beat
34 Kiribati words
- tiringa
- Bingham to beat, to kill.
- Sabatier to hit, to beat, to kill, to immolate, to massacre, to assassinate.
- orea
- Bingham beat, strike.
- bukibuki
- Sabatier to beat, to palpitate (heart, etc.).
- takitaki
- Sabatier e takitaki te nano: palpitation of heart, heart beating quickly.
- Sabatier rebetakitaki, rababa takitaki, katakitaki: idem. to beat rapidly, to click..., to clack..., to clash, to jingle.
- beku
- Sabatier bekua: to beat it.
- ruobeku
- Sabatier to beat unmercifully.
- tai
- Sabatier orotai: to beat time.
- batirakua
- Bingham to beat with a war club.
- maiaia
- Bingham beaten soft with a stick.
- itau
- Sabatier to box, to beat with fists.
- kaererea
- Bingham to beat to pieces, to destroy.
- kurabe
- Sabatier e baka kurabem: you are dead beat.
- bo
- Sabatier boa, boboa: to hit, to hurt, to beat.
- ruberube
- Bingham to beat as the pulse, to throb, to wink.
- orotai
- Sabatier to beat time, to conduct singing (music).
- batiboa
- Sabatier to beat with many blows, to thrash, to thump.
- buki
- Sabatier buki, bukibuki. to beat, to beat violently.
- batibobo
- Sabatier beat wings, beating of wings, hit hands on hips.
- kabakabaka
- Sabatier to beat pandanus leaves with mallet to soften them.
- robu
- Sabatier robuna: to flog, to whip, to lash, to beat with...
- bora
- Sabatier ko rangi ni bora iai: you are dead beat, extenuated.
- bobukiniri
- Sabatier to hit or beat the ends of pandanus before detaching them.
- koroubua
- Sabatier to go before, to get in front, to beat (as in canoe racing).
- tina
- Sabatier (2) te tina ni kabakabaka: a stone used for beating leaves on.
- rube
- Sabatier to twinkle, to wink, to blink, to palpitate, to throb, to beat, to sparkle.
- tourika
- Sabatier to reduce to splinters, bits, powder by pounding, to crush underfoot, to beat.
- tiribenu
- Sabatier tiribenua: to beat benu with mallet to detach fibre from other constituents.
- tekena
- Sabatier to catch up with, to pass, to beat, to defeat a rival in competition, to win against.
- kona
- Sabatier kona, kokona: to vanquish, to overcome, to knock out, to triumph over, to beat, to subdue.
- tiri
- Sabatier titiri, tiritiri: to knock, to beat, to fall, to kill, to slaughter, to suppress, to lop off.
- oro
- Sabatier oroiko, oroia oreia, oroira, oroingkami, oroia, oreaki: to strike, to hit, to knock on, to beat on, to beat.
- taea
- Sabatier tataea: to take off, to dust off, to wipe off (dust, dirt), to shake off, to clean, to dust, to brush, to sweep, to beat a mat.
- teke
- Sabatier teteke, teketeke: hit, struck, pierced, punctured, hit or struck by a shot, beaten by a rival, reached, touched, wounded, pricked.
- ruo
- Sabatier ka-ruoa, karuoruoa, kaka...: to lower, to bring down, to make come down, to lay aside, to remove from office, to beat at game, to eliminate.