cord
25 Kiribati words
- kao
- Bingham a kite string, the umbilical cord.
- Sabatier cord, string, tentacle, feeler of insect, umbilical cord, liana, creeper.
- maea
- Sabatier cord, rope, cable.
- takai
- Bingham a short cord attached at the middle to a fishhook and then twisted into one as a link to the principal fish line.
- Sabatier a strong cord tying hook to line.
- taia ni bwe
- Sabatier (1) te taia ni bwe: the string, or cord with which rudder-oar is tied to tabiro.
- Bingham the cord by which the rudder to a canoe is fastened.
- kora
- Bingham coconut fiber cord.
- otorake
- Sabatier a four ply rope, cord.
- tannaba
- Sabatier cord rolled up, in hanks.
- nanouai
- Sabatier two ply string, cord or thread.
- nano ten
- Sabatier string, cord tripled, three ply.
- tabowa
- Sabatier (1) cord or string of root fibre.
- kanoua
- Bingham a coconut fiber cord of two strands.
- kabae
- Bingham a waist-mat cord prepared for lashing.
- kona
- Bingham a cord or twine made of coconut fiber.
- warona
- Bingham to tie a loop in a cord that will not slip.
- bauta
- Bingham to tie or bind with a cord, to lash, to bind up.
- katabara
- Sabatier a bundle of string, cord rolled up or in figure of eight.
- bakatari
- Sabatier cord or string to tie a weapon (mbo, batiraku) to wrist.
- nira
- Bingham a small roll of coconut cord for tying the coconut spathe.
- kaonanti
- Sabatier abnormal umbilical cord, cord for letting down nuts from tree.
- nuota
- Sabatier cord or girdle made of women's hair (worn by men at ruoia dance).
- niranuba
- Bingham a small cord wound around a fishhook and the takai as a protection.
- bakaoko
- Sabatier the cord which attaches the sail to yards or those used to reef sails.
- mae
- Sabatier string, rope, cord, anything hanging, necklace, necktie, little fishing basket.
- nimaerere
- Sabatier a string or cord of plaited coconut fibre and hair mixed. string of <or> amulet of same.
- abo
- Sabatier cord used formerly by dance composers, tied to end of stick and turned in the air to get inspirations, imitating fishing with a rod. magic rite performed at dawn on the east side of the island; te kai ni kario maneve, ni kabuti.