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baibai

Bingham

báibai

n. a fish, the.

b'áib'ai

vi. to be in possession of property or wages.

Sabatier

baibai

n. a fish, sole, flounder.

baibai1

n. Tem Baibai: a ladle.

baibai2

n. possession, ownership.
v. to use, to possess.
n. te tia baibai: the beneficiary, owner, heir.
see n.v. kanibaibai: covetousness, <envy? gwg>, desire to become rich.
vc. kabaibaia: to constitute possessor, heir, to give a legacy to..., to will to...

Goo & Banner

báibai

sn. Bothus mancus (ll).
n. flounder (sm).

baibai1

sn. Bothus pantherinus (ll).
n. flounder (sm).

baibai2

sn. Samariscus sp. (y).
n. flounder (sm).

Luomala

baibai

sn. Bothidae.
n. left-eye flounder.

Topics: Fish, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)