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ill luck

13 Kiribati words

• bakabuaka
  • Sabatier ill luck.
• tekebuaka
  • Sabatier ill luck.
• bora
  • Sabatier ill luck, bad luck.
• maniwaira
  • Sabatier hurtful, which brings ill luck.
• bakara
  • Sabatier unlucky, ill luck (in marriage only).
• buanibai
  • Sabatier damage happened, loss sustained, ill luck.
• tekera
  • Sabatier unlucky, unfortunate, to have ill luck, etc.
• wa n ra
  • Sabatier wanra: to bring disappointments, ill luck.
• wara
  • Sabatier (1) wara going badly, turning out badly, ill luck.
• wia buaka
  • Sabatier ka wia buaka: to make..., to cause failure, ill luck.
• butare
  • Sabatier bubutare, boi tare (S.). privation, want, ill luck at fishing.
• bua n anti
  • Sabatier ti a bua n anti ra! how unlucky we are!, extraordinary ill luck.
• aitara
  • Sabatier aitara buaka: unsuitable, not matching, disproportioned, n suitable, to come unseasonably, ill luck.