bubua
Bingham
Sabatier
bubua
vt. to grind to powder, to pulverize.
bubua1
n. a hundred.
ex.
- te bubua: one hundred.
- ua-bubua: two hundred.
- teni bubua: three hundred, etc.
vc. kabubua: to make up one hundred, to complete one hundred.
ex. e ra bubua: nearly one hundred.
bubua2
n. the joint or bend in middle of arm and leg.
ex.
- te bubua ni bai: elbow.
- te bubua ni wae: knee.
- katorobubua: to kneel, to genuflect.
Topics: The body, Numbers and counting