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35 Kiribati words
- ribonobono
- Bingham close.
- kainnonginonga
- Sabatier to close, to obstruct, to stop.
- kiriuatao
- Sabatier close, serried, compact, heaped up, piled on, stuck one on top of another, layer on layer.
- ibetutu
- Bingham growing close together.
- Sabatier very close together, growing thickly, too close, bushy, full of thickets (said of plants, and anything and everything).
- ribaba
- Bingham collected close together.
- Sabatier bushy, very close together, crowded, thronged.
- bonota
- Bingham to cover, to shut, to close.
- Sabatier bobonota, bonobonota: to stop, to close, to shut, to obstruct, to stop chinks <?>, to close entrance to, to patch or mend.
- ba ni koko
- Bingham stingy, close.
- ibetangatanga
- Bingham closely packed.
- mao
- Sabatier kamaoa: to heal, to close.
- betuntun
- Sabatier close together and constrained.
- boturuma
- Bingham to close or shut up, as a house.
- karibaba
- Bingham to set close together, as plants.
- riba
- Sabatier pressed, crowded, close, compact.
- ribanono
- Sabatier very crowded, too close together.
- kataomata
- Sabatier to close the eyes for a short nap.
- ribono
- Sabatier close together, touching, crowded.
- ko
- Sabatier (1) close, serried, compact, tight.
- wiwariki
- Bingham having the teeth set close together.
- king
- Sabatier kingina: to close with key, to lock.
- kibokibo
- Bingham planted close together, thick as a grove.
- kaiboa
- Bingham to close or shut up tight as a box or house.
- kamatu
- Sabatier kamatua: to put to sleep, to close (a knife).
- kan
- Sabatier near, not far from, close to (in time or space).
- kaina
- Sabatier kakaina: to close, to shut, to lock, to confine.
- bono
- Sabatier v.t. bonoa: to close, to protect by a wall, to enclose.
- kainonoa
- Sabatier to close tightly, to lock securely, to urge, to force, to incite.
- kamanua
- Bingham to relax, to slacken, to slack, to close as the fingers, to double as the arm.
- rikuma
- Sabatier to roll, to wrap, to fold (clothes, mats), to close (books), to make a parcel.
- roki
- Sabatier rokia, rokirokia: to close, to enclose, to protect with screen, curtains, etc.
- tiriuki
- Sabatier tiruki: to close what is open or gaping (mat, mosquito net, lavalava, fly opening).
- matu
- Sabatier matu, mamatu, matutu: to sleep, to slumber, to be still, to close (a knife), to pass (cards).
- kiea
- Sabatier to coast, to skirt the coast, to keep near the coast, to follow closely, to be close at the heels of.
- makoko
- Sabatier close together, stacked tightly (as fish in a net or trap, fruit in bunches getting bigger on ripening).
- takoko
- Sabatier tight. tight, close together, packed, compressed, heaped together (as fish in net), swollen tight, distended.
- tena
- Sabatier tenatena, tena raoi, tena buaka: to be crowded, pressed together, close together, wedged, caught, joined, well-joined, badly joined, very near to, almost touching.