boua
Bingham
bóua
vt. to build a new canoe.
n. a post, a pillar, a spirit stone, an idol.
bóuaa
vt. to split, or cut into halves, as a coconut or babai.
boóua
n. a dry coconut husk.
Sabatier
Boua
n. Na Boua (Arcturus?) <star>.
boua
n. 1. a pillar, a post, a stake, a prop, a column.
ex.
- te boua n anti: a stone idol (standing up).
- kain te boua n anti: adherents of idol.
- te kare boua: offerings made to idols.
n. 2. te kare boua: game of skittles.
3. a game like leap frog.
3. a game like leap frog.
boua1
n. coconut husk used as firewood.
vt. to cut in two, to throw down violently.
ex. e un ao e bouaia raona: he was cross and threw his companion violently on the ground (as if to break him in two).
Topics: Coconut, Sea, canoes and navigation, Weather and sky, House and village, Spirits, myth and belief, Games, songs and dance