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alert

6 Kiribati words

• marurung
  • Bingham alert, brisk, active, lively, in good physical condition.
• ueke
  • Sabatier alert, brisk, wide awake, smart, quick, animated, excited, petulant.
• kiangang
  • Bingham active, wide awake, alert.
• taebo
  • Sabatier eager, ardent, hasty, alert.
• takanoi
  • Sabatier e maiu takanoina: he is fully conscious, has mind alert.
• konamaki
  • Sabatier good disposition to act, to work, to be in good form, active, alert.te aki konamaki (mostly employed in this sense): powerlessness, depression, exhaustion.