kabanei
Bingham
kabæ/nei
n. a land bird, the.
Sabatier
kabanei
n. a bird with long tail, N.Z. swallow, the only bird in the islands living entirely on the land.
kabanei1
n. leather jacket;;
sn. Alutera scripta.
ex.
- te moa kabanei: a grey hen resembling te kabanei.
- Na Kabanei: a man who rises early to cut toddy (he goes from tree top to tree top as the kabanei jumps from branch to branch).
kabanei2
n. trigger fishh.
sn. Amanses sandwichiensis.
ex. te kabanei, Na Kabanei: a star (of Serpent).
Goo & Banner
kabanei
sn. Alutera scripta (ll) leather jacket (sm).
kabanei1
sn. Amanses sandwichiensis (ll).
n. triggerfish (sm).
kabæ/nei2
sn. Urodynamis taitensis.
n. <bird> long tailed New Zealand cuckoo (aa).
Luomala
kabanei
sn. Alutera scripta (Monocanthida).
n. filefish.
sn. Amanses sandwichensis.
Topics: Fish, Birds, House and village, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)