keep
19 Kiribati words
- tau
- Sabatier to hold, to keep.
- bwe
- Bingham to keep off (opp of luff).
- baurawata
- Sabatier to monopolise, to keep unjustly.
- reka
- Sabatier to keep up, to subsist, to keep healthy.
- kawakina
- Sabatier to take care of, to keep, to preserve, to protect...
- rabana
- Sabatier to hold, to maintain, to keep, to guard, to preserve.
- tatabui
- Sabatier tatabuia: to spare, to save, to economize, to keep.
- tauan roro
- Sabatier tauanroroa: to keep, to remember, to celebrate age.
- tauoa
- Sabatier to supervise, to watch, to keep, to cherish lovingly.
- kai ni marewe
- Sabatier kainimarewea, kaimarewea: to put aside, to keep in reserve.
- rako
- Sabatier rakona (S.): to keep carefully, to conserve, to treat kindly.
- bongata
- Sabatier kabongata: to make last, to keep for a long time, to economize.
- tauaninne
- Sabatier to hold, to keep jealously (place, situation, advantages, rights acquired).
- taua ni mwi
- Sabatier tauanimwia: to keep, to attach (person) by means of charms, magical incantations.
- tauraroa
- Sabatier tauraroa man te... taua raroana, tatauraroa: to keep away from, to keep at a distance from.
- akinna
- Sabatier to take care of, to look after. kawakinna: to look after, to preserve, to keep, to watch over.
- taua
- Sabatier tataua, tautaua: to hold, to keep, to reserve, to conserve, not to let go, to practise (religion, profession).
- 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.