bite
8 Kiribati words
- tena
- Bingham to bite.
- Sabatier tetena, tenatena: to bite, to hold between teeth, to hold between two..., to pinch, to wedge.
- tenarua
- Sabatier to bite, to tear to pieces with teeth, to tear, to hack, to devour.
- katena
- Bingham to cause to bite.
- wikai
- Sabatier biting <bite>, sarcastic, witty.
- moaniwi
- Bingham bite or chew with the front teeth.
- ukiaea
- Bingham bite off the ukia before chewing the pandanus fruit.
- kaububua
- Bingham to gnaw or bite off as the nose of a flying-fish and eat it raw.
- tabaka
- Sabatier to surprise, to take by..., to fall on, to seize, to bite, to hit suddenly.