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ribaba

Bingham

ribæ/ba

va. collected close together.
n. a cluster of houses or trees.

rib'aáb'a

va. fresh and constant, or increasing as the wind.
severe as a pain, increasing in heat as the sun.

Sabatier

ribaba

n. agglomeration, block of buildings, thicket of trees.
a. bushy, very close together, crowded, thronged.
ex. ribabwebwe: many shoots.
vt. kariba: to crowd, to throng, to encumber, to pack tightly.
see riba, kariba, karibaki.

ribaba1

va. to go on increasing, getting worse, spreading (wind, heat, sickness).
vc. ka-ribaba, karibabaea: to make...

Topics: Plants and trees, Health and illness, House and village