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tabeka

Bingham

tábeka

vt. to lift up, to take up.
n. a kind of scoop-net.

Sabatier

tabeka

vt. to raise up, to elevate, to carry, to lift up.
fig. to begin to sing,... to talk,... to tell.
ex.
  • tabeka te anene, tabeka te taeka, ti te tabekana: begin together to lift, take, sing.
  • tabeka rake... rio: to lift towards...
  • tabeka nako: to lift and carry away.
freq. v tatabeka, tabetabeka.

tabeka1

n. te tabeka: a large scoop net with short handle.

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