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tabetabe

Bingham

tábetabe

vi. to engage in carrying, to repeatedly carry.

tábetabe

n. a kind of game in which persons are taken up and carried.

Sabatier

tabetabe

see tabe.
n. te kai n tabetabe: stretcher.

tabetabe1

n. (1) child adopted from infancy (tabekaki).
(2) plant, transplanted plant.
(3) custom of carrying newlywed on shoulders.

tabetabe2

n. a call to attract birds, frigates towards foor or bait.
syn. tabataba.
vc. katabetabe: to call...

Topics: Birds, Plants and trees, Family and people, Games, songs and dance