bubuu granny or grandchild

Part of Speech

n1

• • granny or grandchild
  • • kinship

  comment

  The meaning 'grandchild' is not attested in the corpus; but I often heard it in the field.

  • • Example 852:
      

      me paa sue ki bene subunae, "Eh! Bubuu! ..."

      and (he) said to his grandmother, "Hey! Granny! ..."

      Source:

      Aro 08R 022

    • Example 907:
      

      Enam bere iaa, a bua bubuu, a bubuu moon ae bubuu otei.

      I and Mum, and the two grandparents, grandmother and grandfather.

      Source:

      Hoa 02E(Joy) 005

    • Example 1116:
      

      Bubuu ma gonogono maa amaa iana.

      Granny, come and get the fish.

      Source:

      Aro 04R 060

Related entries

• See also:
  • subu¹ grandparent; grandfather; grandmother
  • subunae his/her grandparent
  • subuman your (sg.) grandparent