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compress

8 Kiribati words

• kona
  • Bingham to squeeze, to compress.
  • Sabatier to tighten, to press, to compress, clasp, to squeeze, to hold tight.
• karibaba
  • Sabatier karibabea: to tighten, to compress, to wedge.
• raereke
  • Sabatier te ao raereke: narrow surface, compressed, cooped in.
• riba
  • Sabatier kariba, karibariba: to press, to crowd, to compress, to tighten.
• tubatu
  • Sabatier tubatua to massage with hot water, to apply hot compress, to apply..., softening.
• kaiboa
  • Sabatier to swell up, to cram, to compress. kaiboa te raba, te moko, te nano: (encourage each other).
• takoko
  • Sabatier tight. tight, close together, packed, compressed, heaped together (as fish in net), swollen tight, distended.
• taona
  • Sabatier tataona (sometimes), taotaona (freq.). to put weight on, to lean on, to press on, to trample on, to compress, to press down, to apply weight on, to crush, to overwhelm, to lower, to smother, to curb, to hold by pressure, by weight, to submit, to subdue, to overcome, to apply pressure on.