envy
15 Kiribati words
- bakantang
- Bingham envy, jealousy.
- Sabatier jealousy, envy.
- nanonibwi
- Sabatier envy, with a little jealousy or emulation, rivalry.
- kabakantang
- Bingham to provoke to envy.
- kabakantanga
- Bingham to provoke one to envy.
- kabekariranga
- Bingham causing or occasioning envy.
- keta
- Sabatier to desire, to envy, to covet.
- mata n taratara
- Sabatier to appear tired for want of sleep, to look with envy.
- mataiakina
- Sabatier to covet, to envy, to desire, to have ambition for...
- ngengetaia
- Sabatier ka-ngengeta: to excite to envy, to entice, to attract.
- matai
- Sabatier matai, mamatai, kakamatai: to covet, to envy, to desire.
- baibai
- Sabatier n.v. kanibaibai: covetousness, <envy? gwg>, desire to become rich.
- mau anea
- Sabatier kamauanea: to revive the appetite, the envy, to attract with bait, to make greedy.
- mata
- Sabatier kareke mata: to fix the eyes on..., to look with envy, to choose from what one sees.
- ngenge
- Sabatier (1) te ngenge, te maungenge, te nano ngenge: envy, covetousness of food, drink, tobacco, etc.
- baua
- Sabatier to beg, to envy, to look at with envy, to covet any food (as baua does near latrines on beach) (an insult).