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boti

Bingham

bóti

n. a boat (ENG).

bòti

n. a place assigned to an individual or claimed by him.

Sabatier

boti

n. boat (ENG).

boti1

n. a place reserved in maneaba for members of certain clan or family or for important people.
ex.
  • ewe-boti: to change boti.
  • kare boti: to take another's.
vt. boti; botina: to have or appropriate a boti, to occupy a certain...
idiom. teke boti, e teke botina: the clan know..., have heard.
ex. katekea te boti: to tease, to defy another boti.

Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation, House and village