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grow

13 Kiribati words

• bwea
  • Sabatier to grow, to swell up (fruit, pregnancy).
• omaka
  • Bingham grow up rapidly.
  • Bingham rapid growth.
• inaito
  • Bingham slow in growth, backward in growth.
  • Bingham child of backward growth.
• rikirake
  • Bingham to grow up.
• birikatai
  • Bingham to grow rapidly.
• ibetutu
  • Bingham growing close together.
• moanriki
  • Bingham begin to sprout or grow.
• bukare
  • Sabatier to sprout, to bud, to grow thickly.
• kawete
  • Bingham to start to grow as a new branch of the pan.
• riki
  • Bingham to come into existence, to shoot up, to spring, to grow.
• aetorake
  • Sabatier to go up straight, grow straight, vertically (smoke in fine weather).
• bukawe
  • Sabatier to grow or move rapidly leaving a trail behind (plant, smoke, shooting star, canoe, etc.).
• kaborake
  • Sabatier going up towards sky (for ex. smoke), going up towards Zenith (stars, clouds), going towards land (canoes), growing up (plants), getting bigger (children).