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33 Kiribati words
- oto
- Sabatier to break, to shatter, to smash, to bend.
- Sabatier (irr.) to break, to smash, to bend, to compose.
- motika
- Bingham break, break off, settle, decide, termonate.
- Sabatier to break off, to interrupt, to break.
- bourua
- Sabatier to break, to spoil by hitting on.
- iberiki
- Sabatier to break, to smash, to smash to smithereens, to pound, to crush.
- unobauta
- Sabatier to break, to sever by twisting, to unbind, to detach (esp. outrigger by waves).
- urua
- Bingham destroy, break.
- Sabatier ururua: to destroy, to sack, to plunder, to break, to smash.
- ibeua
- Bingham break a coconut into halfves.
- Sabatier to break in two.
- otoua
- Bingham break in two as a stick.
- Sabatier to break in two.
- ibeibe
- Bingham breaking up or open.
- Sabatier te ibeibe. to pound, to break.
- ibea
- Bingham break open as a coconut, break up as bait.
- Sabatier ibeibea: to break, to smash (hard matter).
- iberikia
- Bingham break into many pieces.
- kamaerikirika
- Bingham to break into fragments.
- maoto
- Sabatier rupture, break, crack, piece.
- otorikia
- Bingham break into pieces as a stick.
- ototo
- Bingham breaking, folding or composeing.
- tabeuta
- Bingham to break into small pieces as food.
- kamaenikuna
- Bingham to break into several pieces as a plate.
- katariba
- Bingham to break or slice off a piece as of babai.
- moimoti
- Sabatier moimotikia, momoimotika: to break, to tear.
- baitabuariki
- Sabatier baitabuarikia: to break, to spoil, to smash.
- raemenga
- Sabatier raemenga: to break, to dislocate, to break up.
- ura
- Sabatier to destroy, to break, to shatter, to smash (S.).
- moti
- Sabatier motika: to break, to break off, to snap off, etc.
- uruaka
- Sabatier to destroy, to demolish, to upset, to break, to smash.
- otea
- Sabatier (irr.) to break, to break by bending (wood, bones, etc.).
- eke
- Sabatier ekeke. to break (with resounding noise), the action of...
- bakatuntun
- Sabatier to break against, to bump against, to knock against directly.
- wara
- Sabatier te kawara: a blasted, open passage, a break <gap>, a clear space.
- urutaeka
- Sabatier to break promise,... word, to break vow, oath, to give the slip to...
- urubai
- Sabatier to destroy, to devastate, to lay waste, to break, to smash, to upset, to dismantle.
- tawai
- Sabatier motika tawaina: to break the bonds, to break an engagement, to give a dispensation.
- maibi
- Sabatier ka-maiba,... bia... to break, to smash something hard or brittle, as vase, glass, etc.
- otokai
- Sabatier otea te kai, kabaka te kai: to break, to ward off ill-luck, to take away, to withdraw a punishment, to take one's revenge on..., to pay back, to get even with.