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aboka

Bingham

abóka

vt. begin, commence.

Sabatier

aboka

n. type, kind, species.
see aboabo, aeka.
ex. te aboka teuana, te aeka n aomata teuana, te waki teuana, te kabo: queer type,... character, strange system.

aboka

n. beginning, starting.
v. to set going, to begin, to take up.
vt. aboka, aboaboka: begin by, commence (speech).
ex. e aboka ana taeka: he began by saying.