b'BEIYAYAadj 2pl Ina-baku 2vb3trans redupl -bubakuTo ,bubeiyaya Wide, broad.,beiyaya wodilaburysthg,espofhumanburials.Ibakula What a big mouth! Spoken of a man who opens his mouth very wide. Syn.kwava makwaina lagiHe buried his wife inyuvayevanoplform,bidubadu,popou,that cave Gen 23.19. Syn. -visalili. kukubadu, woulola, Ant .kakalaia .-veibakusivb 2 Also found as -vaibakusi . ,bai 2adjabbreviatedformofbeiyayaCompound of -vei 1 -bekwa .To sit together Wide ref to beam of canoe ,seephr inafriendlyfashion,befriendspubliclygelu bai. gelu baiphr The canoe hull has gunwale Note: only appears inpl . formplanksangledforabroadbeam.Ant . geluvaibakun An open public place to sit and momta.chat.kaibeiyayan 3 Breadth, wideness, beam.-yovaibaku vb4 Compound KaibeiyayadabamThebreadthofyourof -yo 2 vaibaku .1. To have a communal foreheadNote:kaihereisnotaclassifier;meal in the baku. see dabala for similar expressions. . 2. To invite people to a party. kadabeiyaya n3 pl kadububeiyaya3. To encourage people to sit together as , Compound of kada 5 beiyaya .A broad track,friends. wideroad.Syn.kadumalaga.Examplesof4.Tobringaboutamarriagebyfriendly beiyaya with classifier specification follow:association. Wide track. kadabeiyayacl adj -wosibaku vb2 Compoundof-wosi kaduyobeiyayacl adj-bekwa .To sing in public; to sing together Wide gateway. pilabeiyayacl adjWide plank.in the village centre; to make music together .BEKOBEKWA n Graveyard,burialsitesTubovaugalatuvailabiuwosibakusiThebekwa.youngpeoplenolongermakemusicLam 5.14. -BEKU 1vb3intrans redupl -bukubeku ,- bekwa n3 Aburialofdeceasedor-bubeku1.Tofloatinasubmergedorperson. waterloggedstate.Syn.bekobekwan 3 1. Graves sites identified salili, -sabwabula, -doupulupulu.in or near village. 2.Tocausesthgtofloatinsubmerged2.Ancientsitesinbakuorraibwaga, state; to float it.possibly with legendary association. -vabekuvb 4 1 beku 1 . baku 1n3 Alsobikubaku,q.v.1.ClearCompound of -vaTo make sthg sink, to sink a ship.MataunaspaceincentreofvillageNote:PriortoHeEuropean influence many burials, esp those bivabeku komwaidona waga kaivakavekawill sink the largest ships Isaiah 2.16.ofgumgweguyaaristocracy,tookplacefirst BEKU 2 - cl2activity Derivedfrombeku 1 -toin this baku area, then were later exhumed so bonescouldbefirstexaminedthenlater floatsubmergedhiddenfromview . cachedintheraibwaga.Thushistorically Specifiesthingsfloatingsubmerged,astherewasasemanticlinkbetweenthe canoe,boatwreck.Ka mabekunakewou , verb -baku and the area baku. Now however the Government has made this place of burial Look, theres a submerged floatingkewou1 illegal, so the baku is merely an open central canoe!Bekutalakatabekuvauwala A submerged wreck, but a new one. Syn. bulu -.area in the village. BEKU 3n3 Agreenstoneaxeblade,highly2.Anyspaceinvillagewherecommunalprizedasitemoftraditionalwealthactivitydancing,sagali,childrensgames veiguwa.Note:Thebekuisatooloftheoccurs. death-sorcerertobogau;thisisespecially3.Anyopenspacewhichisusedfor trueofbekupatternedwithwhitestreaks.communal games or for a market. For this reason it may be semantically linkedbikubakun 3 .1. OpenAlso occurs as bakuwith bekwa. Any binabina imported stone isareaincentreofvillage.Isigugulasi considered to have magic powers.obikubakuall met in the centre of the They -BEKWAvb 3 intrans redupl village. , -bukubekwa, seetrans21. To bury, inter the dead.2.Anyareawithinoroutsideavillage -baku2. To do things in the baku area.whereamarketforbuyingandsellingof food, clothing, buwa, etc. is carried out.'