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tabara

Bingham

táb'ara

vi. to spread apart or crook as the legs.
bk. Phys p. 11.

Sabatier

tabara

a. tabarabara: want of symmetry, discordancy, asymmetrical, discordant.
syn. aitara buaka: not matching.
vc. katabara, katabarara: to cause...

tabara1

a. aside, remote, separated.
fig. to get away from subject.
v. to differ in opinion, to hesitate, misunderstand, to grope, tergiversate.
ex. n aki tabara: without hesitation.
nv. katabara: a native way of climbing (knees apart, feet tightened on tree).
ex. katabari-ranga: knees apart.