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fibre

13 Kiribati words

• buruburu
  • Sabatier fibre, harl, floss, fringe, tuft, tatter.
• waka
  • Sabatier root, fibre, string.
  • Sabatier wakawaka, kau-waka, kiriwakawaka: fibrous, stringy, tough, undercooked, full of threads, strings, fibres, having...
• ni
  • Sabatier ani: fibre from..., etc.
• koran
  • Sabatier coconut fibre (one strand).
• tabowa
  • Sabatier (1) cord or string of root fibre.
• bokakana
  • Sabatier carding of coconut fibre (benu).
• ao
  • Sabatier te ao: fibre of coconut husk, fishline, twine.
• aroma
  • Sabatier 2. the fibre of this cactus. 3. the twine made of this fibre.
• nimanonginong
  • Bingham having fine strands as a coconut fibre fish line, finely twisted.
• taboa
  • Sabatier te taboa: (S.), te ani (N.). fibre, bark stripped off stem of palm leaf.
• tiribenu
  • Sabatier tiribenua: to beat benu with mallet to detach fibre from other constituents.
• ing
  • Sabatier fibre enveloping the base of palm leaf and attaching it to the trunk, used as filter.
• namata
  • Sabatier fibre pulled from palm used to tie torches made of leaves, to string fish, beads, shells, necklace, string of...