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bobai

Bingham

bóbai

n. heat especially at night.
a. uncomfortably warm when trying to sleep.

bób'ai

vi. to buy, to sell, to trade.
n. trade, shopping, buying, barter.

Sabatier

bobai

n. exchange of things, trade, trading, business.
v. bobai: to trade, to buy, to sell.
vt. bobaia: to traffic, to trade in.
ex. te tia bobai: the trader, merchant, shopkeeper, shop assistant.
vc. kabobaia, kaboa te bai: to buy.
ex. kaboa te bai nako: to sell.