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ruarua

Bingham

rúarua

a. abounding in babai pits.

rúarua

n. a wide canoe without an outrigger.

Sabatier

ruarua

n. a place having many pits.

ruarua1

n. a mat for catching fish.

ruarua2

n. a kind of canoe with tapered ends, a canoe very wide in middle.
fig. .
a. false, hypocritical, to look as if butter would not melt in one's mouth.

Topics: Fish, Babai and food crops, Sea, canoes and navigation, Weaving and crafts