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English
Noun
mabe (plural mabes)
- A mabe pearl.
Anagrams
Aiwoo
Verb
mabe
- to chew (in order to soften, especially betel)
See also
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmabe/
- Rhymes: -abe
- Syllabification: ma‧be
Noun
mabe m (plural mabes)
- Iriartella setigera, a South American palm tree.