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ask

17 Kiribati words

• butia
  • Bingham to ask, to request, to beg of one.
  • Sabatier bubutia: to solicit, to ask, to beseech, to beg.
• uamanea
  • Bingham ask for, beg.
• butikara
  • Bingham to ask too late.
• titiraki
  • Sabatier to ask questions.
• kaebanakoa
  • Bingham to ask a person to do.
• kanoanimokoa
  • Bingham to ask one for tobacco.
• bobouruakina
  • Bingham to ask or inquire about.
• bubuti
  • Bingham to engage in asking for.
• taeaba
  • Bingham to ask as a bride for more dowry in land.
• kauanakoa
  • Bingham to ask for in a polite manner, or modestly.
• kaeti
  • Sabatier to ask permission, to explain what one desires.
• titirakina
  • Bingham to interrogate, to question, to ask, to inquire of.
• matamau
  • Bingham asking for things in a bold way or without bashfulness.
• mangko
  • Sabatier te kanoanimangko: to ask for a smoke or a drink or to eat.
• kanoa ni moko
  • Sabatier kanoanimoko: (contents of pipe). to ask for tobacco to smoke (respectable way).
• eti
  • Sabatier kaeti: to straighten, to right, to rectify, to correct, to interpret, to put in order, to ask permission.
• taeka
  • Sabatier ana taekau (taekam, etc.): to ask, obtain, permission for me, youatong taeka: to pronounce, to repeat, to say.