B - b

back tura-
back of house humbuta
backbone litu-
backfire dumdum
bad sasati
· sati
bad-tempered lolovungavurohi
bait imbea
bake tavu
bake on stones sarosaroi
bald dilo
bald head dilo
bamboo stalk buhuru
bamboo, fence mambuei bamba
bamboo, split ilumbe
banana vetai
banana sp. beleha
· vetai buata
· vetai buluha
· vetai 'missus'
· vetai tamaute
bang balehi
· bulo
bang together dilangi
banging sound, make dorongi
bare rasa
· rovo
bark koa
bark grater barovi
barking, be koa
barracuda one
barter volivoli
basket hete
basket, k.o. hete asihurivae
· hete hurilolovua
· hete hurimautou
· hete maho
· hete ngende
· hete veveo
bathe loloso
bathe s.o. losovi
bay, small nuhu
be there ate
bear fruit vira
bear s.t dehi
beard humi-
bearded humiha
beautiful vomatahoso
because matani
beche-de-mer loa
beckon alovi
bed valavala
bedbug hutumboni
begin s.t tauhunju
belch doro
belief domtauhia
believe domtau
believe in domtauhi
belly button buito-
belt asituatua
bend bahoho
bend down hoho
bend over olo
benefit lavue-
bent baololo
· livelive
· mahoho
bent over mahivehive
· maololo
· rere
berry vira
beside part vava
big tawera
· watitina
bird sp. bakamalate
· bao
· bengali
· bilahe duhu
· bilahe tasi
· dengadenga
· hualalaha baeho
· hualalaha levu
· huembe
· jiviru
· karakara
· laholaho
· liholiho
· lulu
· mala
· malao
· manji bulani Sakia (Sacier)
· ova voke
· ova vuriha
· siho
· taroa
· timbuaidondo
· vuavusia
· walalaha
· wasohe
bird/s manji avuavu
birth, give vasusu
birthday bongi vorae
bite off s.t. hatusi
bite s.t. hati
bite s.t./s.o. nguri
biting hati
bitter amiami
bitter tasting hona
black vuriha
blackish-grey leholeho
blame s.o. jole
blind vuso
blink taritarimata
block varalalati
block completely horotahi
block s.t. horo
block up s.t. vonoti
blocked vono
blood dae-
blossom vira
blow sere
Blue lake Na Hambai Siho
blue, dark henjaha dondoha
blue, light henjaha randa
blue, sky henjaha tuka
blue/green henjaha
blunt bangole
boar boe
boat aka
boat rope asi aka
body embe-
bone, cutting tilitili
bone/s sui-
boring embe malehi
born vora
boundary bamba
· varea
bow baka
bowels tine-
bowl lasa
box tutuhi
boy muera
boys vaimuera
bracelet, custom teletele
braid s.t. viri
branch ranga
brave lolomatua
· savusavura
bravery savusavurae
breadfruit sp. baeho oneone
· baeho tamaute
· vutaemanji
breadfruit, cooked vonjavonja
breadfruit, cooked and mashed savsav
breadfuit baeho
break duru
· rambu
break off vuruhambasi
break s.t. kamue
· londo
· roai
· tombue
break up relationship torotoro
breakers in ocean viraireha
breast susu-
breath maromaro-
breath, last mambu tehi
breath, short maromaro busohi
breath, take tehi
breathe mambu
breathe heavily mambu sosori
breathing maromaro-
breathless masova
brideprice, give tiu
brideprice, receive jeme
bright, very vusavusara
bristly sangarangara
broken makamue
· malondo
· mambila
· manduru
· maututu
brood utuhi
broom itevi
brother, older tawai
brother, younger tasi-
brother-in-law tahu-
bruised daeha
brush off divedive
brush off s.t. tivetive
bsuh mesu
build up sau
bump balehi
bump into tamba
bunch, small dingi
bundle buanu
· oti
· rako
bundles of maranda tauataua
burial tatania
burn from sunburn tunu
burn off suli
burn up hani
burst vuai
bury s.o. tanumi
· tatani
bush food batu
bushfire hambutango
butterfly vembe
buttocks diri-
buy s.t. voli
buzz ngiringiri
by hina
· hini
by means of hina