bitu

bitu

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

bitu

  1. stone

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *bitu, from Proto-Oceanic *bituŋ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bituŋ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bituŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituŋ.

Noun

bitu

  1. bamboo (plant)
    Na bitu e vuqa na kena yaga vaka na kena tara vale, bilibili, kei na vuqa tale.
    Bamboo has many uses such as building houses, making rafts and many others.

Derived terms

  • bitu ceguvi, bitu ucu (“traditional nose flute”) (archaic)
  • bitu dina (“common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)”, introduced to Fiji)
  • bitu kau (“Polynesian ʻohe (Schizostachyum glaucifolium)”, native to Fiji)
  • bitu ni wai (“bamboo water container used in formal yaqona ceremonies”)
  • bitu sici (“Bambusa multiplex”, introduced to Fiji)
  • vaka la e boko na buka bitu (“ended suddenly”, literally “like a bamboo fire that goes out suddenly”)
  • vaqara bitu (“to look for a man for romantic/sexual purposes”) (said of or by women)

References

  • Gatty, Ronald (2009), “bitu”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 23

Icelandic

Verb

bitu

  1. third-person plural past indicative of bíta
  2. third-person plural past subjunctive of bíta

Latvian

Noun

bitu m

  1. inflection of bits:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

bitu

  1. trap

Old Norse

Verb

bitu

  1. third-person plural past active indicative of bíta
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