buta
Bingham
buúta
vt. to unsheathe, to take off as clothes, to pull out, to unravel.
búta
va. widely spread, spread abroad, completely pervaded.
Sabatier
buta
vt. bubuta: to take away, to remove, to take out, to extract, to withdraw, to draw out, to retrench, to take off, etc.
v. butaki nako: to retire, to become detached.
ex. a butaki nako: they are separated, detached from the group, they are gone.
idiom. buta kaina, taeka kaina: take revenge.
ex. buta taekana: get permission for...
buta1
a. widespread, universal, travelled over entirely.
ex.
- e buta Tarawa iroura: we have travelled over all Tarawa.
- e buta te rongorongo: the news is spread abroad.
vc. ka buta: to travel over, to go over all, to spread everywhere.
v. kabuta te aba: to travel everywhere.
adv. ni kabuta: everywhere.