bao
Bingham
báo
n. a house with an elevated floor, a platform, a dais.
va. drooping as the fringe of a mat, or the tail of a turkey after a strut.
baáo
vi. to be spread out or along.
b'áo
a. crooked.
Sabatier
bao
n. a plain elevated surface, bunk, seat, litter, stretcher, table, platform, stage, floor, construction on pillars, a means of transport, embarcation, canoe, ship, boat, bicycle, etc.
ex.
- baou te kaibuke: I am travelling by ship.
- te bao n uea: a throne.
- te bao ni karea: an altar.
- te bao n akawa: platform for fishing.
- te bao ni motiki-taeka: judgement seat.
a. bao, baobao: flat, very little slope.
vt. baona: to use as means of transport.
bao1
a. bent, curved, inflected, twisted, crooked, askew, deviated, unjust, meandering.
ex. ninibao, kiribaobao: very crooked, very bent.
vt. kabaoa, kabaobaoa, kakiribabaoa: (sup.) to bend, to inflect, to twist.
bao2
v. to diminish, to get less, to abate (rain, sickness).
ex. e bao te karau: the rain abates.
bao3
a. spread out, stretched out on ground.
vt. kabaoa: to spread out, to stretch out, to lie at full length.
ex. N na kabaoa te takataka: I will spread out the copra (to dry).
Topics: House and village