bau perhaps; maybe

Part of Speech adv
    • perhaps; maybe
      • unclassified
      • Example 691:
        Enaa toro paku bau to hoi raviana.
        I must perhaps make a basket from raviana vines.
        Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 056
      • Example 692:
        Dorana bau o vinu to tei naa Kekesu.
        I stayed at Kekesu for maybe four years.
        Source: Sii 01R(Sii) 037b
      • Example 693:
        O taonim bau o hagi.
        Five dances perhaps.
        Source: Vaa Mah 05R 033
      • Example 694:
        Mea ta Australia saka paa antee bau haa tea tatana papahiana ri bari tea puana bona.
        And maybe, the Australians could not defeat them by themselves in this war. (And so the Australians formed an alliance with the other countries, America and New Zealand, ...)
        Source: Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 010

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