At sunset, to our great joy, we arrived at a pool of water near a large tabba tree, whence the place is called Tabba-gee, and here we rested a few hours.
We lodged for the night under the shade of a largetabba tree, near the ruins of a village.
Captain Lewis then called out to him in as loud a voice as he could, repeating the words tabba bone, which in the Shoshonee language mean white man.
Captain Lewis instantly put down his rifle, and advancing toward them, took the woman by the hand, raised her up, and repeated the words 'tabba bone!
Captain Lewis instantly put down his rifle, and advancing towards them, took the woman by the hand, raised her up, and repeated the word tabba bone!
The females soon retreated behind the hill, but the man remained till captain Lewis came within a hundred yards from him, when he too went off, though captain Lewis called out tabba bone!
Halted here till half past two o'clock, when we again set forward and reached Tabba Gee just at dark: found no water.
Left Tabba Gee at day break, and a few miles to the east passed a round lump of quartz, called by the natives Ta Kooro, or the traveller's stone; all travellers lift up this stone and turn it round.
At five, passed the ruins of Mangelli, where I formerly slept, and at six o'clock halted for the night at Manjalli Tabba Cotta, the ruins of a village so called.
Left Manjalli Tabba Cotta, and after a fatiguing march of twelve miles, reached Bray, a watering place.
We unloaded our asses under a large Tabba tree at some distance from the town, and in the evening I went with Isaaco to pay my respects to the Slatee of Samee.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tabba" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
