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tabo

Bingham

tábo

n. a place, end, point, extremity.

tábo

n. a stranger who is made a friend of.

Sabatier

tabo

from. bo.
n. (1) (general meaning). a place where persons meet.
(2) end. tabo n te: the end of..., extremity of...
ex.
  • tabon te: at the end of...
  • tabo kakang: pointed end.
  • tabokabubu: blunt end.
  • tabo-koti: curtailed, cut shorttabo-maki: flattened, bent end.
  • teke ua tabo: beaten at both ends..., going and coming back.
fig. typical or same type of persons. many compound words.
na. tabo-moa: superior type, superior man.

tabo1

n. (1) place, spot, locality, position.
nv. koro-tabo.
vt. korotaboa: to delimit, to fix boundary, to mark, to indicate spot or place.
n. (2) te tabo, te kau tabo, au tabo, am tabo: a guest made welcome, a friend related by bonds of hospitality.
vt. tabona: to have, or take for friend.

tabo2

n. offering for family spirit (anti).
fig. to honour a member of family.

tabo3

n. a strong, solidly built man, a strapping blade.
see taboang, tabomane, tabokaikai.

Topics: Family and people, Spirits, myth and belief

Words that link here

  • kautabo the southern word for butika.
  • tabotabo to engage in mentioning a person's name with a challenge to fight.