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adze

16 Kiribati words

• tanai
  • Bingham an adze.
  • Sabatier te tanai. an adze (some islands), an axe.
• kabao
  • Bingham a large adze.
  • Sabatier an adze, sickle, scythe.
• taitai
  • Bingham to adze.
• tata
  • Bingham to adze.
• ntaraia
  • Sabatier adze (S.).
• tanainibanni
  • Bingham a small adze.
• tire
  • Sabatier steel, adze (S.).
• maine
  • Bingham handle of an adze.
• tiro
  • Bingham steel, a plane-iron an adze.
• tirikai
  • Bingham to hew as with a broadaxe to adze.
• tiritabunga
  • Bingham to finish off carefully with an adze.
• kanoa ni kai
  • Sabatier an adze (tanai or kabao or bent iron).
• tirirama
  • Bingham to hew or chip or adze in makeing an outrigger.
• taku
  • Sabatier (2) an ancient adze made from shell (or iron nowadays).
• tirinano
  • Bingham repeated rehaersal for memorizing to adze a canoe plank on the inner side.
• katibwtiba
  • Bingham not to handle skillfully as an adze, to bungle with, to deal ineffective blows.