buluwu hole / lavabed / ring of stones inside which laplap is prepared

Part of Speech n
    • hole ; hole
    • hol [Bislama]
      • space
      • Comparison Meaning HOLE [1667]
      Gloss hole
      • Example 395:
        kuli bwe syekpyakilye tomo yen san buluwu
        kuli
        dog
        bwe
        CONT
        syek-pyakilye
        rummage-res.SEARCH
        tomo
        rat
        yen
        in
        s-an
        CL3-3sg.poss
        buluwu
        hole
        a dog is digging after a rat in its hole
        dog i stap lukaotem rat long hol blong hem [Bislama]
    • lavabed
    • krik [Bislama]
    • ring of stones inside which laplap is prepared ; stone.oven
    • hol blong laplap [Bislama]
      • food
      • Comment check oven and revise glosses
      Gloss stone.oven
      • Example 562:
        ka ka mwe vu, ar rap pwelitase map, rap pwelitase buluwu map tuswa mon
        ka
        say
        ka
        say
        mwe
        REAL
        vu,
        good
        ar
        1pl.IN.sb
        ra
        1pl.IN
        -p
        -POT
        pweli
        bake
        -tase
        -again
        map,
        T.chestnut
        ra
        1pl.IN
        -p
        -POT
        pweli
        bake
        -tase
        -again
        buluwu
        stone.oven
        map
        T.chestnut
        tuswa
        one
        mon
        also
        They said, fine, let's bake chestnuts again, let's bake another hole [full] of chestnuts.

Related entries

  • See also:
    • booli hole in
    • bwili hole; place (defined in terms of what created it or what it contains)