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bugorinspecies of bird, booby bird or frigatebird
buhenlarge (32-35cm) black and white bird that has lots of songs, hooded butcherbird
buhebaiꞌosgbehemerebehen1girls2unmarried women
bukaEnglbooknbook
buraadvinland, towards the mountains
burai-ikaGoWdial. var. ofburai-ima
burai-imadial. var.burai-ikaGoWnshellfishsyneamiUbuo, Buri, Bavi
burai-uumucfmagari2nwallaby, lit: mountain dogBurai-uumui emagauri-ka. The wallaby jumps.
burehenspecies of plant with multiple uses. The fruit is white, and is often mixed with rebeho to sweeten the taste. The fruit can also be put in water to sweeten it. The juice of the fruit is only sweet if first one drinks water. When dry, the leaf is used to make pegs to hold the sago strainer in position. The dried leaf is hard and can also be used for rope.
bureheplant.sp
burion1rosewood treepterocarpus indicus1.5.1Tree2year, as the rosewood tree flowers in January, it is used as the word for year.Ata himioi moo oboi-re retoꞌa gaꞌu burio meree-kehi rautu goꞌu pirodaumoOne day I went out fishing with my wife and small two-year-old child.8.4Time
burio 1rosewood
burio 1rosewood
burio 1rosewood
buriꞌinmudfly (small, with a painful bite)1.6.1.7Insect
buubuvar. ofgumi
buuruucfbederiimipanvery soft mud found in sago swamps or by the river, soft enough for a person to sink up to their knees or thighs when they step in it
buꞌicfgoarenthick bush that has trees, vines and all kinds of plants and is difficult to get through1.2.1.6Forest, grassland, desert
buꞌi raanwild animal, animal from the bush1.6Animal


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