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gravel

5 Kiribati words

• atama
  • Bingham cover a surface with coarse gravel.
  • Bingham coarse gravel, small broken coral.
  • Sabatier pebbles, gravel, shingle, broken coral.
• kirikiri
  • Bingham fine gravel.
  • Sabatier fine gravel.
• kibeuri
  • Bingham to scratch as fowls, to disarrange coarse gravel, as children at play.
• atibu
  • Sabatier general name for all stones, more expecially for medium-sized stones and big gravel.
• kaikai
  • Sabatier kakaikai, containing hard particles, wood, gravel, kernel, etc., speaking of food as for example kabubu.