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excuse

4 Kiribati words

• aona
  • Bingham excuse.
  • Sabatier to put on, over and above, to get the better of, to surpass, to overcome an obstacle, a difficulty, to lengthen a cord, to extend the time for..., to omit, to pass over, to skip a word, to excuse, not take notice of a mistake.
• karaua
  • Sabatier karau taeka: make excuse, apologise.
• matauninga
  • Sabatier ko matauninga irou: I offended you (formula of excuse, as: excuse me. I am sorry).
• aoka
  • Sabatier tai aoka! tai aokai! don't think me unreasonable, don't have a grudge against me, excuse me!