OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 22

buai

•  n. bows of a canoe.

buai-garka

•  n. the "forehead man" of a canoe usually the imi of the owner.

buai-tamul

•  n. the compartment of the crate on the platform of a canoe in which the buai-garka keeps his food.

buai-tug

•  n. the anterior outrigger pole.