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Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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_bara_ n., a fence, gate, wall, courtyard; _gule bara_, family
(tribe). S. _para_.

_baraa_ n., a feast.

_baru_ n., a large sea-going canoe, ship (late use).

_bata_ n., shell money. S. _haa_.

_bebe_ n., moth, butterfly. S. _pepe_.

_bele_ v. i., by mischance, by mistake, in error, of no avail.

_belengaini_ v. tr., to do a thing by mischance, in error. S.
_pele_.

_beli_, _belibeli_ v. tr., to steal, to rob, to steal from a
person.

_belila_ v. n., theft. S. _peli_.

_beu_ n., a chamber in a house; _kade beu_, inner chamber.

_bibii_ n., mud. S. _qiqi_.

_bibisu_ n., shiny starling, _callornis metallica_. s. _pipisu_.

_bibiu_, _mwela bibiu_, a baby, an infant. ?Mota _piopio_.

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