tibu
Bingham
tíbu
va. swollen, bloated, puffed up.
ti:/bu
n. a sheep (ENG).
tíbu
n. a grandparent, foster parent, a grandchild, an adopted child.
Sabatier
tibu
n. sheep (ENG).
ex.
- te tibu te tei: lamb.
- te tia kawakin tibu: shepherd.
tibu1
n. titibu, tibutibu, tibu kun: swelling.
v. to swell, to puff up.
a. swollen inflated, bloated.
tibu2
a. titibu, tibutibu, matibu, matibutibu, nimatibutibu, batibu, bakatibutibu: idem.
vc. katibua: to inflate, to pump up, to blow up.
n. te katibu: balloon, bladder, catkin of bread fruit tree.
tibu3
n. tibu, tibum: grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, grandparents and their ancestors, grandchildren and their descendants, adopted child, adopter, god father, god mother, god child <grandson, granddaughter>.
ex.
- tibu n te babetito (special names).
- tibuteru or tibutoru: great grandparents, great grandchildren.
- tibu mamano: great, great grandparents (3rd generation) tibutabomibubua (4th generation) tibutaratara (5th generation).
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