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base

13 Kiribati words

• boto
  • Bingham a base, a stump, a bulbous root.
  • Sabatier tree trunk, stock, base, foundation, principle.
• nangoa
  • Bingham base.
• buki
  • Bingham the base, the butt end, the buttocks, the tail.
• unene
  • Sabatier firm foundation, strong base.
• oi
  • Sabatier substance, essence, base, body.
• tina
  • Sabatier tinan ni: mother of, base, origin, source of.
• waka
  • Sabatier relationship, roots, moral attachments, base, foundation, cause.
• oitangore
  • Sabatier a fragile base <trunk>, thin, too weak in comparison with size of tree.
• a
  • Sabatier aan te: the underneath, the bottom, the base, the groundwork, the foundation.
• botonga
  • Sabatier to have solid base, to have a right to property, to possess by right of origin.
• utona
  • Sabatier to take, or use as principal base, basic substance of..., principal ingredient of...
• oitoro
  • Sabatier with strong base <trunk>, well established, well formed, promising (persons and plants).
• oimatoa
  • Sabatier with solid base <trunk>, well founded, well planted (a fairly large taro, young coconut tree with trunk already amply developed).