrio (k), n. 



■wealth or property (plenty of baggage). 

 boro, ad. interrog. where ? 

 boroboro, a. rotten. 



boromapoa, n. a dance held before a pig hunt. Cf. boromo. 

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

 boromo (m), = baroma, buruma. 

 boso (k), v. to fight; n. war; boso didiri, n. a warrior; wasare boso, 



n. or r. whistle. Cf. boo. 

 botama (ii), n. cloth ; kari botama, n. white cloth, 

 botuna, pron. interrog. whose ? 

 botnr, pron. interrog. who ? 

 bramgerama, bramgerima (m), n. sister, 

 buama (k), n. the cowry shell. Ovxdum. 

 buaraigo, n. a chief. Mir. opole, tarim le. Cf. mamoosi. 

 bubu (k), «. a fog. 

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

 bubuere (k), n. a cloud, 

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

 budano (k), n. a variety of yam. 



buere (p), «. a girl, an unmarried woman. Cf. beseri. 

 bu^rmeri (p), buere-mere (m), ??. a little girl. Cf. buere, mere, 

 bugomu (k), n. a cicatrix. Cf. nato. 

 buku (k), n. an owl. 

 bumese (k), n. a white Hly. 



