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kibana

Bingham

kib'ána

a. shiftless, making no provision against want.
n. shiftlessness, improvidence.

Sabatier

kibana

a. inaptitude for work, good for nothing.
ex. e rangi ni bana.
a. ki-kibana: which makes...

kibana1

n. te kibana (teuana te kiba) uakiba (uoua te kiba: one dive, two dives (made in one or two muscular efforts). used in measuring depth of water.