OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003b): Kala Lagaw Ya Mabuiag

Page number: 22

bu

•  n. a conch shell, used as a trumpet; the constellation Delphin.

Scientific name: Megalatrachus aruanus; Triton variegatus

bu-puiai

•  v. blow the conch.