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hold

40 Kiribati words

• tau
  • Sabatier to hold, to keep.
• babakoa
  • Bingham to hold, as a child in the arms.
• urubwe
  • Sabatier to hold, to pull on steering gear.
• bainimanea
  • Sabatier to hold, to hold firmly, to subdue, to keep together.
• rabana
  • Sabatier to hold, to maintain, to keep, to guard, to preserve.
• antingoa
  • Sabatier to hold, to keep back, to retard by whimpering, crying.
• tauaninne
  • Sabatier to hold, to keep jealously (place, situation, advantages, rights acquired).
• manoka
  • Bingham hold in the arms.
  • Sabatier manoka, mamanoka, manokanoka: to hold, to carry, to clasp in angle of elbow, to carry on arm (child), clasp in arms.
• taua
  • Bingham to seize, to grasp, to hold back, to retain, to hold.
  • Sabatier tataua, tautaua: to hold, to keep, to reserve, to conserve, not to let go, to practise (religion, profession).
• reketaua
  • Sabatier to take and hold.
• abana
  • Bingham hold or possess as land.
• nanonibaia
  • Bingham hold one as a slave or serf.
• tamaro
  • Sabatier dungeon, cellar, hold of ship.
• taubai
  • Sabatier to shake hands, to hold hands.
• taumatoa
  • Sabatier to hold on to things borrowed.
• tokanikaia
  • Bingham to seize and hold land unjustly.
• baimaran
  • Bingham not skilled in catching or holding.
• tauranga
  • Sabatier tauranga: to hold, to catch by leg.
• rekerua
  • Sabatier karekerua: to hinder, to hold, to catch.
• kariri
  • Sabatier to hold fast to, to be firm, to be intransigent.
• kawaia
  • Sabatier to put, to do, to hold stretched out lengthwise.
• baimanea
  • Sabatier to clasp around with hands, to sustain or hold, etc.
• baina
  • Bingham to use, to make use of, to hold, to possess, to value.
• tautau
  • Sabatier (1) tautau: to hold, to guide by hand (cane, canoe).
• tanabaia
  • Bingham to break away from one who seizes, i.e. from one's hold.
• raba
  • Sabatier ka-raba: to hide, to mask, to veil, to conceal, to hold.
• betaru
  • Sabatier a compartment or shelf in inside of canoe, hold for baggage.
• moanibaia
  • Bingham hold a caseknifein the hand with the thumb next to the blade.
• tanara
  • Bingham to loose another's hold, to take off ornaments after the dance.
• tanganga
  • Sabatier bai tanganga: open hands, losing hold, unable to hold on to...
• waka
  • Sabatier reke-waka: to be staying,... held <hold> by roots,... attached.
• nimroa
  • Sabatier to cling tightly to, to adhere to..., to hold on to..., to attach.
• tania
  • Sabatier to penetrate into, to take possession of..., to hold as one's own.
• arokana
  • Bingham hold in possession or own a tree on another's land (a frequent custom).
• karekebai
  • Sabatier to hold by hand, to touch hands or fingers, or tips of wings, to join up.
• baimatoa
  • Sabatier baimatoa: to hold tight, to squeeze, to tie tightly, to overcome, to subdue.
• abuabu
  • Sabatier to seize, to lay hold of (as in ball games), to massage,... to knead with hands.
• tenabiti
  • Sabatier squeezed, held <hold>, gripped very tightly as in vice (biti: iron), in an iron grip.
• taomwi
  • Sabatier v.t. (irr.) tao mwiai, taomwiko, taona mwina, taomwira, taomwingkami, taomwia, taomwiaki: to keep, to hold the place of... (replace me, you, him, etc.).
• taua mwin
  • Sabatier taua mwiu, tawa mwim, taua mwina: to hold, to keep my place, etc., to replace, to keep count of, to keep account of, to take note of, to remember, to put in register, to register.