baeao

Bingham: Hiram Bingham, A Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1908, 1953). American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Sabatier: Ernest Sabatier, M.S.C., Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français (1954), translated by Sr. M. Oliva as Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1971). South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau.
Luomala: Katharine Luomala, Ethnobotany of the Gilbert Islands (1953). Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 213.

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b'áeao

n. the pearl shell.

baeao

n. oyster, pearl oyster, pearl shell.
tebo baeao: pearl fishing, diving for...

baeao

sn. bivalve.

n. bivalve, white pearl oyster.