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rabe

Bingham

raábe

n. a precipice, a bank, a steep place.
a. steep.

Sabatier

rabe

and rabebe.
n. declivity, slope, steep face, bias.
a. sloping, slanting.
na. karabe, karabebe: sloping, steep, sloping down, inclining.
ex. a rabebe tai, namakaina, itoi: the sun, the moon, the stars decline.
vc. karabea: to make incline.