bua
Bingham
búa
va. lost, missing.
n. a loaf.
vt. to make into loaves.
buúa
n. a bag, a pocket.
a. numerous, in great number.
Sabatier
bua
n. loss, perdition, waste, damage.
a. lost, mislaid, disappeared.
v. bua, bubua, bua nako: to be lost, to lose one's way, to disappear.
idiom. ma ai buana: but there is danger of loss.
v. t. kabua, kabubua, kabua nako: to make lose, to lead astray.
bua1
n. rumen, sack, pocket, bag, throat, mouth,.
ex. o ni bua, buro ni bua: tonsils kabi ni bua: pharynx.
vt. buanna: to put in sacks.
ex. nea n te bua: idem.
bua2
n. a mass, a crowd, a swarm, a lot.
ex.
- te bua n aomata: a crowd of people.
- te bua ni bai: a lot of things.
v. bua, bubua: to swarm, in a mass (mob), to crowd.
ex. e bua rake te uteute: the grass is growing thick.
vt. kabua: to make abound, to crowd.
bua3
n. balls of food as dough, rice shaped by hand.
ex. te buana, ua bua, teni bua, etc.
vt. bua, buabua: to roll foods into balls.
Topics: Food and cooking, Numbers and counting