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eyes

18 Kiribati words

• waimata
  • Bingham a disease of the eyes, the.
  • Sabatier sore eyes, ophthalmia.
• mataman
  • Bingham suffering from the effect of bright sunlight on the eyes.
  • Sabatier sore eyes caused by long exposure to sun or reverberation.
• bomata
  • Sabatier sore eyes.
• kaumata
  • Bingham having large eyes.
• matakinongo
  • Sabatier having small eyes.
• matarearea
  • Sabatier disease of eyes, cataract.
• matawarebwe
  • Sabatier having big eyes, big-eyed.
• kanebu
  • Bingham dull as the eyes in sickness.
• kamatabwka
  • Bingham to make one have matter in his eyes.
• kamataruana
  • Bingham causing dimness of eyes as sickness.
• matakukune
  • Sabatier having good eyes for finding things.
• matakiriongong
  • Sabatier sleepy eyes, half closed through sleepiness.
• mataka
  • Sabatier tired eyes (strain, weekness, physical defect),.
• matabanga
  • Sabatier deep set eyes, hollow eyes (a banga nako matana).
• matakirioro
  • Sabatier allseeing eyes, curious, wanting to see and examine everything.
• tanatana
  • Bingham a form of incantation whereby to secure favor in the eyes of a woman.
• matauraura
  • Sabatier just about ripe (fruit), having red eyes, reddened (insomnia, reverberation, etc.).
• matabaraki
  • Sabatier having eyes or head or both lowered (through modesty, fear, confusion or shyness and sometimes through hypocrisy).