baru

Bingham

b'áru

n. a fish, the.

b'áru

vi. to resound as a coconut that is broken in two by a blow.

Sabatier

baru

n. a fish, wek cod.

sn. Epinephelus kohleri.

baru¹

n. a dull sound, hollow sound like breaking open a coconut.

ex. barubaru.

baru²

v. babaru: to have taste for, a longing, a craving, an appetite, to love.

n. te kainibabaru: concupiscence.

vt. barua, babarua, nibarubarua: to have a taste or appetite for... to like or prefer certain food or drink, to covet strongly.

ex. e barua te manging: he has a passion for strong drink.

see kai babaru.

Goo & Banner

b'áru

sn. Epinephelus kohleri (ll).

n. rock codd (sm).

Luomala

baru

sn. Epinephalus kohleri (Serranidae).

n. grouper, sea bass.

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

Sources

Bingham: Hiram Bingham, A Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1908, 1953). American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Sabatier: Ernest Sabatier, M.S.C., Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français (1954), translated by Sr. M. Oliva as Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1971). South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau.
Goo & Banner: Fannie C. C. Goo & Albert H. Banner, A Preliminary Compilation of Gilbertese Animal and Plant Names (1963).
Luomala: Katharine Luomala, Ethnobotany of the Gilbert Islands (1953). Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 213.

From A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary, compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves (University of Hawaiʻi, 1978), revised and edited by Stephen Trussel (2003), as published on trussel.com. Original page (archived).

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