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cleanse

5 Kiribati words

• kaitiaka
  • Bingham to purify, to cleanse, to clean.
• angoa
  • Sabatier to scratch, to cleanse gently (nose, ears, throat, sores).
• teboka
  • Sabatier to pour water on, to wash, to bathe, to bath, to cleanse, to wash one's face, to baptize.
• kakerua
  • Bingham to crunch, to ram as a gun, to cleanse a karewe shell with a stick, to assault a house or settlement with hostile intent.
• kabururu
  • Sabatier kakabururu to wash one's face, to rinse one's mouth, to cleanse, to splash, to sprinkle, to squirt water from mouth to bathe babies.