taba
Bingham
táb'aa
n. the blossom of the pan.
tába
n. the cheek.
n. a fish,the.
tábaa
va. choked with food.
tæ/ba
va. disputed or unsettled as a boundary.
taába
n. a knife.
vt. to pare, to whittle, to scrape.
Sabatier
taba
n. strongly perfumed white leaves of pandanus.
v. to flower.
a. in flower.
vc. katabaea: let..., wait till...
ex. moantabaea: idem.
taba1
n. oil perfumed with pandanus leaves.
taba4
n. taban te rawa: sides, edges of passage.
te taba ni kawai: digression of route.
te taba ni kawai: digression of route.
v. taba: to deviate, to go sideways.
tabataba, tabataba nako: to go in all directions, to zigzag, not following the straight path,... the right direction, the middle course.
tabataba, tabataba nako: to go in all directions, to zigzag, not following the straight path,... the right direction, the middle course.
ex.
- e tabataba n taetae: cock and bull story, disconnected speech (e rawerawe nako n taetae).
- e tabataba kawaina: (canoe) unable to sail straight, but veering off course.
vc. ka taba: to make deviate, go sideways, digress, go off course.
ex. e kataba kaina: he avoids a blow by moving (stepping) sideways.
taba5
n. cutlass, jungle knife, sword, machete.
syn. naibi.
vt. tabana: to possess, to take possession, to use a large knife, to split or cut with...
taba6
vt. taba, ta bia, tabaki: to cut, to split, to sharpen point.
taba7
note. special sound of p with very brief final a.
n. choking.
v. to choke in swallowing.
vt. (irr.) to cause suffocation, choking in swallowing <suffocate>.
Topics: Fish, Plants and trees, Pandanus, Food and cooking, Colours