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eight

8 Kiribati words

• ang
  • Bingham eight, in counting by twos.
  • Sabatier eight (when counting by twos).
• wan
  • Bingham eight, always followed by a numeral suffix, ai, ua, ung, man, nga, kai, kora, or by a certain noun, as bong, ririki, ritoro, inaki, atao, aba, or by a certain adjective, as bwi, bubua.
  • Sabatier wani: eight;.
• waniua
  • Sabatier eight.
• waniman
  • Bingham eight, in counting persons or animals.
• wanai
  • Bingham eight, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber, coconut-leaf stems, fingers, teeth, large fish, as sharks and ikari.
• wanea
  • Bingham eight million.
• wanua
  • Sabatier wani-wa: eight;.
• waninga
  • Bingham eight thousand, eight in counting fathoms.