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better

5 Kiribati words

• bakete
  • Bingham better, convalescent, easy.
• batantika
  • Sabatier the better of two rivals.
• uamoa
  • Sabatier tendency, emulation for better, for first place, ambition.
• manana
  • Sabatier (used mostly in coupound words) nimanana: improvement in health, getting better.
• aona
  • Sabatier to put on, over and above, to get the better of, to surpass, to overcome an obstacle, a difficulty, to lengthen a cord, to extend the time for..., to omit, to pass over, to skip a word, to excuse, not take notice of a mistake.