ba
Bingham
ba
conj. because, for, that, as.
b'a
n. a continuous hard coral rock or ledge.
n. coconut oil, a general term for oil, a coconut shell oil bottle.
ba
n. the midrib or main stem of the coconut frond, a leaf.
n. thunder.
n. a skin disease of infants.
b'a
vi. to belch.
ba
adv. just now.
ex. I a ba roko I arrived just now.
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ba
conj. because, so that, as, for.
ex. I aki nako ba I tabe: I am not going because I am busy.
idiom. akea ba...: well, and so...
ex.
- ao ba?: why?
- taua ba kanam: take as your food.
ba1
n. te ba: something great, strong, powerful.
ba2
n. thunder.
ex. e ruo te ba, e rurunga te ba: the thunderbolt has fallen, the thunder roars.
ba3
n. a big crowd.
syn. te runga n aomata.
ba4
n. rock, reef, crag, iceberg.
a. hard, solid, firm as a rock, fixed.
ex. e ba te wa, e ba te ang: a mass of canoes... clouds.
ba5
intj. tai ba! tai babu! don't say anything! don't move!
ba6
n. 1. oil.
ex.
- te ba nikoniko: small coconut shell used formerly as recipient for oil.
- te ati ni ba: small bottles for oil.
n. 2. coward.
a. cowardly.
ex. e ba, e bu:
see inabaia, to make a show of courage and run away.
n. 3. belch.
v. to belch.
fig. n. disgust, aversion, repugnance.
vc. ka ba: which disgusts, causes...
ex. tai taekinna, I ba iai: don't talk about it, it disgusts me.
vc. ka ba, kabaea: to make or cause to belch.
n. food which causes belching.
see ba ni kana.
ba7
n. leaf, palm, midrib of palm leaf, page of paper, card, leaflet.
ex.
- te bana, ua ba, teni ba, etc.: one, two, three leaves.
- au ba, am ba, etc.: fig. height, rank, class, excellence.
- bau, bam, bana, etc.
- ko aki rota bau: you are not up to my rank, or worth.
- te ba n uea: royalty, prince.
- te moa ni ba: high rank.
- te mwi ni ba: lowest rank, vile, rejected.
a. baba: leafy, branchy, luxuriant.
ex.
- ba ni kai: leaves, leaf of tree.
- ba n ni: coconut leaf, palm branch <frond -- gwg>.
- ba kabane: top branch.
- kakoko: white leaf of coconut not fully developed.
syn. marewe.
ex.
- te kinati: leaf of palm just beginning to appear.
- te ba ni kiokio: small leaf (of babai, ene).
- te ba ni kimaimai: a leaf not yet divided into folioles.
- te ba raerae: leaf already divided into folioles.
- e iranibara te ni: a young coconut tree with leaves already straight, long and well developed.
v. rae ba: strip palm of its folioles.
ex.
- te ba: cut off (with knife) the outside edges of midrib of palm leaf to make it even and utilizable.
- tae ba: tie the midribs of a leaf on; for ex. lattice.
n. te ba ni boki, te iteraniba: leaf, page.
ex. te ba ni kati: playing cards, a pack of...
ba8
n. a sickness (symptoms, violent diarrhoea).
ex.
- te ba bubura: same sickness only stronger.
- te ba uraura: a sickness, red patches, inflammation of vein, phlebitis.
- te babobo: a sickness, yellow jaundice.
ba9
a. tasteless, repugnant, repulsive.
vc. ka ba: giving...
ba10
n. ba akuaku moral support, help, helpful person.
vt. baakuakua: to succour, to relieve.
Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Coconut, Food and cooking, Sea, canoes and navigation, Weather and sky, The body, Health and illness