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toba

Bingham

tób'a

vi. to engage in nursing or caring for a little child.
n. child nursing, a woman with an infant of her own.

tób'aa

vt. to nurse, to care for as a little child.

Sabatier

toba

vt. totoba, tobatoba: to nurse, to feed, to care for (baby, chickens, little ones).
n. te tia toba: mother, wet nurse, woman in charge of baby.
n tobatoba: illness after childbirth.

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