bono
Bingham
bóno
va. shut.
n. a sea-wall.
Sabatier
bono
n. a closing, a fastening, a wall, dyke, jetty, pier, breakwater.
a. closed, shut, stopped, obstructed, covered over, constipated.
fig. dull, stupid, obstinate, who doesn't understand or won't understand.
ex.
- bobono, bonobono, bono, taribono, bouati-baba: blockhead, stupid, obstinate, stubborn.
- v.t. bonoa: to close, to protect by a wall, to enclose.
vc. kabonoa, kakabono:
a. to stop, to plug, to shut, to obstruct, to strangle.
ex. kabonoa te ai: cover the fire to extinguish it.
Topics: House and village