dig
20 Kiribati words
- kena
- Bingham to dig.
- keniken
- Bingham to dig.
- routa
- Bingham to dig up as a root of babai.
- Sabatier to pull up, to dig up, to uproot, to extract, to extirpate.
- kakenikena
- Bingham to set at digging.
- kibekibe
- Sabatier kibekibe: to dig, to turn soil.
- ekea
- Bingham drill or dig out a hole in a rock.
- kamarawa
- Sabatier kamarawa: to dig deep, very deep.
- kinono
- Sabatier kakinonoa: to make... to dig deep.
- manawai
- Sabatier manawaia: to dig a trench around a...
- kakinounou
- Sabatier kakinounoua: to dig deep, to deepen...
- manono
- Sabatier kamanonoa: to make a hole, to dig deeply.
- nikatona
- Sabatier te kenikatona: dig for..., Tellina shell.
- atamaumau
- Sabatier ka atamaumau: make very deep, dig very deep.
- nano
- Sabatier ka-nanoa: to make deep, to dig deep, to deepen.
- niba
- Sabatier nibaniba: to dig, to excavate in soil, in timber.
- kibera
- Sabatier to dig the soil, to scratch, to search in sand or clay.
- katai
- Sabatier to excavate or begin to dig a taro pit, to begin a work.
- marawa
- Sabatier kamarawa: to dig down to the water, under the water, very deep.
- ribana
- Sabatier to farm, to till, to cultivate, to dig, to fertilize, to care for plants, etc.
- ken