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husk

18 Kiribati words

• koroma
  • Bingham to husk.
• benu
  • Bingham a coconut husk.
  • Sabatier <bot> husk of coconut for making string.
• boua
  • Bingham a dry coconut husk.
  • Sabatier coconut husk used as firewood.
• ewanin
  • Bingham husk of the coconut.
  • Sabatier coconut husk with shell attached.
• buru
  • Sabatier husk of coconut called bunia.
• kunroro
  • Bingham the exterior husk of the bunia.
• nana
  • Sabatier shell, cocoon, pod, husk, carapace.
• maemaeki
  • Bingham picking to pieces as a coconut husk.
• koro ni katei
  • Sabatier koronikateia: to husk fibre with...
• ninibao
  • Bingham curved up. warped, as a coconut husk.
• riti
  • Sabatier a wisp of husk for lighting fire, tow, wick.
• wanin
  • Sabatier coconut husk, cut in halves (shell and husk).
• wae
  • Bingham a shriveled, undeveloped coconut including the husk.
• nin
  • Sabatier nin-ni-boua: half of husk of coconut. (N.) ewa n in.
• korom
  • Sabatier to take the husk off coconut with a stake called a koro.
• reireita
  • Bingham to make a fine fish-line by tying single coconut-huskfibers together.
• koronikatei
  • Bingham a sharp pointed ngea stick set in the ground on which to husk coconuts.
• ritang
  • Bingham the innermost part of the husk of the bunia not chewed, the leaflets near the base of a coconut frond.