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chief

18 Kiribati words

• ruatu
  • Bingham a chief.
  • Sabatier (4) a chief (obs.).
• toka
  • Bingham a chief, a large land-holder.
  • Sabatier te toka, te katoka: high rank, noble, chief, lord, rich landowner having servants.
• kautu
  • Bingham chief of high rank.
  • Sabatier chief, head of tribe, person of high rank, royal family.
• mataniwi
  • Bingham manager, chief, director.
  • Sabatier edge, border, chief, director, commander, <boss>.
• tokatake
  • Bingham a high chief, a large land-holder.
  • Sabatier a high chief, grand personage, rich property owner.
• atu
  • Sabatier head, chief.
• ikabi
  • Bingham principal chief or leader.
• uarokoa
  • Bingham present a chief with food.
• ikake
  • Bingham rascally chief, famous chief.
• uea
  • Bingham king, high chief, lord, sovereign.
• kaben
  • Sabatier captain, chief, commander, director.
• ata
  • Sabatier widely used in proper nouns meaning chief.
• urukau
  • Sabatier head, chief, director, president, superior.
• kaubure
  • Sabatier (foreign word) a member of island council, village chief.
• katoka
  • Sabatier am katoka, am uea: your lord, master, king, sovereign, chief.
• inaaomata
  • Sabatier free, independent, of the rank of free men, proprietors, chiefs.
• unuana
  • Sabatier to set going, to lead, to direct, to conduct a gang, team, band, an enterprise, to be at the head,... be the director, chief, leader.
• urubana
  • Sabatier uribana te makuri: to be the principal instrument, the chief, director at..., to lead, direct an enterprise, to be the soul of,... to organize.