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kauaba

Bingham

kauæ/ba

a. owning much land, rich in lands.

kauaába

vi. to engage in taking a bird or a fowl to a cock-fight.
vt. to take a bird or a fowl to a cock-fight.

Sabatier

kauaba

a. kakau aba: rich (in land), big land owner.

kauaba1

from. uoua te aba.
n. a meeting of two groups, clans or villages for competition, sports or amusement.
v. to go to the competition, to enter in one of the two camps.
vt. kauaba, kakauaba: idem.

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