bai
Bingham
b'ái
n. a thing, an object.
bái
n. an arm, a wing.
Sabatier
bai
n. thing, object, affair, member, organ, matter, material, element, substance, personal belonging, property, instrument, tool, machine, apparatus, utensil, result, report.
ex.
- e bai, e toronibai, ae bai: it counts, it is good, it is real.
- e aki bai, e aki toroni bai: that doesn't matter, it is nothing at all.
- te bai ni bobai: merchandise.
- te bai ni buaka: war weapons.
- te oi ni bai: a real thing, valuable.
- oin te bai: essence, substance.
ex. am bai ngai: I am your thing, your servant.
bai1
n. hand, arm, wing, fin, propellor, hands (of clock or watch) etc.
ex.
- baiu, baim, baina, etc.:
- some parts of hand: ngake ni bai, nano ni bai, raurauni bai, buki ni bai, roroa ni bai, tonotono ni bai, ika ni bai, tou ni bai, koro ni bai, etc.:
- parts of arm: a ni bai, manoku ni bai, biroto ni bai, buare ni bai, bubua ni bai, etc.
- e bai!: a foul! touching football by hand.
- katei bai: show hands, swear.
- bobai, kabobai, taubai: shake hands.
fig. servant, slave, employee.
bai2
pref. to several compound words.
Topics: The body