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disappoint

4 Kiribati words

• wa n ra
  • Sabatier wanra: to bring disappointments, ill luck.
• wai
  • Sabatier e wai ubuna, e wai: he has a long face, crestfallen, ashamed, disappointed, taken in.
• wikai
  • Sabatier stranded, nonplussed, in a quandary, taken in, disappointed, abashed, confused (recent expression).
• tekeria
  • Sabatier e teke riana: caught by the lips, allured, caught, charmed by attraction, taste, satisfied (antinomy), well caught, punished, have fingers burned, disappointed.