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idle

9 Kiribati words

• noumangang
  • Sabatier idle, soft, no energy and slightly idiot, indolent.
• arenang
  • Sabatier empty idle talk.
• toro n rang
  • Sabatier staying too long inert, idle.
• niau
  • Sabatier slow, awkward, idle, indolent.
• mangang
  • Sabatier not knowing what to do or where to go, idle.
• matiketike
  • Sabatier loose, slack. mostly used in fig. idle, soft, loose.
• matebuaka
  • Bingham fruitless, profitless, useless, vain, idle, without result, to no purpose.
• eng
  • Sabatier engeng, ka engeng: to approve in word only, to say yes and do nothing, lazy, idle.
• matu
  • Sabatier mamatu: to sleep often or much matutu, nimatutu: to slumber, to nod, to be idle, indolent.