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boa

Bingham

bóaa

vt. to reprove, to chide, to rebuke.
n. a reproof, a rebuke.

bóa

vt. to strike, to hit, to pat.

boóaa

n. a wide plug or stick of tobacco (ENG).

Sabatier

boa

n. plug tobacco (derby) (boar?). (ENG).
syn. karababaua.

boa1

vt. boaboa. to scold, to reprimand, to admonish, to blame, to answer.

Words that link here

  • bo a meeting, a coming together, price, reward.
  • boboa frequentative of boa: to pat.
  • ikana ikanai, ikaniko, ikana, etc. to chastise, to punish.
  • karababaua to flatten out as soft food.