bato
Bingham
b'áto
va. not setting well as a sail whose leech-line has been overstretched.
Sabatier
bato
a. batobato. collapsed, flat, released, slack.
sup. kibato, kibatobato, tokabatobato, katoto, nano batobato.
fig. coward, soft, faint hearted, pusillanimous, without energy, frightened.
vt. kabatoa: to deflate, to collapse.
Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation