bubu
Bingham
búbu
n. a fish, the.
smoke, dust, sawdust.
smoke, dust, sawdust.
a. pleasant to the eye.
ex. e bubu aona.
vi. to smoke.
Sabatier
bubu
n. a fish, black trigger fish.
sn. Balistapus acuteatus.
n. file fish.
ex. species -- bubu katawaru, bubu kirikiri, bubu nabanaba, bubu roba, bubu takataka, bubu ni marawa, bubu wiura.
bubu1
n. smoke, dust, powder, fog, saw dust, dried fish pulverized.
a. e bubu, ae bubu: smoking, making misty, dusty, foggy, pulverized, powdery, smoky.
n. buburerei: brightness, radiance.
a. sparkling, shining (light, clouds...).
vt. bubua: to grind to powder, to pulverize.
fig. nano bubu: emotion, trouble.
bubu3
from. butaki.
v. to act as go between, to bring about illicit meeting of man and woman, take messages to this effect.
bubu4
n. table drawerr.
Goo & Banner
bubu
sn. family Balistidae (ll).
n. triggerfish (sm).
bubu1
sn. Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (ll).
n. triggerfish (sm).
bubu2
sn. Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (ll).
n. triggerfish (sm).
bubu3
sn. Sufflamen bursa (ll).
n. triggerfish (sm).
Luomala
bubu
sn. Rhinecanthus rectangulus (balistidae).
n. triggerfish (& gen. all other).
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