| Part of Speech | verb, transitive |
| Phonetic Form | (i·)wateᵐbo |
| Tanema Equivalent | ~wataba |
Example 882:
Bwara le-ko le-watebo iepiene teve uña dapa wopine.We should rather enquire about those traditional stories from the elders.
| Syntactic Restriction | oblique construction |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 1901:
I-watebo ñe et' iape.He asked her mother.
Example 2749:
Li-watebo ñei li-wamabu da, da ai’ iape me ete iape da la-ko: “O, wako!”They asked the question, put their request, and both parents said “It's alright.”