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buni

Bingham

búni

n. a fish, the.
va. slow in walking or climbing.

Sabatier

buni

n. a lagoon fish, puffer fish (swells up like a balloon when out of water, a part of its intestines is deadly poisonous, ninikana).
ex. manua buni: large species.
fig. buni, bunitoto: lazy, slow.

Goo & Banner

búni

sn. Arothron hispidus (ll).
n. pufferfish (sm).

buni1

sn. Arothron immaculatus (ll).
n. pufferfish (sm).

buni2

sn. Arothron meleagris (ll).
n. pufferfish (sm).

buni3

sn. Arothron nigropunctatus (ll).
n. pufferfish (sm).

buni4

sn. Tetraodon sp..
n. balloonfish; poisonous (cc).

Luomala

buni

sn. (all) Arothron (Tetraodontidae).
n. pufferfish.

Topics: Fish, Sea, canoes and navigation, Feelings and character, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)