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tabwena

Bingham

tábwena

va. split, cracked as a board, rent.
n. a split, a rent.

Sabatier

tabwena

n. tapwenapwena, tabwena-ua, tabwena-ten, tabwenang: slit, cleft, crevice, crack, rent.
a. split in two, three.
ex. e tabwena mainiku, e maibi mainiku: it is daybreak.
vc. katabwena, katabwenaua, katabwenatenia, katabwenangia: to split, to split in two..., three..., four.
n. te katabwena: a breach between rocks.