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baurua

Bingham

báurua

va. collected together.
n. a large canoe or proa, for war, or interisland sailing.

Sabatier

baurua

n. a canoe of very large dimensions.
vc. kabaurua: to enlarge a canoe to make it baurua.
a. fat, strong-chested, corpulent.
v. baurua, babaurua: to assemble in big crowds, to come in large numbers.

Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation