frighten
11 Kiribati words
- kunainga
- Sabatier to frighten, to horrify, to terrify, to give the creeps.
- auba
- Sabatier ka auba, kaka auba: to brag, to try to frighten.
- Sabatier ka aubaea: to scare, to frighten, to intimidate, to threaten.
- kamakua
- Bingham to make afraid, to frighten.
- ikarikiriki
- Sabatier kaikarikirikia: to make tremble, to frighten.
- kateinang
- Sabatier to put obstacle in way, to oppose, to frighten.
- kauba
- Sabatier kakauba: to frighten, to surprise, to startle.
- kakirikiri
- Sabatier to kick up a shindy, to make a scene, to frighten.
- bukongkong
- Sabatier to frighten children by imitating Nei Bukongkong (grunts, growls, making faces, etc.).
- kautikaikaia
- Sabatier to give the creeps, to make the hair stand on end, to frighten, to electrify, to send into raptures.
- iaka
- Sabatier ka-iaka, ka-iakaka: to make..., to cause to cry out in fear, to surprise, to alarm, to frighten, to startle.
- kamaka
- Sabatier irreg. kamakai or kamakuai, kamakuko, kamakua, kamakuira, kamakuingkami, kamakuia, kamakaki or kamakuaki: to frighten, to make afraid.