- B -

B represents the same sound as in English.

B in some words is not distinguished from p in common talk, e.g. bofu and pofu, babua and papua, bogoa and pogoa, boromoka and poromoka.

B in some words appears as v in kindred words (cf. interchange of p and /), e.g. gomba and ugomvi, iba and uivi, omba and maovi or maombi, kumbi and kumvi,