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turabeau

Bingham

turæ/beau

n. nearly worthless as a canoe from frequent use.

Sabatier

turabeau

v. moving, dragging, sliding with difficulty,... slowly through faulty construction (canoe), through physical deformity (pers.), to walk laboriously, to drag oneself along.
idiom. ai turabeau ra! how slow! how it drags on and on! slow and crooked!
vc. katurabeau, katurabeaua: to make, to do..., to treat as...

Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation