niba
Bingham
níb'a
n. a post hole.
a small pit or bed for babai.
a small pit or bed for babai.
Sabatier
niba
n. a small trench, small hollow in soil, notch, cut, mortise, nick.
fig. source, origin, place of..., object of...
ex.
- te niba n uea: royal origin.
- te niba n akoi: object of complacency, person very dear.
- te niba n..., te niba ni...: habit of..., source of..., hole of...
- te niba ni kewe: personification of lies, out and out liar.
syn. bara ni..., banga ni...
vt. niba, nibaniba: to make holes, hollows, trenches, notches, nicks, pits, to scoop or dig, to notch.
n. kanibaniba: small hollow.
a. ka-nibaniba: full of little holes.
niba1
vt. nibaniba: to dig, to excavate in soil, in timber.
Topics: Babai and food crops, House and village