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buakaka

Bingham

buákaka

a. bad, poor in quality, evil, sinful.
n. badness, evil, sinfulness, wickedness.

Sabatier

buakaka

n. badness, malice, wickedness, vice, sin, obscenity, impurity, flaw, sexual organs.
a. bad, evil, wicked, naughty, vicious, malicious, pernicious, hurtful, disagreeable, dirty, impure, unfit.
vc. kabuaka, kakabuakaka: to damage, to deteriorate, to slander, to disparage, to calumniate, to speak ill of, to dishonour, to discredit, to criticize.
ex. te kabuakaka: defamation, slander, calumny, etc.