boi
Bingham
bói
a. unsuccessful in fishing.
boói
n. a creeping plant, the.
bói
n. scent, odor, smell.
Sabatier
boi
n. a weed, stonecrop.
sn. Portulaca oleacera and lutea.
boi1
n. odour, smell, emission, exhalation.
v. boi, boboi: to emit an odour,... smell.
idiom. e tao boina: it smells, exhales around.
ex. e tae boina: the smell disappears.
v. kaboia, kaboi: to make...
boi2
a. unlucky at fishing, returning empty handed.
ex. ko boi? eng, I boi: you had no luck (chance)? no, I hadn't.
sup. kiboiboi: to have taken nothing at all.
ex. a boi kira: we had no luck (Banaba).
Topics: Plants and trees, Fishing