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falling

9 Kiribati words

• tiriobo
  • Bingham to crash as a falling tree.
• kom
  • Bingham falling short, too short as a beam.
• takomkom
  • Bingham signifying not wholly falling short.
• kanauta
  • Sabatier rising <rise> and falling (outrigger).
• ia
  • Sabatier falling abundantly as in the following.
• kakarenge
  • Bingham not safely placed, in danger of falling.
• totokoa
  • Bingham to try to prevent from falling, as a tree, by means of a brace, to brace.
• bukitewetewe
  • Sabatier a special way of falling followed by what is called tatatata nako (pers).
• tiriobora
  • Bingham to damage a plant or babai patch by falling upon it, as the branch of a tree.