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batia

Bingham

bæ/tia

vt. to fold up and lay aside as an unfinished mat.

bæ/tia

n. a small parcel.

b'átia

va. assembled or collected in numbers.
n. a large assembly.

Sabatier

batia

n. a packet, parcel, bundle, armful.
ex. te batia ni bai, te batia n aomata: parcel of things, lot of people.
n. te nao batia: waves very near each other.
vt. batia, babatia: to put in packets, to pack, to bundle together.

batia1

vt. to fold up work, to gather up one's belongings, to arrange.

batia2

a. batiatia. crumbled, creased.
v. crease, wrinkle, ruffle.
vt. kabatiatia: to put in disorder, to rumple, to crumple.

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