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buako

Bingham

buáko

va. disarranged as fiber for braiding.
n. midst.

Sabatier

buako

n. entanglement, bushes, jumble, confused mass.
a. tangled, jumbled, twisted, bushy.
vt. kabuako, kabuakoako: to make...
sup. buakoako, tokobuakoako: thickly wooded, thicket, underwood, brushwood, virgin forest, bush.
fig. inelegant, spoiled, awkward.

buako1

adv. i buakon; amongst, in the midst of, among.
ex.
  • i buakon te... i buakora: amongst us.
  • i buakonikai: in the forest, in the midst of the trees.
  • buakonikain te...: in the forest or east side of dwellings.

Topics: Plants and trees