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coconuts

12 Kiribati words

• kuriba
  • Sabatier coconuts, bunch of coconuts or other plants pulled with leaves, etc. (offered to anti).
• ikoben
  • Sabatier collection of coconuts.
• bunibun
  • Sabatier felling of coconuts (fruit).
• kai ni man
  • Bingham very ripe coconuts strung up in a house.
• karemoi
  • Bingham to engage in gathering coconuts by pelting.
• kataetae
  • Bingham to engage in tying coconuts together in twos.
• bunra
  • Sabatier bunraea. to fell coconuts in careless manner.
• korobai
  • Bingham to cut the fastenings of coconuts tied together.
• bakabwi
  • Bingham to engage in tying coconuts in bunches of ten each.
• uaran
  • Sabatier to have coconuts to drink (ran) or carry coconuts to sell (S.).
• taoakaia
  • Bingham to subject ripe coconuts to the process of extracting oil by pressure.
• koronikatei
  • Bingham a sharp pointed ngea stick set in the ground on which to husk coconuts.