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tabuki

Bingham

tábuki

n. a ridge, a mound, a hill.
a. ridgy, hilly.

Sabatier

tabuki

n. tatabuki, tabukibuki, kiritabuki, kiritabukibuki: elevation, hill, hillock, knoll.
a. hilly, uneven.
ex.
  • e tabukibuki rarikina: there is a crowd around him.
  • aotabuki: elevated, high land.
  • aona-tabuki: idem.
  • katabuki: elevated.
vc. katabuka, kaka...: to build up land, to pile up, to heap up.

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