dive
8 Kiribati words
- tebo
- Bingham to dive.
- Sabatier tetebo, tebotebo, teborake, teborio, tebonako: to dive, to plunge.
- tebona
- Bingham to dive after, to use force, to compel.
- Sabatier (1) to dive down towards to bring to surface (shell), etc.
- teborio
- Sabatier diving <dive> down, towards the west.
- taumata
- Sabatier a manner of fishing, by diving <dive> with goggles.
- tebokua
- Sabatier prow plunging (canoe), to dive like a dolphin, head first.
- teborake
- Sabatier diving <dive> forward, advancing <advance> resolutely with provocative look.
- ewenako
- Sabatier fig. already grown up a bit (child), past baby stage, to jump, to dive, to develop...
- kibana
- Sabatier te kibana (teuana te kiba) uakiba (uoua te kiba: one dive, two dives (made in one or two muscular efforts). used in measuring depth of water.