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engage

8 Kiribati words

• inai
  • Sabatier to engage, betroth.
• mengoa
  • Bingham engage in.
• mengo
  • Bingham be busy at, be engaged in.
• taon
  • Bingham to engage in, to go at, to begin upon.
• moti n taeka
  • Sabatier to engage oneself, to make a treaty, an arrangement, to agree verbally.
• taboniwi
  • Sabatier agreement, oral consent, project consented to, mutual agreement..., engagement, contract.
• katuna
  • Sabatier to engage young children in view of future marriage (ancient custom), to engage or make children marry without their consent.
• bae
  • Sabatier kabae, kabaebae, kabaea, kabaebaea: to tie, to attach, to oblige, to engage, to be under an obligation, to be bound, to get into debt, to borrow.