crush
19 Kiribati words
- kamanatua
- Bingham to crush.
- kamanamana
- Bingham to crush, to bruise, to jam.
- toubeka
- Sabatier to crush, to squash with foot, to crush underfoot, to trample on.
- manatua
- Bingham crushed, mashed.
- ikua
- Sabatier ikikua to pound,... crush.
- manamana
- Bingham mashed, crushed, soft, miry.
- matiraua
- Sabatier kamatiraua: to squash, to crush, to flatten out.
- ikiku
- Sabatier ikikua: to flatten out, to crush with mallet, to pound.
- matiratira
- Sabatier completely squashed, crushed, flattened, reduced to pulp.
- iberiki
- Sabatier to break, to smash, to smash to smithereens, to pound, to crush.
- ika
- Sabatier ikika: to pound, to crush, to pulverize, to grind in a mortar.
- otoriki
- Sabatier otorika: to break, to smash, to shatter, to crush to smithereens.
- maeka
- Sabatier to reduce to small bits, to grind to powder, to pulverize, to crush.
- manti
- Sabatier kamanta, kamantintia, kamantitinonginonga: to crush, to pulverize.
- touariki
- Sabatier to pound, to pile up while trampling <trample> on, to crush with feet.
- tourika
- Sabatier to reduce to splinters, bits, powder by pounding, to crush underfoot, to beat.
- tokara
- Sabatier to seize, to secure, to usurp, to dominate, to overcome, to crush, to defeat, to triumph over.
- mte
- Sabatier ka-mtea, kamtemtea: to cut fine, to crush into small pieces (for ex. tobacco), to shred fine.
- 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.