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bouru

Bingham

bóuru

n. the spirit-land.

Sabatier

Bouru

n. land of ancestors where souls of dead return.
note. perhaps Polulu in Mollucas.
n. te aomata mai Bouru; a stranger just arrived, whose country is not known.
ex. te tia Bouru: a fierce warrior, implacable.

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