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baro

Bingham

b'áro

n. the forelock cropped or banged above the etes <hair>.

b'áro

va. assembled in numbers.
vi. to comb as the surf, to flow out suddenly.

Sabatier

baro

v. barobaro, babaro, barorio, baroake: to spill, to pour out, to overflow, to flow, to scatter, to shed, to empty.
a. hanging loose (hair), flowing.
see rabaro, rabaroa.
vt. baroa: to spill of flow on, to go in crowds towards, spill over, to fall on, to flood.
kabaroa: to spill.

baro1

n. 1. attic, provision box, hutch, silo, small box, safe.
2. overflow, hole, depression where water stays.
n. 3. baron te wa: forepart of canoe which dips up water in rough seas.
n. 4. a preparation of coconut and molasses.
n. 5. te baro ni kanaka: hair cut with fringe.

Topics: Coconut, Sea, canoes and navigation, The body, Numbers and counting