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eba

Bingham

éb'a

a. high, as the eaves of a house.

éba

a. chronic as a sickness.
n. pan leaf case containing the feathers of the eitei to be used in the game of kabane.
n. small case for fish-hooks.
n. ephah [dry measure] (HEB).

Sabatier

eba

n. a box for small objects, trinket box (formerly) packet, parcel, things parcelled together.
vt. ebana: to pack up, to wrap up into parcels.

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va. eb'aeb'a, eb'anako: to raise up, spread out or outstretched in curve form, protracting, spreading, stretching out.
vc. ka-eb'a, kaeb'a nako: to curve, to bend slightly, to make a nice curve on a kabane line or a kite.
vc. ka-eb'a, ka-eb'a raoi, ka-eb'a nako: idem..
ex.
  • e eba nako te ora: the beach at low tide extends a long distance.
  • (e tangi baba) e eba nako te rongorongo: the news has spread everywhere.
  • e tangi baba nako te rongorongo: idem.
  • e eba te aoraki: the sickness is chronic.
  • eba, ebaeba, ebanako:
va. to get up... stand up promptly.
n. early riser, working diligently (by order).

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