bakati
Bingham
bákati
n. a fish, the.
vi. to squirt.
b'akaáti
vi. to go to a strange land.
n. a visit to a strange land.
Sabatier
bakati
n. a fish, Jew fish, rock cod (poisonous).
ex. kauoton te bakati: idem. giant, enoromous species of...
a. squint eyed, cross eyed.
syn. matabao.
bakati1
from. ti bakatiti.
v. to jet, to spout, to gush, to spurt out, to squirt out.
Goo & Banner
bákati
sn. Promicrops lanceolatus.
n. jewfish (this rock cod grows to an enormous size but is not often caught; it is considered to be poisonous in all areas where poisonous fish have been found) (hh).
Luomala
bakati
sn. Plectropomus lanceolatus (Serranidae).
n. grouper, seabass.
Topics: Fish, House and village, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)