rebu

Bingham

rébu

a. ten thousand.

rébu

n. the ashes of baking stones, a sort of lime.

rébu

vi. to be ingaged in.

rebu

a. ten thousand (tebwina te nga).

rebu¹

n. whitewash, distemper (or even all kinds of paint).

ex. te kai n rebu: paint brush.

vt. rebua: to daub, to plaster, to white wash, to paint.
rebuna: idem.

rebu²

n. vagrancy.

v. to gallivant, to roam about.

sup. rerebu, reburebu (rerebu comes from rerebuta).

vc. karebua, karerebua: to make...

see kairebua, kairerua.

vt. rebua, rerebua, reburebua: to gallivant here and there, to roam about, to do while...