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hook

16 Kiribati words

• bainikanewe
  • Sabatier a hook, coat hanger.
• kareke
  • Sabatier a hook, hook and eye.
• matau
  • Sabatier a fish hook.
• kai n taura
  • Sabatier a suspension hook.
• karere
  • Sabatier a makeshift fish hook (?).
• reikabu
  • Sabatier a fish hook of wood for shark fishing.
• raun
  • Bingham a kind of fish-hookmade of mother-of-pearl.
• au
  • Sabatier te kai n au rabono: iron hook used for fishing eels.
• taura
  • Sabatier te kai n taura: hanger, lamp pendant, hook, hat peg.
• kai n newe
  • Sabatier an instrument for hinging things on, hook, nail, coat hanger.
• ngea
  • Sabatier (2) large fish hook made formerly of ngea used to catch shark.
• ribita
  • Sabatier to catch, to hook, to reach for, to take down with hand or instrument.
• reke
  • Sabatier reke, rereke, rekereke: caught, seized, acquired, found, obtained, hooked, kept.
• kai n auau
  • Sabatier an instrument to get fish out of crevices, hooked wire, hook used to draw up eel-pot.
• rekereke
  • Sabatier ka-rekerekea: to hook, to entangle, etc. to hold in bonds, cords, tentacles, fangs, etc.
• bwetua
  • Sabatier 3. te matau ae te bwetua: a kind of fish hook which has no hole to fasten it to the line.