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babadabigIti begadi babada age adi moia ti goli.The ones who were a bit big didn't spear their fish.Sitima babada yo lonisi yo,(They have) big steamers and launches.
badabadabigNatuna age badabana, na i'ipa yai ie tan.her child was not big, and it cried in the night.
bagiwait, toAe, hola au bagigu, na egu woto a alu.Please, wait for me, and I will spear my body.
bagibagiwaiting, to beI laoma i bagibagi eee--, nanatuna ti hotuma.She came back and waited until her children arrived.
bagubaguna1first2earlyEdi tulu, tatao bagubaguna alili.Their tools, (were from) the very first men.
bagunafirstTau baguna esa, i baguna alili, na alahia wa i dobi'eli.One who was first, was very far ahead, and the spear fell down without piercing him.
balana1wings, its2flippers, its
balebalelemred
bawa1sit, to2stay, toSaha yai ue bawa, e ige'e? Maudo'imiu au pe'i ohi?Where are you sitting,or not? Are all of you completely dead?
beabeahanaold
beaguear, my
bebedula1pig net2pig net: a large net for catching pigs and other land animals.Nuana malaitom bebedula esega ta lau'ahuleni. ailuma ta ha'otatole.Perhaps in the morning we (will) leave one pig-net behind. We will put it away in the house.3to net: to capture or attempt to capture wild game in a pig net.Mabebedulana ai esa ai lau, ai bebedula.We (will) go with one of the pig nets and go pig-netting.
beganabit, aIti begadi babada age adi moia ti goli.The ones who were a bit big didn't spear their fish.
begana-beganabit by bitI tomo begana-begana. Ana sasagu adi haleledi, ti an'ita.He cut it into bits. what he gave to his brothers, they tasted.
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bena1might2might (something desired but somewhat uncertain)Ti laoma dun hesana Niu'elo'elolo. Lebenai bena ie mia.They came to a village called Niu Elo'elolo. He (thought he) might live there.
BenoniBenoni, name of a man from Waladau village, near SilosiloYau Benoni. Egu dun Waladau.I am Benoni. My village is Waladau.
be'ufall down, to
bigabigasoft, to be"Pa'ana saha ite an'an ne i bigabiga? Na ita ada ti oi'ula?Why is this food here soft? But as for us, our (food) is hard?
bigaguback, myTau mulita wa bigana ie eli.It pierced through the back of the man in back.
BiulaBiula, land of the deadAdi an'an doha, Biula tataodi ne, iamo, adi an'an i tubutubugaibu.Their food is like (ours), those Biula people, but just one thing, their food grows by itself.
boda1group2companionsMa'ana boda mate yai tie mia.He lived there with his group.
bodisew, to
boga1pregnant, be2give birth, toLiuna natuna esa waihin. Ie boga. Natuna age badabadana.One of Liuna's children was a woman. She gave birth. Her child was not (very) big.
