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bubura

Bingham

búbura

a. big, large, large round.
n. a disease in which the hands and feet are swollen.

bu:buúra

a. without food.

Sabatier

bubura

n. size, volume.
a. voluminous, bulky, huge, big, thick.
ex.
  • buburatau: medium sized.
  • buburatautau: very big.
vc. kabubura... raea: to enlarge, to make bigger, to exaggerate (fig.).
ex. e kabubura riana, e kabuta riana: he is pouting, making a face at...

bubura1

n. swelling of feet and hands.
ex. te bubura ni baki: starved, wasted away, malnutrition symptoms.

bubura2

n. disdain, contempt.
v. to scorn, to show hostility and antipathy by puffing out cheeks, to look hostile, scornful, stern, grim.
vt. buburaea, kabuburaea: to show such...

Topics: Food and cooking, The body, Health and illness