babu
Bingham
bábu
see n rawarawa.
b'ábu
n. a fish, the.
b'aábu
n. a game in which every one is to keep silent and not to move at all.
vi. to play the game of babu, to assemble.
b'aábu
intj. an exclamation on hearing the report of a gun.
Sabatier
babu
n. a shark with flat snout.
babu1
a. cut short, cut close, flat nosed.
vt. katibabu: to cut short, to cut close.
idiom. e babu karawa: the sky is calm and clear.
ex.
- e babu marawa: the sea is calm, no wind.
- e kababu tabon aba: it is impossible to reach the end of the island (either because of strong wind or because of no wind).
babu2
intj. bang! exclamation imitating a detonation.
babu3
n. a game, players are silent and immobile.
v. to play at this game.
ex. kaina babu!: keep silent and don't move.
idiom. tai babu!: keep quiet! keep still! don't move.
Goo & Banner
babu
n. toothless shark (ll).
Luomala
babu
sn. Ginglymostoma (orectolobidae).
n. nurse shark.
Topics: Fish, Games, songs and dance, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)