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kiboa

Bingham

kibóa

va. abounding in trees.

kibóa

n. a fish.

Sabatier

kiboa

n. a small fish, very rare, resembling a lizard.

kiboa1

n. a mass, clump, tuft, oasis, group.
ex.
  • te kiboa ni kai: a clump of trees.
  • kiboa ni bai: a heap of things.
a. tufted, thick, wooded, grouped.
v. kiboarake: to grow in a tuft.
vc. ka-kiboa, kakibokiboa: to put together in a heap, in a tuft.

Topics: Fish, Plants and trees