bu
Bingham
bu
n. a spouse when followed by the suffix pronoun, a relative when preceded by the possessive pronoun.
a conch-shell, a trumpet.
a conch-shell, a trumpet.
va. in bud, budding.
a. cowardly, satiated.
Sabatier
bu
n. a conch, sea shell horn, trumpet, instrument of brass band.
ex.
- e tang te bu: the conch sounds, the band plays.
- katanga te bu: sound the conch..., horns, play the trumpet.
bu2
nv. odour, smell.
ex. e bu ika: it smells fish.
note. is used as prefix root to certain number of compound words with the same meaning as boi.
bu3
n. near relative, near relations.
ex. au bu, am bu, ana bu, etc.: my relations, your relations, etc.
bu4
n. spouse, husband, wife.
ex.
- bu: my husbandwife.
- bum: your husbandwife.
- buna: hisher wifehusband.
vt. buna: to marry, to espouse, to take in marriage.
bu5
from. buta.
a. e bu, ae bu:
v. to come out, to come forth, to emerge, to bud.
a. uncircumcized.
ex. te kabu: the bud, the shoot, the opening.
v. kabu: to make bud.
a. budding.
see butoko, butokauraki, katangi bu: (uncircumcized).
bu6
n. a coward, a poltroon.
see biu.
ex.
- nano bu: discouraged.
- kananobu: discouraging.
v. to be full, to be filled, to be satisfied, to have enough.
ex. I bu: I am full..., have eaten enough.