chew
15 Kiribati words
- kanta
- Bingham to chew, to masticate.
- Sabatier kakanta: to chew, to masticate.
- baronria
- Bingham to chew tobacco.
- Sabatier to suck, to chew.
- mange
- Bingham chew with the canine teeth and the molars.
- Sabatier to eat, to chew with...
- ung
- ungira
- Bingham chew and eat or suck as pandanus fruit or bunia.
- Sabatier to chew while twisting and sucking to extract juice.
- wirikirikia
- Sabatier to whisper, to chew gently.
- mama
- Sabatier mama: to chew, to masticate.
- moaniwi
- Bingham bite or chew with the front teeth.
- memere
- Bingham suck in noiseily as juice while chewing.
- ewaka
- Sabatier to tear, to extract, to chew something fibrous.
- beti n oma
- Bingham to chew tough food and remove the toughest part.
- namaonga
- Sabatier to taste a little portion and chew it for a baby.
- ukiaea
- Bingham bite off the ukia before chewing the pandanus fruit.
- unra
- Bingham eat or chew pandanus fruit, bunia husk, or sugar cane.
- maungaro
- Sabatier maungaroa: (to cut with one's gums) to chew with toothless gums.