bata
Bingham
bæ/ta
n. a Gilbertese dwelling house with the ground for the floor.
b'áta
a. black, dark colored, sunburnt, spoiled as old ton.
n. a dark complexioned person.
leaves of the uri.
leaves of the uri.
b'æ/ta
n. butter (ENG).
Sabatier
bata
n. a small house, hut, cabin, hovel.
ex. te i an ni bata: a stay at home, a misanthrope.
vt. batana: to have, to live in, to appropriate a house.
bata1
n. anything faded, leaves dried for manure.
a. ae bata: dried up, faded, withered, tanned, brown, sunburnt, blackened.
sup. batabata, batangoingoi: very dark.
n. te batabata: person with dark skin.
te i batabata: a Negro, person of dark race.
te i batabata: a Negro, person of dark race.
vt. kabata, e kabatata, kabatangoingoi: to make black,... to blacken.
n. te kabata: leaves dried for fertilizing, compost.
n. te kabata: trunk of rotten pandanus, dust of which is used to fertilize taro.
bata2
n. butter. (ENG).
Topics: Pandanus, House and village, Colours