batete
Bingham
baatétee
a. intoxicated.
n. intoxication.
b'átete
a. inclined, sloping, at an angle, more or less steep, as the ground.
b'atete
vi. to slide down, to glide or slip in, as a vessel.
Sabatier
batete
n. a slight slope.
v. to come down a slope.
ex. batete rio, batete nako, batete mai: slope to the west, slope away, slope this way (forward).
vt. batetea (ia),.
vc. kabatetea.
n. te kabatete: incline or slope, a ramp, a sliding game, toboggan.
note. if very steep the word rabe is used.
a. ae kabatete: sloping.
batete1
n. fermented toddy with froth on it.
n. drunkenness, drunkard.
a. drunk.
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