batabata
Bingham
b'átab'ata
a. very dark skinned.
Sabatier
batabata
a. having dark skin.
n. te batabata.
te i batabata: Negro, of black race.
te i batabata: Negro, of black race.
a. batangoingoi, bengoingoi: very black.
n. te batabata: house for drying copra (Fanning Is.).
n. te batata: chicken pox.
vc. kabata, kabatata: to make brown, to wither, to dry...
Topics: Birds, Coconut, The body, House and village