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25 Kiribati words

• moa
  • Bingham first.
  • Bingham the first.
  • Sabatier first, superior, excellent, supreme, perfect.
• moaniba
  • Sabatier the first, the best, the most excellent, the flower of..., the cream of..., the phoenix, excellence, perfection, superiority, supreme.
• moana
  • Bingham go first to.
  • Sabatier to begin, to start, to begin by, to go first to, to put at the end.
• oimoa
  • Bingham arrive first.
  • Sabatier to precede, to arrive first.
• moanibai
  • Sabatier te moanibai: the first thing,.
  • Sabatier first deal in cards.
• moanikaura
  • Bingham stand first in the rank in the ruoia.
  • Sabatier the first dancer (ruoia) in the two side rows.
• bumoa
  • Sabatier the first move.
• uamoa
  • Sabatier to try to be first.
• kakaiatao
  • Sabatier always wanting to be first.
• moanuwa
  • Bingham place or person first visited.
• namakaina
  • Sabatier 1st <first> day: e ba n uri.
• karimoa
  • Sabatier te karimoa: the first, eldest.
• babatei
  • Sabatier e baka ni babatei: it fell head first.
• rimoa
  • Sabatier to go in front (ri-moa), to go first, to come first.
• moantai
  • Sabatier (1) te moan tai: the first time, the first opportunity.
• rabaraba
  • Bingham the first or last in a line at the extreme right or left.
• iemoa
  • Sabatier iemoa: to set sail first, to forestall, to be the first to.
• moantoka
  • Sabatier (1) the first to be successful, first success, first to attain end.
• uan nei rara
  • Sabatier the first child of a young mother, cherished, richly dressed, bedizened.
• moan
  • Sabatier te moan: the first, the highest in..., the beginning, the commencement.
• moanriki
  • Sabatier the first ancestor, the first man, the first born, the beginning of existence.
• tinanibai
  • Sabatier the first or principal establishment of an affair, of commerce, central house.
• taumoa
  • Sabatier to precede, to be first, in front, before, to keep in front, to hold the first place.
• atu
  • Sabatier principal, ringleader, first, capital, prime cause, heading, title, division of classes, group, etc.
• moantari
  • Sabatier first juice obtained after cutting coconut spathe (toddy). The toddy which flows after cutting in the morning and taken at noon is called te moantari.